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Going to continue to proliferate and get bigger and stronger. people have always asked, well, what happens to al qaeda when you were out there? we were constantly hunting them down. that suppressed them and put them into hiding. when they're in the open, they inspire home-grown terrorism in fran and other countries. the fight has to continue day in and day out be relentless because the enemy is relentless. the iraqi army showed they are willing to take that fight to the enemy each and every day and secure western iraq. >> kevin, we'll at least there. thank you very much for being with us. valu...

Across portions of the u.k., working toward another, seeing massive floods taking place across the region, as well. globally speaking, this is something that typically has somewhere on the order of 30 to $45 billion of damage, at least occurred the last go round in 1997 into 1998 for the major el nino year. this is something we're watching carefully in the coming couple of month. >> yeah. the bigger picture certainly is that there's crazy weather still to come. >> thanks. back to the main story. a major blow to isis. iraqi forces say they have won back control of ramadi. the capture of the s...

The city's fall to isis in may, an embarrassing defeat that had defense secretary carter questioning their resolve. >> they failed to fight. they withdrew from the site. >> reporter: week ago, carter urged iraq's prime minister to move north toward mosul. iraq's second-largest city where isis leader abu bakr al baghdadh proclaimed the caliphate more than a year ago. >> we do want to help you build on your success in ramadi, to move toward mosul. >> reporter: after a recent string of defeats, north of baghdad, and sinjar mountain, al baghdadi warned in a new recording that despite the setbacks,...

The insurgency. we have cautious optimism with the taking of ramadi, of government center. there's still a lot of work to be done to fully secure ramadi. back in the day in 2006, 2007, around the surge time, it was clear hold build. they're at the clear section. they need to clear the city. root out insurgents, prepare to move on and press toward mosul. >> there is positive news here. let's start with that because this was the local iraqi military, many sunni forces with the help of u.s. advisers and coalition air power. according to some, this might be the start of a revival of moderate sunni...

After that, iraq's government has said their next target will be the northern city of mosul with an estimated prewar population of two million, mosul is by far the largest population center controlled by isis in either iraq or syria. and a crucial source of tax revenue. if it's retaken, it will take down much of the infrastructure underpinning isis' plan to state here. cnn, baghdad. we spoke with former navy s.e.a.l. kevin lace about what's next in iraq. he said while ramadi is no longer under isis control, there's still a tough fight ahead. >> it's a slow road. the winning of tikrit took se...