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Are saying, that isis is defeated? >> reporter: no. i haven't heard anyone using the language that isis is defeated. they will say militarily there's a huge amount of momentum, that isis militarily is certainly on the back foot. the real concern is they can clear the territory but can they hold it, can they persuade people who have been held under isis' sway, who now support them, can they rout out the sleeper cells? that's hard to do, the fear is with a power vacuum, isis will have a chance to regroup and come back with a vengeance, anderson. >> please be careful and thank you for you and you...

Here telling us isis sleeper cells are everywhere, they're very concerned about what happens next when the americans pull out. alisyn. >> clarissa, this is why it's so important to have you there because that's so different from what we're hearing back home in the administration. please be careful and thank you very much for your reporting from syria. former congressman beto o'rourke is hitting the road and blogging about it. does that mean he's writirunnin president or writing book? we'll talk about the growing democratic field next. it's absolute confidence in 30,000 precision parts. or it...

Control. they move into the village of shaffa, flares turn the dark night into day, aircraft circle overhead, providing crushing air power. by daylight, they push further in. this is where isis ends, sdf commander tells his men. moments later, panic breaks out. isis has launched a counterattack. sdf fire back and shaafra is quickly liberated. we travel to the front line as they approach the next village. our escorts insist on taking an armored vehicle, even liberated territory is far from secure. these roads are still dangerous, especially early in the morning, because there are isis sleeper c...

>> no. i haven't heard anyone using the language that isis is defeated. >> reporter: they will say militarily there's a huge amount of momentum, that isis militarily is certainly on the back foot. the real concern is they can clear the territory but can they hold it, persuade people who have been held under isis' sway, who now support them, can they rout out the sleeper cells? that's hard to do, the fear is with a power vacuum, isis will have a chance to regroup and come back with a vengeance, anderson. >> please be careful and thank you for you and your team reporting there. back home the sen...

Over the last several months. where the u.s. and the turks have been engaged in joint patrols for the past several months. there's been very little isis presence here. what this attack illustrates is what will be the long-term problem in the fight against isis. and that is while they may not be holding territory, they'll have sleeper cells. they will have lone wolves who can pop up and they can inflict damage and death, you know, throughout the country and really as they've shown they can -- these lone wolf attacks can be in europe, in the united states. mambage has been a place that hasn't se...