Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190117:05:40:00
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...