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Developing overnight. a terror attack on a police training academy in pakistan killed 60 people. five or six terrorists entered the hostel. two others died when they detonated bombs they were carrying. some 200 trainees were rescued. developments in the battle for mosul. coalition forces closing in on mosul. iraqi and peshmerga troops a few miles from the city. fighting has been fierce along the way. the coalition freed dozens of villages from isis occupation. as they advance, isis fighters appear to be packing up and fleeing mosul for syria. cnn's michael holmes on the ground near mosul. br...

But essential to keep after mosul. this is the place the u.s. very much wants to boot isis out of and really destroy that perception even that there is an isis caliphate. >> barbara, one more before i turn back to michael. daonald trump tweeted about thi battle going on. he said the attack on mosul is turning out to be a total disaster. we gave them months of notice. the u.s. is looking so dumb. vote trump and win, again.comme this? >> no, don't expect them to. ash carter is adamant that no one will comment on the presidential election for either candidate. mr. trump has been very vocal that h...

Move in. that goes to the whole point of trying to encircle where they have not encircled and we're hearing that isis family members and isis fighters and even isis leaders have been leaving mosul and heading for syria. we're hearing that from a senior sunni tribal leader. they're getting out license control territory towards syria. >> so, barbara, what is the assessment from the pentagon on ohow this is going? >> well, right now they feel these iraqi and peshmerga forces are pretty much on schedule, on target. this is what was anticipated that they would approach mosul from the north and sout...

Are trying to free the city from isis control. this weekend defense secretary ash carter flew to iraq to assess the battle. >> nothing that i take more seriously than putting americans in arm's way. make no mistake whether they're flying airplanes overhead or advising units on the ground, even behind the front lines, they are at risk. it's also important that everybody understands that we must do this. >> let's bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr and cnn international anchor and correspondent michael holmes who is near mosul. michael, let me start with you. what is the situation ...

>> so, for your side it's going to come down to the message versus the messenger and for the democrats -- >> if you want the status quo, you're for clinton. >> we'll see. appreciate you both making the case. compelling as always. alisyn? iraqi led forces closing in on mosul and trying to push out isis. what is the status of the battle? we'll take you live to the front lines, next. n, less than 30 min. because if they aren't going to eat it, at least you didn't spend too much time making it. campbell's one dish recipes. made for real, real life. fight heartburn fast. with tums chewy delights....