last night. the job is in a clearing stage. u.s. military strikes made this job possible and there is a lot of gratitude from people on the ground about that. you see signs of us air power here everywhere. president trump told the u.s. military to take the gloves off to defeat isis. that's what they did. the result can be seen all around me. troops here are bringing the black flag of isis down. it no longer flies over this town. for a short time they can enjoy this moment. there is no sign of any of the isis leaders. it is believed they have fled perhaps into western iraq. the critical piece now is stabilizing this region and making sure they can never return. once they ruled over 8 million people. today for now at least they're gone. back to you. >> jon: spectacular reporting benjamin hall. very good job by the u.s. forces and everybody who helped get rid of that group.