situation room monitoring the raid that brought osama bin laden to justice, he was hosting the celebrity apprentice. now to a big story overseas. iraqi and peshmerga forces continue to liberate villages from isis control on their way to mosul, this as iraqi special forces have joined the fight, making a predawn advance on a village held by the terror group. there are reports that refugees have begun fleeing mosul by the thousands. meanwhile, u.s. officials tell nbc news that hundreds of fighters could flee mosul and head to europe to launch attacks against the u.s. and its allies. joining us now, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. is there any indication on when these advancing forces could reach mosul? reporter: well, alex, i can t tell you exactly when the push for mosul is going to come in, but i know the addition of the counterterrorism forces is a good sign. that means things are more or less on schedule. the counterterrorism forces have been lifting a lot of the w
not told the truth about that position. i guess he believes it makes him look better now to contrast with me because i did vote for it. but what s really important here is to understand all the interplay. mosul is a sunni city. mosul is on the border of syria, and yes, we do need to go after baghdadi just like we went after bin laden. while you were doing celebrity apprentice . and we brought him to justice. we need to go after the leadership, but get rid of their fighters. there are an estimated several thousands fighters in mosul. they have been zigging underground, they are prepared to defend. it s going to be tough fighting, but i think we can take back mosul and then we can move on into syria and take back raqqah. this is what we have to do. i m just am amazed that he seems to think the iraqi government and our allies and everybody else launched the attack on
sad. we had mosul. but when she left, whenneck she took everybody out, we lost mosul. now we re fighting again to get mosul. the problem with mosul and what they wanted to do is they wanted to get the leaders of isis who they felt were in mosul. three months ago, i started reading they want to get the leaders and they re going to attack mosul. whatever happened to the element of surprise, okay? we announce we re going after mosul. i ve been reading about going after mosul for about how long now is it, hillary, three months? these people have all left. they ve all left. the element of surprise. douglas macarthur, george patton spinning in their graves at our stupidity. we are now fighting for mosul that we had. all we had to do was stay there. now we are going there to got it again. you know who the big winner in mosul is going to be after we eventually get it and the
mosul. about three months ago, i started reading that they want to get the leaders and they re going to attack mosul. whatever happened to the element of surprise? you know who the big winner in mosul is going to be after we eventually get it? and the only reason they did it because she s running for the office of president. they want to look tough. they want to look good. i m just amazed that he seems to think that the iraqi government and our allies and everybody else launched the attack on mosul to help me in this election. but that s how donald thinks. you know, he always he s looking for chris, we don t gain anything. iran is taking over iraq. secretary clinton it s conspiracy theories he s been spewing out for quite some time. secretary clinton. still ahead, new jersey governor chris christie is heading to court next month over bridgegate. those details coming up. plus, much more from last
confrontation with russia and syria. i think a no-fly zone could save lives and could hasten the end of the conflict. i am well aware of the really legitimate concerns that you have expressed from both the president and the general. this would not be done just on the first day. this would take a lot of negotiation. so i think we could strike a deal and make it very clear to the russians and the syrians that this was something that we believe was in the best interest of the people on the ground in syria. it would help us with our fight against isis. and when it comes to the u.s. assisted efforts in mosul, donald trump suggested that effort to retake the city from isis was time to help hillary clinton. so sad. we had mosul. but when she left, when he took everybody out, we lost mosul. now we re fighting again to get mosul. the problem with mosul and what they wanted to do is they wanted to get the leaders of isis, who they felt were in