again. we want the americans to arm us directly, he says. if they give it to the government they will take what they want and give us the weapons, the good stuff to keep. outside the hospital, you can see the help they are getting. an ambulance from sunni saudi arabia. inside, three injured, from a mortar that hit offduty young fighters playing futbootball th day before a nother died. this town endures, yet feels abandoned despite broad recognition it is vital they win. nick paton walsh, cnn. iraqi war planes did step up assault on isis positions in falluja, over the weekend. the mosque was hit. warehouse, market and two locations. they say 31 people were killed. 82 wounded over three days. cnn s ian lee tracking developments and joins us from
welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world. i m errol barnett. i m rosemary church. time to check the update here on the top stories we are following this hour. several revisions of the usa patriot act have expired. that leaves the government with fewer tools to investigate terrorism. senators failed to reach a deal on a compromise passed by the house. but could vote by midweek. the white house wants the surveillance program renewed as soon as possible. witnesses say, iraqi war planes and artillery founded falluja for three days in a campaign to retake the city from isis. sunday the planes bombed a market. mosque, warehouse, two locations. witnesses say at least 31 people have been killed. more than 82 wounded during the weekend assault. scattered rain has brought some much-needed relief to parts of india. as the it faces a devastating heat wave that has now killed more than 2,200 people.
cairo with the latest. ian, what information do you have on the fight to retake falluja from isis, and rising tensions, with militants. they re trying to work together in this operation. rosemary the battle is very intense. we have seen air strike. we have also seen artillery being used to soften the isis targets so that they can advance. and isis is very good at digging in. when we saw a previous battles, intense battles. other parts of iraq. really the air strikes that were able to to free up the, the forces on the ground so that they could move in. and take it. as we have heard and seen. there have been civilian casualties. something the government is going to have to watch very closely. they dent want to, in any way,