Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. After a ninemonth offensive, the americanbacked iraqi army won the battle for mosul today. They ousted isis fighters from the city it had held for three years. Soldiers waved iraqi flags and celebrated in the streets, even though sporadic resistance by cornered isis militans continues. It was safe enough for iraqs Prime Minister Haider Alabadi to go to mosul and announce its liberation and congratulate troops on their victory. This victory has had its costs. Iraqi Army Casualties were high the army wont reveal figures, but the pentagon has said the elite unit that spearheaded the offensive suffered 40 losses. In addition, thousands of iraqi civilians died, so many trapped in what was iraqs second mo