forces negotiated their surrender. the toll on life and property was extreme tens of thousands of combatants on both sides were killed as well as hundreds of thousands of civilians many massacred by german forces during house to house combat . more salt lay in ruins some of it destroyed in the fighting much of the rest as retribution after it ended the nazi leadership wanted to race the city. the warsaw uprising was a tactical failure but it succeeded in showing poland s resilience to the nazi occupiers and to soviet dominance yet to come. and this is all right here we go for more now i want to bring in veronica priest meyer to coach from the european academy here in berlin to talk about this we re already talking about it here even before we came on camera brian good to have you back on the show showed what role does the word uprising play today in poland s self image and in the identity of the polish people actually
in malibu, firefighters in hand-to-hand, house-to-house combat. the woolsey fire triggering mass evacuations. traffic on the pacific coast highway backed up for miles. the traffic is getting heavier and heavier and slower and slower. reporter: first responders racing to get families to safety. report of three people trapped in a house. when you have 40, 50, 60-mile-an-hour winds blowing fire at your heels, the importance is to get people out of harm s way. reporter: we met ashley snodgrass, just seconds after she escaped out of her home. the fire people are there, but there s nothing that they can do. reporter: and you think your house is on fire now? yeah. reporter: look at the flames and the smoke and how it s blowing. that shows you the strength of the winds. reporter: the fire exploding overnight, now more than 35,000 acres. you can see what happens when these wind gusts pick up. just a little bit of smoldering debris suddenly sends up showers
retake mosul. it s been a vicious battle street to street and in some areas, hostile house to house combat. the u.n. estimates nearly 60,000 people have escaped the fighting in western mosul. several hundred thousand more remain trapped and isis continues to use civilians as human shields. men, women, and children caught in the crossfire. translator: we have nothing. they took everything. we have been humiliated. there is nothing left, no life. jared kushner will likely be hearing many more of these type of stories while he s on this visit. meeting with iraqi commanders, iraqi leaders, officials from the u.s. military commanders and also u.s. troops on the ground. this trip shows he s taking a more active role in the middle east issues that are on
retake mosul. it s been a vicious battle street to street and in some areas, hostile house to house combat. the u.n. estimates nearly 60,000 people have escaped the fighting in western mosul. several hundred thousand more remain trapped and isis continues to use civilians as human shields. men, women, and children caught in the crossfire. translator: we have nothing. they took everything. we have been humiliated. there is nothing left, no life. jared kushner will likely be hearing many more of these type of stories while he s on this visit. meeting with iraqi commanders, iraqi leaders, officials from the u.s. military commanders and also u.s. troops on the ground. this trip shows he s taking a more active role in the middle east issues that are on
there on the ground? reporter: it is just how densely populated these areas are, how brutal and vicious that warfare is. there are no rules. isis is holding families as human shields. the iraqis are trying to advance. air strikes, no matter how precise, can quite possibly cause secondary explosions, cause other buildings to collapse. plus in the vast majority of cases there are families that are hiding inside these buildings that isis is using as fighting positions, which puts the iraqi security forces as they move forward in a very difficult position. they are really going to have to engage as they re now saying they re going to and a lot more house-to-house combat if they re going to try to clear these isis fighters out. even that will potentially have its toll on the civilian population. in fact, according to the united nations high commission for human rights, between the dates that are under investigation both by the u.s. and iraqis, the 17th of march to the 22nd some