have made it clear, al qaeda in their magazine inspire isis in their publication, dabiq, go to places where there are large amounts of infidels who cannot protect themselves. so anywhere that there s lots of people, tourist attractions, christmas markets, we saw it before in nice, this is the reality. where there are a lot of people who are unarmed, who are civilians who cannot look after themselves, that will be a seductive target. meaning that there s not a lot of defense, not a lot of barriers or armed guards at these. is it a whole new world for us? well, the fact is the dangerous reality, eric, is that isis has learned from the mistakes of al qaeda. al qaeda was, ironically, too successful on september 11th. they killed 3,000 people in 102 minutes. afterwards they were obsessed with weapons of mass
at best. reporter: ramadi is a badly needed success for the u.s. effort. a senior military official tells cnn the pentagon has been told by the white house to better communicate to the public about the war against isis. the president hinting in an interview with npr. we haven t, you know, on a regular basis, i think, described all the work that we ve been doing for more than a year now to defeat isil. reporter: but also taking a swipe. if you ve been watching television for the last month, all you ve been seeing, all you ve been hearing about is these guys with masks or black flags who are potentially coming to get you. reporter: so has the isis war not been reported accurately? look, the media is pursuing ratings reporter: or does there need to be more success? the white house always touts the amount of territory that has
in southern afghanistan. in the terms of isis there seems to be an operation rose colored glasses going on. we heard hillary clinton over the weekend saying, quote, we are now finally are where we need to be in the fight against isis. president obama too telling npr that the plan s good, the only problem has been that the messaging has been a little off and the media has been overhyping the threat of isis. is the fight on the ground against isis? is it going well? well, there is one place that everybody is really taking a look at, a place where there has been disaster in the past but now the u.s. hopes the iraqis will have some success. [ gunfire ] all eyes are now on ramadi. iraqi officials say their troops are launching a major offensive to retake the city center. residents have been warned to leave in advance of expected heavy fighting.
of congress, maybe one of 89 living legends at the occasion of its 200th anniversary, i could go on for quite some time. the point being is it accomplishment in one s life that is important, or is it the volume with which one proclaims everything? hillary clinton over the weekend claimed isis is recru recruiting by showing a video of donald trump. there is as you probably know no evidence according to national security experts of any such video. donald trump is demanding an apology from hillary clinton. her campaign said in response, quote, hell no. what do you make of this all? i see it as much to do about nothing. you know, we have some really important things to talk about. and, you know, whether there are things that are used and that you can prove that they are things that are used, there s no question that they use anything
democratic debate, clinton said trump s plan to block muslims from entering the u.s. has emboldened isis fighters. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. so i want to explain why this is not in america s interest to react with this kind of fear and respond to this sort of bigotry. reporter: but there s no evidence to back up her assertion trump s rhetoric has been a recruiting tool for isis. so far isis recruiters have used american presidents, her husband, president bush and president obama in recruiting videos. the accusation set trump off. he fired back on twitter, it s the democrats total weakness and incompetence that gave rise to isis. not a tape of donald trump. that was an admitted hillary lie. on the today show he demanded an apology. she should apologize. she lies about e-mails, she lies about whitewater, she lies about