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and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump. much more on that, our political panel is standing by. switching gears and heading overseas. breaking news, iraqi-led forces now in the fourth day of military operations to retake mosul. the second largest city in iraq from isis control. the last remaining stronghold of the terror group in iraq. the commander of the iraqi army s armored division says troops are closing in on mosul s fringes after liberating communities village by village over the past two days. arwa damon joins us live from erbil, not that far away. phasing fierce resistance from these isis terrorists. what are you hearing how long this battle might take? reporter: well, wolf, the estimates range from weeks to months. what s happening is that in some strategic towns, isis is putting up quite a fight, but then in other areas, the iraqis and the
this, as putin could take down u.s. warplanes, in terms of syria. the debate that could have happened in the center about russia swung all the way over here to, what, granted, the president is supporting a presidential candidate. but it is true. donald trump s staumtements are unprecedented. and at a time the highest levels accused the russians of cyber warfare on u.s. political democrats in particular more on that. everybody stay with us. also coming up, ma loelania tru defending her husband. what she had to say about his vulgar comments in 2005. and plus, the battle to retake mosul in iraq. facing explosives, boobytraps, suicide bombers as they try to free the city from isis control. all of that coming up.
own words. also breaking tonight. the long awaited battle to liberate iraq s second largest city from isis control has begun. iraqi and kurdish troops have launched an offensive to oust terrorist forces from mosul, the last isis stronghold in iraq. isis is said to have sustained heavy losses on this the first day of fighting. the iraqis and the kurds are being backed by u.s. air power and american advisers. tonight, the u.s. is denying it was behind a cyber attack that cut off internet access to wikileaks founder julian assange. the obama administration has warned a proportional response to russian cyber attacks on u.s. political attacks. experts believe russia has been feeding hacked e-mails and documents to wikileaks. we re covering all that and much more this hour with our guests, including congressman jason
in terms of territory. now, those two red splotches around the mosul and just above tikrit are no longer connected. there has been a break in terms of isis control. are you saying, general, if it is successful today and in the weeks that follow that red around mosul will be gone? well, i m not sure completely gone. it will take a while, alisyn. this will be a tough fight. the early indications are most of the iraqi insurgents inside the town, i m not talking isis fighters those contrary to isis. doing a good job in terms of getting intelligence out to the security forces and the air campaign that is contributing to this. the iraqi people want isis out of this town. that s what is important. but, yes, those splotches will eventually go away. unlike u unlike others, i m not so sure.