xfinity gives you more to stream to more screens. 2:30 a.m. on the nose here on the u.s. east coast. welcome back it viewers in the united states and world the world. this is cnn newsroom. i m george howell. i m natalie allen. let s update you on our top stories right now. mosul is liberated after three years of isis control. small pockets rehan main as the terror group still holds on to other territory in iraq. and now rebuilding, ethnic and social divisions will be very important. waiting to see if the latest
torrential downpours all the way from houston to new orleans and across parts of the florida gulf coast. really much of florida will be looking at some substantial rain as we go through the first part of this week. things are changing. heat-wise. we had low humidity here in the northeast over the weekend. things are changing because of this big high pressure dome. it s going to bring really, really high temperatures in the triple digits across the plains and eventually all this heat will be moving to the east. places like washington, new york, philadelphia, will be feeling heat and humidity even by tomorrow. a lot to watch out for, especially those areas affected by wildfire. bonnie schneider, thank you for that. after capturing the city of mosul from isis control. up next, live to london after the bloody battle for the country s second largest city. keep it here, everybody. across the country, we walk. carrying flowers that signify why we want to end alzheimer s disease.
important to their economy. to their growth as a country and that s something that for the united states, of course we would reject. and have been warning china against continuing to pursue. so it s unclear where this goes from here. clearly for the united states, it would be better, especially looking at north korea, if we and the administration could be working productively with china. if they could be taking some of our advice on that issue. and following some of our guidance. but the president is clearly hedging his bets here. he had a meeting earlier this week at the g20 with the japanese prime minister and the south korean president, sending a very clear message to china, that fer f they re not going to work with us on this issue, that we re going to try to find other partners. rebecca burg, eugene scott, your input is always appreciated. thank you. the battle for the final blocs of mosul. u.s.-backed forces approaching the final isis fighters left in the city and preparing t
meeting with leaders from china as well as south korea and japan. steve: trip starts. thank you for joining us live. jillian: good morning. we begin with sad miss and fox news alert. new york city police officer am burned and shot to death overnight. 12 year veteran o of the police department shot through the patrol car. a bystander also shot but is in stable condition. we will have a live report from the scene coming up in just a few minutes. u.s. flight coalition forces celebrating the fourth of july by bombing isis. separation inherit resolve watching 25 separate in syria over the weekend. this as the iraqi forces are on the verge of liberating the city of mosul after more than two years of identifies sis control.
down the road. but the fundamental question remains to what extent will the trump administration expand the u.s. effort to help rebuild these war-torn areas. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. well, eight months of fierce battles in mosul, iraq could end any moment. iraqi troops close to completely ousting isis from the city. on monday the fighting was still raging. in the little yellow corridor. compare that to a year ago when all the territory in green was under isis control. it s believed there are just a few hundred militants left. reuters reports that iraqi forces expect to have full control of mosul by the end of the week. up in the skies a different mission to bring down the terror group is taking place. it s being commanded from the uss george h.s. bush.