toer ers to the battlefield in syria. as well as more boots on the ground to back the syrian rebels and their offensive to retake the isis defacto capital. trump telling fox news that u.s. will win the fight. we are fighting sneaky rats right now. that are sick and demented. and we are going to win. today in a press conference with british prime minister and u.s. ally theresa may, trump said he is considering trump cooperation with u.s. adversary russia against isis. this, although, both his defense secretary james mattis i m very modest expectations about areas of cooperation with mr. putin. and cia director mike pompeo told lawmakers during confirmation hearings that russia has done little to nothing to combat the terror group. russia las reasserted itself aggressively. invading ukraine, threatening europe and doing nothing to
the city of raqqah. isis defacto capital. there are between 3,000 and 4,000 isis fighters. they are saying, the same officials, however, that isis leaders are gradually leaving the city in anticipation of this offensive. the american marines who just arrived there supplement several hundred rangers and special forces that are in another location in syria in the town of munbage, 85 miles northwest of raqqah. they are trying to separate turkish-backed syrian fighters from other fighters. it is a complicated situation out there. as far as raqqah, it is not clear, dave, when this offensive is going to take place. when it does, it could involve turkish-backed fighters, kurds,