the first gulf war and second gulf war and fought in the u.s. occupation as well. obviously this offensive to retake mosul is something the united states is very interested in because it is involved in it. more than 5,000 u.s. military personnel on the ground assisting iraqi forces in the offensive to drive isis out of mosul. the u.s. led coalition aircraft playing a key role in hitting isis targets within the city. also, given that secretary mattis is well familiar with the sensitivity on the ground, before arriving, he stressed that the united states unlike what we heard from president trump during the campaign and after his inauguration, is not interested in iraq s oil. all of us in america have generally paid for our gas and oil all along. i m sure we will continue to do so in the future.
for sure. steve hayes, thanks for joining us today. we were just talking about back to this issue of immigration. join martha maccallum for a town hall discussion on immigration, the controversy, fact and fiction tomorrow at 7:00 eastern. the first 100 days. that is right here on the fox news channel. bill: look forward to seeing that. you have to talk to folks, right? figure out what they re thinking, right? five minutes past the hour. from overseas now iraqi forces launching a new phase to push isis out of mosul. still police and iraqi forces moving in to liberate the western half of mosul with the help of american forces. what progress are iraqi forces making so far, connor? they control the eastern part of the city and just in the last 48 hours or so they ve now begun to move on the
explain his last night in sweden gaff by tweeting it was something he saw on tv. sweden, unsure if that counts as an official white house response. on this presidents day anti trump crowds expected to hold rallies. defense secretary mattis arriving in bagdad saying the u.s., just as iraqi forces, with coalition support launch an offensive to drive isis out of mosul. he says the u.s. has no plans to seize iraqi oil, an idea, yes, once floated by president trump. in northern california, a new storm will test the stressed oroville dam. up to five inches of rain is expected and, prompting flood and evacuation warnings. oscar rivals moonlight and
welcome back. it is the bottom of the hour. we re starting out the morning s top stories. more storms today in northern california and people have been told to prepare for rain and flooding. officials are keeping an eye on the oroville dam spillway to see if it sustained more damage. five people have died from weather related injuries across the gooden state so far. launched a new ground offensive aimed at driving isis out of mosul. iraq says it s killed 93 isis militants and destroyed 18 of the islamic state s military vehicles as it steps up air strikes. three people were injured when a race car crashed through a fence at a florida speedway. one person had to be flown to the hospital. the thought is it s unclear if
reporter: the latest and subsidize phase to drive isis out of mosul, iraq s second largest city began at the crack of dawn. before iraqi prime minister announced the beginning of operations on iraqi television, iraqi and coalition aircraft and artillery pummelled isis targets in the western part of the city. overnight iraqi airplanes dropped millions of leaflets on mosul calling isis fighters to put down their weapons and surrender and warning civilians to stay in their homes and cooperate with iraqi forces. since then those forces have moved from the south and southwest towards the center of the city. their first objective to take mosul airport. resistance is expected to be fierce. isis has dug a complicated network of tunnels in the city and is already using armed