our country, folks. they re losers, they re babies. i wish we were in high school and i could take him behind the gym. good morning. so grateful to have your company on this saturday. i m christi paul. i m victor blackwell. a huge day on the campaign trail for the clinton and trump campaigns with rallies planned in a host of states. we ll get to that in a moment. but right now, breaking news in iraq. right now there s a fierce firefight underway in a town six miles north of that isis stronghold. just months ago, they launched a full scale operation to take back another city to the southeast. all of this as we learn 40 people were killed and dozens wounded in an isis counterattack in kirkuk. cnn international correspondent darwa damon is joining us live from iraq. darwa, what are you learning about how these forces are
quite chilling, especially when you take into consideration the fact that mosul has upwards of 1.2 million people still living in it that isis could be using as human shields. and once the troops do reach the city itself, the battlefield itself is going to change, making calling in those air strikes all the more difficult, victor. all right. arwa damon, thank you so much for the update. we appreciate it. also this morning, we want to let you know that defense secretary ash carter has arrived in baghdad for an unannounced visit. he s going to get an update on the fight nor mosul and meet with the iraqi prime minister there. and we ll bring you any news that comes out of that meeting. a new batch of embarrassing leaked e-mails for the clinton campaign. wikileaks purportedly revealing a strange relationship between hillary clinton and al gore. plus, the white working class, a large part of the electorate and most of those voters supporting donald trump. we ll talk about the attrac
fighting. but isis yesterday launching about 30 to 40 of its militants in a multi-pronged attack, engaging the kurdish security forces there in a battle that engaged yesterday and is still ongoing today with clashes breaking out. it s isis the demonstrating its capabilities that even though, yes, it is under intense pressure in and around mosul, it can still launch these kind of counterattacks, using sleeper cells and also embedding some of its agents amongst the refugees, which creates problems on so many multiple scales. forces are now having to, they say, search refugees again, even those that do exist and are already at the camp. they re going to have to go through more stringent searches of those who are trying to flee. and of course, it makes the whole process that much more difficult. because imagine being a civilian. imagine running away from these horrors with your family and
wikileaks is taking credit there. and i ve been in touch with the company that was hacked here and they ve been telling me they actually don t know who is behind it. it s clear that it was coming from all around the world, but nobody is pointing any fingers yet. but, of course, based on what we ve seen in the past few weeks, the united states pointing their fingers at russia for some of the leaked e-mails, there is a heightened sense of alert when it comes to the internet, but so far, no specific group taking credit. and no particular nation or state having their finger pointed at them, at least not yet. and that might be what feels so troubling to so many people. samuel burke, we appreciate it so much. thank you. let me show you this intense fighting that s underway in cities around mosul right now. iraqi forces launching new attacks within just the last few hours, hoping to drive isis out of iraq s second largest city. we ll get you the latest on this in a moment.
election. people are already voting. so if it s an attempt to sort of turn it around after the debates, it seems to be a little bit late. we ll have to see if donald trump sticks to prompter. that s been an issue in the last couple of weeks twabl moving a prompter out of the way, saying he prefers to speak without it. but this is an important punctuation mark in his campaign, as he makes his closing arguments. stephen collinson, thank you so much. are you wondering what happened to netflix the other day? if you couldn t watch, it s because your home dvr may have been used against you. more on that, just ahead. and iraqi forces gaining ground as they push towards mosul. we have the latest on the fight to reclaim that isis stronghold. guess what guys, i switched to sprint.