even though they aren t allowing for people to leave, that they have decided that it s time to bring this battle and this presence of isis on the ground to an end. jim, poppy. ben wedeman, it is remarkable that you are there covering it for us. our enormous thanks to you and cower team. stay safe. new information just in. richard quest joins us with details. flight control problems. that s concerning. reporter: i was just talking to the ceo of ethiopian airlines who have known for many years. we were talking. he said the other day that the pilots had told air traffic control they were having technical difficulties. now he told me they said we are having flight control problems.
allies on the ground making slow and steady progress capturing two weapons depots. smoke rising over what is left of the islamic state, ruined buildings, burned tents. ben wedeman has been on the ground for days now in the midst of this. tell us what the situation is on the front lines now and how close are they to grabbing this last bit of the caliphate. reporter: jim, poppy, today actually has been relatively quiet. there are occasional blasts and exchanges of machine gun fire in the background but by and large it has been quiet, quiet because we understand from officials from the syrian democratic forces that people have been surrendering. isis fighters as well as their families leaving this last enclave. the overnight bombardment was
so go to carvana and enter your license plate, answer a few questions, and our techno-wizardry calculates your car s value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you re ready, we ll come to you, pay you on the spot, and pick up your car. that s it. so ditch the old way of selling your car and say hello to the new way. at carvana. u.s. backed forces in eastern syria have killed more than three dozen militants in the major push to reclaim the last bit of territory there controlled by isis. overnight bombs and bullets sounded while flairs lit up the sky as the u.s.-backed coalition carried out the air strikes. the kurdish fighters, u.s.
what are we talking about here? when he has 13 government agencies and even the military preparing for something that involves bad impacts of climate change, i mean, it s silly. i ll tell you a little message to the republicans. the democrats, you may not like what they have, but they have energy. i was down at the south by southwest festival. they ve got energy. where is the republican energy? it seems to be again rather than ideas are what change the world. i see an absence of them from my former colleagues. governor john kasich, thanks very much. fascinating. that frustration is just where are we? can you not accept the science? and what are we leaving for our kids on the national debt? overnight air strikes in syria as u.s.-backed forces make a big push against the last isis stronghold there. we ll take you live to our reporter on the front lines. the best simple salad ever?
gillibrand, i thought she might be someone to gain a little momentum in this case. some have been mad at her. she took lot of heat from democrats and chickens may be coming home to loroost here. i think a lot of us felt this way around all of the things that have happened. as a culture we need a process of how do we handle this? who is the process? it should not be a partisan issue. it should be an issue with both sides, all sides get heard and there is a process by which then people are held accountable. everyone does need to learn about this. thank you all so much. we are live on the ground as rockets and gunfire erupt in the last isis stronghold.