drive said, by an isis bomb. iraqi troops brought in their heaviest weapons. isis fought back with suicide bombers. but all this was mute to the iraqi soldiers ears. we ll win, god willing. the soldier said. isis does seem to be retreating from some of its positions. the soldiers showed up a tunnel and bunker complex they just discovered. very careful where you step. there is a concern these could be booby trapped. reporter: dozens of fighters could have stayed down here. the corridors stretch for half a mile. at the far end, isis headquarters. food still in the kitchen area. half made bombs. chemicals for more. on the wall, what has become one of the most infamous symbols anywhere, the isis logo. more often than not, when americans were standing in front of this, they were about to be
through all of this, steve, she was crying. she was crying elsewhere in this testimony, as well, on some other incidents. her attorney saying a big tough guy, right, crying? she says, yeah. all this time, her attorney says, she s been holding this inside of her. wow. for two and a half years. obviously, a lot of questions she raised on the stand today. chris christie will have to answer publicly. we ll be hearing a lot more about what went down today. brian thompson, we ll be talking to you again soon. thank you for taking time. sure. now to iraq and a reminder that isis is still a force to be reckoned with. today, isis fighters launching several attacks in and around kirkuk. that is about 100 miles from mosul. earlier this week, iraqi and kurdish forces launched an offensive to retake mosul that has been under isis control more than two years now. thousands of people have fled the city oz the operation moves forward.
beheaded. isis brutally killed more iraqis. today, it was their turn to have isis on the run. reaching mosul, the isis stronghold, may just be the easy part. getting to mosul could be the easy part. the real battle is expected once iraqi troops reach the built up urban areas. today, the u.n. warned that isis gathered about 600 civilians families from the mosul area, brought them to isis locations to use as human shields. that was richard engel reporting from northerncoming r stirred controversy, suggesting he may not accept the election results on november 8th. how many of his voters are ready to follow his lead? that is next. before we get to that, we want to show you this. a special visitor, a surprise visitor, showed up in the white house briefing room today. mr. president i feel confident.
richard engel has more from northern iraq. richard? the pentagon announced an american soldier has been killed in support of this mostly iraqi and kurdish push to drive isis from the city of mosul. so far, the pentagon hasn t identified the soldier, which unit he was from, where he is from, pending notification of his family. but this operation on the ground is moving more quickly than anticipated. reporter: isis today hit back with a sneak attack on a government complex in the city of kirkuk, where they exchanged fire with security forces. isis may be trying to slow down the assault on mosul. it doesn t seem to be working. iraqi troops said today they pushed within just four miles of the city. the isis capital in iraq. the biggest battle was for control of the town on mosul s doorstep. to reach the front, we climbed into an iraqi special forces old american humvee. shot up and nearly blown up, the