new video in now. this is from iraq. video from near mosul. you see here iraqi forces conducting operations to take back towns and cities from isis. you saw the soldier with his arms up in air as it look in victory as we push toward the city. we know there is fierce fighting outside of mosul this morning. just a few hours ago, iraqi troops launched this large-scale operation to take back another city to the southeast. as we get the new video in and much of the video, much of what we re seeing is live, i like what you re seeing right now on the screen, as we get more of this in, we ll bring it to you as they launch this offensive to try to take back the country s second largest city. we should point out secretary of defense is there in iraq on a surprise visit meeting with the troops and the prime minister there in iraq. we ll continue to follow that and let you know what news comes from that as well. meanwhile, more trouble here for chris christie, his state s
humvees rescue him and hunt on. an isis fighter pops up from a tunnel. shoots. he blows him up. a tenacity and desire to die that will surely slow and bloody the fight ahead. nick joining us now live from near mosul right now. what do they anticipate, nick, weeks, months? this is going to be brutal. remember, there are more than 1 million people there now. reporter: this sewn the beginning and the advance through what should be the eddest area. kicked out by isis probably years ago. really just the fighters digging down, willing to blow themselves up, laying mines in the way of the iraqi and peshmerga forces as they advance making them very
and attacked from both sides. there are military, too, the iraqi military, will have to push towards mosul. a lot of coalition, a lot of air power. [ gunfire ] [ gunfire ] stay in the car, now! reporter: isis still everywhere, even in the hills. they give chase to one man an isis fighter. he shoots a peshmerga.
him, continue to hurt him. whether or not it was effective is in the eye of the beholder. one thing she didn t do, everyone wanted to see from her, and never have, this sort of personal insight into who trump the man is. she speaks about him in generalities. talks about i believe my husband, but you she s a clearly a very private person. we don t get a sense of really any kind of window into their relationship or what it is about him that makes her feel so comfortable with the situation. much more on this story, extraordinary race for the white house coming up. stay with us. also coming up, breaking news, iraqi war were planes drops 17 million leaflets over 16 areas controlled by isis saying, drop your weapons, or, and surrender, or else. going live to the outskirts of mosul for the late effort on the battle to retake that key city. the second largest city in iraq. 1 million people are still there from the terror group. we ll be right back.
we re very worried in the worst case scenario as many as a million civilians may be forced to flee the city in search of safety. so what we re doing is trying to prepare emergency camps and emergency sites to receive those people and make sure that they receive the assistance that they need and deserve. we have six camps established at present. that could take up to 60,000 people and we are rushing against the clock in order to establish more than 20 new emergency sites. if there s a worst case scenario we re going to need all the space available. are you working under the assumption that these isis terrorists in mosul will fight to the death and simply start blowing up buildings, oil fields, killing civilians, car bombs? or will they you can only hope, when they see the overwhelming force they re dealing with, give up, raise they re hands with a white flag? what s the assumption you re working under? you know, as humanitarians we hope for the best but are oh