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top commander in iraq acknowledging the coalition likely did play a role in the tragedy while also pointsing a finger at isis. if we didn t strike in that area i would be telling you right now it s unlikely. because we struck in that area i think there s a fair chance that we did it. my initial assessment is that we probably had a role in this. here s what i don t know. what i don t know is were they gathered there by the enemy? general townsend said the type of munition used in the strike should not have collapsed the entire building where all those civilians perished. let s go to erbil, iraq and bring in senior international correspondent who is just in mosul. good morning to you. the president said our troops fighting like never before in iraq. what do you make of that
control, deprive people with disabilities and elderly and nursing homes of essential care they were met with a wave of resistance. i mean really take away maternity care. really? take away mental health and substance abuse care. i mean who do these people talk to? clinton also told the crowd quote there s no place i d rather be here than with you before clarifying other than the white house. continued questions of who is the leader of the democratic party. is it still her? is it elizabeth warren? is it chuck schumer. she s plugged in a and has things to say. comment from the president on iraq raises eyebrows this morning. his assessments of the situation on the ground, let s just say running afoul of the fact checkers. we re live in iraq next.
the president had a candid assessments on the situation in iraq about how we re fighting better than ever before. and that s getting a lot of reaction this morning. we re live in iraq next.
astronomical cost for the country. we have that in the spotlight because of the investigations being carried out by the u.s. and iraqis into whether or not a number of strikes may have caused civilian casualties. the bottom line, david, this is a battlefield. and it is arguably one of the toughest battlefields in modern history because not only do you have an enemy that is as vicious and experienced and sophisticated as isis you have the iraqi security forces trying to dislodge them from a city that had a population of around 1.2 million people before this operation began. and isis did not allow the population to leave. they effectively held them all as human shields. when we were down in western mosul yesterday we were able to speak to the handful of civilians that we saw there and they described sheer terror as the force were advancing. they tried to keep themselves safe. they tried to stay away from the bombs and bullets and the