the city and that they have isis surrounded. there are around 300 to 500 isis fighters remaining inside the city. iraqi officials say they re mostly foreign fighters. the extremist militants have rigged up thousands of improvised explosive devices in cars, in the ground and in homes to counter the iraqi government sources assault. civilians who were not able to flee the city ahead of the operation are being asked to wave white flags. the iraqi government says they will be granted safe passage. the recapture of ramadi would be both a strategic victory for the iraqi forces and a morale boost for the troops. strategic because of its location on the baghdad highway and its proximity to the capital baghdad. and a boost for iraqi troops who were humiliated by the ease of which ramadi fell to the terror group back in may. robyn kriel, cnn, london. thanks. i want to bring in michael
somebody, you would think, would key the microphone and say, we ve got a problem, and we need an emergency airport to get to and at that altitude they had plenty of options. right? they re not at 6,000 feet over the alps at that point, they re back eve the mediterranean or southern france. could have diverted to any nun of airports nice gotten into any number of arrangementsfof airports in that area if they could have communicated theoretically. thank you for your perspective. appreciate. bringing in managing partner with aairline weekly. good to see pup thousands of that type of plane in the air today. lufthansa says they have hundreds just themselves. what should we know about this aircraft? an extraordinarily safe aircraft. we fly in them all the time in the u.s. every airline, easier to name the exceptions than the ones that have them. if you re on a major airline in
sudden violence in iraq. it involves a couple of familiar names. by the way, we could have kept a residual force there. anybody who tells you that we could have is not telling the truth. you know, we need i would suggest, perhaps, sending david petraeus and ambassador crocker back over there. malaki trusts them. and try and get this thing sorted out. because it s not just iraq. when you look at iraq/syria, you are seeing an al qaeda enclave there. and that is very dangerous to american national security. that was senator mccain appearing with our candy crowley this morning on cnn s state of the union. coming up, it may look pretty but a river ice jam is causing all kinds of problems. first, rosa flores. i m rosa flores live in new york. the chris christie bridgegate investigation has turned up thousands of documents. oh, but that s not all. i ll tell you what the new jersey assemblyman leading the investigation is asking for in just two minutes.
1,000-year-old chinese relics on the island of sumatra. they say they found the porcelain pots and coins inside some pagotas these finds mean cultural ties between china and indonesia could date back to around the 7th century. japan, an office worker has become internet sensation for his digital artwork. he says he uses his iphone and ipad to recreate master pieces. he does most of the finger painting on his lunch break and during his morning commute. his youtube videos have racked up thousands of hits. thailand, hop on board a pachyderm for a round of elephant polo 120 miles south of bangkok. part of the king s cup tournament. a charity event that helps raise monday to care for elephants. the matches give the animals a nice break from their usual lives of hard labor. and that s a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. around the world is brought to you by verizon,
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