capital of syria, a suicide car bomber escaped authorities who were chasing him. syrian state tv said he blew himself up at the square in central damascus, killing and wounding several people there. authorities also chased two other suicide car bombers. they intercepted them and destroyed the bombs at an entrance to the city. we are learning more. four more people have been killed in venezuela as outrage grows against that government. it s been almost three months since demonstrations, demanding that president maduro step down. the rallies are becoming dangerous. the death toll stands at 86 people. that is as the country continues to face a devastating economic crisis. people are standing in lines for hours as grocery stores run out of food and water and medicine is scarce. the latest protest involved ortega, a well-known critic of president maduro. she s been banned from leaving the country and her assets have
having known people who brought this destruction. now to syria s capital. authorities gave chase to a suicide bomber. the man was driving a car, managed to escape and blew himself up at the square in central damascus. syrian state tv says several people were killed and wounded. authorities are also pursuing two other suicide car bombers. state media reported they were able to intercept the attackers and destroy the bombs at an entrance to the city. still ahead on newsroom, defiant qatar is facing a monday deadline now to comply with the demands from saudi arabia and other gulf nations. now, it s saying what it will do. we ll have details on that ahead. also, many state capitals across the united states are refusing a request from the trump administration to turn over their voter data. later this hour, amazingly, well-preserved ruins discovered while excavating a new subway
little boy scream out loud, i don t want to die, to watch a family that you ve overnighted with run out of their home in bare feet to try to get to their neighbor s because they think they will be safe there, those are the images that say with you. and this is just the beginning of the battle for mosul. the scenes that you have been describing, arwa, are terrifying and also heartbreaking. you actually witnessed at one point during the 24-hour siege a cab driver shot and killed as he was running towards you and towards iraqi forces. what happened at that moment? reporter: that was actually unfolding in the very initial stages of this ambush counter attack by isis. bearing in mind that one of the greatest concerns for the troops is attacks by suicide car bombers and this taxi came down a road where the troops had already been receiving incoming fire from. they yelled at him to stop. he stopped. then he came out of the vehicle.
well, the final week of the presidential race is overlapping with one of the biggest battles yet against isis. tonight, iraqi forces are within striking distance of mosul. they ve captured an isis-held village on the city s outskirts, opening a pathway into mosul. cnn s arwa damon has the latest. the iraqi counterforces moved and over the course of the last few days attempted to sweep from multiple directions, coming across what are now fairly common isis tactics, the suicide bombers, suicide car bombers, roads inlain with ieds. but what we also saw is something else isis has been doing fairly frequently, and that is leaving behind small groups of fighters, two, three, four people who lay in wait and then launch counterattacks at iraqi forces, more fixed positions. the fighting in the days
were down with the iraqi special forces who are with the counterterrorism unit as they advanced on the christian town of batalah. attack helicopters swoop overhead and fire. a truck bomb is dead nated by forces on the ground. that s what s left of it. 25-year-old corporal mohammed yasser says as we push forward. his humvee has been hit so many times, he can barely see through the bullet proof glass. when we finish lebraiding mosul, i m going to ask for me sweethea sweetheart s hand in marriage. he dreams of the future, but now has to focus on surviving the present. a bulldozer barricades side roads. to defense against one of the biggest ongoing threats, suicide car bombers. it s one of the ways that