lisa: welcome back. president trump headed back to the white house at this hour after a whirlwind of surprise trip to visit troops in iraq and germany. the secret mission comes a week after the president announced he was withdrawing u.s. troops from syria, a decision that has fueled backlash from both sides of the aisle. lucas thomas men has the story tonight. more than 5,000 troops currently deployed to iraq, including a special operation forces. they are used to train and advise local iraqi forces, but could be used to launch isis strikes if necessary. president trump says the terrorist group isn t nearly as threatening today. president trump: two years ago, when i became president, they were a very dominant group. they were very dominant. today, they are not so dominant anymore. since the president announced all of 2,000 troops would be
result of police brutality, right? of desmond morrow, a former nfl player who was assaulted by the police, the officer later fired. he is an nfl player. these guys are recognizing this. a low, when you are an african-american athlete, when you take off the helmet and get off that field and off at court, the one thing you are in this country, regardless of anything, as you are black man. i think that is what they are standing up against. this does impact them. lisa: i want to get your point on this. nobody is saying anyone in the nfl, everyone has a right to believe what they believe, everyone has a right to voice their opinion. no one is arguing that. the issue with the nfl, particularly the kneeling, is the fact they are doing it on the clock. they re doing it during their job. you can just do whatever you want when you are at work. that is the issue, isn t it? that is the issue. if lebron james want to call for road to beale no microform for the nfl or nba, do that. he was irresp
gone down. reporter: but experts warn the terrorist group isn t close to total defeat. it still includes many places, including mosul where it s managed to keep its defenses. it still holds terrain in northern syria and other zones across both countries. reporter: tonight, we re told the coalition is really not getting much help from vladamir putin. a short time ago, i spoke to a u.s. intelligence official who told me that despite russia s claims that they were intervening to target isis, they were overwhelmingly targeting anti-assad groups. you reported a lot of isis casualties. what about american casualties during this war on isis? reporter: officials say a total of five american military