because of you, the america we know and love and cherish is leasing the world in this fight. because of you i m confident we ll prevail. thank you very much. everybody. harris: we just watched the president give an update. among some of the things was talking about. he gave his four-pronged plan, hunting count killers, stopping operationing of recruitment and persistent diplomacy in the syrian war. this quote, you will probably see on and on again today, to squeeze isis at its heart to make it moral difficult for isis to spread terror around at world. did we hear anything new outside of ash carter going to the middle east to shore up support and collect some cash in the fight?
needs and wants of the american people have changed. temp. they want somebody to run this country that talks tough and acts tough. and that s showing up in the polls. harris: that s perfect way to segue into what we are waiting for? is that what we are going see from the president today? judge napolitano: don t hold your breath. harris: i would like to be a fly in the wall with that meeting. they are talking about how to defeat isis. the president has sold the strategy time and time again. he did it in a national way we have only seen three times in his entire presidency. from the oval office he expect to american people 8 days ago. now we ll hear from the president after getting this important update. second in three or four months now. what will he say? how much can he call together and reassure the american people what happened in san bernardino, california and what is happening around the world?
miles of territory it once dplold syria and it will lose more. the special forces i ordered to syria began supporting the local forces. meanwhile more people are seeing isil for the thugs and kirls and thieves they are. we have seen instances of isil forces defecting and those who tried to escape have been executed. so many people are migrating said one syrian refugee. isil she said will end up all alone. all this said, we recognize progress needs to keep coming faster. no one knows that than the syrians and iraqis living every daind isil s terror as well as the families in san bernardino and paris grieving the loss of their loved ones. just as the united states is
areas, and in many places they lost their ability to maneuver. isil has not had a single successful major offensive operation on the ground in either syria or iraq. in recent weeks we unleashed a new wave of strikes on their lifeline, oil infrastructures, destroying hundreds of their tankers, trucks, wells and refineries. isil also continues to lose territory in iraq. isil lost at tikrit recently and sinjar losing a strategic highway. they lost at baji. we saw the daring raid support bid our special forces which rescued dozens of prisoners from
isil. isil lost 40% of the populated areas it once controlled in iraq and it will lose more. iraqi forces are fighting deep into ramadi. these are urban areas where isil is entrenched. our partners on the ground face a tough fight ahead. and we are going to continue to back them up with the support they need to ultimately clear isil from iraq. isil also continues to lose territory in syria. we continue to step up our air support and supply to local forces. syrian kurds, and turkmen are having success. they pushed isil back from almost across the entire border region with turkey and we are working with turkey to seal the rest. isil lost thousands after square