do you think president obama wants you to succeed? well, you know, he s been very nice to me personally, but his people haven t been nice. and there s great animosity out there, there s great anger. leaking is just one example of it, in some cases very serious examples of it. but leaking and the level of anger is hard to believe. so while he s nice personally, there doesn t seem to be a lot of nice things happening behind the scening, and that s scenes, and that s unfortunately. kelly: you can catch the rest of that interview and go inside air force one with the president of the united states tonight on watters world at eighting eastern time right here on fox news channel. laura: a major nato operation underway in the baltics. british troops joining other nato forces stationed in the region to fight off russian aggression. a u.s. army special forces veteran is on deck to talk about the buildup. that s next. ity! she does. she does.
more than 60000 civilians have lead in the last week alone while the fight against isis and iraq has gone slower than planned, it has made real progress in the last year with the help of the american-led coalition which has provided ground troops and air support. they have lost more than 60% of the territory they once controlled, and increasingly top isis leaders are fleeing iraq, heading back to neighboring syria. the next phase of the fight against isis is set to begin later this summer with an operation to retake the area. this will be a big test of the anti- isis coalition but it could destroy the insurgent group as the world knows it. ben collins is a u.s. army special forces veteran and green beret. it s always good to see you. i know you served in iraq and afghanistan, three tours of duty in afghanistan.
once held in iraq. they say the operation to stop isis is working. this air campaign is the most precise air campaign in history. it has been relentless. we have killed 180 leaders frome leaders every day. harris: here is more from jerusalem. reporter: it took more than three months for iraqi forces to retake the eastern part of mosul. the push to reclaim the western half is moving much faster. with senior iraqi commanders saying this weekend that the anti- isis coalition is now in control of roughly one third of western mosul, insurgents continue to resist. the fighting is expected to become even more difficult as iraqi troops move in to the old city area where streets are narrow and armored vehicles cannot operate.
more than 60000 civilians have lead in the last week alone while the fight against isis and iraq has gone slower than planned, it has made real progress in the last year with the help of the american-led coalition which has provided ground troops and air support. they have lost more than 60% of the territory they once controlled, and increasingly top isis leaders are fleeing iraq, heading back to neighboring syria. the next phase of the fight against isis is set to begin later this summer with an operation to retake the area. this will be a big test of the anti- isis coalition but it could destroy the insurgent group as the world knows it. ben collins is a u.s. army special forces veteran and green beret. it s always good to see you. i know you served in iraq and afghanistan, three tours of duty in afghanistan.
than 60% of the territory it once held in iraq. they say the operation to stop isis is working. this air campaign is the most precise air campaign in history. it has been relentless. we have killed 180 leaders from isis. we continue to kill these leaders every day. harris: here is more from jerusalem. reporter: it took more than three months for iraqi forces to retake the eastern part of mosul. the push to reclaim the western half is moving much faster. with senior iraqi commanders saying this weekend that the anti- isis coalition is now in control of roughly one third of western mosul, insurgents continue to resist. the fighting is expected to become even more difficult as iraqi troops move in to the old city area where streets are narrow and armored vehicles cannot operate.