Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
they have a shot at first. i think what is so joint fort lee s i talk to the healy campaign, desantis campaign, they argue they have a chance at second. that is shocking, because trump is so far out ahead, but it also allows anyone who is watching as a political junkie to get inside, under the hood up what these campaigns think about in terms of how they run along with iowa. for the haley campaign, their strategy is to knock out wrong desantis and i want my finishing in second. if they don t do that, they still feel okay about the fact that they can go on to new hampshire, and have that as a state they can win. just like in 2020 when i covered elizabeth warren, the question was, if you don t win in new hampshire or iowa, where you went? you can t get the nomination if you have not won a state. for nikki haley, that question can be answered by polls and new hampshire. desantis, not winning an iowa, a state he went all in and said
but this guy cannot win in a state like georgia. he cannot win in a state like arizona or new hampshire, or the swing states that you absolutely have to have. and last time i checked, you can t govern if you don t win. this is going to be another sub story for donald trump. and he s gonna crush the republican ticket going down. so, i m very hopeful still that they re owns as a whole make us our choice and find that one or two candidates to go against him by the time i want to hunter hit. trump is the nominee, what republican voters do, in your opinion? i mean, for indictments in, he will probably be an at least one dose trials. what should they do? what will you do if he s the nominee? well, look, that reality wouldn t come to bear. if it did, and i don t think it will, it won t come to bear until about a year for now. so, the whole political dynamic is going to change. is joe biden even on the taken by? then what have the democrats done by then? what are they alternatives by land?
very conservative state. that said this guy needs to be indicted. this isn t just the department of justice and the idea that it s all politicized. this is a grand jury in georgia of all states. which, again, kind of doubles down on the idea, this guy can t win in november. you might give him the nomination, i hope we don t, but this guy cannot win a state like jersey, or arizona, where these two states they absolutely have to have. last time i checked, you can t govern if you don t win. it s just gonna be another sob story for donald trump. and he s gonna crush the republican ticket going down. i still, very hopeful, the republicans as a whole, make a smart choice and find that one or two candidates to go against him by the time iowa in new hampshire hit. if trump is the nominee, what should republican voters do, in your opinion? for indictment, in probably at least one of those trials. what should they do? what will you do if he s the nominee? look, that reality wouldn t come to
for a minuscule chance of becoming a billionaire. if you can t play, you don t win. reporter: the lottery is the most popular form of gambling in the u.s. where people spend upwards of $100 billion on tickets and 2021. and tonight the line to buy them as out the door at bluebird liquor, and considered one of the luckiest stores in los angeles. fernando lyons drove almost two hours to buy a ticket here. what will you do with the money? persing i am going to do is change my phone number. reporter: two tickets worth more than a billion dollars were recently sold in the los angeles area. one at that store in july just blocks from skid row downtown. and while there is nothing you can do to increase your odds, there is a strategy to avoid having to share your winnings according to this harvard statistician. we should just have pattern less numbers, no birthdays or