minutes. today marks the sixth day of a major offensive in iraq to retake the city of mosul from isis control and it's happening as reports are streaming out of the embattled region that isis militants may have executed 284 civilians. matt, can you give us an update on the fighting taking place in some of these reports we are getting that isis executed up to 284 civilians? >> reporter: what we are seeing right now are the early reports of this, and we don't know if it's true, and the united nations said they are opening an investigation into the allegations, but if they are true and even the early allegations of the 284 people being killed that is consistent with how the islamic state has behaved in other battles, and now, remember, ayman, this is a group that says it has divine