from fighters you've been spending time with? do they feel that, i wouldn't say stalled would be a word for the isis forces right now but do they feel the momentum has stabilized or slowed? >> well, if you look at a lot of front lines that around the controlled areas, they are not as active as they are moving further south towards the capitol of baghdad. what we're seeing up here is isis units testing the resolve. they will launch quick attacks, clashes that will last for a few hours at times, mortar rounds but no real direct confrontat n confrontation. the front line holding up to a certain degree. what is interesting to the capabilities of the iraqi security forces speaking with the governor of there, he said iraqi security forces are great