a major blow against isis. iraqi forces say they ve captured ramadi. isis had controlled the strategic city west of baghdad for almost seven month. it was a scene of brutal fighting in the last few days. now iraqi troops have raised their flag in the city center and declared victory. some pockets of isis fighters remain. a spokesman says it may take up to three weeks to push them out. as troops celebrate their first major win against isis, the country s leaders are voiing to fight on to other vowing to fight on to other terrorist strongholds. now a look at the capture of ramadi. reporter: declaring victory in ramadi. video broadcast by iraqi state tv shows soldiers raising their national flag over the city s government compound, celebrating the iraqi military s first major victory over the so-called islamic state. translator: ramadi has been freed, and the armed forces and
we re covering all of that and more this hour with our guests including a key member of the house homeland security and intelligence committees, congressman peter king of new york. our correspondents and expert analysts are also standing by. and we begin in iraq. cnn s senior international correspondent in baghdad with more on the battle for ramadi. what s the latest on the ground? do you know if the iraqis are still holding the city? reporter: they are, brianna. although we understand they are claiming that it is entirely liberated. there are still pockets of fighting and iraqi officials are telling us that s coming as no surprise to them. they expect it s going to be at least another two, three weeks before the city s entirely purged of any isis presence. but that s not stopping them from celebrating taking that central district. this really has been months in the making, brianna. take a look at this. declaring victory in ramadi. video broadcast by iraqi state
prove it can beat back isis without significant assistance from the u.s. it s important to note msnbc did not shoot this video and does not know the circumstances surrounding or leading up to the events depicted. i m joined by msnbc s cal perry, senior editor for digital and video content that will take us through this little bit. thanks for making the time. the first video you will show us is a major fire fight, the iraqi tribal fighter filmed last tuesday? exactly. believe this is last tuesday. this road runs east to west just east of the city of ramadi. iraqi state tv making that announcement that the battle would only increase for this city and when you take a look at this video, you can see how fierce the fighting is. it s important to note, these supply routes need to remain open if there s going to be a wider offensive like iraqi state tv has said there would be. we also know that there were leaflets today dropped to people who remain in ramadi urging them
u.s. consulate. as well, not just coming into irbil. let s talk other news in iraq, ivan, saddam hussein s former number two has apparently been killed. who was he? what s the significance? what power did he have left? i think what s striking about the latest reports about ibriham al duri allegedly being killed. announcements made on iraqi state tv by iraqi militia commanders, by the governor of the province. what s really striking about this is the fact that al duri is succeeded in operating and surviving in iraq for, for some 12 years since the u.s. in vaegs of iraq. in 2003. despite a $10 million u.s. bounty on his head. despite the fact that he was one of the most wanted former figures of saddam hussein s
and we have breaking news. iraqi state tv has announced the death of a key terror leader. atika shubert is here with details. this terror leader was actually in the infamous deck of cards. he was the king of clubs. that s how high up he was in the iraqi government under saddam hussein. what are we learning about his death and importance of it? he was number six in the lineup of saddam hussein s regime. important leader at the time. since then he dropped off the radar but came up again when isis marched across northern iraq. he was a leader of the baathist party so he s not a member of isis per se. he was aligned with them at one point although those allegiances are shifting all the time. what we know about his apparent death is iraqi state tv are reporting that iraqi security