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The taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide blast that killed four people at the largest u.s. military base in afghanistan. the attack happened in the early morning hours, at bagram airfield. the bomber detonated a suicide vest where people were gathering for a run. ash carter says two contractors and 16 other service members and one polish soldier was wounded in the attack. meantime, an update in the battle for mosul. iraq s military say it is pushing deeper into the isis stronghold, and shiit fighters inside neighboring syria. so when donald trump becomes commander in chief, the war on isis will be front and center on ....
Strikes with support for local forces on the ground and limited american troops on the ground as well. that s what is happening now. the question is to what extent he would be prepared to ramp up any of that, because ultimately, the goal is to kill isis ability to project organized and inspire terror attacks in the united states and other countries as well. now, syria in particular, and what trump does there with isis will be interesting. we know there is this expectation that president trump will have a cozier relationship with russia. so therefore, some believe that president trump and president putin could do a deal that would see them fighting isis together in syria. which could be more efficient military, perhaps, but other consequences with that. likely consequence would be the continued rule that president assad in syria. we know that s russia s stated objective. it would upset many people in syria that has risen up against assad, upset people around the ....
His foreign policy a skbren gen. trump says he knows more about isis than the generals do, end quote. and he is also promising swift action for defeating the terror group. here is what he said he would do on his first day in office. so we re going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction. they will have 30 days to submit to the oval office, a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. all right, cnn s phil black is live from irbil iraq. what do we know about what would be trump s war on isis? reporter: well, fredricka, we know that trump favors continuing to hit isis militarily. he was hitting it that there. what it means in a sense of more of the same what we re seeing here in iraq and syria, air ....
Two u.s. service members have been killed fighting terror in afghanistan. military officials say the service members died this morning from wounds they sustained during an operation to clear a taliban position in the northwestern part of the country. two other service members were also wounded in that same operation. . iraqi forces are now inside mosul for the first time in more than two years. troops entered the isis stronghold just hours ago. cnn s arwa damon is with the forces on the outskirts of the city. hello, arwa. hi, carol. it was the iraqi army s ninth division that made that initial push into mosul. but the going has been quite tough as would be expected. clashes described as being very intense. they ve only managed to move two ....
That s been laid into place like harry reid over decades is incredible. if donald trump is able to win out there, he will have really outperformed anybody s best expectations. the clinton ground game is better, the momentum is a little stalled for her, so i think we all just have to wait until election day at this point. the polls we have to take with a grain of salt. thank you both. coming up in the newsroom intense fighting inside mosul right now with iraqi forces entering the isis stronghold. hands? like finding new ways sd to be taken care of. home, car, life insurance obviously, ohhh. but with added touches you can t get everywhere else, like claim free rewards. or safe driving bonus checks. even a claim satisfaction guaranteeeeeeeeeee! in means protection plus unique extras only from an expert allstate agent. it s good to be in, good hands. ....