Going toward the city. Although the peshmerga would not have allowed isis militants to capture that city. But this comes as isis is trying to relieve pressure on mosul. Peshmerga are strangling it on three different fronts isis is probing their lines, looking for weaknesses to exploit. And really to show you how, how continues the fighting was, we know that 40 isis fighters were killed in it. And several peshmerga fighters were killed as well. Although the peshmerga have been fairly vague in the number of fatalities they had. But what is most surprising is how it shaped up with their weapons, you have the peshmerga, who are using small arms they do not have heavy artillery and you have the isis fighters who have american equipment. Theyre going against them. Alisyn . Thanks for spelling all of that out this morning for us ian, lee, well check back in with you. Theres information about the suspected gunman in the deadly shootings in copenhagen and emerging evidence that the paris terror
Hear what happened next. Lets talk. Live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Some 60 nations are converging on the white house today to combat extremists and their social media campaigns aimed at recruiting tomorrows terrorists. In this mornings Los Angeles Times president obama said in this op ed quote, groups like al qaeda and isil exploit the anger that festers when people feel that injustice and corruption leave them with no chance of improving their lives. The world has to offer todays youth something better. So the u. S. Is ramping up its own social media offensive to combat the 90,000 messages per day pumped out by isis. Now the state department is tweeting messages like quote, isis is not the solution. Its spread has worsened social ills more homelessness starvation poverty and death so lets talk more about this. Lets head to the white house and cnns michelle kosinski. Good morning. Reporter hey, carol. I dont know if angr