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A daily basis. look at all the debris throughout the island, as you can imagine, all of this is certainly going to overwhelm officials here and the waste management system, creating that health concern that you just described. that said, also pollution. there are many chemicals and electronics in the piles, and officials here are working very hard to make sure as much oz thaf gets pulled out and disposed of appropriately before it ends up in the landfalls that are already full to the brim. polo sandoval, thank you so much. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson in saudi arabia today, praising the fighters who drove isis out of its strongholds in syria and iraq. his praise comes just days after u.s.-backed militias say they completely liberated the city of raqqah from isis militants, but tillerson also had this warning. shortly, iranian militias that are in iraq now that the fight against daesh and isis is ....
Suffers from the same anomalies as the previous ban. the justice department says it will appeal it. all right, so the da speaking out after its exkploesive report that its agents were handcuffed by a law that made it difficult to go after an opioid epidemic spiralled out of control. according to the washington post 60 minutes report, the law actually weakened the market for drug distributors from flooding the market with addictive opioids. yesterday the da pushed back. i should assure you that although it may have been more charlging as any kind of legislation or policy sometimes hasinate affect, we will find other ways to do our jobs. i want people to understand we did not stop doing what we were supposed to be doing at the da. ....
The u.s.-backed forced have ended military operations in the city of raqqah, but it comes at a high price. this is what raqqah looks like today in this exclusive drone video obtained by cnn. you can just see the devastation there after a month s long assault. the u.s.-backed forces are clearing out the final pockets of resistance at this point in time. and this is a landmark moment in the decline of isis in the middle east. a map here showing how little territory remains in isis control. and for this decline in territory, president trump is taking credit. he says he was or has, quote, totally changed the military. here s what he said. i totally changed rule of engageme engagement. i totally changed our military. i totally changed the attitudes of the military. and they have done a fantastic job. isis is now giving up, they are giving up, they are raising their hands, they are walking off. nobody s ever seen that before. ....
Taking place in raqqah, aiming to try and minimize that and that isis local firefighter fig ready to be evacuated yesterday. unclear at this point natalie if that convoy of isis local isis militants and civilians left, where they re going to be headed what the numbers are and what is the fate of the hard core foreign isis fighters who remain in those few neighborhoods possibly also using civilians as human shields. and as we watch that, what is next? what comes after raqqah? well, you know it does seem at this point that the recapture of the city of raqqah, the de facto capital of isis, seems to be imminent. that s a huge blow to the terror group, but at the same time, the fighting is not over. a lot of focus right now on eastern syria and that desert, oil rich province and also in ....
Who fought in iraq. get ready, the fighting has just begun. neither nbc news or the government verified his identity, nationality or whereabouts. joining us to take a closer look at this, msnbc terrorism analyst and executive director of the terror asymmetrics project, author of defeating isis. malcolm, using a boy who speaks in what seems like at the least an american accent, speaks fluent english to recruit, they know they re getting attention with this. this is a fascinating video. let me say that off the bat. we haven t seen videos like this in the way they use an american citizen. they used others, used a lot of french children and russian children, but i ve noted some things about this video that sort of mitigate the impact of it. number one, they re in the city of raqqah, they talk about intensity of the american ....