Bringing the near nine month battle for the city to an end. The Iraqi Military was made to fight for every street. Haider al abadi has been seen walking through mosuls streets, congratulating the troops alongside him. He was expected to make a speech, formally declaring victory, but that has not yet happened. A few hours ago, mr al abadi took to twitter to deliver the news. Iraqi Security Forces have been celebrating on the streets of mosul. Its three years since the Group Calling itself Islamic State seized control of iraqs second largest city. It still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. These images from the old city show the scale of the destruction. Earlier there were reports of continuing clashes, the so called Islamic State group still holds territory to the west and south of mosul. Our Correspondentjonathan Beale reports from the front line. What was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred, or destroyed by months of war. We join
Smith many in america say that the president is a warnt criminal, killing civilians. translated what should we do . Send boxes of flowers and fruit . translated theres no alternative to president bashar. Tonight ofrontline, inside assads syria. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major
Smith many in america say that the president is a war criminal, killing civilians. translated what should we do . Send boxes of flowers and fruit . translated theres no alternative to president bashar. Tonight ofrontline, inside assads syria. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major s
And im errol barnett. A warm welcome to those of you watching in the u. S. And all around the world. Coming up i ask you to please release my child. The mother of an american journalist makes an emotional plea to his isis captors to let him go. This as the Extremist Group sets its sights on the strategically vital iraqi city of kirkuk. New intelligence suggests isis fighters have managed to infiltrate the area in secret. Also ahead, a top u. S. Health official says isolating west africa isnt the answer to stopping the ebola virus. Youll hear his prescription for getting the outbreak under control. After nearly two years in the hands of islamic militants in syria, american journalist Peter Theo Curtis is now safe at his mothers home near boston. Curtis was freed on sunday. But the joy of his release was tempered by the execution just days earlier of fellow journalist james foley. Curtiss mother nancy says she is overwhelmed with relief. On wednesday curtis thanked all those who worked s
Terms of there being no daylight among the International Community as to the expectation that north korea will take steps. And global pressure is growing on north korea to curb its Nuclear Program after sanctions are slapped on unanimously by the u. N. Security council. Welcome to early start, im Miguel Marquez in for dave briggs. Good morning. Nice to see you, good morning. Im christine romans. It is monday, august 7th. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Good morning, everyone. The second in command at the Justice Department rejecting suggestions that Robert Mueller cannot dig into trump family finances. The Deputy Attorney general saying mueller can look into any crimes he might discover within the scope of his probe. Rosensteins remarks to Fox News Sunday come days after President Trump said mueller would cross a red line if he digs into his familys finances. Cnn reported last week that federal investigators are looking into potential ties between russia and the president and his associa