since then it s lost 50% of the territory it once controlled and only controls about 10% of iraq unlike before when they controlled cities like ramada, falluja. they are on their last they are on their last legs in terms of control in iraq. in syria, isis has steadily been losing ground. today, it was announced by turkish-backed free syrian army fighters that they had taken the town of dabiq in northern syria. of course, that town figures highly in a saying of the prophet muhammad. there, the armies of rome and the muslim world would meet for a battle that would mark the beginning of the end of days. certainly, what we see in syria and even in libya, as well as iraq, is that steadily, slowly
we re not a bunch of crazies. we re not a bunch of nuts. we re like anything else. what happens if today comes and goes like any other day? the group is not exactly answering that question. but again, the man who made the prediction, the man who put the math together from the bible some kind of way, his name is harold camping, the man behind the family radio network and prediction that today is the beginning of the end. he says he s gone through the bible and done the math, kind of a complicated equation if you will. he s figured out exactly this date. but it s not the first time we have heard from this man. let me take you back now to 1993 and listen to what he told our larry king. when we lay out all of the history of the world beginning with genesis chapter 1 in the beginning god created heavens and earth and god shows how that begiing it was.
cnn saturday morning because, yes, for some today is the beginning of the end of days. the apocalypse. doomsday. all that may 21st starts today according to one family radio network. family radio worldwide network is what they are called spent some $100 million to get their message out so they are taking this very seriously. that message is that the world ends today. at least the first parts of the apocalypse will happen. the leader of the family leader worldwide says the time line is in the bible. he did the math and came up with the date of today. he also did math back in 1994 and he predicted the same thing would happen. so who s taking him seriously and should we all be taking him seriously? i definitely do not think the world will end tomorrow. i say just chill. let the days go. i don t think anything will happen.
yesterday. what exactly is ahead for the former head of imf. also, today, this, folks, is our last day. today is doomsday. you might have heard about did. so far so good, but we re told the apocalypse should be starting today. the radio networks have spent millions of dollars to warn you that the end is here. we re here at the beginning of this cnn saturday morning. it might be our last. let s all try our best to make it a good one. it s saturday, may 21st. up front, let s start with a breaking story we re getting out of kabul, afghanistan. at least one or more suicide bombers have attacked a hospital there. at least six people have been killed, another 26 are hurt. the taliban is claiming responsibility along with a far higher death toll than afghanistan authorities are confirming. we will take you back live to kabul in just a few moments with the latest on this still developing story. this morning s bomb attack in kabul coincides with a warning from david petraeus. in it
the imf? today is it, folks. doomsday. the start of the apocalypse right now according to the family radio network which has spent millions of dollars to warn you that the end is here and it is today. hello from the cnn center. this is my final cnn saturday morning on this doomsday, saturday, may 21st. i m t.j. holmes. we ll get back to doomsday happenings throughout the morning. let me tell you about dominique strauss-kahn. out of jail now staying at a luxury manhattan apartment for now. the former imf chief was released yesterday after putting up 1 million cash and 5 million in insurance bonds secured by his wife who is staying with him in new york. cnn s susan candiotti picks up this now and more on the living arrangements including why he couldn t stay at his first choice of apartments. a plan to release him hit a snafu when the police he was planning to live wouldn t let him stay there. that led to a court hearing to discuss the issue. the judge agreed to allow him