the concern in syria is, if the u.s. were to draw down forces, not only would it not be able to adequately support sds, a resurgence of isis. again, that allows for iranian-russian forces to fill in and move that vacuum itself. they are various front lines and various interested parties. a lot is at stake. officials are looking at what happened and expressing their own concerns that the u.s. may decide to draw down from iraq. it's quite a flash point that american troop presence when it comes to what's happening in syria and iraq. the crucial thing that a lot of analysts point to is that u.s. support is vital in the battle against isis, at this stage. to draw down prematurely has devastating consequences. when we see what happens, when they withdrew from the obama administration, despite warnings from iraqi leaders on the ground, at the time they withdrew from iraq, u.s. officials were saying publicly, they believe the iraqi security forces could hold on to security gains. that's exactly how it was phrased at the time. w

you have thousands of iranian and hezbollah troops on the ground in syria. so that's something you're not going to see in venezuela. you also have, i think, an amazing international and latin coalition against the regime in venezuela. so, really, i don't think the situation is comparable and i'm very much doubt we'll be having this conversation a year from now. >> so, tell me about the russians. why are they doing what they're doing and what can you do about it? >> i would say the russians have dmom demonstrated their loyalty to the regime and here i think you can draw a connection to syria that is symbolic. they're trying to show they're good allies for dictators around the world. we have a big options list being reviewed by secretary pompeo in ways in which we should respond directly to russia for their continued support and now a little bit of military support for the regime. and he will make those decisions. >> is it fair to say, though, given the extraordinary russia intrusion violation of the monroe doctrine and doubling down on the regime the trump ad

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forces in syria. the president wants that number to draw down to a residual force of several hundred. that work is going on. but this event now underscores how important it may be to keep a u.s. presence, if for no other reason than to continue to collect intelligence about what isis is up to and hopefully thwart future attacks. erica, john? >> barbara starr for us at the pentagon. we'll have a live report from syria on the ground in just a little bit. >>> the husband of a top trusted adviser to the president questioning the president's mental state. doug, doug! douglas! we're running dangerously low on beans. people love your beans, doug. they love 'em. doooooooooug! you want to go sell some tacos? progressive knows small business makes big demands. doug, where do we get a replacement chili pepper bulb? so we'll design the insurance solution that fits your business. it's a very niche bulb. it's a specialty bulb. that fits your business. with 25 million bookable [can we switch sides?] [yeah!] in hotel

we don't have to invade syria, and i don't know anyone who is arguing for invading syria at all, in order to hold assad accountable for war crimes. you can do both. you can say assad is a war criminal and you can say that they're wrong, but tulsi gabbard doesn't seem to agree with that. excement september for 200 of them. >> her position on syria is closer to the president than many people in congress, which would be an issue if she were to get into a one-on-one race with president trump, but well before we ever get there, the democratic party is going to have this internal foreign policy fight about what is the u.s. role in the world. and you know, again, military intervention, very unpopular in a democratic primary. this may play to her political advantage, but there's a greater issue here. the fact is that the syrian war is ending. the syrian people are struggling for dignity, accountability and justice. atrocities are still going on today. thousands of people being tortured in assad's prisons. there's an expectation that america will take a chance. we don't always live up to that exam

afghanistan, pakistan, syria, iraq, libya, yemen and on and on and on. and this is why we need to tackle the conflict zone and help bring about diplomatic solutions. the united states including -- the united states should and must be a major role instead of pouring gasoline on the raging fire. point two, we have to deal with the ideology, you're right. you mentioned the ideology. al qaeda and isis offer a very powerful ideology, a contrarian revolutionary ideology to the system and unless arab and muslim societies develop a counterideological narrative, and this counterideological narrative has to do with transparency, with good kno governance, with inclusiveness and trying to resolve conflict, not just in syria. the arab/israeli conflict. what president trump is doing, in fact, he has given al qaeda and isis and other radical groups justification to really have a big popular base by deepening palestinian sense of injustice and by also siding fully with the far right in israel at the expense of international peace and security. >> fawaz gerges joins us i

-backed forces working to recapture that area in eastern syria. cnn is live near the front lines for you. >>> plus, the u.s. president delivers his longest speech ever. it was long. targeting his usual enemies, and railing his supporters with it. >>> also ahead this hour -- >> the fearful part is you might not come back. that's what i fear most. >> disturbing stories. fishermen in guiana torturing children, using them as slaves. we'll have that exclusive report for you. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta and want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. the second hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and 5:01, we start in syria where u.s.-backed forces are closing in on the last isis enclave in the eastern part of that country, amid reports of heavy fighting. listen. cnn has been on the ground reporting from the front lines and in this exclusive video, you see the battle waging through the night sky. heavy gunfire and artillery, terrorists cornered in eastern syria for wee

ben wedeman joins us from eastern syria. ben, give us the latest. what are you seeing and hearing? >> reporter: yes shg, christi a victor, what we saw is after a night of air strikes, the air strikes stopping striking. we heard from the syrian democratic forces that the battle at bag houz has come to an end. what we saw was massive destruction. hundreds of cars hit in air strikes. several dead bodies and our camerawoman mary rodgers even found an explosive suicide vest by the side of the road. what we saw for the syrian democratic forces backed by the united states and western europe, a real jubilant mood jubilation. and at its height, isis strepped from the outskirts of bag ahead to ahelp spo in western syria, what we saw was the death of the caliphate. a caliphate that had reeked terror not only in this area, but behaviors in turkey and elsewhere. certainly, it's a significant day, but the joy is tempered by the realization that isis has just gone back to its roots. it has become, once again, a terrorist insurgency that is

as far as syria this part of syria is concerned, victory over isis doesn't bring any sort of prospect of long-term paetz aea prosperity. the worry in this country is turkey has ambitions to crush the kurdish forces in this part of syria because it is turks believe they are simply, a, the syrian wing of the pkk. the kurdistan workers party, that in turkey has been waging a separatist war against the turkish state since 1984 so there is no confidence that things are going to -- that everything is going to become rosie now that isis has been defeated. michael. >> ben wedeman, stay safe, thanks for an excellent report. >>> we'll check in now with your tweets and facebook comments. what do we have, katherine? smerconish, it's refreshing to hear someone give credit to anyone from the a posing party as chris coons just did in giving the president credit for the defeat of isis in syria. how much does the u.s. deserve for the fume of the caliphate from the latest chapter and verse? absolutely, credit is deserving of the united states. i will just add my own two cents that what a case of strang

isis as a territorial entity in iraq and syria no longer exists. but as an idea, the islamic state is far from vanquished. among those who surrendered, we heard vows that isis would some day return with pa vengeance. many of the men and the women and children still carry with them isis' poisonous ideology. now, tingeed with bitterness and resentment for their final humiliating surrender, beyond this small corner of eastern syria, groups pledging allegiance to isis still controlled territory in egypt's sinai peninsula, libya, afghanistan, the philippines and elsewhere and its message still drives so-called lone wolves to carry out terrorist attacks. the caliphate, the so-called islamic state is a haven for mad men and murderers s is no more. for now. ben wedeman, cnn, eastern syria. >>> after 22 months of anticipation and intense speculation, special counsel robert mueller's russia probe is finally lynn i finished. >> that announcement came late friday from the justice department. it's not yet known what's in that report or when it might be made pub

because russia is syria's protectorate. but i'm even more concerned about the precedent this sets for international law. there is a u.n. security council resolution governing the inadmissibility of acquiring territory through wars. and the president is completely disregarding that. >> i want to delve deeper into two points. first it is noteworthy, you talk about the timing around an election in israel and when asked whether mr. trump thinks his decision will have a positive impact for benjamin netanyahu here's his response. >> i wouldn't even know about that. i wouldn't even about that. i have no idea. i hear he's doing okay. i don't know if he's doing great right now but i hear he's doing okay. but i would imagine the other side, whoever's against him, is also in favor of what i just did. every president has said do that. i'm the one that gets it done. >> mr. trump there speaking. but what is the impact for benjamin netanyahu, who's in a tough election? he seemed to enthusiastically embrace this news from president trump.

-backed syrian forces that they have fully liberated syria from isis. but as the syrian defense forces raise liberation flags over the final isis stronghold, it's a victory that can only resonate so far. the breeding ground and ideology of isis still thrives. cnn's ben wedeman has been on the ground in syria now for the past 50 days. ben, what does this mean that the isis caliphate has been defeated in that portion of syria? >> reporter: it certainly means that it's a major setback for the ideology upon which isis was based. for a few years going back to 2014 in june, when isis took over mosul, the second largest city in iraq, there was a feeling that they were unstoppable, that they were fighting armies that were corrupt and basically incompete incompetent. i was in iraq as they were taking one major iraqi city after another while they were expanding in syria as well. so the removal of that certainly has led many to breathe a sigh of relief. however, the problem is that the fertile soil upon which isis grew and thrived is still there, and that is the a

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-backed forces working to recapture that area in eastern syria. cnn is live near the front lines for you. >>> plus, the u.s. president delivers his longest speech ever. it was long. targeting his usual enemies, and railing his supporters with it. >>> also ahead this hour -- >> the fearful part is you might not come back. that's what i fear most. >> disturbing stories. fishermen in guiana torturing children, using them as slaves. we'll have that exclusive report

very intense heavy fighting in syria. that military officials say might result in the end of isis as we know it. eastern syria, near the iraqi border, a full-scale military air and ground assault on the tiny piece of real estate that isis fighters were able to claim as their own. it is now surrounded, u.s.-backed forces are hammering it and the isis members there who chose not to surrender have nowhere to escape. cnn is the only american tv network in this area, and our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is not far from those explosions and the machine gun fire. ben, it's after midnight there where you are. are you hearing anything from the front about casualties or what kind of progress these u.s.-backed rebels are making against the isis holdouts? >> reporter: no, we actually haven't gotten any updates on the progress in this battle so far, but we have our eyes to see that the bombardment went on quite intensely for quite some time. at the moment, it's relatively quiet. earlier in the evening, there were fir

for the latest ben joins us live from eastern syria. you and your team have been watching this battle play out for a while now. why has it taken so long, and will this be a fight to the death or will we see some of these isis fighters surrender? >> reporter: rosemary, the reason why thoefb had this is the third attempt to retake this very small bit of land still occupied by isis. and the reason is there were so many civilians inside. originally the syrian democratic forces wildly underestimated the number of people inside. and aunt ago they were telling us they thought there was only about 1,500 civilians and maybe 500 fighters. well, it turned out there were more than 30,000 inside. so after the first two attempts to retake the town they called a truce to allow civilians and fighters who wanted to leave and surrender to do so. so between the fighting we saw these huge numbers of people come out, and most recently we saw hundreds of isis fighters. some of whom i spoke to leaving. many of them said that they simply could not stand the bo

we have defeated the caliphate in syria. we have withdrawn from the horrible iran nuclear deal and imposed the toughest ever sanctions, and these are by far the toughest ever on the iranian regime. it's having a big effect. iran is not the same country that it was when i took office. the day i took office, we had threats all over the middle east and beyond. iran is a much different place right now than it was. as i said during my state of the union address, we will not arise to the dictatorship. death to iran and death to the genocide. we won't let them support that. we will succumb to our words, and maybe more importantly, our actions. in the last century, humanity witnessed the consequences of anti-semitism and a world without a jewish homeland. in the wake of those unthinkable horrors, the jewish people built a mighty nation in the holy land, something very, very powerful, something very special and important. today israel demonstrates that incredible possibility when strong sovereign and independent nations shot their ow

military attack in syria. i served in a war in iraq, a war that was launched based on lies and a war that was launched without evidence. and so the american people were duped. as a soldier, an american, a member of congress, it is my duty and my responsibility to exercise skepticism any time anyone tries to send our service members into harm's way or use our military to go in and start a new war. >> may i just ask a follow-up about that? congresswoman, the defense department, the united nations agree that the assad regime used chemical weapons against its own people. so as president, would you trust the conclusions of your government? >> well, like i said, we have, in our recent past, a situation where our own government told lies to the american people as an -- and to the united nations, for that matter, to launch a war. what i'm saying is it is our responsibility to exercise due diligence, to ask the tough questions, to get the evidence before we make those very costly decisions about how and when and where

civil war has ravaged syria. it began as a peaceful uprising against the country's president, bashar al-assad, during the arab spring. it rapidly escalated when the regime responded with a violent crackdown. and as you know, hundreds of thousands of people have died in the fighting in syria or they've been pushed out of their homes. countless more have been arrested, thrown in prison, subjected to horrific torture. and we have a very important cnn exclusive interview that we are bringing you today. omar al-shogre, who spent three years in various syrian prisons including saydnaya prison, which is dubbed a slaughterhouse. thank you for sharing your story. thank you so much for telling us. we need to know what's going on. describe what it was like for you. tell us what happened, how it started. >> the first time i was in the administration, i was in the administration because i was with a lot of people in syria. >> you were demonstrating. >> yeah. i was 15 years old and people were demonstrating. for me it was fun.

ben wedeman is with us from eastern syria. ben, have you seen so much of this. what are you learning there this morning? >> reporter: well, victor, christi, we were up much of the night watching as there was intense u.s.-led coalition air strikes on a hillside which is essentially where the last holdouts from isis were left. they were, we were today, in tunnels, not only several hundred jihadis, but with their families as well who they were essentially using as human shields. well, that hillside was mercilessly pounded throughout the night. early in the morning, we started here. lots of aircraft over our head. but the bombing stopped. a few hours later, a spokesman for the u.s.-backed syrian democratic forces came out with a tweet saying that the battle was over, that isis as a territorial entity had been completely defeated. we were able to go inside its last encampment where much of the fighting has been taking place, over the last few weeks. and what we saw was there were dead bodies. our camerawoman mary rodgers saw a disc

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he said this about a suicide attack in syria that killed four americans. >> u.s. forces in the last month have killed the terrorists responsible for the attack in syria that killed four americans, the paris theater attack in 2015 and the "uss cole" bombing in 2000. we killed them all. >> that went a little too far, though and not five hours later a senior administration official issued the statement, we have captured or killed terrorists with ties to the attack that killed four brave americans. we will continue to hunt isis, al qaeda and any of their associates who threaten the united states. while the last isis strong holds in syria are certainly shrinking a new documentary shows what life is like in the war torn country. all the while, bombs and air strikes are a daily reminder of the realities of war. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> she also is the filmmaker and director. welcome to both welcome to both of you and huge congratulations on winning best documentary at southwest by southwest. >> thank you very much. >> that scene, with your child, you are a f

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this is my 47th day in syria to cover the final victory over isis. it may be just hours away before an announcement came, but i think the president got it wrong again. erica. >> ben wedeman from syria for us. as you're saying, your 47th day reporting there. ben, thank you. >>> an arizona mother is in custody acuresed of torturing her children while using them for fame and fortune on her youtube channel. authorities say she starved, pepper sprayed, even locked the vulnerable children in closets. stephanie elam is live in los angeles with more this morning. you can't wrap your head around this. >> it's unfathomable when you hear what this woman is accused of doing. she's adopted seven children and this video page, it was well liked. it was very simple, but endaerg videos of these children. they had nearly a million people following them. some 240 page views for their page called fantastic adventures on youtube. but machelle hobson is her name, this is what she's accused of the you mention the pepper sprays. but pepper sprayed their genitals if they mes

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the iran yz are trying to create in syria what they had in lebanon. i do think we're headed on a course that is going to produce a collision at some point. >> and the timing is so significant. 2 1/2 weeks or so before the upcoming israeli election. it certainly looks like the president is interfering in israeli politics and wants to elvent the incumbent president netanyahu. >> there's no doubt if you look at this decision it's hard to interpret it as anything but in political terms. there was no pressing need to make this decision now. with arab leaders basically looking at israel and not prepared to say anything about this, you're creating an issue for them that wasn't there before. >> how unusual in terms of american history, and you've served in several administrations over the past few decades, the president of the united states so close to an israeli election to effectively interfere and also invite president netanyahu to blare house across the street from the white house only days before an election? >> to be fair it's not unusual. president cli

ben wedeman is on the ground in eastern syria. ben, what are you seeing? >> reporter: poppy, that was last night. today is today. what we are seeing is there is still a very small strip of land along the euphrates river that's occupied by isis. precise numbers of jihadis inside, their family members, we have no idea. but they are still there. war planes are still flying overhead. we occasionally hear gunfire in the distance. officials with the u.s.-backed syrian democratic forces are very clear. they are explicit that the operations are ongoing. isis has yet to be defeated. some people are still surrendering who are inside -- we understand many of the family members of isis have gone there. the 2000 arrived today. many of them in bad condition after having been inside this encampment now under control of the sdf. but, yes, operation is ongoing. when will victory be declared? it is not at all clear. today is the kurdish new year's. there was some indication they would announce it today. i have been told by spokesmen for the sdf, no, there will be no announc

tens of thousands of people that once lived under isis are now in refugee camps and other parts of syria and iraq and authorities worry that those people that still believe in the islamic state could pose a long-term threat to this area. so isis, yes, is about to lose their last bit of territory, but isis as a terrorist insurgency is probably far from over. >> israel's attorney general says he will indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for corruption. now just months ago opinion polls showed netanyahu's party would likely dominate the elections in april but now, two brand new polls show how quickly that has changed. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in the political fight of his life as he seeks a fifth term in office. a major blow dealt to him by his attorney general who announced his intention to indict the israeli leader in years long corruption probes pending a hearing. in two smaller cases, the attorney general says he intends to indict the prime minister on charges of breach of trust. on case 4000, he intends to charge netanyahu with bribery and breach of trust. in

. >> so daniel worked in syria. he served in syria. you said it's, quote, right to get our troops out of syria, but you did criticize president trump for failing to plan the withdrawal. >> yes. >> with u.s. allies. the u.s. is currently planning to leave 400 or more service members in syria on what is being called a peacekeeping machine. would you as president keep any troops on the ground in syria, and if so, how many? >> i think we need to get out. we need to get out. until someone can identify -- and this is the whole point about it. i ask this in hearings in arm ted services. what is the measure of success? if you're going to be there, describe, let us see so we can tell if you're failing or succeeding at this. and no one can come up with an answer. and until they can do that, we need our troops back home. >> i want to bring in jada lee, a public health educator from jackson. >> hi, jada. >> hi. good evening. mississippi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation. black and brown women make up the majority of tho

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he said the caliphate has been 100% defeated in syria. the president brought a map to prove his point. >> here's isis right now. so there's isis and that's what we have right now as of last night. that's what we have right now. you guys can have the map. congratulations. spread it around. i think it's about time. [ cheers and applause ] >> he's a great guy. he's flying with us. i will be activating mr. moore for the fed. >> the president talking about his acting defense secretary. the president showing up before leaving the white house today favoring one of his political arguments. >> the democrats have very much proven to be anti-israel, there's no question about that, and it's a disgrace. i don't know what's happened to them, but they are totally anti-israel. frankly, i think they're anti-jewish. >> that salvo from the president the day after he launched a treat heard around the world promising to release decades of u.s. policy and the sovereignty of golan heights. >> i've been thinking about doing it for a long time. it's been a very h

ben wedeman is live from eastern syria. ben, first, tell us what is happening on the ground there now. >> reporter: basically, this is the last encampment occupied by isis. we are about three-quarters of a mile away from it and it is only about a half mile square. as you saw from that video last night, we have seen the same sort of thing happening today. that area has been pounded by coalition aircraft, by mortars, by artillery, just constantly. what we have seen on several occasions, actually, it appears that something has hit several munitions depots which has caused huge explosions behind us. about 20 minutes ago, there were air strikes on that area as well. now what is interesting is we have been able to see through telephoto lenses, actually people walking among some of the tents back there. as you might be able to see, it's mostly tents. there are a few buildings in the background, but mostly tents and it's not at all clear how many people, how many fighter, how many civilians are still left inside. what we have seen

now isis is defending its last smallhold in eastern syria as the fds closes in on them. cnn's bed wedeman is in syria to tell us more. >> reporter: inside the last crater shelled pocket. some scramble for cover. others fire through the barricades. one woman carries an aka-47 assault rifle. isis posts it on social media. it shows the insanity of that state in its dying days. three times since early february the syrian democratic forces have launched operations to finally extinguish the caliphate. night and day, u.s.-led coalition warplanes, artillery and mortar barrages have pounded the encampment, yet during lulls people can still be seen strolling through the wreckage. buildings appear untouched by the bombardment. this is all that's left of the once vast once feared so-called islamic state. all it is a sprawling junkyard, a junkyard of wrecked cars and tattered tents that has defied all the swiftness over isis. last week as a gun battle raged around us, we got a glimpse of the conditions isis followers lived under. what you can see here is where the tents were. this bl

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that was an air strike i believe. >> and ben is joining us from eastern syria. detail for us what you're seeing on the ground right now. >> at the moment we are seeing some tracers being fired into what's left of the so called islamic state. about an hour ago however we were actually -- we had our heads down. we were sleeping and woken up by four massive explosions, huge fire coming up from the area behind me. since then it's been some what quieter. i haven't seen much in the way of returned fire from the isis positions but what we saw really going back to when the sun went down as soon as it was dark all held broke loose after a relatively quiet day. what we saw was mortar barrages and lots being fired into that camp. honestly how anybody could have survived the last few hours is anyone's guess. >> and that is the thing. this is the third operation to free to town. there are tens of thousands who have been trying to flee. tell us about this. >> yes. from the very beginning more than a month ago now we were told there were a mere 1,500 civilians and perhaps 500

-backed forces in syria announced the final isis strong hold there has fallen. the president says in part, i'm pleased to announce that together with our partners in the global coalition to defeat isis, including the iraqi security forces, and the syrian democratic force, the united states has liberated all isis controlled territory in syria and iraq, 100% of the caliphate. but as the syrian defense forces raise liberation flags over the final isis stronghold, it's a victory that can only resonate so far. the breeding ground and ideology of isis still thrives. cnn's ben wedeman has been on the ground in syria for the past 50 days now, ben, how exactly did this historical territorial victory happen? >> reporter: well, it happened as a result of a confluence of interests between local forces, whether that be the kurds, in syria, and iraq, and the shia in iraq, and ironically, iran, the united states, the western powers, all coming together, realizing that isis was a very broad threat, threatening the regional order here, in the middle east, so for instance, i was

. >>> also ahead, a fierce battle is playing out in eastern syria right now. u.s.-backed forces try to finally end the tyranny of is sis and we will show you what it's looking like along the front lines. what makes this simple salad sis and we will show you what it's looking like along the front lines. isis and we will show you what it's looking like along the front lines. get the recipes at walnuts.org. raquen... rakutahn... rakooten... ♪ rakuten oh! is this my money? whoaaah! haha! rakuten ♪ ahhh! rakuten! president trump's tax returns and comes of the president former attorney michael cohen gave a pretty revealing testimony about the president's finances in front of congress last week. joining me now to discuss is democratic congressman from michigan, dan kildee who sits on the house ways and means committee which has the authority to request the president's tax returns. how far along in this process is the committee getting the the president's returns? >> this is unchartered territory for us and we have not' use the authority to get access to a president's

troops could stay in syria, but no final decision has been made. this follows the president's order in december to immediately draw down troops. dan coats told congress in late january isis maintained a presence in syria despite the president's claim that the militant group has been defeated. >>> let's get a check on cnn business. the president slammed general motors demanding gm reopen or sell the recently closed plant in lordstown, ohio. general motors has responded. to be clear under the terms of the national agreement, the ultimate future of the unallocated plants will be resolved between gm and the uaw. the president tweeted that he spoke to mary barra about lordstown and he said he asked her to sell it or do something quickly. but that barra blamed the uaw. the tweet was the third time president trump took to twitter to voice his frustrations about gm's plans to cut thousands of jobs and close factories. saturday suggested a new owner could manage the plant but time is of the essence. production at the ohio plant ended earlier this month. and

is focused on the threat from isis in syria and iraq. al qaeda is rebuilding and wants to establish itself as the leader of a global movement. >> showing signs of confidence as they work to strengthen networks against western interests. >> al qaeda obtains the capability to hit us. >> the 2005 london bus and subway bombings, killing 52 people. however, al qaeda affiliates are carrying out attacks. al shabab killed 21 in an attack in a nairobi hotel. hamza's home country revoked his citizenship. they believe he is on the afghanistan-pakistan border and could cross into iran. >> somebody like hamza, a younger guy, been in the group since a child is a significant threat. >> reporter: jake tapper, cnn, washington. >> thank you. >>> the push is on there to grab the last bit of territory isis controls. u.s. backed forces say they pushed more than half a mile or 1 kilometers into the enclave. heavy fighting is under way. you can see from this video, a sense of what's happening on the ground. three sdf fighters have been wounded, so far. the ope

ben, you've been in syria as isis holds out. they say isis is 100% defeated. is that what you're seeing? >> reporter: no, we're not. the last 24 hours we're seeing airstrikes. these are american airplanes. right now you can see a flare behind me. i can see tracer fire going toward the horizon. there is another flare behind me. there has been gunfire coming out of the isis positions which are, admittedly, a very small piece of territory on the edge of a hill outside on the eastern end of this town of babus. the fighting is not over. if you were to look at the amount of territory, it is very small indeed, but the fighting goes on. what we heard from a spokesman of the syrian democratic forces today is they believe there are still several hundred holdouts including women, including children who are being used as human shields and they believe these last holdouts are not going to surrender peacefully, that they are going to fight to the death. and it appears that this may be the beginning of the final, final, final battle. i mean, i've been here for 49 days and we

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-backed forces in syria captured several isis militants they believe are linked to a january suicide attack. of course you will remember the attack because of the four americans it killed. officer jonathan farmer, navy technician shannon kent, scott wirtz, and ghadi taher who was working as an interpreter with the army. they were killed in the explosion. barbara starr has more from the pentagon. what do you know? >> reporter: good morning, poppy. you will remember the horrific video that shows the suicide attack unfolding that day in january in northern syria that killed the four americans and several syrians, of course. now a u.s. defense official confirming to cnn that the u.s.-backed fighters in northern syria have, indeed, captured up to five militants they believe were part of the planning and execution of the attack. the suicide bomber killed in the blast, of course. this apparently -- the capture happened in february. since then the u.s. has had access to the detainees being held by the syrian democratic forces and have been able to interrogate them. there is a belief they wer

but the question is the extent to which if the united states draws down in syria, which it is planning to, and draws down in places like afghanistan, we've seen these groups, when there's a vacuum, these groups go in. not that they're so strong but they attack weak hosts. the fact isis is gee graphingly defeated, almost completely, it doesn't mean the ideology has around the world. that's why the general told them, it wouldn't have been his advice to draw down to zero or much smaller number in syria. although they're certainly having success on the battlefield, we saw the complete drawdown of american troops in iraq in 2007, that that can have effects. >> thank you. always appreciate your expertise. >> protests are growing over the district attorney's decision not to charge two officers who shot and killed a 22-year-old unarmtd black man. any moment now, his family is expected to speak out. we're continuing to watch that. this is the invitation to lexus sales event. with generous offers now through march 31st. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. with generous offers starts with lo

. >>> as the war against isis and its last bit of land winds down in syria, we get a close look at the people still trapped there and what's left of the state next here. also, yet another week of uncertainty for brexit. the prime minister's promise third vote may not happen this week. we'll explore that, as well as we push on here. you're watching "cnn newsroom." and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. shipstation. the #1you've got to get in of oni know what a bath is smile honey this thing is like... first kid ready here we go by their second kid, every parent is an expert and... ...more likely to choose luvs, than first time parents. live, learn and get luvs i