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June 20th, 2014
09:22 PM ET

Secret video of ISIS smuggled out by wanted man

A man who fled from Mosul, Iraq, shows CNN Senior International Correspondent Arwa Damon video that provides a rare glimpse into how ISIS is winning - and then ruling - over people in the cities they seize.


Filed under: Arwa Damon • Iraq • Terror
June 20th, 2014
09:19 PM ET

Hospital teeters on edge after landslides

Torrential rains continue to pound the upper Midwest of the U.S. causing major flooding and landslides throughout Minnesota. CNN's Ana Cabrera reports.


Filed under: Ana Cabrera • Weather
June 20th, 2014
09:14 PM ET

2016 GOP hopeful under criminal probe

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is facing accusations of illegally coordinating fundraising for his 2012 recall campaign. CNN's Brian Todd investigates.

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Filed under: CNN Investigations Unit • Politics • Scott Walker
June 20th, 2014
09:10 PM ET

Children's rush to border creates immigration crisis in U.S.

CNN's Polo Sandoval takes a look at how the U.S. is trying to control the rush of children illegally crossing the border as the immigration crisis takes a toll on states in the region.


Filed under: Immigration • Politics • Polo Sandoval
June 20th, 2014
09:06 PM ET

Obama: Iraq must find political solution

President Barack Obama exhorted Iraqi leaders to come up with a political solution to governing their nation because "if they don't, there won't be a military solution to the problem," he told CNN in an interview Friday. CNN's Kate Bolduan has the interview.

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Filed under: Interviews • Iraq • Kate Bolduan
June 20th, 2014
09:02 PM ET

Three major pitfalls U.S. forces in Iraq face

CNN's Barbara Starr looks at some of the contingency plans that may be used if the U.S. military faces danger in Iraq.


Filed under: Barbara Starr • International affairs • Iraq