Iraqi Troops Battle ISIS to Free Mosul; Pro-Brexit Tabloids Attack Ruling
HOWELL: The battle to retake Mosul, the fight there taking place street by street. Iraqi forces are trying to drive out ISIS out of neighborhoods in the eastern part of that city. Iraq's elite counterterrorism units were first to get inside the Mosul City limits.</s>ALLEN: They are pushing in from the east in the heart of ISIS territory going house-to-house to clear the areas. Bear in mind, thousands of civilians are still living in these neighborhoods. CNN international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is in Irbil in northern Iraq. That's about an hour's drive from Mosul. Nic, now that Iraq's forces are in Mosul, what are you hearing about ISIS resistance?</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Well, ISIS this morning claim in the hours to have launched at least one suicide attack against the Iraqi forces. We're hearing from the Iraqi forces yesterday, they were talking about advancing into six neighborhoods, raising Iraqi flag over those neighborhoods. The picture that emerges today is somewhat different. We're not hearing anything about advancing forces. More about regrouping. And we know that in at least one neighborhood, one of those districts that government forces were pushing into yesterday, they were hit by suicide bombers and they literally had to turn around and leave. And we certainly know that in other neighborhoods, the Iraqi army has become heavily bogged down, not able to move forward, and that the fighting -- sporadic fighting continues today. The impression that it's created while Iraqi forces moved into those places on the eastern outskirts of the city, they've met strong resistance. They talk about ISIS snipers on rooftops of buildings, of ISIS firing mortars, sort of short range. They fire these artillery pieces quite high in the air. They were over buildings, over a few streets and then dropped, intended to hit the Iraqi troops. But civilians are being killed and injured in the process. Food, water, electricity in very, very scarce supplies for the civilians now part of Mosul at the moment. So the picture that is emerging is one that -- you couldn't say at this stage that it was a stalemate. But given the sort of bravado and the intensity of yesterday, let's say the momentum has ground down significantly. And that's an indication the resistance that the Iraqi forces are facing -- Natalie.</s>ALLEN: All right. Thanks so much, Nic Robertson, with the latest on that in Mosul. Thank you, Nic.</s>HOWELL: Now to the issue of Brexit in the United Kingdom. The British prime minister is assuring the EU, the leaders there that it will go on as planned. This after a high court ruled Thursday that Theresa May needs the approval of parliament first.</s>ALLEN: They probably knew that this wasn't going to be easy.</s>HOWELL: Yes.</s>ALLEN: Leaving like that. But she's confident, she says her government will win an appeal. Our Diana Magnay has more from London.</s>DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Victory at the high court for the champions of parliamentary process has not gone down well with the pro-Brexit press. The judges vilifies, called the enemies of the people.</s>GINA MILLER, INVESTMENT FUND MANAGER: The result today is about all of us. It's not about me or my team.</s>MAGNAY: Gina Miller, the fund manager who brought the case against the government and her fellow plaintiffs called Brexiteers and the loaded foreign elite. There are many loaded foreign elite here in Romford. It's a market town east of London. And most people here voted for Brexit, mainly because of immigration. We head for lunch to the Tasty Bolle, a local greasy spoon, standard British fare, staple British reading.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The people have voted. Everyone -- the largest votes ever out. People came out of their houses, took the time to go and vote to get out of Europe. And these people are coming along saying well, parliament's got a right to reverse it. No way. There's no way.</s>MAGNAY: But it's not all rage against the remainers. (</s>On camera): "Loaded foreign elite defy will of British voters." Do you think that's fair?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, I don't. No.</s>MAGNAY: I've been walking the streets of Romford this morning clutching the tabloid press, but actually the mood here in one of the most Euro skeptic towns in the whole of the United Kingdom isn't quite as sour as the paper would suggest. What is in your fish and chips? I mean, you couldn't get much more British than this.</s>IAN CLARK, STORE OWNER: Just try it. It's like chocolate.</s>MAGNAY (voice-over): Ian Clark is pretty sanguine about the mood in the country and the sentiment in the press.</s>CLARK: I think</s>MAGNAY (on camera): So when it says now your country really does need you, we must get out of the EU?</s>CLARK: No. Get on with it. They need to sell their paper.</s>MAGNAY (voice-over): But hate crime since Brexit has had tragic consequences with the role that some of the press has played in inflaming toxic views under scrutiny. Pleas for tolerance made in the wake of politician Jo Cox's murder, constantly repeated with each twist and turn of the Brexit saga. Jo's husband Brendan tweeting after the high court ruling, "Whatever our view, I hope we can take a step back and debate it soberly. Inciting hatred has consequences." If the court's decision is upheld, that debate will move from the press to parliament where members will be under extreme measure to honor the will of the people. Diana Magnay, CNN, London.</s>HOWELL: Diana, thank you. Japan has launched a new weather satellite that will continue to advance its meteorological agency.</s>ALLEN: Derek is here to tell us about. Derek, I make sure that George has to say that.</s>DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: That was a great lead-in, by the way .</s>ALLEN: So I can --</s>VAN DAM: Well done. At 4:15 in the morning. I applaud you, George and Natalie.</s>ALLEN: Look at it. There it is behind you.</s>VAN DAM: Here it is. Actually yes. This is my best visual representation of this advancement in meteorological weather information. How about that one? All right, guys. I got to tell you about it because it's leaps and bounds from where we're coming from and where we're going to. Let me explain, satellites, their responsibility is to take a snapshot of the world's weather patterns. The clouds basically from about 22,000 kilometers into the atmosphere. That does it every 30 minutes or so. But in between that 30-minute time frame, in those images that are taken, there's crucial data loss that meteorologists like myself and other people who work at National Weather Services don't have the information and the ability to analyze because it simply isn't there. It takes 30 minutes to scan the earth. Now, with the new advent of this satellite, they're going to do rapid scan continuous monitoring of the earth's planetary weather systems so that means no loss of data and weather information so making our weather forecasts more timely and more accurate for you at home. So you have to benefit for this. Take a look at the video of the Himawari Satellite Nine actually launching into space. This is about three days ago, November 2nd, in the Kagoshima prefecture. That's the southwestern sections of Japan. This is a monumental step in their aerospace and meteorologist agency. And really it's going to help monitor tropical cyclones in the western Pacific, also make it possible to accurately study the distribution of volcanic ash and aerosols which you know is crucial for the aeronautics industry and airline industry. Volcanoes and volcanic ash can actually down airlines quite easily so we actually try to avoid those when we're flying. Interestingly enough, we have Himawari-8 in the sky right now monitoring the clouds across eastern Asia. Himawari-9 will actually take over from 8 so it's actually on standby until the year 2022. Here's an example of that rapid scan continuous monitoring. Do you see how quickly and how well-defined this latest typhoon is across the Western Pacific? You can see the little bubbles from the convection that's taking place. Those are the thunderstorm clouds. And that really helps meteorologists and scientists better understand what's happening in the atmosphere. So we're seeing these leaps in bounds in our understanding of what the weather's about to do. And it can only really mean better and more accurate weather forecasts for you and myself at home. Natalie, George, that's the latest we got.</s>ALLEN: I love the fact that you gave that satellite the spin.</s>VAN DAM: Geostationary.</s>ALLEN: You know, what was life like before iPhones and weather satellites? I mean, really.</s>HOWELL: Really, yes.</s>VAN DAM: You had us, little Velcros and sunshines on the wall.</s>HOWELL: Our best meteorological mind on the geostationary satellite, Derek Van Dam.</s>ALLEN: Thanks, Derek. These are real science. You know. He just -- you know, he does not have a teleprompter. Some of us do. Still ahead, a Trump supporter interrupts President Obama as he campaigns for Clinton in North Carolina. You'll hear how the president handled that coming up.</s>HOWELL: Also ahead, we show you how the U.S. electoral map is shaping up and changing as this race comes down to the wire. We're live from Atlanta. To our viewers here at home and around the globe this hour, you're watching CNN NEWSROOM.