BLACKWELL: More breaking news this morning. U.S.-backed Syria democratic forces say the finalize ISIS stronghold in Syria has fallen.</s>PAUL: CNN international correspondent Ben Wedeman is with us from eastern Syria. Ben, have you seen so much of this. What are you learning there this morning?</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: 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 told, 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 to hear lots of aircraft over our head but the bombing stopped. A few hours later, a spokesman for the U.S.- lead - 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 discarded suicide vest by the road. There are lots of wrecked cars and tents in tatters where people had dug trenches underneath to try to take cover from the bombardment. But the long and short of it is, after many false starts and premature announcements, the so-called Islamic state as a territorial entity is history. Victor, Christi.</s>PAUL: All right, Ben Wedeman, thank you so much.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Attorney General Bill Barr has now received the report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The investigation, 675 days old, is now over.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It should be clear to everyone that Russia brazenly interfere in the 2016 presidential election process.</s>TRUMP: I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China.
ISIS in Eastern Syria has been Defeated.