BERMAN: New developments in the battle for Mosul. Coalition forces are closing in on the Iraqi city. Iraqi and Peshmerga troops are just a few miles from the borders right now. The fighting has been fierce. The coalition has already freed dozens of villages from ISIS occupation. And as they advance, hundreds of ISIS fighters appear to be packing up and fleeing Mosul in the other direction for Syria. CNN's Michael Holmes live on the ground near Mosul this morning. Michael, what are you seeing?</s>MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Yes, John. I can tell you that we have been keeping an eye on Bashiqa as we have for last two or three days. Kurdish forces coming in from two directions initially, surrounding the village. That was them a victory, surrounding the town, and in fact, eight other villages. What we've been hearing is that they have been forced back by suicide vehicle bombs and also by sniper position. Today, there have been aerial attacks. There have been missiles going into the town from Apache helicopters. And in the last little while, we're hearing that one of those villages on outside, the Peshmerga, have been able to get in there. They are making progress to take what is an important strategic city just 20 kilometers from Mosul. And it is also on a main supply route. So, Bashiqa, a very important prize, if you like, for the Peshmerga, also Iraqi forces making some gains elsewhere on the battlefield. The most forward position, about eight miles from the outskirts of the city. But that's not a uniform circle. They're going to need to bring others up from different directions before they settled enough to start thinking about trying to enter to Mosul, John.</s>BERMAN: Michael Holmes for us in Mosul, following the developments there. Thanks so much, Michael.</s>ROMANS: All right. Just two weeks to go until Election Day. The big question, who is winning? There's our new poll and then there's Donald Trump's take. We got that, coming up.
Coalition Forces Advance on Mosul.