details are few and far between. are we going to get big picture here or is this going to be perhaps some specifics about what we're missing about what happened in the ambush, colonel? >> i think that's exactly the right question to ask, brianna. i think we'll get a few tidbits on the tactical situation, what specifically happened, but my sense is the pentagon is not yet quite ready to release the entire timeline and all of the play-by-play, blow-by-blow what happened. i think what we'll see probably is general dunford more interested in talking about the mission in niger and why it's important, and then he'll probably want to talk about the mission in africa. why it's important. maybe a little bit about the spread of isis and terrorism in that region. that type of thing. but if we're lucky, we'll get a few tidbits to shed a little bit more light on this tactical operation. >> because you do have even some leading senators, lindsey graham among them, chuck schumer, who had no idea of the footprint of