isis. again, i think ghani was pushing that point a little bit, if the president was the least bit hesitant to try to push him over the edge but it appears that the white house has already made the decision to extend those numbers around 9,800, to 10,800 through the end of 2016. at the end of which all american ground forces are supposed to come out. >> jim i want to ask you about the violence in yemen that's caused the u.s. to pull remaining personnel out of that country how is the situation there? >> reporter: unbelievable that yemen totally unravelled in just several weeks. several weeks' time. you know it's getting bad when you have the likes of u.s. army green berets and u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, separation operations forces evacuating the area over the weekend. that's how dangerous the situation has become there, and what's particularly dangerous about it if you talk to military officials here is that iran has put its stamp on that operation now in full support