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And in baghdad itself the terrorist attacks have increased over the last six weeks. the way i would characterize what were doing, its just not enough. not enough advisers. not enough trainers. not enough forward air controllers. not enough direct action missions like we just saw executed last night. not enough apache helicopters. not enough of our resources and our commitment and our resolve to bring this thing to an end so we can stop the killing that isis executes routinely. >> so what gives? ...

President to do? >> more aggressively executing our air campaign and working more aggressively on the ground with our allies. not putting tens of thousands of troops in but the ford air controllers, the logistics experts or the intelligence experts to help the iraqis win this fight. >> i think the u.s. does have pabt 4,000 troops on the ground there as advisers trainers what else do you want? >> ford air controllers to make our air campaign much more effective. it would make our munitions much f...

The captain came back in the cockpit, and the plane landed normally. however, the investigator went on camera today and said hes very very certain that this was lubitz practicing what he then did on flight back. >> fred thank you. lets spring board off of freds points here. the preliminary report also laid out minute by minute what happened as flight 9525 dropped altitude. it noted how high that plane was when the cockpit door was heard closing. from that point to the catastrophic end, air contr...

The president refuses to send people on the ground who can identify targets. when you dont have air controllers on the ground you can hit stationary targets. it is almost impossible to hit a moving target. it is a fundamental of warfare. the thousands being displaced now, not to mention those who will be treated as we know isis treats those who are left behind, this may be one of the most bizarre and incensesensitive statements i have ever heard a military leader make. but he is also the mouth p...

The altitude of the last position point, very close to the actual crash site. and now, of course, we have no explanation or interpretation for the reasons which might have led this aircraft to descend and continue to descend, unfortunately, ointo the mountain. the reason why it didnt answer the attempts of the air controller who tried to contact them. so my last point, the recorders, the sound recorder that you can see here, it was found on the site yesterday about 5:00 p.m. and it was quickly s...

The alleged leader of boko haram is seen pledging loyalty to the catalyst of the muslims. what does it say about isis and how does it impact the fight regarding the brutal terror group? tom has written extensively on both of these groups. tom, good to have you here today. >> good to be here. >> what do you make of the loyalty from one group to another? >> i think it shows the proof that as the presidents policy has been saying, that unless you very aggressively take down isis or begin to confron...

It made by the magazine writer. heres what he writes. credible estimates of how many troops we should send range from 10,000 to 25,000. it is imperative that u.s. advisers be able to operate on the front lines with the local troops they support in addition to sending advisers we should be sending joint special operation task forces. but whats wrong with that argument? >> to some extent its giving them what they want. i was in afghanistan when kandahar fell, the whole country fell because of the ...

Follow the pattern we did in the early days in afghanistan. special ops, some air controllers, and let the locals carry the fight. >> given what we know about isis and reports that it is only growing in strength and in numbers, what do you see as being on the horizon if as you say, its capable of being defeated certainly by the iraqi army any time soon? >> its going to be on the horizon. endless fighting in that region. alex, its been going on for centuries. its going to continue to go on. we go...

Contingent out at the air base at -- outside of baghdad. al assad. and its being shelled every day with rockets. look there are i believe, 3,000 there now. and they will have to be more because we are not gaining against isis. they are going to need more air controllers. they are going to need more trainers. so when the president says there is no boots on the ground. there is about 3,000 there now. the president celebrated when, quote, the last american soldier left iraq and declared victory. an...

Base at -- outside of baghdad. al assad. and its being shelled every day with rockets. look there are i believe, 3,000 there now. and they will have to be more because we are not gaining against isis. they are going to need more air controllers. they are going to need more trainers. so when the president says there is no boots on the ground. there is about 3,000 there now. the president celebrated when, quote, the last american soldier left iraq and declared victory. and obviously things have go...