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That if the head count is 400 and if its general votel who has decided who stays and who goes, those are essential personnel. were conducting air strikes. we were overnight with american aircraft. that needs forward air controllers. that needs air crews on the ground somewhere. >> well, exactly. thank god for the u.s. navy and air force strike options. thats been a huge part of the hammer weve been using. we actually had u.s. army and marine artillery units in country also operating very small e...

>> yes, because incumbents tend to favor well for re-election. and cabbot just said look for the dark horses. i say look for beto orourke. arthel: cabbot phillips and robin byro. thank you very much to both of you. eric: we gave out a shout-out of thanks to the air controllers. now reports are returning to normal. in atlanta, the tsa is scrambling to get their agents back to work just one week before thousands of fans are going to be arriving for the super bowl. jonathan surrey like from heartsf...

Support for rural communities and small airports including airfields used by our air national guard units. great people. and more importantly, air traffic controllers will highly -- and this will be highly valued. these are highly valued people. these are amazing people that know the system so well. and under our plan, they will have more financial security, professional opportunity, and far superior equipment. the best equipment anywhere in the world. they are will never be anything like what w...

>> theyre americans on the outskirts of the city. >> reporter: the whole area is full of bombs, booby traps and tunnels. the pentagon refuses to say if u.s. troops will enter the city. >> im not ruling it in, im not ruling it out. >> reporter: it may be their most dangerous assignment yet. >> reporter: iraq is supported by a wide range coalition of capabilities including air support, artillery, ald vizers and controllers. >> reporter: troops backed up by some 200 u.s. forces are working to appro...

Isis in mosul. the city where isis leader al baghdadi declared his caliphate. >> americans are in harms way as part of this fight. >> reporter: a pentagon wants to emphasize iraqi forces are leading the charge. >> there are americans on the outskirts of city. >> reporter: the whole area is full of bombs, booby traps and tunnels. the pentagon refuses to say if u.s. troops will enter the city. >> im not ruling it in, im not ruling it out. >> reporter: it may be their most dangerous assignment yet....

With doing this much more rpdly and not defer this to the next administration. 10,000 is not combat troops its trainers, advisers and air controllers helping the iraqis get their act together. >> obviously americans are concerned. general keane, thank you. >> merry christmas, john. >> merry christmas to you. well be right back.

Keep doing that. so that the multiyear strategy has got to be shelved. and we have got to have a sense of urgency and resolve to bring this to an end as quickly as we can. thats where the major policy shift has to be taken. and the sooner we get on with that, the better in terms of the safety of the world and american citizens. >> most seem to agree that just striking from the air is not going to get the job done. there is agreement about where you go beyond that. last night, senator bernie sand...

People on the ground in any great numbers. its going to require a regional force, multi-national force of interested parties in the region and you cant even get those people to agree on which side theyre on. so its going to be extremely difficult to eradicate isis militarily. what is going to happen, i believe, is that theres going to be a slight increase in special forces, special operations forces, people on the ground to control air assets, ground liaison officers and forward air controllers,...

Sinai and yemen. that means you need a worldwide coalition. he brags about a coalition of 65 countries, lets see him stand up and do something about it. number four, put soft forward air controllers with the americans, french and british and the sunni elements that are willing to fight with us against isis. if dont you have them out there, you cant run a serious air campaign. and youve got to deploy a couple of carrier strike groups to the mediterranean with a marine ground task force to run s.a...

Allies, and more arab partners would need to increase our presence on the ground. >> bush has not said how many u.s. troops he would send into battle. relying on the wisdom of military leaders to pick the number. trump would also put more u.s. boots on the ground, as would carson. rubio would use special forces and forward air controllers. while cruz appears to have backed off statements he made earlier that u.s. troops would be needed in the fight. >> i dont believe the answer is sending boots ...