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The president has to make that pitch at a time this americans after 16 years might say, getting long in the tooth. The president needs to remind everyone, why were in afghanistan in the first place. It is easy to forget, after 16 years, we went because we were attacked and al qaeda had a safe place in afghanistan to plan and promote those attacks. Why have we stayed there 16 years . Because you dont win these sorts of wars overnight. Neil he has to make that point. Yes. He does, one thing we nev...

The president has to make that pitch at a time this americans after 16 years might say, getting long in the tooth. The president needs to remind everyone, why were in afghanistan in the first place. It is easy to forget, after 16 years, we went because we were attacked and al qaeda had a safe place in afghanistan to plan and promote those attacks. Why have we stayed there 16 years . Because you dont win these sorts of wars overnight. Neil he has to make that point. Yes. He does, one thing we nev...

Our senior white house correspondent, the three generals playing suchl prominent roles, james mattis, h. R. Mcmaster, and john kelly, have apparently persuaded the president against his gut to do more, not less. Reporter this was not an easy decision for President Trump and in fact, fellow republicans have blasted him for taking so long to make up his mind. Increased troops, if he does that, would mark a major shift. In 2013, before he announced his candidacy, he said we should withdraw. Afghani...

The taliban and terrorist groups gain ground. Wounded over 20,000 more. Lets bring in nbc peter alexander. What do we expect to hear from the president . President trump has long suggested that Afghanistan War was obamas war. He takes ownership. Tell us the number is likely to be as many as 4,000. Among the items we will be watching tonight how does this president define success or winning. The u. S. Is losing right now. What is the definition of the Mission Going forward for the president , pre...

Continues. More than 2200 americans have been killed. This is the i, time a president has addressed the nation about americas future in afghanistan. Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett is at fort base myer. Major . Reporter its taken President Trump months to make this decision. Within that time, the taliban has grown stronger. The number of attacks have increased and territorial gains in eastern afghanistan. The presence in afghanistan will probably not be evident in months, probably ...

Firefighter survived the shooting and is now listed in stable condition. Millions of americans from coast to coast watched todays once in a lifetime total eclipse. It was the first total Solar Eclipse seen exclusively in the United States since 1976. A lot of people cheered as the sun turned day in to night. It screeched totality in oregon, 10 15 and then swept across a narrow swath of the country with the final sight in South Carolina just 90 minutes later. We are now about one minute away from...

At this point. The lawyer says that it is trying to work with this city, that it is making moves to make sure that it is following the law. But it seems sort of surprised at this point as to how quickly it came up. There are some allegations that this is politically motivated by the City Attorney. We are going to hear more from him later on this morning when he officially announces a lawsuit. Thank you, anne makovec live this San Francisco. Live in San Francisco. Thank you. A chance of thunderst...

So hopefully you have the for thought to set alarm five extra minute, you will get slowed down by this, you just cant rush to get where you are going on day like this. 51 degrees the current temperature at the airport, pretty persistent north to northeast wind flow, up to 16 Miles Per Hour right now, down at the area shore towns, northeast wind still blowing, that in part will lead to coastal flooding we think by later on at high tide, and we will talk about that little more later in the show. B...

Brown. Were talking about the warmth before the storm. Meteorologist Justin Drabick is tracking this for us from the cbs3 Weather Center and he joins us now with his first forecast. Hey, justin. Good evening, natasha. Temperatures a few degrees above average in many spots across the Delaware Valley. Check out dover delaware, the high today 49 degrees so were getting close to that 50degree mark. Chilly up in mount pocono at 33 but we cant complain about mid 40s across most locations today. Heres ...

Philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Well this weekend were enjoying a winter warmup and heres something we havent felt in while. We could be breaking the 50degree mark come tomorrow. Good evening everyone im natasha brown. Thank you so much for joining us. Enjoy this warmup while you can. Because wintry weather it will be making a return very very soon. Meteorologist Justin Drabick is tracking how warm it will get and then the storm that will follow right justin. Thats right, natasha. Nic...