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Few days ago. also tonight, defense secretary ash carter reveals a coalition offensive to oust isis from its self-proclaimed capital in syria that will likely begin in weeks. the terror groups top commanders including its leader al baghdadi, are believed to be hiding there. this hour, ill talk with congressman adam schiff, a hillary clinton supporter and top democrat on the intelligence committee. but up first, lets go to jim acosta. jim, youre there in north carolina. trump is about to hold a...

Newspapers to sit out the wait. the president and his team are running a bit late. jim miklaszewski of course covers the pentagon for us. jim, whats your understanding of this session beyond the presidents stated desire to come over to the pentagon, the department of defense, and show one team? >> well, u.s. military and defense officials, senior officials, tell us that dont expect anything new. theres nothing new on the table to talk about today, presumably. in fact, just last week in his appea...

Making the largest contribution, pledging to use 100 warplanes and 150,000 troops in the offensive. heres the breakdown of other members. the uae is sending 30 fighter jets. bahrain and kuwait each providing 15 warplanes. qatar sending 10 jets. egypt sending four ships to the gulf of aden. pakistan also promising naval support for the campaign. in iraq, the united states has joined in on the fight against isis in the city of tikrit. the u.s. and allies carried out 17 air strikes thursday targe...

In a palpable way? are we on the road to success in iraq? >> alex i dont agree with secretary kerry, and as a vietnam veteran, he ought to know hes looking at a movie weve seen a couple times before. >> so why do you think were seeing mixed signals there on a coalition offensive in mosul? >> i cant for the life of me figure out how anyone in uniform would have gone in front of the american people and start giving out timetables. thats dumb military strategy. you dont let the enemy know what your...

The latest attempt to break the talibans grip on a key area of the southern region, and were also getting word from the associated press right now, two nato troops have been killed in this coalition offensive there in southern afghanistan. up until now weve had no reports of deaths related to this particular military offensive. joining us right now, nbcs tom aspell in london. good morning to you and the sobering report the two nato troops, what is the latest there in terms of gauging the succe...

Today. >> hey there, jenna. weve got former vice president dan quayle on sarah palin, what does he think of her, and what does he think of the job president obama is doing? ill ask him. plus, karl rove on why republicans need to show up to this health care summit outside the white house or else. also killer karaoke. we will tell you the song that is leading to murders when it is sung across the globe, and suing your wedding planner. bride civiles beware. jenna: sounds like a great show. valentin...

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