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>> a very boisterous hearing today, some aggressive questioning, but we expected that with this news, first reported for us by our chief foreign correspondent richard engel, who has been listening from istanbul, turkey, to this briefing and we will start, richard, with you. what did you not hear asked and what answer differed with the information as you understand it? >> reporter: well, as i have been listening to the white house trying incredibly hard to explain how this is not a combat role, b...

There are boots on the ground. our men and women are at risk when doing this. its just the way it goes. its a combat role. >> thank you all so much. we have more on this. but i want to move on to breaking news in the world of politics. the rnc suspending its next debate with nbc. this is just happened amid-all the criticism over the cnbc debate a few nights ago. also for the first time we are seeing the interrogation of the former university of virginia lacrosse player just after he killed h...

The other parts of syria. what this is is a battle out in the desert involving kurds, involving some sunni arabs to be sure. especially involving isis. this is not part in parcel of what we have come to understand as a syrian sectarian civil war. i think the big news in that regard is what has been going on in ve yes na. >> let me go back to your first point. we had a navy seal on who said this is advise and assist, but this is a combat role. we saw what happened in northern iraq with rescuing t...

With the white house spokesperson. >> question about the americans on the ground. this president, this white house, the officials here at this white house repeatedly over and over again made it clear to the american people that there would be no combat role for u.s. troops fighting isis. that appears to be changing. not only is there this announcement youre talking about today, which you say they wont be involved in a combat role but youre not ruling out they may be involved in a combat operatio...

See what happened last week where these u.s. delta forces were there in what were told is an advisory role. again, its the continuing problem that we have in much of iraq and siria right now where we really have to rely on what the military is telling us is happening because we dont have people there. they tell us theyre there in an advisory role and that thing heated up when the kurds were pinned down, the u.s. was entered into this more combat role on the ground. >> courtney, if there is not m...

Mot to have a combat role. but an apparent confirmation of what we already knew after commandos stormed a prison held by isis last week. an army master sergeant joshua wheeler became the first american killed in action in iraq since 2011. dying in combat even though according to the pentagon he did not have a combat role. >> he was killed in combat. that wasnt the intent of the obviously. he was accompanying those forces but when he saw that they were running into trouble, he very heroically act...

What we already knew after commandos stormed a prison held by isis last week. an army master sergeant joshua wheeler became the first american killed in action in iraq since 2011. dying in combat even though according to the pentagon he did not have a combat role. >> he was killed in combat. that wasnt the intent of the obviously. he was accompanying those forces but when he saw that they were running into trouble, he very heroically acted in a way that all the reports suggest spelled the differ...

See what happened last week where these u.s. delta forces were there in what were told is an advisory role. again, its the continuing problem that we have in much of iraq and siria right now where we really have to rely on what the military is telling us is happening because we dont have people there. they tell us theyre there in an advisory role and that thing heated up when the kurds were pinned down, the u.s. was entered into this more combat role on the ground. >> courtney, if there is not m...

Saying that they will be partnered with what they called capable partners, capable force who are there on the ground and that theyll be there still in somewhat of an advisory role but theres the potential for us to see what happened last week where these u.s. delta forces were there in what were told is an advisory role. again, its the continuing problem that we have in much of iraq and siria right now where we really have to rely on what the military is telling us is happening because we dont h...

American soldier army master sergeant joshua wheeler was killed in this raid. but the pentagon weirdly is denying it was a combat mission. watch this. >> it doesnt represent assuming a combat role. it represents a continuation of our advise and assist mission. >> here with reaction, host of war stories, lieutenant colonel oliver north. colonel, why would they deny this is a combat role when we have the video, well roll it again, showing this is combat? >> its hard to explain much of what goes on...