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Taliban are stronger. michael spent years in afghanistan and knows the taliban better than most. some are gearing up for an isis-like fight. >> they have a vision of an expanding islamic caliphate which they want to be part of. so its a fight without end and without boarders. >> 10,800 troops, rather than 9800 could remain in afghanistan through the end of this year. >> reporter: outgoing secretary of defense chuck hagel acknowledging the taliban threat slightly upping american troop commitment ...

Though. >> let me get dana in here. my prediction is it doesnt collapse. cant see the biggest spender in history, president obama, letting this thing death spiral on its own. i think hes going to throw mass itch amounts of money to keep it afloat. will they have an opportunity to make the case for single payer if they dont get the enrollments? and they have to say, lets step in here and the government take control? >> its hard for me to imagine an america today where that political conversation ...

Democratic senators will go over about 4:30. all the house democrats were at the white house. these are incremental steps but encouraging ones. >> if you had asked me whether a six-week reprieve and a debt ceiling crisis all the while shall while the government is shut down -- if you had said to me a few years ago that this would be something that would sky rocket our markets, i would have said, wolf, you need to find another job. hold your thoughts for a moment, if you will. i want to bring in ...

>> its totally meaningless, wolf. in a regime like north korea, the decisions are made at the very top. you have to be negotiating with those people. look. there are other countries that have representation in north korea. and the crucial issue is, again, china. the real negotiation that has to take place is between beijing and pyongyang. the key person in that is kim jong-uns uncle and that dialogue is one we are unfortunately not privy to so i think that the secretary of state going to china, ...

That have representation in north korea and the crucial issue is, again, china. the real negotiation that has to take place is between beijing and pyongyang. the key person in that is kim jong-uns uncle. that dialogue is one we are unfortunately not privy to. so i think that the secretary of state going to china, the chairman of the joint chiefs going to china helps a lot, but fundamentally the chinese need to understand that there is now great danger of instability on the korean peninsula. yes,...

Greece 165%. italy 121. ireland 109. we are at a hundred percent. you wonder what we can offer them and you wonder how hard are they tightening the screws on the european leaders to do something? >> its proper to get the european leaders to act to make sure their banking system doesnt collapse. it has been in a slow-growth implosion, which will be devastating if its not stopped. taking short term actions that is all to the good, but in terms of getting the patient back on his feet, or her feet, ...

Sitting down with the democrats and talking with the president about his idea of taking -- having a blank check and what we are saying, martha, is, no, we are not interested in giving you a blank check. what we are interested in doing is making sure our economy doesnt collapse, but, at the same time, if there is going to be an increase in the debt limit, all were asking for is that for every dollar we increase the debt limit, that we ought to cut spending by an equal or greater amount. that is r...

Through a lot of what he says is very compelling in the republican party right now. >> rick, thank you. it doesnt get more bizarre than this one. did you hear about the guy who was supposed to save europe from financial collapse? he got arrested in a fancy hotel in times square, charged with sex scandal. he is the head of the international monetary fund. this week, he was supposed to be at a meeting with the german chancellor to sort out a package so portugal doesnt collapse. instead, he is accu...

Revenues. based on last years reports, analysts said it would take $89 trillion, $89 trillion, to cover all the promises made to future seniors for medical care. so, clearly, jon, something has to change. jon: a lot of democrats, though, are saying there is no real rush to fix social security. whats the problem there? >> reporter: well, social security can pay full benefits until 2037 when the trust fund then runs dry. by law seniors would face an across-the-board cut of 22%. there are several p...

Haiti. that being said, we will be able to offer a lot of technical type of rescue. what i mean by technical is we can get into collapsed buildings, make sure it doesnt collapse on us and rescue any victims that are still alive inside. >> and once you arrive, do you have to wait for the okay from the japanese government to see if they even want your help, if its even welcome? or is that already done? >> well, we are working through usaid, which is part of the federal government. and thats all be...