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In afghanistan after 9/11. do you want to be the commander who ends u.s. involvement in the war in afghanistan? >> what i tell people is when i leave afghanistan this time, and i tell this to the afghan people, it will be my last time as a soldier. what i would like to leave is a country thats peaceful and unified. thats a tall order, but thats what i -- would be my hope. >> youre confident you can accomplish that? >> well keep working at it and supporting the political process, well keep suppor...

Getting a win on the immoral wall but they dont mind the terminology of steel barriers or flat fencing or is it the money when you ruck are talking about $5 billion. >> well, both. and whether the president wants to call it a wall, fencing, including technology and human monitoring, and this debate and discussion and ultimately decision ought to be made in the context of comprehensive immigration reform such as pathways to citizenship for dreamers and daca recipients and those in the country on ...

Mission with less troops? >> we have the resources we need. this is an afghan fight. resolute support provides support. we enable them when able. but make no mistake, the afghans are in the lead in this fight. you can see that through the casualty figures. its their fight now. >> reporter: you mentioned 9/11. you were one of the first troops into it after 9/11. do you want to be the commander when it ends in afghanistan? >> when i leave here and i tell the afghan people, it would be the last tim...

Political process and keep supporting the afghan security forces, all designed to support the political process. so i do see some pathways of hope. >> until then, its another holiday season with u.s. troops stationed in afghanistan, another holiday 14,000 service members are spending away from their families like major isaiah thoms thomson, a father of two with twins on the way. >> what is it like being away for another holiday? >> its tough. with kids, christmas is a lot more important to them ...

In afghanistan after 9/11. do you want to be the commander that ends u.s. involvement in afghanistan? >> what i tell people, when i leave afghanistan this time, i tell this to the afghan people, it would be my last time as a soldier and what id like to leave is a country thats peaceful and unified. its a tall order, but thats would be my hope. >> are you confident you can accomplish that? >> well keep working at it, support the political process and the afghan security forces. all designed to su...

Until the president, of whom we will need his signature, and senate democrats, from whom we will need votes, reach an agreement. no procedural votes. no test votes. just a meaningful vote on a bipartisan agreement whenever that is reached. and its not hoped that it is reached sooner rather than later. >> president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. the wall is president trumps bone to the hard right people. its no way to spend $5 billion. for ...

On it. it is not going to work. the answer is compromise. that is what the american people want, that is what clinton did with newt gingrich in 95 when the shutdown you alluded to happen. it is good for the country, we can do border security, we can do pathways to citizenship for illegals and for daca. that makes sense and is good for the country. it will help the president. >> shannon: saagar, lets bring you in this. tweeted this out, tonight asked scott perry, republican out of pennsylvania, ...

Necessary to build the border wall and stop the crisis of ongoing immigration. if it comes to it, absolutely. this is a fundamental issue. at stake is whether or not the united states is remains sovereign and establishing and enforcing rules. the democrat party is a simple choice. they can choose to fight for americas working class or promote illegal immigration. you cant do both. >> phil mattingly joins us live. in the past, steven miller has complicated these things with statements like that. ...

President moves. we are told that the president and the white house have not been in discussions of house democrats and nancy pelosi since a phone call after that meeting earlier this week and have not been talking to senate democrats. when you talk to republicans in both chambers, they are not sure how to proceed. i asked john cornyn earlier that the number two republican in the united states senate what his thought was on the broader strategy. he said i dont know. thats where people stand righ...

Didnt expect is what is so stunning. we thought we were getting a michael cohen sentence, and today we have more flynn stuff and the mystery hearing. each day that passes, jennifer, more and more comes to light? >> thats true. we knew there was going to be a break before the midterms, and they had been busy working away while we were paying attention to the election. while they have kept quiet all these things are coming out. theres a whole roger stone piece, he and his associates have not been ...