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They have been able to right now. so this is clearly a disappointment for the president, a setback for the administration. president obama wanted to wrap up the war in afghanistan with his term in office. but i think the clip you just played a few seconds ago is so revealing. he said he wanted to withdraw, by the end of 2016, to a normal embassy presence with just about 1,000 troops on the ground protecting the embassy, providing some expertise just like happened in iraq. well, we all know what ...

Support that it needs and if the afghan government will follow through and deliver on its part of what it needs to do to improve the situation on the ground. >> as we talked about this condition for stability and those conditions on the ground, obviously the line thats being used here is to keep americans safe at home. but how can the administration sell to americans the fact that there is a capable afghan security force? >> there is a capable afghan security force. its fighting -- it has been f...

Them. i think theyre making a bigamist take if they play that strategy. >> thanks to our panel. great pleasure having all four of you on. nbcs senior political editor mark murray will join us for his viewerss guide to tonights debate next. what he says each candidate needs to accomplish. first, a heated legal battle over the benghazi commit escalates. the form per investigator who claims he was fired for not targeting hillary clinton now says committee chair trey gowdy broke federal law. the...

Beginning. who were these groups? were they a coherent fighting force? could they actually be terrorists who want to get arms from the united states and west? that question really is not resolved. after all, the united states had a $500 million training program that it had to end last week because it yielded almost no results. so the question for the united states and for the west is how do you support those forces and can you trust them? can they ultimately be a coherent force to fight back aga...

First. look at this, 49% with the vice president in the race for secretary clinton. 49-24-18 for senator sanders. look at this without vice president biden. at the moment south carolina looks like a good fire wall state and the debate will be out of nevada, also early and important in the primary process again. if you run in any election, if you want to be at 50 or above. secretary clinton a strong number in our poll. sanders at 34. biden at 12. if the vice president stays on the sidelines, secr...

So many people, ian just trying to flee that region to find safer ground. cnns ian lee live in cairo, egypt. thank you for your reporting. moving ton to iran. a state funeral was held for a high ranking general. it happened thursday outside aleppo. this funeral procession for hussein ham danny was held a few hours ago in tehran. irans supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei said he -- the man was reportedly advising the syrian army in the fight against isis when he was killed. the death will be a s...

Come. he was reporting -- he says it will be a setback for the fighters supporting the assad regime. now, russia in the mix. it continues air assault against isis targets inside syria. its defense officials and the u.s. have been talking about safe flight operations. the pentagon said progress was made during saturdays 90-minute video conference. there has been concern over keeping coalition planes safe from russian fighter jets. to talk more about this, ian lee on the ground in cairo, egypt. ...

Is leadership, then weve got a different definition of leadership. >> ambassador ross, you wrote an article for "the washington post" this week, that putin is filling a vacuum in syria that we created. when you hear president obama is he in denial? >> i dont think hes recognizing the effect of what putin is doing in the middle east. i also dont think hes fully appreciating that when we act as if every setback is actually not a setback, it sends a message to putin. in a lot of ways we created an ...

Violence thats included stabbing attacks on civilians. is this the beginning of another crisis in the middle east? ill ask the former presidential envoy expert on the region dennis ross. capitol drama. house republicans bitterly divided as they try to find a new speaker. a favorite ruled out a bid now reconsidering under enormous pressure as conservative and establishment republicans battle it out. how it all will impact everything from your paycheck to your health care. im wolf blitzer. youre i...

Were also following a huge setback for irans fight against isis and its effort to support the syrian president bashar al assad. were now learning that a top iranian general has been killed by isis forces. and were also monitoring the deteriorating situation in israel of gaza and the west bank and disturbing new video highlighting the surge of violence between israelis and palestinians. it shows israeli border police shooting what they say was a knife wielding israeli arab woman and describe her ...