The white house gets ready to send u. S. Troops to west africa. How bad will it get . And space taxi. A big change for astronauts at the International Space station. We begin with mixed messages out of washington. The question is how will the u. S. And its coalition fight isil. Today the top generals held a Senate Hearing and combat troops might be it needed in iraq. The president has repeatedly ruled that out. Reporter tuesdays hearing was the first chance u. S. Senators had to question the Obama Administration on its plans to fight isil. Pentagon officials we want to capitol hill on tuesday to convince congress they have a plan for fighting the group that calls itself the Islamic State in the iran and lavant or islamiisil. Advisers are assisting and advising them, and theres a chance that u. S. Ground troops could be deplayed. If it fails to be true and they are addressed to the united states, i would go back to the resident and make a recommendation that would include the u. S. Of g