30,000 were 5,000 troops who wouldn't have been able to get into afghanistan until, you know, middle of next year. so he said sort of take that off the table. he said some of our allies provided more troops than we originally thought they would. that gave us an extra 5,000. so he said all in all it worked out to him about what the military was asking for. >> chris, thanks. and this programming note. bob woodward is going to be larry king's guest next week on wednesday night at 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. meantime, church pastor eddie long will be making his first public comments on a sex scandal on sunday. through his attorneys he has denied the claims in now three lawsuits that he coerced young male church members into sex. he posted a comment saying thanks for the love and support. at least one school district is going to cost you. a high school's answer to dillydallying.