the president wants to continue to meet with his team, devel develop -- meet with not just the national -- the economic piece but his environmental team and come to a decision on what's the best interests of the united states using the expertise that surrounds him. >> reporter: does the president want another war in afghanistan? what would winning mean to him? >> i think reducing the threat, whep when it comes to isis and the taliban. >> reporter: reducing the threat. >> reducing, minimizing. obviously in the best case scenario -- i'm going to answer mara's question. i think the answer is we want to eliminate the threats that are against our national security and pose a threat to our citizens, our allies. so we need to fully eliminate any threat around the globe frankly, not just in afghanistan, that poses a threat to our people and allies. >> reporter: does he have a question as he considers what to