and security for the embassy in baghdad. the largest american embassy in the world with 5,000 people. also tonight, president obama meeting with his national security team to decide the united states next move in iraq. senior officials tell cnn the entire national security team spent much of the weekend preparing options for him to go through for potential military action against the al qaeda linked terror group isis. or islamic state of iraq and syria. isis now captured a northwest city in addition to villages northeast of baghdad. more than three dozen villages and towns. we are going live to baghdad in a moment and also speak with a key member of president george w. bush's team in iraq, paul bremer. he oversaw iraq following the fall of saddam hussein. first, a break with jim acosta at the house. jim, how many troops are we talking about tonight?