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>> in your overall commanders assessment are we winning or losing? >> mr. chairman, i believe we're in a stalemate. >> 8,400 u.s.and 5,000 coalition troops, that's 13,300, and i'm fully aware that numbers are just one parameter. how many more do you need to get this stalemate reversed? >> mr. chairman, i have adequate resourcing in my counter terrorism mission. in my advise and assist mission we have a shortfall of a few thousand. >> melissa: let's bring in republican congressman from illinois, a pilot in the air national guard and member of the house foreign affairs committee. what's your tak...

Encroachment to the constitution in violation of law that might be coming. i think this is an appropriate first step for the president as he goes out of office and moves into his transition as a private citizen. >> appropriate and wise? >> i don't think it is appropriate. i don't think that it is wise either. there are many parts of obama care that have been failures. that is one reason why hillary clinton lost this election. this was a major issue for many americans forced into exchanges and they have seen not only their doctors disappear but reamiums sky rocket and have seen choices for cove...

Conditions. there seems to be a consensus among many republicans on the hill, also donald trump and his staff, about the issue of pre-existing conditions. i think that's one of the reasons why there are so many that are saying, look, there needs to be a replacing. but there are some parts of obamacare that we do need to keep in tact. that would be a prime example of where there would be a consensus or common ground here. look, i'm one of those that buys on the exchange. this year was a year where i bought on the exchange but it wasn't a good year. there's only one plan available for not only m...

All right. here we all go dreaming. we would like to be millionaires, right? a lot of us apparently can be, at least by the time we retire. cnn's christine romans explains what it takes to strike it rich by the time you call it quits. >> zoraida, for regular working americans there's a tried and true secret to becoming a 401(k) millionaire. fidelity studied the habits of people who earned less than $150,000 a year, but who have a 401(k) balance that tops $1 million. their secret? zoraida, they started saving young and socked away a big chunk of their paychecks. how big? 14% of their pay each y...

For tomorrow will be. shep. >> shep: we might be able to listen for nuance to get other indications about this jobs situation? >> absolutely. if he got the number and it's bad, he might be tweaking his speech a little bit right now. >> shep: never know. peter barns, live on the floor. thank you. incredible doings on wall street. an enormous boost for our 401(k)s. in fact, one of the major stock market indexes hit a 12-you're high today after europe took new steps to try to fix its own economic mess. huge numbers. nasdaq up 67 points. to close at the highest level since november of the year 200...