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World" the top u.s. commander for the afghanistan/pakistan region recommended 13,600 american troops stay in afghanistan after 2014. that's a number that is potentially higher than what the obama administration wants to leave in the country. i want to bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr to explain this to us. barbara we heard perhaps the number of 12,000 floated recently. what does this new number mean, and is it significantly different, do you think? >> reporter: it is a higher number than we've heard, brianna, and a nato meeting several weeks now the former secretary of defense leo...

2014. the number higher than the president wants. >> what about the residual force? >> post 2014 force, senator, that decision i know has not been made yet. it's still under consideration. i have made my recommendation. >> which is? >> that recommendation is for 13,600 u.s. forces. >> bret: the administration wanted 10,000 or fewer and in his testimony. the general called 2013, quote the year of reckoning with regards to iran's nuclear program and on the crisis in syria, he said president assad chemical weapons site are increasingly vulnerable to outside force. the general was pushed out of hi...

Now to our three big money headlines. wall street rally, holiday hiring, and what's going on with american airlines? joining me now a retail and economic analyst. i'm glad to have you here. there's something fun to talk about. wall street's highest close in years. >> in five years, actually. hit 13,600, around there. it's been on the up and up from thursday or friday it went up 35 points. and a lot of people are saying it had to do with those unemployment numbers. being at 7%. there are also other reasons why. i also wanted to mention the blue chip stocks as well. these are the blue chip index...

Modern times. nobody called him lazy. and that's such a stereotype for black people, my hackles went way up. >> my colleague andrea mitchell was like, maybe you'd like to take that back. maybe you didn't realize what you just said. >> one of the things that really frustrated me about this debate is that the president did not talk about the incredible portfolio of economic successes he has had. we refuse to mention any of them, forgetting about the jobs numbers for now. there's been an auto industry that saved, that has men a million more jobs. we've seen auto sales go up virtually every month ...

Found yet. the judge says they should pay it right away because it's a small fine and if they don't, the united states government will sue them to demand they pay $16.4 million, toyota motor company to the united states government as fine for not telling folks about the sticky pedals. >> the butler bulldogs in indiana tips off against top-seeded duke a powerful basketball team and program. tonight's championship game. the two squads are more alike. fine schools, each in a state where basketball is part of the culture but that's where the similarities end. duke enrolls 13,600. butler has a thir...