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475 to suicide. our goal jeff and barb's goal is to get it to zero. >> yeah. especially such a strain on the -- that's the 1% of americans served in the longest war in american history. must be so much harder for you and barb. jeff what do you think maybe held jacob back from seeking help. i know as joe just mentioned. they could see some signs. what do you think held them back from seeing a mental health professional? >> well, the biggest thing that held him back was the stigma you know. i'm not a good soldier if i don't fight through this. one of his best friends the day before they left to ...

For the authority and funding to train and equip moderate syrian rebels. something the cia has already been doing in secret. >> we must strengthen the opposition, the best counter weight to extremists like isil. >> reporter: senior officials said saudi arabia agreed to host the training program. if congress signs off. president obama spoke by phone with saudi arabia's king abdullah. the president also announced the u.s. would expand air strikes in iraq beyond the mission of protecting americans and providing humanitarian aid. >> so that we're hitting isil targets as iraqi forces go on the offe...

Self-defense. they know that. i would remind that you these advisors, these are largely special forces troops. they know how to take care of themselves. >> lastly, if there is no end date here, there's no real cap to the number, i mean, can't you see how people look at this and say, there could be mission creep? this is sort of open-ended? >> no, again, the missions are very clearly defined. within each one of those, the president has given a cap up to 475 in terms of security assistance. he made that clear in both letters to congress on that. for the advisors up to 300. we're not at that leb ...

But words that build upon a long and complicated relationship between church and state, prayers and politics, popes and presidents. hello, everyone. you're in the "cnn newsroom." we're getting details on the sinking of the ferry in south korea from a crew member who was on board. a radio transcript was released a short time ago. it reveals a dramatic conversation before the ferry sank with 475 people on board. most of them students and teachers on a class trip. according to the transcript, an unidentified crew member said passengers aboard the doomed ferry could not board lifeboats because t...

It reveals a dramatic conversation that took place as the ferry sank wednesday with 475 people on board. we learned that an unidentified crew member talked to two different radio towers that morning. the crew member said passengers aboard the doomed ferry could not board lifeboats because the ship tilted too much too fast and in another part of the trimt, one tower told the crew member that the captain should make the final decision on the passengers' escape. most of the people on board were students and teachers on a class trip. i want to bring in cnn's reporter in south korea. search crews b...