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And in baghdad itself the terrorist attacks have increased over the last six weeks. the way i would characterize what we're doing, it's just not enough. not enough advisers. not enough trainers. not enough forward air controllers. not enough direct action missions like we just saw executed last night. not enough apache helicopters. not enough of our resources and our commitment and our resolve to bring this thing to an end so we can stop the killing that isis executes routinely. >> so what gives? what would give the administration incentive to put more effort in combatting isis? >> i think the...

President to do? >> more aggressively executing our air campaign and working more aggressively on the ground with our allies. not putting tens of thousands of troops in but the ford air controllers, the logistics experts or the intelligence experts to help the iraqis win this fight. >> i think the u.s. does have pabt 4,000 troops on the ground there as advisers trainers what else do you want? >> ford air controllers to make our air campaign much more effective. it would make our munitions much for precise. we've had great leaps forward in just 2001. ford air controllers provide an even greater...

The captain came back in the cockpit, and the plane landed normally. however, the investigator went on camera today and said he's very very certain that this was lubitz practicing what he then did on flight back. >> fred thank you. let's spring board off of fred's points here. the preliminary report also laid out minute by minute what happened as flight 9525 dropped altitude. it noted how high that plane was when the cockpit door was heard closing. from that point to the catastrophic end, air controllers tried to reach the cockpit 11 times. after those attempts you see how low the plane was wh...

The president refuses to send people on the ground who can identify targets. when you don't have air controllers on the ground you can hit stationary targets. it is almost impossible to hit a moving target. it is a fundamental of warfare. the thousands being displaced now, not to mention those who will be treated as we know isis treats those who are left behind, this may be one of the most bizarre and incensesensitive statements i have ever heard a military leader make. but he is also the mouth piece for a failed -- not only a failed policy but there is no strategy in iraq and especially in sy...

The altitude of the last position point, very close to the actual crash site. and now, of course, we have no explanation or interpretation for the reasons which might have led this aircraft to descend and continue to descend, unfortunately, ointo the mountain. the reason why it didn't answer the attempts of the air controller who tried to contact them. so my last point, the recorders, the sound recorder that you can see here, it was found on the site yesterday about 5:00 p.m. and it was quickly sent to the offices of b.e.a. under seal.