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Few days ago. also tonight, defense secretary ash carter reveals a coalition offensive to oust isis from its self-proclaimed capital in syria that will likely begin in weeks. the terror group's top commanders including its leader al baghdadi, are believed to be hiding there. this hour, i'll talk with congressman adam schiff, a hillary clinton supporter and top democrat on the intelligence committee. but up first, let's go to jim acosta. jim, you're there in north carolina. trump is about to hold a second rally in that state after his detour here in d.c. what's the latest? >> reporter: that's...

Newspapers to sit out the wait. the president and his team are running a bit late. jim miklaszewski of course covers the pentagon for us. jim, what's your understanding of this session beyond the president's stated desire to come over to the pentagon, the department of defense, and show one team? >> well, u.s. military and defense officials, senior officials, tell us that don't expect anything new. there's nothing new on the table to talk about today, presumably. in fact, just last week in his appearance before the senate armed services committee, defense secretary ash carter, when asked do yo...

Making the largest contribution, pledging to use 100 warplanes and 150,000 troops in the offensive. here's the breakdown of other members. the uae is sending 30 fighter jets. bahrain and kuwait each providing 15 warplanes. qatar sending 10 jets. egypt sending four ships to the gulf of aden. pakistan also promising naval support for the campaign. in iraq, the united states has joined in on the fight against isis in the city of tikrit. the u.s. and allies carried out 17 air strikes thursday targeting isis checkpoints, staging areas and a command facility, all in support of a major coalition of...

In a palpable way? are we on the road to success in iraq? >> alex i don't agree with secretary kerry, and as a vietnam veteran, he ought to know he's looking at a movie we've seen a couple times before. >> so why do you think we're seeing mixed signals there on a coalition offensive in mosul? >> i can't for the life of me figure out how anyone in uniform would have gone in front of the american people and start giving out timetables. that's dumb military strategy. you don't let the enemy know what you're going to do. you just show up when it's time and you surprise them. >> your sentiments are...

The latest attempt to break the taliban's grip on a key area of the southern region, and we're also getting word from the associated press right now, two nato troops have been killed in this coalition offensive there in southern afghanistan. up until now we've had no reports of deaths related to this particular military offensive. joining us right now, nbc's tom aspell in london. good morning to you and the sobering report the two nato troops, what is the latest there in terms of gauging the success of this operation? >> well, alex, there are 15,000 american british, canadian and afghan troo...