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Shooting at you, you're in a combat role. so these are primarily going to be army officers. these are going to be army special forces officers who are trained to do just this. they're going to go out there and work inside these iraqi brigades. it's very important that these brigades get back online. we've seen this total breakdown of the iraqi command structure. and these officers will be fully equipped to put this back in order. but it's -- i think we're fooling ourselves if we say we're not putting boots on the ground. >> senior national security correspondent jim sciutto in studio with me. ...

Question of the president in just a moment. to be crystal clear, we are talking up to 300 military adviser. the president said advising iraqi iraqis. how exactly? >> it just so happens the administration officials are holding a background conference where they are lay thing out. i can give you some brand-new information on this. these officials on this conference call are saying that at first, they are going to be sending in several small teams of adviser about a dozen each to establish what they are calling these joint operation centers with iraqi forces. your heard the president mention join...

Ground, president obama says he's open to all options on iraq. administration officials are hud ling now for several days. the president is arriving back at the white house this hour. a decision may be loom. let's get the latest from our senior white house correspondent jim accost ta. the president is now back in washington. >> that's right. and president obama is due to arrive back here at the white house any moment now. we understand he has not made any final decisions on iraq. but later on this evening he'll be meeting to deal with his options. one white house official tells us the presiden...

>> we are combat role. our role is over in afghanistan. we are going to have very few people in that kind of position on occasion, but i honestly -- i just think that's a lot of ba lonnie. >> though feinstein slammed his explanation. >> i heard john kerry this morning say don't worry about them in doha. you can't help but worry about them in doha. >> meanwhile, the commander in chief of the vfw has written a letter of the president demanding he shows more urgency to secure the release of andrew tahmooressi. >> look what our government did to secure the release of bowe bergdahl. all we're askin...

Tweet from account posted on saturday said, my daddy is sorry for what happened. please forgive him@real tracy morgan. friend confirmed the account belongs to roper the truck driver. walmart says roper does not have any involvement in social media. we do know he is expected in court to answer charges for the accident. >> we hope tracy morgan has a speedy recoverly along with the others. thank you, rick. >> reporter: sure. martha: critics say trading five top taliban commanders for sergeant bowe bergdahl makes americans less safe but secretary of state john kerry disagrees. >> our combat role i...