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You have to go back to why we are here in the first place. and our core objective in afghanistan i'm a needless to say, is to ensure that the country does not become a sanctuary once again for al qaeda. >> bret: so as we look at the map of the taliban districts that have now fallen to the taliban in afghanistan today. the question is, why was this worth it? >> i think it was worth it, and look at, bret, i know that you know people who have fought and served in afghanistan, i too, and like so many people here at the pentagon, i lost a friend over there. and i think one of the ways that we can s...

Things we have done in the past we are not going to get effective results. >> but to you bottom line, it's not acceptable to have a north korea that is nuclear capable? >> if they only wanted deterrence, it would be easy, we could just let them go. but they do two things, they sell this stuff to iran, and north korea has links to terrorist groups, so if we're happy about hezbollah having the bomb, then it's okay not to do nothing. but the more important thing is that you have an unstable situation on the korean peninsula, one rich, one poor. and the people in the poor korea are going to put up...

This morning on "world news now," fighting isis. the white house making its move asking for approval of war. with little details on the plan, can the president break through congress? >>this resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. >> what lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are saying. tragic loss. bob simon revered and respected "60 minutes" journalist killed in a terrible car crash. the driver losing control on a manhattan highway while simon was in the backseat. we will have the latest. little league bombshell. the heart-breaking decision to strip the chicago team of th...

Now president obama has sent congress a resolution to formally authorize military force against the terror group. >> this resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. it supports the comprehensive strategy we have been pursuing with our allies and partners. >> the president's resolution will authorize three years of military operations, put no geographic limit on the campaign and ban enduring combat operations. on capitol hill, there's already push back. >> the language pertaining to ground troops, which is very broad, very ambiguous. none of us know what enduring, offensive combat ...

Put some things in perspective here. we will be talking more about him throughout the morning here. turn now to capitol hill. lawmakers there are deciding whether to grant president obama's request for military action against isis. the president is asking congress to authorize a three-year military assault including limited ground combat operations. >> this resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. it supports the comprehensive strategy we have been pursuing with our allies and partners. >> as you can imagine, there's a lot of skepticism from both parties on capitol hill. the v...