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Jon: bottom of the hours, here's what's happening right now. tracking hurricane earl. it is a powerful category four storm, forecasters say it's too soon to predict what effects earl will have and the united states. live on wall street, where a surprise jump in consumer confidence has given stocks a bit of a lift not a big one, but a bit. jenna: president obama, traveling to texas right now to meet with our troops at fort bliss there, ahead of our prime time address from the oval office tonight, as marking the end of u.s. combat operations in iraq. so what message will the president convey t...

Forces are teaming up in a very violent part of the country, hell mundt province. they are trying to seize control of marjah, a town that is under taliban control. it's a major drug stronghold for the taliban, so beating down taliban fighters in that area could be a key to the u.s. strategy there. let's talk about it with lieutenant colonel tony schafer at the center for advance defense study, he served two tours of duty in afghanistan and worked closely with general stanley mcchrystal, the man who is in charge of nato forces there now. is this the test really of general mcchrystal's surge str...