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Taliban are stronger. michael spent years in afghanistan and knows the taliban better than most. some are gearing up for an isis-like fight. >> they have a vision of an expanding islamic caliphate which they want to be part of. so it's a fight without end and without boarders. >> 10,800 troops, rather than 9800 could remain in afghanistan through the end of this year. >> reporter: outgoing secretary of defense chuck hagel acknowledging the taliban threat slightly upping american troop commitment to 10,800. >> that deployment of 10,000 u.s. troops will ensure the whole thing doesn't collapse in...

Though. >> let me get dana in here. my prediction is it doesn't collapse. can't see the biggest spender in history, president obama, letting this thing death spiral on its own. i think he's going to throw mass itch amounts of money to keep it afloat. will they have an opportunity to make the case for single payer if they don't get the enrollments? and they have to say, let's step in here and the government take control? >> it's hard for me to imagine an america today where that political conversation could take place and be successful. possibly in some of the states. you might be able to do a ...

Democratic senators will go over about 4:30. all the house democrats were at the white house. these are incremental steps but encouraging ones. >> if you had asked me whether a six-week reprieve and a debt ceiling crisis all the while shall while the government is shut down -- if you had said to me a few years ago that this would be something that would sky rocket our markets, i would have said, wolf, you need to find another job. hold your thoughts for a moment, if you will. i want to bring in christine romans. am i crazy to think why is wall street happy about this? >> this is what it's come...

>> it's totally meaningless, wolf. in a regime like north korea, the decisions are made at the very top. you have to be negotiating with those people. look. there are other countries that have representation in north korea. and the crucial issue is, again, china. the real negotiation that has to take place is between beijing and pyongyang. the key person in that is kim jong-un's uncle and that dialogue is one we are unfortunately not privy to so i think that the secretary of state going to china, the chairman of the joint chiefs going to china helps a lot but fundamentally the chinese need to ...

That have representation in north korea and the crucial issue is, again, china. the real negotiation that has to take place is between beijing and pyongyang. the key person in that is kim jong-un's uncle. that dialogue is one we are unfortunately not privy to. so i think that the secretary of state going to china, the chairman of the joint chiefs going to china helps a lot, but fundamentally the chinese need to understand that there is now great danger of instability on the korean peninsula. yes, north korea collapsing would be a big problem for china. it would be a big problem for the region....