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Will the president go into specifics in terms of funding, keeping 10,000 u.s. troops next year, 5,000 the year after, that's not cheap. it's going to cost several billion dollars. is the president going to explain to the american public when he goes out there and makes this announcement how much taxpayers will have to shell out to keep those troops in afghanistan? do we have any clue on that? >> i don't think we're going to hear dollar figures from the president at 2:45 this afternoon. i think he wants to lay out this case that the u.s. needs to continue this presence in afghanistan and, keep ...

They really can't deploy and make use of a lot of the technology that they have. they are having to fly out there at a level of 1,000 feet. at that level, you are pretty close to the ocean. that's so they can pick up every object possible around them on this equipment. it's taking a lot of time and they are not able to get up to high altitudes because they really don't know what they are going to be looking for. it could be something as big as a large piece of an airplane or something as small as a floatation device or a cushion in the aircraft. they happen to be very low and that limits what ...

Of what's going on. jim, i know our technical connections sometimes are not perfect. but i assume you can hear me, and you can report to our viewers what you are seeing first-hand. your eyewitness account of what you're seeing in tehran. >> reporter:el with, i'll tell you, wolf. separate from the intricacies of the nuclear agreement, the fiery political rhetoric or even the dollar figures on the sanctions relief, what really concerns iranians here is how the economic sanctions affect them and their daily lives. can the airplanes that they fly on get spare parts. can they get spare parts for th...

♪ there's a party going on in your cereal bowl ♪ ♪ o's can help lower cholesterol ♪ ♪ oh why does it taste so great? ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! money talks in today's number ones. first the power of money in politics. a new sun light foundation study highlights the metropolitan areas that are most politically influential based on campaign contributions. new york ranks number one, followed by washington, d.c. and los angeles. while no dollar figures are revealed, the study found 30% of political donations come from the top ten contributing counties. who are you writing to, li...

When we need it. >> how would you pay for it and what would be the dollar figures? >> the goal would be to make it an earned benefit like social security, basically would cost the amount of a latte a week to pay for this. the employer would match the employee's money. it would be something you pay into your whole life, when you have that great need, when you're having a baby or your mother is dying, that's when you need the help of your employer. companies that do this already, they already say it's great for business. not only does it show investment in employees who they trained and already ...