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Joining us is general bob scales. the u.s. coalition forces have trained 16,000 forces the past year. the effort has been supported by 30 airstrikes. is the u.s.-led coalition $support in iraq starting to work when it comes to defeating isis? >> that's a great question. my sources tell me they reequipped these forces with weapons that are effective. mainly the at-4 anti-take that stopped the truck bombs. with embedded forward air controller they are able to drop bombs closer to advancing forces. this is the a-team for the iraqi forces. this is their aunter terrorism forces. you saw the forces ...

Appreciate. >> i want to start with isis. secretary of defense says he's open to u.s. ground forces in ramadi, but you get the sense that is not something in the cards for the future? >> yeah. i'm not so sure we need a, you know, combat brigade. but we do need more american ground forces as trainers and advisers. a couple of -- maybe an aviation battalion of attack helicopters to speed up the fight against isil. we have 3,500. i would go to 10,000. they would be trainers and advisers, special forces to help with places like ramadi. aviation battalion to help in the fight against isil. and forw...

>> joining me now is senator john mccain. i want to get to syria in just a moment. i do want to start in afghanistan. there was a bombing killing 19 members of the staff and patients and injuring 37. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says it may be criminal. you're a former navy pilot. so you have some insight into this and many of us don't. how can something like this happen? >> well, we call it fog of war unfortunately and it's a tragedy. our thoughts and prayers go out to them. it's a wonderful organization, as you know, the doctors without borders. if we had had a forward air con...