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Fast. it's kind of doing that intensification stage, and that's why these alerts have been put in place. we will be talking about grace going into your monday, tuesday. and then really look at this cone, lindsay, wednesday into thursday, it's very wide. the problem is, we don't know if it's going to steer more to the right or will it steer more to the left? we still have plenty more time with this storm system, right now, we can focus on florida. it will be impacted, but now we're just going to watch the steering of the storm system. >> all right, janessa webb, thank you for that important rep...

Met with a forceful and appropriate response. >> this comes as the taliban have been on a lightning offensive. ten days ago, they controlled no capitols. today they control 11. the latest, the third largest city on the border of iran. kandahar is in the process of being conquered. just 80 miles south of kabul fell today. the state department ordering thousands out of the country reducing the embassy staff to something very small. in addition to 3,000 troops coming in, the alert brigade from fort bragg is coming in. 3,000 others are going to qatar. >> this is a very narrowly focused mission of ...

Pentagon says almost 95% of the us forces have morally left. a few hundred are there guarding the embassy and other installations. there is a big question, how far these air strikes will continue. these are the game changers on the ground because the afghan military cannot and are struggling to take on taliban militants in different parts because they have been stretched to the limits, have been deploying special forces the various cities now. the air strikes make a big difference on the ground in support of them but there is no clear policy from the us side saying what they will do after the ...

When it comes to iran and isis, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy. >> a challenge for president obama, does iran help in the fight against isis or shouldn't we be doing it? "the new york times" reports on iran's expanding role fighting isis in iraq. more openly than ever before iran's powerful influence in iraq has been on display as the counteroffensive against islamic state militants around tikrit has unfolded in recent days. at every point the iranian backed militias have taken the lead in the fight against the islamic state. wow. "the wall street journal" homers home the point. when fi...