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On the 3rd of october, 12 members of the u.s. special operations task force accompanied 30 nigerian forces on a simple reconnaissance mission from the capital city to a village approximately 85 kilometers to the north was the location of that village. on the fourth of october, u.s. and nigerian forces began moving back south. en route to their operating base, the patrol came under attack from approximately 50 enemy, using small arms fire, rocked propelled grenades and tech vehicles. what i want to do now is i want to walk through for you the timeline that we have and kind of what i would categ...

Weight of the u.s. government to bear in trying to -- to try to recover his body. >> there's a -- the shock of 800 troops of niger. is that the high point in terms of what we have in the region? do we have 1,000 in mali and 800 in niger? >> that's the largest number in africa right now. we have more in east africa, but in any one country, that's the most. >> mission creep, people are going to -- i'll tell you what i'll do, i'll have the team come back and make sure that, you know, take a look at all of the countries, but that is -- it also is awe high in this particular -- again, we've been th...

Members of the u.s. special operations task force, accompanied 30 nigerian forces from the capital city to an area near the village of tongo tongo. approximately 85 kilometers to the north was the location of that village. on the 4th of october, u.s. and nigerian forces began moving back south. en route to their operating base the patrol came under attack from approximately 50 enemy using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and technical vehicles. what i want to do now is i want to walk through, for you, the timeline that we have and kind of what i'd categorize as what we know about the...

The u.s. president, french president and elsewhere. michael, i spent a lot of time in iraq as i know you did going back to the u.s. invasion familiar tactic of isis and predecessor in iraq was to retreat but then keep up the attack, blend into the population and carry out ambushes, assaults, et cetera. knowing that pattern, should we assume that something like that is going to follow a tactical victory like this? >> sure. in fact, there is evidence this week that they have escalated their opportunistic attacks in the province. keep in mind, the isis spokesman has said is going to be one of the...

For a long time. much more authoritatively shall we say person, a true doctor would tell you an extra glass of eggnog. abby: there joining in on the festivities and celebrate christmas in the u.s.. >> i am captain jesse pitts with the special operations task force in afghanistan. i want to wish my husband in new mexico and my family, mom, dad, cannot, eleanor, whitney of very merry christmas.