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Struggle? >> would he be joking when he said that making a deal on healthcare would be an easy one? >> i think if you watched the tape, it was a light-hearted moment, jonathan. he was having -- >> -- he didn't think it is easy. >> no. watch. he was having a fun time the with senators there jim? >> you know, the other thing that the president said last night was our soldiers are fighting like never before in iraq. as you know, sean, u.s. troops there are in support role and advise and assist role. what does he mean? what does the president mean when he said they are fighting there like never be...

Joking when he said that making a deal on health care would be an easy one? >> i think if you watch the tape, it was a light-hearted moment, jonathan. he was having a little fun. >> he doesn't think it's easy. >> no, watch. he was having a fun time with the senators there. jim? >> reporter: the other thing that the president said last night was our soldiers are fighting like never before in iraq. as you know, sean, u.s. troops there are in a support role and advise an assist role. what does he mean when he says they're fighting like never before? does it take into consideration what happened d...

That's the end of the c conversation. >> your thoughts, a.b.? >> doubling forces in syria is high risk and leads to mission creep and if that is interested in working with the russians in syria. that is a controversial conversation. congress is abdicating its role. they did when obama was in charge. they said it has to come from you. they run into their connrners wn the conversation comes up. what i see in the trump plan is an amplified obama plan constantly reevaluating the support role and expanding the support role. what does that mean? phil raised questions for later on. trying to use soft...

The real thing that -- the question, i don't think anyone takes seriously the idea that president obama was wiretapping donald trump but we're curious about did the u.s. intelligence authorities think people in trump tower were engaged in improper conversation with the russians yes or no? >> another level involved. >> thank you. nice to see you both. >> a very important story to be watching. we all say we care about our fighting men and women but now comes this report. u.s. marines are going to be joining the intense fight against isis in syria. what we know about how many. what this mission i...

Rejected the possibly of increased military ties between the united states and russia. he also would not commit to putting combat troops into syria and iraq to fight isis. but nbc news has learned a proposal to put forces on th ground could soon beresent to president trump. ining us from munich, germany, nbc news foreign correspondent hans nichols. what can you tell us about this proposal? mean troops on the ground? >> reporter: it could mean combat troops on the ground in syria. we are hearing back in washington, munich is here at the conference and talking about having apache military helico...