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Very dangerous mix for the u.s. and its allies there, jon. >> jon: so what has been the u.s.'s response? >> we understand the white house, president trump has been apprised of this event. we heard from the u.s. embassy. they called the attack horrific. they pledge the continuing support of the united states. while the united states is there supposedly in a backup role, in a training role, the trump administration is in fact doubling down on afghanistan, raising its troop levels to something like 14,000. special forces have been in involved in about 2,500 operations, many against isis. a lot of...

Mattis will have command over the number of troops deployed but must keep president trump fully informed. they are considering sending 3,000 to 5,000 more troops to afghanistan in advisory and training role. 48 minutes past the hour. end of an era for yahoo!. the internet icon no longer an independent company. marie anesthesia meyer walking a way with a hefty package. we'll tell you next.

They somehow hang on. i would say those people represents more of a trumpian world view, the national security foreign policy establishment has sort of failed and led america into a series of blunders, they are response for the iraq war and cheered on libya which turned out to be a disaster. they think the experts that everyone on the tv shows and council on foreign relations thinks so highly of are overrated and don't have great judgment. it's possible that it's that kind of person who still hanging on the administration who seems to be gunning for hr mcmaster. it's not clear whether there ar...

At least being assembled. clearly i think the two main thrusts of this press conference were to say that obviously the relationship with canada is important and that the driving force behind that is also trade. and also terror. it was interesting to hear both prime minister trudeau and president trump really emphasizing canada and the u.s. as fighting terrorism tofgt you heard trudeau repeatedly make allusions to the fact that the fact that canada and the u.s. have fought alongside in korea and afghanistan. canada is part of the coalition against isis. what did not come up is as of february 22...

It's all about will. we say we'll take another year to rebuild this iraqi army. isis will take another year to build up their army and they are improving much faster than the iraqis are. it's a foot race that only isis can win. either we start acting now or isis becomes a state, become a caliphate and we are in a completely different ball game. >> quickly, is it time to take the gloves off of u.s. special forces let them outside of their training role and allow them to start going out and conducting missions against isis? >> that's our last best hope when there are no other operations. some ty...