only have to wait a couple minutes for that. bill: in the meantime, getting word now on a "fox news alert," awaiting remarks from the president on a newly released review of the war in afghanistan. that review sites signs of progress as the u.s. work toward a july troop pullout, dre down, rather, not a whole pullout but big challenges in the war. wendell goler is at the white house now, let's start with the progress and what is happening, right in afghanistan, wendal? >> reporter: bill, the troop surge the president ordered at the end of last year which was fully implemented a few months ago, the report says the taliban's gains the past couple of years had been stopped and rolled back in some parts of the country though the progress said to be fragile and reversible and the report says that al qaeda's leaders hiding on the border with pakistan are weaker and under more pressure than at any time since the 9/11 attacks. the report says things are on track to begin, quote, responsible reduction by the