would do everything we can. in the case of yezidis and the case of northern iraq we have done over 200 air strikes working with them. >> the krurds outgunned. some don't have helmets, some don't have the right armor. how do you respond? >> i talk to the kurds almost every day. when isil launched its attack into the kurdistan region in early act we acted immediately. where we are today they have taken back almost all the territory they lost. congress is going to be supplying the kurds very sophisticated equipment. >> general flynn wonders why american help has been so little so late. the kurds want more air support than we're giving them. >> we have to rely on these guys. they're doing some brave things. they're looking to us to say, hey, we still need your help. >> it's too slow. we have to figure out where is the roadblock and get these guys what they need.