the u.s. while the u.s. is supposed to be playing a backup and training role we have to remember the trump administration is doubling down on this 16-year long war bringing troop levels back up to 14,000. recently we learned that special forces were involved in something like 2500 operations in just six months and the air force is staging its heaviest air strikes since the height of that war. one final note, rick, a little bit ironic, the gathering targeted by isis today was marking the anniversary in 1979 of soviet troops coming into afghanistan. another reminder of the difficulties foreign forces say when they try to tame that country. >> rick: no doubt. greg, thank you. >> julie: president trump continuing his holiday vacation at his mar-a-lago estate in florida. he met with first responders