we are back on what has turned i a very busy news morning with plenty to talk about with senator dick durbin of illinois who is joining me now live from capitol hill. senator, thank you very much for being with us. there is a bunch to get to. i want to start with some of the news coming out this morning on afghanistan. the president according to our reporting, considering a strategy to add thousands more troops, giving the pentagon the authority to make determination on troop levels. are those the right moves? >> it's time for us to ask some hard questions. we spent billions of dollars, we've lost thousands of american lives. we have been engaged in this war for every 15 years and we are still struggling to determine how it can end favorably for the best interests of the united states and the afghan people. we sent thousands of our best military adviser and the afghan