more credible messenger. >> carson is lower energy than bush! >> i have plenty of energy. >> one of the top halloween costumes this year is donald trump. which is why this year the phrase trick or treat has been replaced with give me a kit kat or i'll deport you. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, allison camarata, and michaela pereira. up first an new strategy to take out isis. president obama and his national security advisers considering moving u.s. troops closer to the front lines in syria and iraq. this is according to a new report in "the washington post". >> they say a recharged plan is in order, but do americans have the stomach for military consolidation? u.s. boots on the ground. but this is in the context of tensions between not only isis and the u.s., but the u.s. and china after an american naval destroyer sails within miles of these islands claimed by beijing in the south china sea. we have live team coverage of