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Continuing to head to the battlefield in iraq and syria to fight alongside isis and other groups. The number in total thought to be at least 20,000. With 3400 of them westerners 150 americans who traveled there or tried to. And about a dozen thought to still be fighting there. The chairman of the committee called this the largest convergence of islamic terrorists in world history. And foreign fighters of particular concern to the u. S. For fear they would come back here and launch attacks. Also today we expect to hear as early as this morning, from the white house presenting legislative language to Congress Asking for authorizations specifically tailored to the fight against isis. Its expected to limit the possibility of Ground Troops in combat but not to limit location. Chris . All right, michelle thats getting a little more complicated. Tougher to track, its good to have you on the ground in d. C. To tell us about that. This morning really the biggest headline is still the life that
That is who merkel and hollande will be negotiating with in moscow with russian president , Vladimir Putin. Secretary of state john kerry leaving no question as to who he who the u. S. The Obama Administration and the west blames for the violence severe escalation of the violence in the east. Jim, has president obama talked about a timeline in terms of sending some sort of arms to rebels . Absolutely not. Because no decision has been made yet. There are more people in the administration who are in favor of that were told theyre taking another look at this. But ill tell you, theres not just disagreement within the Obama Administration. Theres disagreement within this western coalition. Angela merkel saying today as she prepares to go to moscow that theres no military solution to this crisis. Hidden in that is the message that they dont believe that arms will change the situation on the ground positively. One more thought, when i speak to u. S. Officials, they dont describe this just as