30,000 were 5,000 troops who wouldn t have been able to get into afghanistan until, you know, middle of next year. so he said sort of take that off the table. he said some of our allies provided more troops than we originally thought they would. that gave us an extra 5,000. so he said all in all it worked out to him about what the military was asking for. chris, thanks. and this programming note. bob woodward is going to be larry king s guest next week on wednesday night at 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. meantime, church pastor eddie long will be making his first public comments on a sex scandal on sunday. through his attorneys he has denied the claims in now three lawsuits that he coerced young male church members into sex. he posted a comment saying thanks for the love and support. at least one school district is going to cost you. a high school s answer to dillydallying.
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welcome back to the most news in the morning. 23 minutes past the hour. we ve been following the story of the embattled mega church pastor eddie long. he ll be making his first comments on this growing sex scandal from the pulpit sunday. through his attorneys, he s denied the claims in three lawsuits that he coerced young male church members into sex. long has a congregation of more than 30,000 followers. and he thanked people for their prayers and support in a twitter message last night. the catholic church has been rocked by cases of priest sex abuse. the cnn special investigation premiering this weekend raises questions about what the pope knew and when during his time as a cardinal and vatican official. gary tuchman joins us with a preview of this special
woodward is going to be larry king s guest next week on wednesday night, 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. when will he switch back to campaign mode? the architect of president obama s 2008 run and one of his closest advisers in the west wing now talking about his future this morning. david actixelrod s next move. it s 20 minutes past the hour.
diabetes crisis. reporter: she created a website called the lunch boss.org with 80 recipes to spread the revolution to schools around the country. next week on cnn, it s eatocracy week to trace where our food is coming from, how government regulates it and much more. the recession officially ended 14 months ago but it doesn t feel that way to a lot of americans facing high unemployment and a crippled housing market. poppy harlow joins us from new york. a lot of skepticism about whether the recession is really over still. that s right, and what matters is how people feel. we talked to folks from new york to california about whether their personal recession is over. even this week, warren buffett said in an interview he doesn t think the recession is over. so the economists that say it s over, well, they are not on par with the americans that feel like it is not over.