14,000 from 150,000. we re not in the direct line of fight but we re definitely not a police force. secondly, these two soldiers who just died, sounds to me like they were part of special operations contingent going after the islamic state. we re anything but a police force. we re there as trainers and mentors to afghan security forces and conducting special operations to knock down the islamic state to go after the taliban. the nickers of al qaeda that still exist there as well, hallie. admiral, i really appreciate your very important perspective on this. thank you. thank you. coming up next, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell defending long-standing tradition in an op-ed today. what it tells us, how worried he is about control of congress flipping. but first new york city s police commissioner is defending his decision to fire the police officer who put eric garner in that deadly chokehold. in his first interview since the controversial firing of officer pantaleo, commissio
of the mueller investigation, that actually it s a much weaker case against maybe president trump himself or some of the actual principles in the campaign but it s the association with roger stone, you know, the original dirty tricks guy and the fact that nobody really knows what he knew, what he did. that has to be really just very concerning, that unknown that we ve been talking about. president trump is losing control of things in washington. this is something, i think, corsi talks here, as another example of how he s continuing to lose control of something he doesn t have control. we may see more from the president in terms of outbursts like we have before in those situations. as you said it s only going to get worse in terms of congress flipping, democrats, when the new congress comes to town. rough roads ahead for this white house. we ll see. next, our reporters share a page from their notebooks, including how the president is preparing or perhaps not
chambers of congress flipping, that s more likely where you start to see congressional investigation sbs into the president and potential impeachments, and that s something the president should worry about. the idea that you would just have suddenly the cabinet turn around and say, you know what, you re not fit, is really inf infallible at this point. liam, can you weigh in on the 25th amendment, the difficulty and challenges of doing so and the reality of whether or not this president could actually leave office due to that? alex, no one knows exactly how to use the 25th amendment. it was enacted and it s there and the process exists but the process is murky. wasn t that made back in the 1880s, wasn t it? i think in the 1880s, president