Welcome to the kelly file. Im megyn kelly. The president s often repeated promise started to unravel yesterday when the highest ranking military official in this country, general dempsey, floated the idea that u. S. T on the ground could, might, possibly be a very real possibility. If we reach the point where i believe our advisors should accompany iraq troops on attacks against specific isil targets, ill recommend that to the president. That suggestion went a couple steps further today. First, former obama defense secretary robert gates, he also worked for bush, said this this morning. That the fight against isis will require u. S. Boots on the battlefield if we hope to have any chance of actually succeeding. The reality is theyre not going to be able to be successful against isis strictly from the air. Or strictly depending on the iraqi forces, the peshmerga or the sunni tribes acting on their own. So there will be boots on the ground if theres to be any hope of success in the strate
Agents who support his call for a wall, but taking no questions from reporters. Not to be outdone, pelosi then briefed reporters saying this. Were not doing a wall. Does anybody have any doubt that were not doing a wall . So there is plenty to discuss. Ryan lizza is here to help us out. So is nina turner and alice stewart. Good evening. Didnt i warn everybody about this . I said he is no longer going to have the entire spotlight, the entire media narrative. Hes going to have remember i said that share it with nancy pelosi. And i think that was going to be one of his biggest concerns. Something that hes not used to. Ryan. Yeah. I was right. He didnt like it today. He didnt like it. Hes got that full ensemble of cameras in the Briefing Room so he can pop in there whenever he wants and get on the news. So i think he took advantage of it today. The whole day was about the democrats and the democratic takeover of the house. And frankly, a lot of the coverage was a sort of celebration of the