now on the house side, which i m steps away from the chamber, democrats will offer a measure that will address some of the kern concerns they have that they have not been showing enough about their belief that border security needs to be enhanced, not with a wall. they ll vote on a measure that would give more money than the president is asking for his steel slat wall barrier, whatever he wants to call it, more money he s asking, the $5.7 billion but not for a wall. for other kinds of technologies and personnel and so forth that would do more to protect the border, but to have a difference in approach. what they say is a smart wall. that would be another step that we expect to happen here that can pass in the house, because democrats have the numbers. we expect in about 30 minutes or so house republicans will be coming to this area to give us an update on where they think things are going. more happening today, the senate side is considering two
operations in kandahar, afghanistan, in support of operation freedom sentinel. kern colonel toby, where is toby, thank you, toby. i hear so many good things about you, toby, that s good news. but toby maxit, happy thanksgiving to all of you. and i have to say this directly to the folks in afghanistan, everybody s talking about the progress you ve made in the last few months since i opened it up. we opened it up, we said go ahead, we re going to fight to win. we re not fighting anymore to just walk around, we re fighting to win. and you people are really you ve turned it around over the last three to four months like nobody s seen. and they are talking about it. so thank you very much. brave incredible fighters. direct support team gulf of the marine corps special operations is also on the line. these great marines are
people back in their homes. so the progress and the trends of what we are doing here in iraq and syria are definitely moving in the right direction. rocca, the de facto capital and their twin capital in mosul, the largest isis stronghold ever are both being liberated right now as we speak. thank you for the update and the analysis of these headlines. we appreciate. thank you for your service. please stay safe. let s bring in john kirby for more on this. john, do you share the kern ker skepticism? i do. i think it s all been covered so well there is not much more i can add. i share skepticism over the fact
see? they re probably looking for a really affirmative statement that i trust these guys. i believe what they said. the president-elect has seen more than you and i have. he has seen the official report. so there s a concern that even though he s being presented with the data, he s till going, this doesn t fit my narrative, and i would rather have some facts that fit my kern, it s his campaign. they can look at your piece on the hill. and we re digesting it right now. thank you. a record-breaking day are to the stock market may be quickly approaching. the dow near of a record high.
brutal. just to put a point on it for americans, they are also the most attractive group to join for foreign fighters, in part, because they have such low requirements. you have a lot of europeans and americans as well going on jihadi vacations in syria. the kern, and iraq, and the kern being, this is something u.s. intelligence officials have told me repeatedly, what happens when they come home? there s already been an attack in brussels, pinned on a veteran of that conflict. this is about a regional problem but also about a real threat to europe and the american homeland. while all that sounds strategically doable, chris, you spent a lot of time there, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008. you helped as a part of seal team 8, as a contractor afterwards, you helped mosul and you have a specific point of view as to what started this, the iraqi generals who had a big big position before the americans came in and dissolved the whole army. absolutely, ashley. jim makes some very good points.