noted in the past, i think philosophically the president has made it very clear that he wants to give the commanders on the ground much more flexibility to execute their mission, especially when it comes to defeating isis. that s a very big change in philosophy, but it depends on the number of ground troops in particular. so this is an ongoing discussion that he has with secretary mattis, chairman dempford and others. is the president waiting or is it as conclusions come in that you re adapting day to day? i think it s a discussion he s having every day with chairman dumford and the review as it s ongoing.
better is a president waiting by the phone to hear what congress calls to tell them. it doesn t work in this country that way. it doesn t matter that it s august, it s august of 2011. we have been drifting for a very long time and we have been drifting down. we had a short term plan that failed. a short-term stimulus that was supposed to get the economy back on track. we have no agreements and no leadership. i think it s odd the president is on vacation now. normally, i wouldn t care about such things but the world markets are in deep crisis. it s no joke. i understand. this isn t an up and down blip. this is serious. under no circumstances do i think this is a joke. i live in xhucommunities that a deeply involved with this. what would be happening when there s no congress in session?
reporter: things are jubilant at associated press calling it for bennet. we are expecting according to the campaign to hear from the senator on his way here expected to be here 8:30 local. on the larger scale this campaign brought in big money as well as big names. you mentioned president obama. president obama did something that historically isn t done often. where a sitting president comes in during a primary. that back in february for senator bennet. on romannof s side we saw former president clinton writing a letter of endorsement without notifying the white house, we are told for romanoff. yesterday linking his voice to the campaign with robo calls. early toer president and current president waiting to see who the voters are going to listen to. in talking to one of the
reporter: hi, bret. things are jubilant here. associated press calling it for michael bennett. and we re expecting a a.cord together campaign to, hear from senator bennett on his way here, expected to be here at 8:30 local. on a larger scale this, campaign brought in big money as well as big names. you mentioned president obama. he did something that historically didn t done often ai. sitting president comes in to campaign during a primary. did he that back in february. and then, on the other side, on andrew romanoff s side we saw former president bill clinton writing a letter of endorsement for andrew romanoff. lending his voice to the campaign with robo calls we had a former president and a current president waiting to see who listeners and voters were going to listen to in talking to one of the poll