Good morning, im carol costel costello. Youre watching live coverage of the senate arm services committee. Testifying is chuck hagel, general Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will also testify. So far, two major headlines. General Martin Dempsey will say he will send u. S. Military advisors into combat if he decides its necessary, which defies the president s promise of no ground troops. Second, the new mission is to destroy isis in iraq but only disrupt it in syria. Lets continue to listen to secretary hagel. A rigorous vetting process will be critical to the success of this program. D. O. D. Will work closely with the state department, the Intelligence Community and our partners in the region to screen and vet the forces we train and equip. We will monitor them closely to ensure weapons do not fall into the hands of radical elements of the opposition. Isil, the syrian regime, or other extremist groups. There will always be risk. There will always be risk in a
0 i m brianna keilar turning you i m brianna keilar turning you over to erin burnett right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com next a war on the 1%. the man who compared the experience of wealthy americans to a deadly nazi campaign is at it again. what he s saying now in defense of billionaires. and american speed indicators reportedly blaming their poor performance on their hi-tech suits. are the uniforms slowing them down or just sore losers? plus, philip seymour hoffman s alleged heroin dealer in court today. his lawyer our exclusive guest tonight. let s go outfront . good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight a war on the 1%. that was the name of an event in san francisco last night attended by nearly 300 people where billionaire tom perkins again claimed na the rich in america are under attack. you may remember perkins. he was the venture capitalist who compared the vilification of the rich to the treatment of jews in nazi germany and he apologized for th