going to be part of the fusion cell and the support cell for the operators who are going out. defense secretary ash carter was at a house hearing yesterday and he was asked about whether or not we re winning against isis. he made a comment that may have been intended to instill confidence but it missed the mark a little bit. listen to what he said. we are gathering momentum and it is a fact that the territory under isil s control has shrunk. that s not a declaration. you ve indicated it s war. are we winning, mr. secretary? we will win. are we winning now? we re going to win. general? why can t he say that we re winning? that s an awkward question, alisyn. was asked that multiple times when i was in command in northern iraq. are we winning yet? in these fights we don t win. you gain on a daily basis. you continually gain.
board to really be the winner if it comes down between him and one other republican in the race. that s what alisyn wanted to talk about first, i ll steal her question and say i won. you won again. bush, is it another story that he s gaining or that he s low in the field, vis-a-vis everybody else at the top. look at him now. this is it in terms of his ability to catch on, this was supposed to be the new phase, wasn t it? yes. i think it s incredible to see bush s numbers this low, especially because look, we are now in crunch time as jeff zeleny said. we re a couple months out from one states start voting. the bush campaign, the super pac are spending money, up on the airwaves. it s no longer a question of people not knowing or being aware of bush s record or not seeing him on the trail. he s been campaigning hard. they re up on the air and voters are not buying what he s selling right now. jeff, let s talk about how trump was saying i m trouncing
deleted footage from that burger king surveillance camera that may have captured moments leading up to the shooting. there was 83 minutes of video that was missing. reporter: the prosecutor insisting that the tape was not tampered with. there s been a lot of talk about that video at the bugger kinu. they ve analyzed it and believe none of the files have been deleted that would have shown anything and that the cameras weren t actually pointed towards the shooting. a lot of conversation in this community about what s next and whether or not there was a cover-up. still so many questions today, ryan. thank you. now to a major shift for the obama administration in its strategy for fighting isis. defense secretary ash carter telling congress more u.s. special forces will be deployed to conduct raids in iraq and syria. cnn s barbara starr is live at the pentagon. she has the latest for us. barbara? reporter: good morning, alisyn. a couple dozen special forces backed up with helicopt
new details about the specialized u.s. forces in iraq that will be sent to fight isis. defense secretary ash carter announcing they will conduct raids, rescue hostages, gather intelligence and try to capture isis leaders. what does this mean for the larger fight? let s bring in cnn s military analyst and retired army former commanding general of europe and the seven alisyn. the defense secretary was reluctant to give any specific numbers. our barbara starr believes it is 200 special forces that will be sent to iraq to help in the fight against isis. what will change as a result of them going there? the 200 number that s been reported is about the number that you would have in a support package for a special ops element, strike force that comes in like this. you re going to see a counterterrorism force on the ground. those are all the missions that the secretary described yesterday. the raids, the hostage rescue, the strikes against key targets.
deleted footage from that burger king surveillance camera that may have captured moments leading up to the shooting. there was 83 minutes of video that was missing. reporter: the prosecutor insisting that the tape was not tampered with. there s been a lot of conversation about that burger king video. in fact they came out and said the fbi has looked at the files and said no one has tampered with that video. they don t believe that was deleted afterwards. alisyn? thanks so much for that update. meanwhi meanwhile, more american boots will be on the ground in iraq to fight isis. defense secretary ash carter announcing plans for additional special operations forces. cnn s barbara starr is live at the pentagon with the latest. this is a big story, barbara. what do you know? reporter: in the face of continuing withering criticism to say the least by many republicans and others that the president isn t doing enough to fight isis, carter apeared on capitol hill unveiling a number of ne