the position of doing that investigation. we have to get that done. we have to make sure we re doing that initial stage in a proper way and then that will transition to open hearings and the transcripts will be made available for all the stuff happening now. by the way, i think it s really important to know that republicans are involved in this process. 48 of them. 48. absolutely. i they re in the room. that is noted, congressman. moving on, you serve on the armed services committee, you re a member of the syria caucus, you just returned from a congressional visit to the region. you served, as i said, as an army ranger in afghanistan. lindsey graham said overnight trump s worst critics should say well done, mr. president, on the death of al baghdadi. do you agree? well, this was undeniably a victory for america. the special forces operations, the pilots involved, i ve been involved in these raids before, they re dangerous, they re
isis targets since the terror attack in new york city. at least in the publicly available information that we have from the pentagon. now, there is the possibility that there are some secret special forces operations that are underway in that region that we don t know about, but at this point the pentagon does not seem comfortable revealing that information. so at this point we really don t know what potus means when he says that the pentagon and the military are hitting isis much harder. all of the available fligs we have seems to indicate that operations are continuing as they did before the terrorist attack in new york city, jake. all right. ryan nobles in hawaii for us. thanks so much. he s the president of the united states, whose words speak volumes. are his comments and tweets about the fbi and the justice system and verdicts. do they cross a line? we ll discuss next. mission to show drip coffee drinkers, it s time to wake up to keurig. wakey! wakey! rise and shine! oh my go
45 billion, versus $10 billion, that s good math. if there s a solution. you re offering what sounds like a really big discount for no potential end to the problem. here s the difference though. remember, right after 9/11, you had a few hundred 100 cia officers in a couple hundred special forces officers backed by air power devastate the taliban in three months. they don t stand 10 feet tall not widely supported in the country. they can be beaten and pursued. the more we ve gone to a conventional military approach when bagram became a absoluting zone, progress is largely stopped and drifting backwards in a conventional war ever since. if we go back what s worked, the special forces operations were shut down why? because cop vengs generallies t too risky for them. i m not saying you shouldn t
that will be a look back on eight years of international affairs and counterterrorism. hans nichols is in tampa for us this afternoon. give us a preview. a lot to cover for the president. what are his main points, do we expect? reporter: well, kate, if there s one thing we know about president obama is that he believes in the power of words, the power of his own speeches to set policy. this will be an attempt to codify, to bottle the obama doctrine on counterterrorism. yes, there will be a thank you for the troops but look for three main troops. number one, the importance of partnering with local forces. all throughout these most recent campaigns in mosul and raqqah, administration officials at white house and pentagon have been at pains to say that the iraqi and syrian forces are leading. number two, aggressive special forces operations. this is a president who has not hesitated to pull the trigger, to take some risky shots. yes, we all know al qaeda is dead and bin laden is dead an
but this is a con country that is tense. last october there was a bombing that cull ed over 100 people an in july there was a bombing on the turkish border that killed over 30 people. the turk irk government has blamed isis for attacks, although isis didn t claim responsibility. but you have that neighboring civil war down in syria. you also have the turkish security forces battling kurdish militan militants. so it is a tense time, but they are looking into this explosion trying to figure out what happened and, again, as of now no one has claimed responsibility. ian lee, thank you so much. more americans are heading to the war zone in both iraq and syria. we heard from secretary of defense ash carter today. he announced an expansion of special forces operations and a new role that could put commanders face to face with is isis. joining me is jim sciutto, our chief national security correspondent. precisely from the secretary of