and as you mentioned in the intro there s really no end. we don t really know how much bigger this is going to get. a defense official who we spoke with today said this first 50 is going to go in and they re going to gauge what s possible. so thaj what that mea so imagine what naenz they re going to go in and say there s these groups and there s these groups. they re going to be looking initially at syrian kurds, syrian arabs and syrian turkmen to see which groups there will be the most likely capable partners for the u.s. that the u.s. will be able to support, whether it be with ammunition, logistics, tactics, even weapons that they can support them and that they would be able to go take the fight to isis. so when you consider it that way, this has almost limitless possibility for how big the u.s. role could get in an advising and assisting role in syria. nbc news national security producer courtney kube. courtney, thank you. i appreciate that very much. thank you. i will also s
don t have someone for them to connect with they are wasted resources, right now. we are beginning to generate more intelligence, more partnership with syrian arabs and also kurd forces and we have had deployments into turkey with our air power. so all of those things build. again, that s very different tan say, hey, at the very beginning, we should ship hundreds or thousands into thissiar when you done have a clear mission set for them to do. thank you for your insight. thank you, victor. of course, we are coverig the breaking news as well, a russian jetliner crashes 224 people on board we re waiting for a news conference, expecting that to happen any minute. the latest after the break.