The president , and of course bob corker. What does this mean, if anything, today in washington . Mike charlie, its the Republican Party and were seeing more clearly on the National Stage the split that weve been seeing in the house, that we look at so carefully during health care. Now we are seeing the trump and bannon part of the party, and this more traditional part of the party where so many senators are now saying publicly what others are saying privately, behind the scenes. Charlie, here is the twist, and here is why a lot of the coverage this week has been very misleading. The twist is that all those senators and republicans around the country that think privately the criticisms that mccain and corker and flake and bush and others are saying publicly, they are going to keep it private. Trump is strong in their state and their districts. Donald trump is now more commanding of the party than he has been at any time. There is not going to be any sort of Tipping Point when these fol
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Countries come close to running out of snake bite antidote. U. S. President barack obama is due to announce that American Military presence in afghanistan will be extended. Its a dramatic shift in strategy. It originally aimed to withdraw most of the 9,800 strong force by the end of next year, but military leaders have been pushing for more u. S. Support especially after taliban fighters captured kunduz city for three days last month. Afghan forces have continued to fight the taliban in several areas. The u. S. Is expected to keep 5500 troops in the country when Obama Leaves Office in 2007. Jennifer glasse joins us live from kabul. Talk us through how this is going to work now, jennifer. At 9,800 u. S. Forces are going to stay through much of the rest of next year. They were supposed to start drawing down at the beginning of 2016 but will stay through the end of 2016, drawing down to 5,500 in be 2017, so thats a big change. Its the second time this year that president obama announced a