we'll talk to major mike lyons about why the decision is coming.and the possibility of the troops doing battle with the fighters. >> we wait 15 years for the olive tree to bear fruit. when attacked we pull back 15 years. >> an unexpected casualty in the middle east. >> it was touted as a plan to save atlantic city. but seven months later chris christie's big idea has been grounded. . >> you're looking live at the besieged syrian border city of kobane. kurdish forces taking control of the city >>> the number of u.s. troops in iraq will double. on friday president obama authorised the deployment of 1500 more troops bringing the forces to around 3,000. the white house insists the troops will not play a role, and will train and advise forces in the battle. major mike lyons is a retired army major, and a fellow at the truman projects. are we seeing mission creep? we had 300, and about to see 3,000. this tells me that they want u.s. troops down to the iraq security forces to do two things. number one giving confidence with the equipment, and more eyes on

mike lyons, welcome. is there any way to stop these fighters from joining i.s.i.l? >> very difficult john. they are motivated by coming and joining this caliphate that they have. they have roots and attraction to do it. they are disenfranchised from their own countries. >> rare strikes don't seem to matter. >> they are not deterring or deferg them from coming. -they are overcome, to establish this caliphate, to establish it and possibly even fight americans. >> according to the washington post, tunisia has a high percentage of people fighting with i.s.i.l. why? >> this is the birth place of the arab spring. those who lost inside tunisia, they make their way across the sahara desert. >> how can you stop westerners? how can western governments stop westerners from joining i.s.i.l? >> very difficult. they could go fly to london, go other ways. i think the government is just doing a terrific job of monitoring who our potential subjects who could do this kind of work who are looking to do it who are possibly radicalized here and watch them on the way back. >> do we know

. >> coming up at 7:20, we'll talk to retired army major mike lyons about what the killing says about the status of isil. >> the so-called 20t 20th highjacker is offering to testify on behalf of september 11 victims. he has written to federal courts in new york and oklahoma claiming to have inside information that will support terror funding suits against saudi arabia. so far, no defense lawyer has taken him up on his offer. is currently serving a life sentence. >> investigators in ukraine clearing the wreckage of malaysian air flight 17 where all 289 passengers were killed after the flight was brought down. remind us why this crash was the subject of such a huge controversy. >> controversy because of the sheer number of civilian deaths and the accusations and counter accusations as to which side was responsible for bringing this plane down. the wreckage now lies in what is separatist-controlled part of eastern ukraine. that's what's made it so difficult for the investigators and international monitors to cooperate and get the kind of agreements and safeguards they needed to start rem

mike lyons is a retired army major. thanks for being with us.e are now seeing that uptick in violence in afghanistan. how is this going to affect adjustment he was to draw down the troops? >> in the short term, puts them on alert. you're going to see the beginning of an uptick of u.s. military support there. a lot has to do with the president of afghanistan, general campbell as well working together. they'll already stay in. the approximate the has come up with a new strategy. i think you'll see more forces stay for a greater period of time. >> now that we know secretary of defense chuck hagel is stepping down, how will that affect afghanistan on the ground? >> general campbell has formed a better relationship with penalty of afghanistan. it's almost like secretary hagel's out of that picture. he's got a better relationship with the commander on the ground with the afghan president. it's already changed. they are doing strikes at night now. there's a much better relationship between the afghan security forces and united states forces that are th

. >> mike lyons, always a pleasure to see you. >>> oil prices what could be done to drive them back up. >>> the use of deadly force by police and how race factors into it. is >> hi everyone, this is aljazee. i'm john siegenthaler. coming up, supply side, why the world's top oil producers might cut production and when it could do to prices. >>> plus police shootings. not just ferguson, look at the grim statistics of the young black men killed by police across the country. >>> and darlene love, her role in some of the biggest hits in the past four decades. it's estimated that about 41 million people will be on the road this thanksgiving holiday. drivers are paying the lowest gas prices in four years. but tomorrow the world's major oil producers meet in vienna and many want to put those dropping oil prices in reverse. patricia sabga has our report. >> it's the most closely watched polk meeting iopec meeting in y. >> the other 11 members of opec can cut prices in significant ways to move forward. >> saudi arabia traditionally help sway over global oil prices by altering how much crude it p

let me bring in retired army major, mike lyon, i will ask him about the national guard, and the role, mike, that the national guard could be playing. we have not seen a lot of national guard troops so far. it doesn't mean they are not there. how do they interact in a situation like this. >> i'm looking at the pictures right now. you don't see the police in a military uniform. they were trying to desensities that. that situation. they have good muzzle. discipline at this point. once you introduce the national guard, that would escalate, especially the vehicles. you notice the police do not have armoured vehicles that they had last time. that would escalate on the ground, tension immediately as the national guard would role in with heavier equipment. >> looking at the picture from above. in some situations the national guard is used to protect buildings set on fire. which would normally beg the question - where are they? >> they are probably looking at critical infrastructure, and the city halls, and water treatment plants, things that - power plants, things that would be other targets.

we'll talk to major mike lyons about the controversial comments by defense secretary chuck hagel. >> and in the ebola hot lines, finally getting something they need for the first time - training. hawaii have not the only place sitting in a line of fire. smoke and ash smoouing up to 40 miles away. [ chanting ] >>> a show of solidarity with peshawar forces fighting i.s.i.l. in iraq and in syria. 8,000 people took to the streets paris france on saturday, and they are expressing report with iraqi fighters battling i.s.i.l. with kobane. it's one of several such rallies that took place in cities across the world. there was a strong show in london. over in argentina 200 people came together in support of global day for kobane. most of these rallies were organised by kurdish expatriots. self groups and political parties took part in the rallies. >> the streets of turkey's capital swelled with peshawar supporters. that was despite warnings that the protests were illegal. the besieged town sits on the turkish border. operations are in fall gear on the boarder. this was the scene overnight in k

. >> here to break it down is army major mike lyons. thanks for being with us. iraq's military has recaptured beiji, are they celebrating the fact the gain or the fact that the iraqis finally found some backbone. >> i think it's a bit of a victory lap too early. the iraqi security forces have not shown they can hold the cities. that's the concern the pentagon has, the ability to take but not hold. this has got to go on for a few more weeks. they've got to reinforce that, put people there, make sure they've held the city before claiming victory there. >> you say this is a victory lap too early, but did the coalition airstrikes play a role in this? >> i don't think they did, as much as we'd like to think. over the weekend and the last few days was only 17 of the airstrikes that's there. over the course of a battle, that's really not a lot and the battle damage assessment was just vehicles and cars. it doesn't seem there's anything more than we've seen before. the question is what's going to happen going forward. >> we talk about the military actions taking place r

. >> let's go to mike lyons now. the hawks controlling both the congress and is not, how does that affect boots on the ground against isil? >> the day after election day, we can start talking more foreign policy. it's important to get talk about it. we're almost sleep walking into this very serious military situation at this point. >> it is really different to be a republican candidate and criticize the president for not putting u.s. boots on the ground against isil and be an actual elected lawmaker and decide to do that, right? >> right, stephanie. you look at the other side of it as the president wants to go slow both in iraq and syria at this point. the republicans want to move forward, go faster especially inside syria. that means war powers act. we'll see if they put their money where their mouth is. >> john mccain very hawkish on the war. how does he use the bully pulpit to change the landscape in iraq and syria? >> i think he'll try to support the president with funding. that's the key right now. the president

. >> major mike lyons joins us to dive deeper into this tribe and exactly what happened over the weekend. thank you for being with us. this tribe hadn't just asked the iraqis for help, they asked the u.s. for help. why didn't they get the help they needed? >> the united states won't go around the iraq key government, they'll take priority with regard to what they want to do. at this point, we only have troops inside baghdad. it would have taken humanitarian airstrikes let's say and other munitions, as well. the iraq government really rules the day. >> you and other military experts have said over and over that ground troops are needed to defeat isil. here you have ground troops, soon any tribes willing to fight isil and they are not equipped. what does that say about the u.s. strategy? >> it says that the iraq government is not willing to fight for its own people and the united states strategy is not able to exert leverage on iraq to do the right thing. it would not have taken a large ground force in order to defeat isis on the ground there in order to prevent this from happening. maybe

then we will go, mike, general lyons and then we will close it out with paul. then we will open it up for questions. go ahead, jeff. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. i want to thank everybody for being here today and attending this important panel and thank general milley and why this is important for us to serve and operate as a total force. for more than 13 consecutive years of war, the army reserve soldiers have brought their unique skills and capabilities to contingency and theater security cooperation missions around the world, including operations enduring and iraqi freedom. it was during those that the need for the army total force policy, which required the army to man, train and equip its active and reserve components as one total force became clear. the need to manage the reserve component as part of the operational force and ensure the reserve component capabilities are interoperable have become clear. we must not only ensure that the total army remains an integrated and operational force, all components, but the total force policy remains as