we caught up with him and i asked general nico nicolson whe u.s.to win this war. >> with the u.s. forces arriving, with the new authority we've been given, with the pressure on external enablers. we've set all the conditions to win. >> nbc news has reported that the president wanted to relieve you of command. do you have confidence that you have the president's confidence? >> yes. >> what makes you say that? >> because of the authorities i've been given and the policy that we received on august 21st, it's everything i asked for. >> ali, the new strategies in place. perhaps one of the most tangible aspects of it is this idea of targeting drug labs with air strikes. they're really trying to cut off the sources of funding for the taliban. now, in terms of the troops that do go outside the wire here, yes you have the brave hearts, they're in the armied vehicles. they're trying to clear the roads of clear bombs. you also have a battalion and they're called guardian angels. and those guardian angels go out and protect the train, advise and assist mission