[Costello:] Breaking news now. New information about the future of American troops on the ground in Iraq. CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent, Jim Sciutto has more. Good morning.
[Jim Sciutto, Cnn Chief National Security Correspondent:] Good morning, Carol. Secretary Carter on an unannounced visit to Iraq announcing while he was there that the U.S. is sending 200 new troops to Iraq, to be exact 217 new troops. They will be advisers. They will also be security forces there and aviation forces, that final piece, because the U.S. is also sending apache attack helicopters in. This is something that the U.S. has actually been pushing the Iraqis for some time. Why these troops now? They're going to be involved in this push to retake that key northern city of Mosul. It's an ISIS stronghold. The Iraqi forces have been moving closer. This is a major prize in this effort to unseat ISIS from Iraq, and I would also add this, Carol. This is very key because it speaks to the danger that these U.S. troops will be facing. They will be allowed to be at the brigade and battalion level as opposed to just higher up at the division level. What that means is they'll be a lot closer to the front lines, a lot closer to combat, and, therefore, in greater danger, and we've seen U.S. troops lost in some of the fighting just over the last several months. Final note I would say is this is now pushes the number of U.S. troops in Iraq over 4,000. Nothing near the levels of 150,000 that we had several years ago, but it's been rising steadily over these last weeks and months. Carol?
[Costello:] All right, Jim Sciutto reporting live for us this morning. Thank you. Saudi Arabia being blamed for a drop in world markets after they scuttled a meeting with the world's top oil producers in Doha. But so far the stock market here in the U.S. is making gains. The Dow is up 60 points. Oil prices are down. But the Doha talks were aimed at cutting back the supply of oil. That means the current glut can continue and continue driving prices down. I'll be right back.