danny, the rapid action battalion force is on the scene. they apparently are in control of the situation or at least in command. they say they want to diffuse the situation and save lives, and they had intended to, and we believe they are already in contact with the attackers on the inside. so, describe from your vantage point what you expect to happen. >> first of all, that commander needs to get controlled of the mealedda. the media will compromise his operation. they'll film it and the people inside will watch it on television and that's happened to me. know that does happen. happens very often. these type of situations, where it's in a metropolitan area and the media can be helpful to law enforcement but in this case they're not. secondly we know their demands are to kill as many people as they can and historically in the last five years, the technique is to attack and then claim you want to negotiate while you consolidate -- while they consolidate this position so it makes it harder to do the rescue. so, as soon as these people can get

rapid action battalion force, it's a very controversial, elite force unit for the past couple of years they've come under fire from human rights watch, am nesty international, major international organizations around the world, for human rights violations, deaths in their custody. but they also are one of the most, if not the most powerful security force that we have in the country you talk about america and s.w.a.t. teams and special forces, well, i think the best way to kind of give you a perspective is that bangladesh is probably on the opposite end, far end of the spectrum from where america is. everything that america has, we have little, but yes, we are one of the poorest countries in the world. bangladesh is a development star. we're considered, you know, a development kind of golden star child for slashing on internal mortality. this is a country that really is the where your dollars go to work. at the same time we're a developing country. we don't have forces like security forces, you know, intelligent forces to really coordinate all of this information for us. i'm not a secur

premier counterterrorism strike force of the country that they're providing the assistance to and in the case of the bangladeshi government, it is the rapid action battaliono much of it. they haven't been used in this kind of situation before, so it's breaking new ground largely for the bangladeshi security forces but in terms of training and equipment support, this is the organization within bangladesh that western support has been focused on. so it will be interesting to see what the after action report is about, the kind of procedures and preparation and actions that the battalion did in breaking the siege. >> a lot of lives are going to depend on just how good and lucky and effective they prove to be. roger shanahan at australian national university. if you're just joining us, the siege of that dhaka cafe appears if not to be over, it's coming to a very violent end, what's described as an intense gun fight is now under way as bangladeshi command owes move in against the gunmen who hold an estimated 20 people hostage for more than ten hours. details are very few and far between. these are some of the only images we have from dhaka. the cafe ourselves i

it was described, the actual group behind the response was the rapid action battalion force which is, more involved in crime fighting, it did have equipment and they stormed that building in force. 100 or so commandos we're being told it was made up of police and military. 100 commandos storming the building. it was described as intense gun fighting inside of the building for several minutes. that is coming from the deputy director of the rapid action battalion. saying there was intense gun fighting followed by quite a along pause, a long silence, we then started getting reports unconfirmed from eyewitnesss who were talking to police in the area saying thag there were survivors, hostages, that is being confirmed by the japanese who have been speaking to the counterparts in bangladesh and since then there, have been these two more explosions. it looks like sweeping the area, making sthur ure it is 100 % se. >>> once again, if you're just joining us, the siege in dhaka may be over but the security operation is apparently at last report continuing some of the hostages have said to have b

we're told that the rapid action battalion force, which was the responder to this send in something like 100 commandos into the restaurant to deal with the six to eight hostage takers. there was intense gunfire for about 10 to 15 minutes. that was -- again, that was a quote from the rapid action battalion deputy director. then there was silence. then we started hearing reports that there may have been host aemgs who survived, there had been hostage takers who were killed. we then got more reports of explosions. two explosions that we know of, natalie. but it appears that those explosions were -- they were being debt in additi being detonated by commandos. it looked more like a clearing operation. they had 12 hours in that building to prepare for a storming. they may well have set traps. they may well have been unstable munitions there, which needed to be dealt with on the spot. so that b may have been what those two explosions were about. after that, we started hearing from the japanese officially through their contacts in dhaka that 12 host aemgs had been released. we don't know the con

why aren't they putting forces way, or aficant battalion into the baltics, poland, or romania? where are the spanish, italian's, or others? i am afraid this could possibly to a renewedlyst and divisive burden sharing debate. >> how does brexit fit into that? a lot of what you have heard in european countries is that traditional european alliances, is this something countries are concerned about? that these alliances might dissolve? >> i think everyone is concerned about >> it. the u.k. vote was a blow against a vision of europe that is increasingly integrated. nationstates, but that enhances the benefit of all nationstates. to have the u.k. pullout of that vision is a body blow. nato, the impact is not immediate and is still undetermined. it will have an effect on market certainty, it has created political unease about the unity of the alliance in the future, but the u.k. still stands as a full member of nato. its commitments to nato have not been diminished. the long-term implications of brexit are troubling. will this lead to other countries exiting from the eu? the u.k.the l

also at the scene is the director general of their elite anticrime force, called the rapid action battalionnow, moments ago he told reporters that security forces are working to save the lives the people trapped inside. several foreigners are believed to be among the hostages inside the restaurant. let me quote him. here is what he told reporters. some derailed youth, he said, had entered the restaurant and launched the attack. we've talked to some of the people who fled the restaurant after the attack. we want to resolve this peacefully. we're trying to talk to the attackers. so they are making contact. we want to listen to them about what it is they want. some of our people, he said, have been injured. our first priority, though, is to save the lives of people trapped inside. now, the secondary question to all of this is, who is inside? they are mostly foreigners. however, our state department, john kirby, spokesman says we're aware of reports of hostages, but, he says, the embassy there has accounted for 100% of american citizens that are under the authority of the diplomatic chief of mi

battalions? >> first of all, very clear, the deployment of this new forward presence does not contribute the act. there's no definition in the act of substantial forces but i don't think there's any way that you can claim that the rotation of the battalion in each of the baltic states amounts to substantial force, forces. the forces there will be rotational in each of the four nations, they are not going to exceed more than a thousand personnel and you have to set that against russia's decision back in january to form three new divisions in the west and five new strategic nuclear missile regimes that involve tens of thousands of troops which each deployments will be less than a thousand each. i think it's also important to refer back to the -- one of the key principals of the founding act which parties must respect sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of all states. we are deploying at the invitation and with the blessing of the government and like wise with the deployment of a company in poland. that obviously can't be said of russian activity either in the crimea or in -- or in eastern ukraine. so as far as deployment itself is concerne

isis, an attack that may now be over with an assault on the restaurant by the rapid action battalion, an elite force of the bangladeshi forces. an intense gunfight, their numbers were put at approximately 100 commandos fighting against the six or eight gunmen who held the 20 captives. the gunfire was intense, lasted about ten minutes, it is over now. andrew, i've tried to summarize the situation as best i can. where do things stand? >> we are still really operating in somewhat of a vacuum here, jonathan, as far as official information goes, listening to the eyewitness a few minutes ago. as you point out, that's the best information we're getting so far. none of this can be confirmed. he got his information from a policeman on the ground. there is obviously a very, very heavy presence of security forces around that bakery. the actual -- the storming of the restaurant happened from what i can sort of deduct a little over an hour ago and we've had probably now a good 30 minutes or so of silence since then, as the eyewitness points out, there hasn't been what you expect to hear sirens going to and from

and shortly afterwards, members of the battalion, an elite police force here in bangladesh, actually a multi-use force, brought out somebody, a young man who is believed to be a suspect in the hostage taking. >> but at this point, do you still believe that there are up to eight other people armed individuals inside holding hostages? >> we have no reports on the rest. we were told earlier and everybody had been reporting that eight to nine attackers formed that initial team. we are not sure at this point if that number is accurate. we do know one person has been brought out and it's believed to be a suspect. how many remain, we cannot say for sure. >> in terms of how many people are inside and potentially held as hostages, you probably don't know either? >> we don't have any information on that yet. nothing that we can confirm. >> okay. asif, that is a big development that at the very least the police were able to bring out members of a rapid action about tal battalion were able to bring out one person believed to be a suspect. if i could ask you to please continue reporting and check

assistant spendent of the police who is leading one of the rab, the rapid action battalion which is the specialons forcein charge of handling answered terror activity. gun fights are not uncommon. so there have been casualties from the police. four officials from this source have been killed, including an officer commanding a local police station. also according to this police official, seven to eight mill hants are holed up inside. they heavily armed. they are using grenades as well, besides automatic weapons. there is 40 hostages, that's four zero, that includes one confirmed westerner. we don't know whether that's american or not. but there is one confirmed westerner in this area, which is filled with the diplomatic and western crowd a lot of the time. >> and raj, from what you understand, is there a negotiation going on? are it's more of a firefight? >> there have been reports from local bangladeshi media loud announcements have been made by the police parallel to the operations telling people who are and can -- who can come outside to come outside. but we have not been very clear about how many peo

a congresswoman from arizona aired a she could run and force battalions very successfully, so excludingomen of the world and not recognizing the strong and able women is a mistake. >> the committeeman from new york. >> mr. chairman, i call a question. >> a question as mcauliffe, all those in favor of voting immediately please signify. opposed. the vote will be immediately on the amendment are the delegate from the district of columbia. all those in favor signify. opposed. is defeated. the next amendment is from the delegate from vermont. the committee member from vermont. >> i believe there may be a duplicate. one was submitted by staff. can you look at the next one. -- page five, line seven. >> there are two back-to-back amendments and your package, both from you. thereferring page three, next referring page five. for clarification, which is correct? >> page five. the second one is the one we should use. >> and withdrawing the one on the table marked page three. that amendment is withdrawn? i just. >> will move to the amendment on page five, line seven. delegate from vermont. during co

and our fabulous congresswoman from arizona showed us that she could run an air force battalion very successfully. so excluding those women of the world and not recognizing the strong and abled women of the idf is a mistake. thanks. >> committeeman from new york? >> mr. chairman, i call to question. >> question has been called. all those in favor of voting immediately, please signify by voting aye. oppose, nay. the vote will be immediately on the amendment by the delegate from the district of columbia. all those in favor please signify by saying aye. opposed nay. the amendment is defeated. next amendment is from the delegate from vermont. commitment member from vermont. >> there may be a duplicate. one was submitted by staff. it's five, which would be on line -- page five, line seven. >> yeah. there are two. there are back-to-back amendments in your package. both from you, one referring page three, the next referring page five. for clarification, which -- >> correct. it should be page five, the second one is the one that we should use. >> so withdrawing the one on the table marked pa

staging hub for battle to recover the city of mosel to approve plans top assist iraqi forces at the brigade and battalionevel. isis is believed to have set up suicide car bomb today outside iraqi market and that bomb killed 11 people. >> iowa congress sman taking heat this morning after footage of his office showed confederate flag displayed on desk. republican steve king was giving an interview about a bill he introduced and observers notice today among his other collection of f in the past king has defended displaying the flag calling it a symbol of our history. >> orlando police arrested ten protesters who refused to leave a sit in at marco rubio's office and activists were among more than 70 others protesting rubio's stance on gun control and lgbt issues. protesters plan to stay in the building 49 hours. one hour for each of the 49 victims at pulse night club. >> texas governor greg ab so the in a hospital undergoing treatment for second and third degree burns. abbott was in wyoming last thursday when is scald wld hot water. he ended up with extensive second and third degree burns both legs below the

battalions. one of the things that the army air force did was start to recognize that we needed more pilots. we needed people to protect fighters. we needed pilots who would fly supply missions. so a group of african-american pilots that became known as the tuskegee airmen, many of you have heard of the tuskegee airmen? a couple of really good movies about the tuskegee airmen. [ inaudible ] i'm sorry? >> can you spell that please? >> t-u-s-k-e-g-e-e. the tuskegee airmen. the tuskegee airmen flew support missions. they protected bombers over southern italy. they flew more than 15,000 missions. between may 1943 and 1945. 66 tuskegee airmen died in combat. certainly the tuskegee airmen were not the only african-american men to serve valiantly during the war, but it's the one that most of us have heard of. african-american men continued to serve in every branch of the military. by the way, every branch of the military was segregated until 1948 when harry truman decided that was not appropriate. they served in segregated military units. they went off to war, they fought and they died for democrac

battalions along russia's border. >> we have seen a russia which has been willing to use military force against sovereign nations inurope, with aggressive actions against ukraine, the illegal annexation of crimea, and d that's the main reason why we are now increasing our military presence. reporter: a defensive measure that nato says is meant to deter russian aggression, but one to which the kremlin vigorously opposed. a spokesperson for vladimir putin said russia was always open to dialogue with nato, but that reinforcing military presence along its border was an active hostility. alongato soldiers march our border and nato jets fly by, it's not us who are moving closer to the nato borders. reporter: last month nato deployed over 30,000 troops to carry out rehearsals along the polish-russian border. it was the biggest military exercise on the alliance's eastern flank since the cold war. in other world news, a spokesperson for the nigerian army says six people were killed in the early hours of the morning following a suicide bombing at a mosque. two attackers were involved, one of them failed to enter a central mo

northeast of sacramento consumed over 320 3200 acres and forced mandatory evacuations. 1900 firefighters are battling the flames in tough terrain. battalionef darren mcmillan. >> the slopes are steep. re is a in effect of 20 high definition online cameras that run day and night. the cause is under investigation. >> fire danger is high this fourth of july. >> officials worry about a rash of new fires on forestland and cities sparked by fireworks. los angeles city fire chief ralph terrazas. >> on the fourth of july, far more fires are reported than any other day of the year. >> it's estimated fireworks cause more than 18,000 fires in the u.s. each year. boise, idaho this week. in california, five years of record drought made the state a tinderbox, ripe for fire conditions. the drought killed 66 million trees, increasing the risk for wildfires. l.a. county fire chief daryl osby. >> this could be the most volatile fire season in 100 years. so we encourage people, whether fireworks or fires, to be extremely careful. >> officials are encouraging people to attend professional fireworks shows or by "safe and sign" fireworks approved by the state

battalions. one of the things that the army air force did was start to recognize that we needed more pilots. we needed people to protect fighters. we needed pilots who would fly supply missions. so a group of african-american pilots that became known as the tuskegee airmen, many of you have heard of the tuskegee airmen? a couple of really good movies about the tuskegee airmen. [ inaudible ] i'm sorry? >> can you spell that please? >> t-u-s-k-e-g-e-e. the tuskegee airmen. the tuskegee airmen flew support missions. they protected bombers over southern italy. they flew more than 15,000 missions. between may 1943 and 1945. 66 tuskegee airmen died in combat. certainly the tuskegee airmen were not the only african-american men to serve valiantly during the war, but it's the one that most of us have heard of. african-american men continued to serve in every branch of the military. by the way, every branch of the military was segregated until 1948 when harry truman decided that was not appropriate. they served in segregated military units. they went off to war, they fought and they died for democrac

of sacramento, has consumed over 3,200 acres and forced mandatory evacuations. 1,900 firefighters are battling the flame in tough terran. the battalionery, very steep and that is what is driving the fire, slope driven. >> reporter: firefighters are aided by about 20 high-definition online cameras that run day and night. the cause of the trailhead fire is still under investigation. >> fire danger is high this fourth of july. >> reporter: but officials worry about a rash of new fires both on forest land and in cities sparked by fireworks. los angeles city fire chief. >> on the fourth of july, far more fires are reported than on any other day of the year. >> reporter: it's estimated fireworks cause more than 18,000 fires in the u.s. each year. they are being blamed for a 2,500 acre fire in boise, idaho, this week. here in california, five years of record drought have made the state a tinder box and ripe for fire explosion conditions. the u.s. forest service has reported the drought has killed off 66 million trees, increasing the risk for wildfires. l.a. county fire chief. >> this could be the most volatile of our season over a hundred y

forces fighting isis in iraq and syria. yesterday, nato approved the deployment of multinational battalions to poland, lithuania, latvia, and estonia to deter russia, in light of russia's actions in ukraine. joining me now by skype, from warsaw, "washington post" brussels bureau chief michael birnbaum. michael, russia has been a huge topic at this summit. >> well, the decision taken here in warsaw over these past two days are really a huge change for nato's relationship both with its own -- most members. in poland as you mentioned and also with russia. they're planning to send a total of 4,000 troops to these countries that it were would aim to deter any sort of russian aggression. now, after russia in 2014 annex beed ukraine's peninsula and helped the conflict in eastern ukraine but russia has said nato's decisions right now are real security set. they have said they're very unhappy about it. they're planning to bolster their own military deployments to their west. >> megan: how about britain's decision to exit the eu? how's that affected the talks? >> isn't pulling out of nato. what leaders are saying publicly is that bri

he said us advisors will company iraqi battalions, if needed, and those troops move toward the northern city of mose you will, one job the us forces could help with is billing bridges, on rivers, toward that objective. >>> well, this united airlines plane was forced to abort take off after blowing a tire at george bush international airport in houston this morning, passengers headed for denver exited the plane and boarded bus to get off the tarmac. still unclear what caused the tire to blow. well, inmates break out of jail, but they weren't trying escape. >> coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", they busted out of their holding cell to save one of the guards. it was all caught on tape. >> plus the game everyone is playing, but there could be a dangerous side to poke mon go. what police are warning players to avoid when "eyewitness news" at noon returns. stay with us. when you're the parent of a disabled child, you realize that the world can be a harsh place. but you also realize it can be a really loving, wonderful place. when i saw donald trump mock somebody who was disabled, i was appalled. you gotta see this guy... ahh, i don't

battalion, their version of our s.w.a.t. team domestically here, our special operations forces. you know, they had mixed results. but it was a very difficult situation. any team who would be handed this suicide, homicide, it's daunting, challenging. they can pull the trigger. in this case they could hack people to death. they might have hacked these patrons to death early on in the siege. they might not have been hacked later. we don't know when a lot of this killing happened. but they were able to rescue 13 people. the facts around that are were they hiding somewhere? were they just escaping the chaos? were they hide anything a back room when the security forces moved in? the fact that anyone could get out alive is good. it's a horrible case. the bad part is the police intelligence didn't pick up on the cell. that's compromised of at least seven people here. clearly it had guns, home made explosives, surveilling, preparing. they didn't pick up on that beforehand. it is not a lone wolf who most of the plot is in his mind. that's pretty hard to get sometimes. when you have seven actors, you need to have the intel

forces in syria and now we do. we now have troops down to the battalion level. we should take stock of all the policies and pursue all of them right now before there is another attack. >> i want to play a clip from a speech you gave in 2013 and ask you about it on the other side. here it is. >> are we fighting too many wars? i would say, no, we're fighting one war. and it's a war against radical islamic jihad. our national interests can be at stake in the smallest valleys in afghanistan. we're radical islamic jihadists are plotting. a few hundred thousand dollars. >> does that mean when isis strikes bangladesh that it is in america's interest to deal with the isis threat there and in afghanistan and iraq. you see my point here. where does it stop and where does it heend? >> we have to defeat the islamic state, chuck. we cant contain it. not just in places like bangladesh and turkey and western europe and then in the united states, as well. or they will inspire those kind of attacks. if the islamic attacks are losing or in libya which is maybe their most dangerou

and as president obama announced those troops for that battalion will be coming here to poland to form that forcegn is not just to give european states reassurance that nato is behind them which was the key several years but to send a deterrent of nato to russia to the consideration that russia may decide to move into one of the smaller, or cross the border into one of the smaller nato nations here. natalie. >> yeah, and, nic, russia's response to all of this has been that the west is starting a new cold war. what's been their reaction? >> reporter: president medvedev said that back in the beginning of the year said that what nato was doing, what was agreed in wales, 40,000 troops prepositioning of military equipment in eastern europe. he found that to be threatening. and the kremlin spokesman just in the past couple of days said that russia will be watching very closely what happens in warsaw, and what nato decides. he said, you know, why aren't we using the political channels. and, of course, that is say message coming from here, coming from the nato leader, jens staltenburg, the chief of nato

two of the three marine battalions surrounding fallujah have now pulled back from their front line positions. >> what happened was it created this standoff with coalition forcesiraqi forces on the outside, and then al qaeda insurgents controlled by abu musab al zarqawi on the inside. >> you could watch the country going aflame. it was really during that period of iraq when the american military was stopped from going in and inside fallujah became an al qaeda safe haven. >> you had a sanctuary inside we knew zarqawi was operating. and whenever a terrorist or insurgent organization controls ground, whenever they control an area, it gives them credibility that they wouldn't otherwise have. we needed to get zarqawi. >> zarqawi became the leader of al qaeda in iraq in a way that was recognized from mosul to basra to al anbar. >> zarqawi became larger than bin laden. >>> whenever a terrorist or insurgent organization controls ground like zarqawi in fallujah, it gives them credibility that they wouldn't otherwise have. he was clearly the leader we were tracking him. my force was going after him, and we were constantly trying to figure out where he was. >> zarqawi wa

don't think there's any way you could claim the rotation of a battalion in the book extends the amount to substantial policies. the forces there will be rotational in each of the four host nations that are not going to exceed more than 1000 personnel. you have to set that against russia's decision back in january to form three new divisions in the last end of five new strategic nuclear missile regiments that involve tens of thousands of troops, whereas each of our deployment that they said it's going to be less than a thousand nature. it is also important to refer back to one of the key principles of the founding act, which is the parties to the act must respect the sovereignty of territorial integrity of all states. we are deploying the invitation with the blessing of the government, historian and likewise the deployment that obviously can't be a site of russian activity in the crimea or in eastern ukraine. so far as the deployment itself is concerned, we are deploying to british companies that will be enablers that we will suffice as well, plus headquarters element. we are lucky and then adding to that some armored veh

forces in europe. those new american troops are in addition to 700-person nato battalions deploying to the baltic states poland. we spoke to him during the poland exercise. >> i think a combination of a nato battalion plus a u.s. armored brigade combat team, that's a powerful deterrent. if deterrence fails, now you're talking about a liberation campaign. >> reporter: for the poles, that word liberation doesn't feel farfetched. >> the poles are very nervous, obviously because of world war ii. >> reporter: few polish politicians have more world war ii credentials than minister and senator anna maria anders. her father was wladyslaw anders, who fought the soviets as poland's army commander. today, this community remembers how during the war, the soviets deported local residents to siberia. >> these people are worried that it will happen again. >> reporter: what convinced them it could happen again? >> crimea. crimea, you know. >> reporter: in 2014, russian soldiers in crimea sparked an annexation from ukraine. it took less than a month. >> it happened so quickly. i think we all have become a little complac

move four battalions to that area, one in each of the three baltic states, and one in poland, from the u.s., the u.k., germany, and perhaps canada. we will learn more after the summit. those forces the means of deterrence against russia. you will see that financed out of the summit. laura: but will that just annoy russia, and also threaten whatever cooperation there is over syria? admiral stavridis: you know, this is always the dialogue we have to have. i always say, the annoying thing was russia's invasion of ukraine, and the annexation of crimea. that's kind of beyond annoying. i think nato is rightfully stepping up deterrents. but your point is well taken, that above all we need to have an open dialogue with russia. we don't want to stumble backwards into a cold war. the nato secretary-general has opined, we need a higher level of dialogue with russia, so i think you will see the reassurance but deterrence, the movement of the battalions, but you also see an olive branch asking for higher-level dialogue. it will be choppy waters both ways. laura: admiral james stavridis, thank you for joining us. presidential politics was center stage in washington today, as republicans in th

battalions. one of the things that the army air force did was start to recognize that we needed more pilots. we needed people to protect fighters. we needed pilots who would fly supply missions. so a group of african-american pilots that became known as the tuskegee airmen, how many of you have heard of the tuskegee airmen? a couple of really good movies about the tuskegee airmen. i'm sorry in t-you s-k-e-g-e-e. the tuskegee airmen. the tuskegee airmen flew support missions, they protected bombers over southern italy, they flew more than 15,000 missions between may 1943 and 1945. 66 tuskegee airmen died in combat. certainly the tuskegee airmen were not the only african-american men to serve valiantly during the war but it is the one that most of us have heard of. african-american men continued to serve in every branch of the military. by the way, every branch of the military was segregated until 1948 when harry truman decided that was not appropriate. they served in segregated military units. they went off to war. they fought and they died for democracy. yeah. 948. they fought and died for d

advisors with depeche mode got in the north and the iraqi security forces down south, right down to the battalioned to be done now for two years. more accurate airstrikes. the iraqi government is not completely cleared falluja. the attack on most though it is likely going to lead to at least a half-million refugees, most of which will end up in curtis and. not only has to be those additional eyes on the ground, not just boots on the ground to engage the enemy forces. the sunnis in anbar, too. stuart: at that particular direction. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> always, stuart. stuart: two issues we will be covering. torstar brit hume on our country divided. there is precedent obama's leadership? brit hume coming up top of this hour. in the next hour, albeit a king, niece of martin luther king junior. what would her uncle do in response to black lives matter? >> why are you so ♪ approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers abo

the bulk of those four additional battalions going to the baltic states, latvia, lithuania, estonia, and poland. and this is on top of the sort of rapid reaction forcet's been established in europe, 13,000 troops that could move within a couple of days if there was a russian incursion. that's just the tip of the iceberg, if you will. talking about here resilience of the nations to be able to deal with a cyber threat, to be able to deal with a hybrid threat, to be able to deal with the sort of chemical, biological, nuclear possibilities as well. again, that's just the russia portion of this. the discussions today would be about afghanistan, about ukraine. at the end of today president obama will meet with what's called the quint. that would be britain, germany, france, and italy to discuss with president petro poroshenko of ukraine about the situation in ukraine and the minsk agreement between ukraine and russia to try to bring about an end of the tensions in the east of ukraine and allow ukraine to control its borders, its own international borders all the way along the border with russia. so a lot to get through here before president obama then mov

forces in syria, now we do. we didn't have troops below the brigade level, now we have them at the battalion level. meanwhile, we should pursue all potential policies right now and not wait for a terrorist attack. >> i want to play you a speech you gave in 2013. >> are we fighting too many wars? i would say no, we're fighting one war. it's a war against radical islamic jihad. our interests is in the smallest valleys of afghanistan where radical islamic jihadists are plotting, a small cabal, a few hundred thousand dollars. >> something that mean when isis strikes in bangladesh, it is in america's isis to deal with the isis threat there, the isis threat in afghanistan, the isis threat in iraq? you see my point here. where does it stop, where does it end? >> we have to defeat the islamic state, chuck. we can't simply contain it within a small part of syria. they will continue to launch terror attacks around the world, not just in places like bangladesh and turkey, but western europe and the united states as well. they will inspire those kind of attacks. if the islamic state is losing, if they're defea

force helicopters taking off in the enemy's direction. as a young marine corps lieutenant in a non-combat position, these units along with special operations teams and marine infantry battalionsment even when our enemy chose not to. that trust starts at the top of the chain of command. and i trust hillary clinton to be commander in chief. >> she understands the importance of a strong military and diplomacy. she knows we're stronger when we work with our allies to keep us safe. she has the experience, temperament and steady hand to lead. i do not trust donald trump. the military is defined by discipline, leadership, integrity. those are the qualities that drew me to serve, and those are the very qualities that donald trump lacks. he suggests abandoning our closest allies. he praises dictators who have killed americans. he says we should allow more countries to get nuclear weapons. his recklessness means more deployments for my friends, more families separated and more young heroes never coming home. when he says he would expand torture, kill civilians or force the military to commit war crimes he's defying the values that every service member is taught on day one. >> he's defy