general dempsey: absolutely. over the last several years, the commander of northcom has gained greater voice inside of our processes, both for the distribution of force and shaping of it. the other thing that gets very little notoriety but is very powerful is the partnership between the federal emergency management agency and northern command and the guard bureau. the seven regions of fema are well partnered to respond to crises inside the homeland. senator leahy: i remember after we were devastated a few years ago by a hurricane in vermont. towns cut off, bridges to one -- torn apart, and going in with a helicopter and seeing the guard, and it was salvation. my time is about out. general dempsey, you have pushed hard on changes to work on the issue of sexual assault in the military, and if you could have your staff look at what you found effective and what more needs to be done because it's an issue that comes up so often. i would like to get the best answer possible. general dempsey: you use the past tense, and

thank you, general dempsey, for your service.i think you'll thank you to the brilliant first class been -- >> how could i have forgotten? >> just for the record. but thank you for extraordinary service to the nation and your testimony today. in regard to the proposals to move oco money prevent and to do things that might help defense commute indicated general dempsey in testimony that there are nine lines of operation against isil. department of defense has to of those lines. the other lines are agencies that would not benefit directly or not benefit as much from this oco maneuver come is about. is a? >> to tell you the truth i have a look at anyone's budget other than myself. other than ours. it is fair to say of the nine lines of operations, two of them were military and others are other agencies of government spent on the other agencies state department which they're not able to ramp up their efforts? in fact their efforts are contracted because you've got to fill the gap somehow, or if you can't because you don't have that ex

general dempsey: absolutely. over the last several years, the commander of northcom has gained greater voice inside of our processes, both for the distribution of force and shaping of it. the other thing that gets very little notoriety but is very powerful is the partnership between the federal emergency management agency and northern command and the guard bureau. the seven regions of fema are well partnered to respond to crises inside the homeland. senator leahy: i remember after we were devastated a few years ago by a hurricane in vermont. towns cut off, bridges to one -- torn apart, and going in with a helicopter and seeing the guard, and it was salvation. my time is about out. general dempsey, you have pushed hard on changes to work on the issue of sexual assault in the military, and if you could have your staff look at what you found effective and what more needs to be done because it's an issue that comes up so often. i would like to get the best answer possible. general dempsey: you use the past tense, and

general dempsey: absolutely. the plan we have now calls for 460,000. senator moran: in the absence of sequestration, would you otherwise see a circumstance in which you would recommend that hundred 50,000 -- 450,000 personnel to the secretary geithner is there a scenario in which that whatever look good for the safety and security of our country? general dempsey: the chiefs of the army and secretary have a plan they put forward with ace dave they can meet the national interest -- where they they they can meet the national interest was 450 thousand, but general odierno himself would tell you that that number would be a greater risk than a 490,000 army, and he goes back to my testimony about the security environment. where do we want to maintain the kind of security presence that we have? if the answer is we want to be less forward and more at home, do we just incur risk? as i said, the chief staff of the army says he can manage the national security strategy at 450,000. anything below that, he says he cannot. he a

martin dempsey. also speaking today, commander in chief, president obama, who will arrive any second you'll see him appear any moment right now. he will be laying a wreath right there at the tomb of the unknowns. that glorious memorial dedicated to this nation after world war i to the men and women who have fallen in service of our country. i find it to be one of the most moving memorials in the country inscribed on it. >> you see the president's detail walking in now. the president will walk in shortly. this is a ceremony that takes place every memorial day. never losing its importance when you look at all of the conflicts here and abroad. right now you see the president walking in to begin the ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. >> first thing you'll see is the president lay a wreath here. you'll hear "taps" and music and then the leaders will move into the amphitheater and we'll hear from chairman of the joint chiefs, the defense secretary and then the president himself. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ taps playing ] >

ladies and gentlemen, general dempsey. [applause] general dempsey: thank you very much.ing the president's own and mastery gunnery sergeant who did that rousing rendition of the anthem. give them one more round of applause. [applause] general dempsey: mr. president secretary carter, fellow americans, good morning and welcome. we come together in this anointed place on this appointed date to honor our fallen warriors, those champions of freedom who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. i especially want to thank their families on behalf of the men and women of our armed forces. i want you to know that you are always in our hearts. we along with a grateful nation reminded -- remain inspired by your strength and remarkable courage, and i want to make special mention of my teammates for the tragedy assistance program. they are celebrating their good grief camp. god bless you guys. [applause] general dempsey: i am often asked my fellow countrymen and women how to properly honor our fallen. they wonder how they can best pay tribute to those laid to rest beneath our flag,

dempsey must always be quick but do not hurry. dempsey learned that the u.s. according to the washington post, was unprepared for the effects of the invasion, which unleashed local grievances that quickly spun out of control. so "the washington post" says this foreign policy unfortunately left a power vacuum that was filled by iran and by is..s. "the globalist" says the u.s. got into a strategy against the u.s. or on the wrong-way ground. it predicates -- it he read a kid's -- syria is full trying i.s. this says if it is a calamitous choice, it should be containing i..ss. in iraq but eradicating it in syria. to do this, the globe has said you will need to touch or sacrifice two sigrid thousand of u.s. foreign policy in the region. the first of those is the integrity of iraq. the second is the reluctance of the u.s. to use that meet in basul. splitting up iraq might make sense, and that is something that a publication agrees with wholeheartedly. it says the whole idea of a unified iraq is established on a shaky and failed premise, which is reducing iran's influ

i've actually been a fan of dempsey. i think he's been not as hesitant behind the scenes as some people think. but look the obama administration is fanatical about keeping things closed, and they worry about leaks unless they're the ones leaking. they trust dunford to be part of a team player. look, you need that. if you can have someone that can serve the country well, good. >> any identification, i mean, the -- any opposition. the guy is a reason guy. he's not a xul compulsive interventionist but also not what you call an isolationist. >> and he doesn't represent dissatisfaction with his soon-to-be predecessor either. the president has actually gotten along better with the head of the joint chiefs than he's gotten along with a lot of other people. >> going forward, one of the key things is, we do need to have a situation in which the military maintains that position of not being linked -- we don't want to go back to, for example, the early bush years. >> you're going to have a coming battle over foreign policy coming u

general dempsey: absolutely. over the last several years, the commander of northcom has gained greater voice inside of our processes, both for the distribution of force and shaping of it. the other thing that gets very little notoriety but is very powerful is the partnership between the federal emergency management agency and northern command and the guard bureau. the seven regions of fema are well partnered to respond to crises inside the homeland. senator leahy: i remember after we were devastated a few years ago by a hurricane in vermont. towns cut off, bridges to one -- torn apart, and going in with a helicopter and seeing the guard, and it was salvation. my time is about out. general dempsey, you have pushed hard on changes to work on the issue of sexual assault in the military, and if you could have your staff look at what you found effective and what more needs to be done because it's an issue that comes up so often. i would like to get the best answer possible. general dempsey: you use the past tense, and

thank you general dempsey. last month i was in the middle east was later mcconnell and some other senators. we were in iraq and afghanistan so impressed meeting with our men and women in uniform. i thought very highly of them have been spending with them. it just wasted my expectations an amazing group. but we see a stark contrast between the two countries in iraq and afghanistan. it seems at last is a glassmaking submitted in iraq and are at risk in doing the same in afghanistan. we saw the train and assist commission. we see about working while especially the current fighting system with the taliban. one of the commanders on the ground telling you about the timeline for a withdrawal and i think we're all glad to see the president the flexibility in 2015. what are your thoughts about the president's plan to drive down by january 2017? >> first of all, thank you are going and visiting. i'm not surprised to find it. we all do. my assessment and i don't want to speak for general campbell, but what i see there is

[laughter] please welcome my friend general dempsey. [applause] general dempsey: keep your seats. thanks. it is great to be back. how many of you were there last year? how many mentors were here last year? if you want to know what inspires me, it is these youngsters here who have lost a loved one and are here to bond with each other, and try to figure it out and become friends . that is always inspirational. i am proud of those of you who volunteer as mentors. how about you give everybody a round of applause. [applause] ok. i have been doing this for four years and i have a pattern. i can't break it. i am a creature of habit. the first thing i always do is i always take a few questions from the audience. not from the mentors, by the way. i can deal with you separately. [laughter] but i would take any of the children that have -- any of you have a question for me? here is one over here. ok, young man go ahead and stand , up for me. i will get you. you can put your arm down. i don't want the blood to run to your head. >> how long did it take you to get all your ranks? [laughter] gen

general dempsey: thank you, mr. chairman. secretary carter, glad to see you. mr. mccord, thank you as well for being a part of this. a special thanks to general dempsey for your many years of service in the united army and to united states in terms of our national defense. you have risen to the top rank within the white house and administration as chairman of the military side of our defense, and i appreciate all the talent you brought to it and your dedication. i wish you the best wherever life takes you with your wife, children, and grandchildren. you will now be able to enjoy a lot more. secretary carter and general dempsey, it is important for a -- us to hear your advice on a number of pending issues. the first is a threat of our own creation called sequestration. there are threats to increase defense spending mainly to shift tens of billions of dollars from the funds in the base budget to overseas contingen i believe this effort is not the right way to address the problem. while i support avoiding sequestration, congress must address budget shortfalls and do

ladies and gentlemen, general dempsey. [applause] general dempsey: thank you very much.ing the president's own and mastery gunnery sergeant who did that rousing rendition of the anthem. give them one more round of applause. [applause] general dempsey: mr. president secretary carter, fellow americans, good morning and welcome. we come together in this anointed place on this appointed date to honor our fallen warriors, those champions of freedom who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. i especially want to thank their families on behalf of the men and women of our armed forces. i want you to know that you are always in our hearts. we along with a grateful nation reminded -- remain inspired by your strength and remarkable courage, and i want to make special mention of my teammates for the tragedy assistance program. they are celebrating their good grief camp. god bless you guys. [applause] general dempsey: i am often asked my fellow countrymen and women how to properly honor our fallen. they wonder how they can best pay tribute to those laid to rest beneath our flag,

chair martin dempsey: yes, it would. if you recall, two years ago sod was at a point where we thought he was at a disadvantage. the opposition was on the rise and that situation reversed itself. we had been through the rigor of what this might mean. what it would mean for the nation of syria is further instability. it could mean an even increased humanitarian crisis. for us in our counter isil strategy, it would not change the dynamic. we still have the fundamental challenge of finding moderate syrian opposition to train and be a stabilizing influence over time. on the side of our diplomacy there is the issue of finding moderates to establish a political structure to which the military force we are building can be responsive. the challenge would not change for us, but it would certainly make the situation for syria or copyrighted. -- more competent. -- more complicated. >> [indiscernible] change the dynamic for him? chair martin dempsey: the regime's momentum has been slowed. therefore, you can certainly from that take t

our military women are a force multiplier and to quote general dempsey, women strengthen the force. the pictures here represent a few examples of the functions women are performing. since 2013, d.o.d. has notified congress of the intent to open 91,000 positions that were previously closed. in the top photo in 2013 the marine corps allowed enlisted women to participate in basic infantry training as part of their ongoing research to determine what additional ground combat jobs may be open to female personnel. approximately 34% completed the course. the enlisted infantry school includes a mix of physical training classroom work overnight field exercises that involve live fire events. female enlisted marines who successfully completed the infantry training as part of this research process will not be assigned the infantry as a military occupational specialty or inside a unit, but they are critical to assess and validate the gender-neutral standards. in the second photo, a female was participating in the navy coastal crew member course at camp lejeune. in december of 2013, the navy notif

. >> general dempsey later took back those comments. that's only after the mother of the first navy s.e.a.l. to die in iraq demanded an apology. joining me now are the mother of that fallen s.e.a.l. founder of the president of america's mighty warriors debbie lee is with us her son made the ultimate sacrifice and mike babin is with us also. first of all, i'm sorry about the loss of your son. first it was tikrit that got back in the right hands. fallujah mosul, ramadi where your son died. you watch these cities go and then we hear the press secretary, we can't light our hair on fire every time we have a setback. what is your reaction to that? >> first they were saying there is no symbolic if it did fall. then they watched as the comments from general dempsey. now they're making up excuses. we have blood on that soil. my son's blood is on that soil. so many others have sacrificed greatly for that area. and it just shows that there's things we could be doing differently there. there's tactics that could be employed that we could make a dif

>> i think general dempsey is calling it like it is.hat you're looking for in a senior military leader like general dempsey is candor. he's not trying to be politically correct. he's saying it like it is. the question is why is it we were surprised. the answer is there's just a lot that goes on in this part of the world that the united states can't monitor, much less control. that's one of the things we have to realize, that we're not omnipotent. no matter how good our special forces are, no matter how good our technology is no matter how brave our service members, no matter how much we sacrifice, 100,000 americans or 10,000 americans are not going to be able to handle the transformation involving tens and hundreds of millions of muslims as they go through the throes of modernization and compete geostrategically in this region. the wisest u.s. policy is to shape it to work it just as the administration's trying t of the center of it don't put u.s. ground troops in there, work it with unmanned aerial vehicles and technology protect our f

much as we'll miss chairman dempsey, vice chairman winnefeld, i know their great responsibilities to the president and me will remain in excellent hands. with that, i'll turn it over -- and i think we ought to give our chairman a round of applause, if you don't mind. [applause] >> thank you. thanks. that's a first from this group i'll tell ya that. [laughter] no thanks, mr. secretary, for the very kind words. i, too, welcome the nominations of general joe dunford as the next chairman of the joint chiefs and general paul sal v.a. a as vice chairman. i, too have great and complete confidence and trust in them. our nation will be well served by these two phenomenal leaders and i appreciate the fact that both of them and their families have agreed to continue to serve their country at this important time in our history. as the secretary said, there's plenty to do in the months ahead for me. yesterday i i appeared with the secretary before the congress of the united states in what may have been my last budget hearing to briefly recap where we've been with the budget since i became chairma

but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey calls the victory a serious setback for iraqi forces. interestingly last month general dempsey downplayed the significance in the. >> the city itself is not symbolic in any way nor has it been declared that is central but it isn't brick and mortar but defending isil. when the campaign will not fall otherwise. lou: and what should be the embarrassing contradiction of the obama machine. our chief of staff four-star general our fox news military analyst, a general good to have you with us. what do we make of this divide? what are we to make of this administration and? >> ramadi it is symbolic than strategic. without largest province this is where they live. we cannot defeat isis without the sunii tribunal we just told them is the iraqi security forces cannot protect them. that is a huge failure to overcome a. >> but to be disbanded to melt away and to be al lasting persistent problem that is a lack of organization, leadership and courage on the part of the iraqis. >> and about this time last year it took the city of fallujah a

be andrea by the president's own words, the outgoing chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, marty dempsey, who is going to be refiring october, leaves some pretty big shoes to fill. and by all accounts general dunford is just the man to do that. he is combat tested who led marines in both iraq and afghanistan, was the chief commander of all international coalition forces there in afghanistan at a very tough time during the presidential elections there and as the drawdown of forces began, and he was removed from that job early to take over as the marine corps commandant. and i can tell you that his supporters say dunford is a brilliant strategist and tactician, as well as leader. that he is just as comfortable in a boardroom as he is on the battlefield. and everybody is predicting a very quick and easy confirmation, andrea. >> and kristen welker the relationship between barack obama and martin dempsey, mick alluded to it, really really close, closer than it might have even been otherwise because secretary of defense chuck hagel, was an outlier in the cabinet and dempsey was the point perso

>> i don't know, our problem right now, as general dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs that we can hit reliably without hitting civilians because they've melted into the civilian population. so really inside syria, we're not doing very much. kobani isis made the mistake of taking a town and isolating themselves in such a way that they could be hit. >> in the piece, dempsey basically says yeah we're isis first, that's the strategy. we don't have an answer to what we do about this brutal dictator assad. did you read that as an implicit criticism of the administration's policy? >> no, what he's saying is -- i mean there's general agreement among anybody who's looked at this, to get rid of isis you've got to go into syria. our strategy now is simply focus mostly on iraq. if you go into syria, you're going to have to take out assad. assad is the primary recruiter for isis in a sense. it's his abuses it's his atrocities that bring people into the fight, among other things. and to get rid of isis without taking down assad is going to be really difficult. dempsey was agreeing

if confirmed by the chair from a he would succeed general martin dempsey. he is retiring later this year after 41 years with the army. not to the race for the white house, former arkansas open or mike huckabee is seeking the republican nomination for a second time. huckabee becomes the sixth republican to declare. if warmer fox news host 18 primaries in his unsuccessful 2008 campaign. he made the nasa from hope arkansas. >> we were promised hope, it was just talk. now we need the kind of change that really could get america from hope to higher ground. maureen: more republican candidates are expected to announce the cant of the season next week. they include wisconsin governor scott walker and former florida governor jeb bush. of course abc 7 is committed to bring you all the big stories in the race for the white house. you can sign up to receive abc 7's breaking news alert right on your own. abc 7 news at 6:00 p.m. the warning from police after bikes are stalling and it is caught on video -- stolen and it is caught on video. maureen: traffic is moving again

mart din dempsey cautioned against retreat in spending and policy. this is the most uncertain time he's seen in 40 years wearing a uniform. dempsey pointed to number and differing kinds of threats that popped up all at once. >> we have state issues with state actors and we've got a large body of non-state actors al qaeda, isil other groups that have aligned themselves. for the first time in my career they're both manifesting themselves simultaneously. this is not a time to be withdrawing from the world. >> now as for carter he was pressed over several foreign policies concerns. the defense secretary said a military option remains on the table for iran, in case it is necessary if nuclear negotiations fall flat. carter also requested $5.3 billion in the fight against isis. about a quarter of that, going to training iraqi and moderate syrian ground forces. melissa? melissa: blake, thank you so much for that. handle with care. this market may be too hot. warning from janet yellen put stocks in the negative territory. the fed chief detailed a risk from to

mark's mother wrote an open letter to dempsey. my son and many others gave their future in ramadi ramadi mattered to them. yesterday, debbie lee described the fall as gut-wrenching, and when challenged on that today, on ramadi here is how the white house responded. >> we have to decide what our approach to these issues is going to be. are we going to light our hair on fire every time that there is a set back in the campaign against isil or are we going to take care of our responsibilities to evaluate those steps to succeed? >> joining me now, pete heckstaff. general jack keen is chairman for the institute of the study of war, pete i want to begin with you, you were there, you with were in iraq you fought now tonight to hear the white house dismiss this as a setback and say, what are we going to do light our hair on fire every time there's a setback? >> it's incredibly dismissive in other news in mosul, in ramadi in if a luge yarks isis is lighting people on fire. every set back for the white house is a massacre every set back is a

>> i can't get in way of general alsted and general dempsey. i think probably right now as we're talking they are working hard to come up with an overall strategy to deal with this. i think the notion that we can rely on iraqi forces in iraq for instance, to deal with isis by themselves doesn't look like that is playing out very well. where else can we help besides with their power and besides with training and mentoring? what else could or should we be doing? that would be the big question. i don't have the answer to that. my inclination, of course is that we probably need to put more effort towards this. every time they have a victory like this that's more people that want to sign up for the train they are on. the isis train. more people are wanting to get on that train and fight. that's not a good thing. >> some of that equipment that the americans gave or lent in the security training program to the iraqis the iraqis were overrun. so some of that equipment was just delivered. now isis has it. >> the same thing happened in mosul, isis captur

general martin dempsey releases a statement calling the fall of ramadi a serious set back.t's a serious set back? that's it? ask yourself this. how many set backs is it going to take for the pentagon to admit the obama military strategy isn't working. first fallujah, then mosul and now are a made. they think it's just a set back? oh brother. either the pentagon is completely out of the loop or flat out lying to us. either one lying or out of the loop is terrifying for our pentagon. we're in trouble. right? and that's my off-the-record comment tonight. thank you for being with us. we will see you tomorrow night right here at 7:00 p.m. eastern. go to gretawire and go to my facebook page. see you tomorrow night. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm jackie ibanez. a norwegian cruiseline ship running a ground in bermuda. it is carrying more than 3700 passengers and crew tid tid temporarily lost power and hit a reef. everyone is safe and the ship has full power again. >>> a large oil spill off the coast of california. 21,000 gallons of oil seeped into the pacific ocean a

gentleman sp >> ♪ he got to keep your head up you can let your hair down ♪ kellye: that is general martin dempseyairman of the joint chiefs of staff, honoring falling soldiers that's fallen soldiers last night. he is retiring later this year. he went out on a high note. robert: nice. devon: well done. that has to be one of the hardest things to do, stand up and sing for a crowd. that was pretty good. maybe as good as the forecast. mid-70's today rising, close to 80 tomorrow, 90's memorial day the humidity not bad. chances of rain next week. kellye: thank you very much for joining us. we hope that you enjoy the rest of the early part of your weekend. we are back at 11:00. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." breaking new, not guilty. the cleveland police officer who stood on the hood of a car and fired, cleared. the barrage of bullets that killed the unarmed people inside. the reaction coming in right now, and the police chief's plea to parents tonight. >>> weekend washout. no holiday for millions of americans. the tornado threat, flash floods and rivers rising plus frost and snow. this is the uno

. >> so dempsey gives a presentation, and everyone's jaws drop. he basically says that it's going to take roughly 70,000 u.s. personnel, not boots on the ground, but total u.s. personnel involved in this effort that would, you know, knock down syrian air defenses and be able to provide air cover for the rebels. and some began to suspect that he had inflated the figure because he didn't want to do it. >> you're talking about taking down a country that has a very sophisticated, at that time, a very sophisticated russian-provided, integrated air defense system. and it would have been a sizable undertaking. >> smith: the president was also briefed on legal issues involved in attacking a sovereign government. >> what was put forward was that it would violate international law, helping an opposition group to a government which was recognized as sovereign by the united nations. >> smith: the president was forced to think hard about the limits of american power and the limited appetite of the american people for more war. >> look, the american people do n

and i'm sure general dempsey found this. unless you have boots on the ground with at least an intelligence part to direct our air assets where they're going to go and surgically strike i think we all agree we don't any collateral damage. we'll mitigate the collateral damage but you have to have eyes on the ground. >> the idea that there's no u.s. boots on the ground there's no u.s. boots involved in ongoing combat operations but there is a lot of u.s. firepower on the ground. a lot of u.s. troops on the ground. is it time to take the gloves off and let the u.s. special forces teams that are on the ground now the delta guys who are up near the kurds and training them is it time to let them just start going out on missions? is it time to send in s.e.a.l. team six to go on direct action raids and those kind of things? >> it's like playing a game of cards and you are dealing cards and pretty soon you are left with only a few options. we watched isis grow from a few hundred into syria and to expand in iraq. we watched isis grow.

again, i want to thank general dempsey and admiral winafield for being here today.arty and sandy, we are extraordinarily grateful for all that you've done. and we'll have an opportunity to pay tribute to you in the months ahead. i've relied on you both, your advice, your council, your judgment, as we've navigated the urgent challenges of recent years the combat mission in afghanistan to leading the national coalition to destroy isil, typhoon relief in the philippines to fighting ebola in west africa and strengthening our security alliances from europe to asia and every step you have been critical to our processes and i have valued not only your counsel but your friendships. at the same time, marty and sandy have helped to guide our forces through difficult fiscal times. especially sequestration. stayed focused on readiness and training and modernization and today there are more opportunities for women in the armed forces, tackling the outrage of sexual assault which has no place in our ranks, we've made progress in large part because leaders like marty and sandy hav

i think that we have a present and senior commander like general dempsey who are not allowing our troops to go out and fight an evil enemy. as evil an enemy as the u.s. military's pefr faced. we could have prevented ramadi from falling with a couple thousand troops on the ground and support from tanks and now we have all our military equipment. >> we handed them a victory. >> thank you for your service, thank you for being with us. debbie lee, i'm sorry about the loss of your son. it's unbelievable the way these events have unfolded. thank you so much. >> thank you. just remember memorial day, and the sacrifices that have been made for our country. >> yes, ma'am. >> while isis continues to seize iraqi cities president obama could not have been more wrong when he said this back in 2011. >> we're leaving behind a sovereign, self-reliant and stable iraq with a government that was elected by its people. we're builds a new partnership between our nations. and we are ending a war not with the final battle but the final march towards home. >> here with reaction is the host of war stories, you j

also what's up with patrick dempsey his new outing looking thin after his gla'srays anatomy exit.

he presented a briefing to secretary clinton and panetta and dempsey, general dempsey and they agreed with him that this force could in fact be armed equipped and trained robustly. but the administration did not do that. and tragically, as a result of that, the free syrian army now is a mere shadow of its former self. it is frankly -- there's frankly not much of it left. senator mccain: and could i add, in desperation, isn't it true they've joined forces with al nusra, an affiliated orlingnyization? is that true? general keane: organizations that were part of their organization have broken from them. they were -- islamic organizations, not radicalized and they have joined with al-nusra, who has gain master's degree territory, is more aggressive an has had more success against the regime than any force out there. so that is true. what we're doing is, and i know the committee has been briefed on this, we're attempting to train 5,000 people that have -- would become part of the free syrian army but what organization are they going to plug into. it's totally disconnected because the free

we're dempseys on my mother's side. >> dempsey. horowitz. >> smorowitz on my mother's side. good thing. >> oh, terrific. >> i heard all about it. >> takes all the guesswork out of meeting someone. >> yeah. >> tonight on "all in," nine people are dead in 32 shootings >>> hell, no, we won't go. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. hillary clinton has a rival for the presidency, a democratic rival. senator bernie sanders of vermont who declared his candidacy have a chance, does a declared socialist have a chance in the country when less than one of five of us call ourselves an economic liberal. all that said i think this man is going to enjoy that run for president because that one in five figure includes a heck of a number of democratic primary caucus voters to and a number want to see hillary clinton pulled leftward on economic issues and three, americans tend to root for the underdog and, four, it's the only game in town. here's senator sanders announcing his campaign up in burlington, vermont. >> today with your support and the support of m

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and that was the admission of general dempsey when he said we didn't even think about mosul.l the reason is it all comes from on high. when the president says openly a few months earlier that, you know, isis is a jay vee team pretending to be cobe bryant then you have got a director that this is not something to worry about. the pentagon ought to be preparing anyway but it doesn't, it didn't and it doesn't. that happens under this kind of presidency. and that pathetic segment about the syrian opposition. >> what did we have 50? i mean, this is something that we should have been doing at the beginning before the rise of isis. isis did not capture this territory it controls in syria from the government. it captured it from the non-jihadist and other rebels and that's why it is where it is today and why is that? because obama dismissed them as being doctors and pharmacists. people who weren't there. they wanted to fight and any needed the training he never gave it to them. >> i believe that the american foreign policy now is at the lowest, the weakest ebb, all right? since world

he would precede martin dempsey. >>> jurors in the penalty phase of the boston marathon bombing trialhave seen a few trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev the convicted bomber wiped away tears monday. he cried as his sobbing aunt took the stand in the death penalty trial. she was one of five relatives called by the defense. it was the first time dropped his blank expression in court. the jury has heard from the accused gunman. prosecutors played a video of james holmes from a police interview about two hours from the 20 twelve attack. >> reporter: jurors saw a videotape of an interview of james holmes shortly after the shooting. theosis replied he didn't know if any children were hurt. in fact, the 6-year-old girl was among those killed. survivors unable testify, using a model of the theater, a man reported out where he was shot. the defendant james holmes sat impassively as the witness described what happened. >> i remember hearing screaming and loud noises. i would imagine a gun. >> the injury was shown a photo. he walked box and revealed his state of injuries today. he is one of 70 wound. twe

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he would replace army general martin dempsey. >>> prosecutors plan to file first degree murder chargesthe deadly shooting of a police officer. officer brian moore died yesterday, two days after he was shot in the head. he was surrounded by his family when he passed. outside queens hospital fellow officers saluted as an ambulance carrying officer moore's body left the hospital. police say the 25-year-old officer was trying to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun on saturday. authorities say that man who has an extensive criminal record then shot the officer in the head. president obama offered his condolences to the family. >> and the family of fellow officers he joins in the nypd and across the country deserve our gratitude and our prayers not just today, every day. >> authorities already charged demetrius blackwell with attempted murder. >>> tempers flared at a baltimore city council meeting last night. this is after a group of activists disrupted the meeting. the meeting was disrupted as they started chanting. they favor amnesty for anyone charged in the protests surrounding fr

problem is that the sectarian divisions run strong and general dempsey said the iraqi army,there. problem is that the sectarian they did not get exspelled from ra misdemeanor i did but drove out of ramadi. they were not going to put their lives at risk to save the sunni population. so we're forced to face them. i think there will be more air strikes although it's streubgy they are directed by they did notairan. but the president is right to show restraint. they won't go in to either of these numbers and the fall is defeat for anssad. >> we're not talking about a reenvision but we look at the map at the moment. where does isis control now? they control ramadi and palmyra and then down on the border with iraq and then along to ramadi and to baghdad. they have a huge territory. the reason i say we need special forces in limited numbers to do air controlling why they're limited air strikes because we don't know where they are. the reason i would disagree is that the problem is their problems are our problems because absent our interlocutory power bringing moderate powers together, the

an army general general martin dempsey. general dunford now stepped into this role, if confirmed he would be only the second marine to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff here is more from president obama in the nomination just moments ago. >> under his steady hand, we have achieved key milestones including transition to afghan responsibility for security. his storyic afghan elections and the draw down of u.s. forces. same is staged for our combat mission there. >> joe is a proven leader including our troops in afghanistan, who receive served christmas dinner to. it was also noted that he was running the show mr. a very dicey time. also the t pble election there, which dragged on, in supervisorring the stages of the american withdrawal from a combat. >> certainly will help that he knows all of the players and not only? afghanistan and the iraq, but probably throughout the mideast. what kind of challenges do you think will lie ahead for him? assuming he is appointed. >> well, he will have bureaucrat zych military challe

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