[inaudible] to host secretary of defense james mattis. we will start the press conference with opening remarks. after which time they will answer questions from two journalists and two american journalists selected in advance. thank you. >> think you. the secretary of defense general james mattis i would like to express my appreciation for your friendship for your sincerity for your support and for your understanding of complexity of the challenges that we are facing here in israel. no doubt the main problem not only for us but for the entire world it's in excess of evil from north korea to tehran to damascus and beyond. the main link in this chain is iran. they know that they're trying to undermine the stability. in the end in iraq and syria and lebanon and of course activity against israel through their proxies. we are sharing the same values in the same views and i hope that with your support we will be able to overcome the threats to bring peace and stability to this part of the region. we appreciate your success in your operation and

we heard from james mattis saying the priority isn't changed, defeating isis. specifically his comments, the comparison he made in effect between bashar al assad and hitler. first was the statement and to put it best a muddied effort at a clarification. we reached out to sean spicer immediately after his comments in the briefing room and did give us a statement, there were a series of clarifications where he said he wasn't trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the holocaust and said however i was tryg to draw a contrast of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on innocent people, even that hasn't satisfied a lot of critics right now. you're in tough territory trying to make any comparison to adolph hitler. but as james mattis said even in world war ii, chemical weapons were not used, there was the use of the pesticide and deaths of so many jews right now. but the distinction the secretary was trying to make, even back then there wasn't this crossing of a red line we're witnessing right now with bashash al assad and that was the need for the

it is as the us defence secretary, james mattis, visited kabul.ld. the japan times is one of many papers in the region to give prominence to the result of the french presidential election. highlighting the success of emmanuel macron, the newspaper says the populist wave that swept across britain last year, before being experienced across the atlantic in the united states, may have faded on the shores of france on sunday. the front page of the south china morning post is dominated by a photograph of former chief executive donald tsang. wearing his trademark bow tie, the paper reports a judge had let him out ofjail pending an appeal for against his conviction for misconduct in office. the china daily leads with president xi's telephone conversation with donald trump on the korean nuclear issue. but it carries an eye—catching picture of a joint patrol of chinese and italian police officers on the great wall, near beijing. the paper reports china will also be sending officers to italy in early june to help their counterparts protect chinese tourists.

defense secretary james mattis surprise visit in afghanistan. he is there now and expecting as you see right now this news conference. the visit comes as recent attacks kill more than 100 afghan military personnel raising questions of more u.s. troops on the ground. that in a moment and now this. >> what we've said from the beginning and continue to say is the united states is not looking for a fight. so don't give us a reason to have one. >> shannon: words from nikki haley as president trump speaks with leaders of china and japan urging restraint with north korea as tensions continue to mount. >> bill: a professor becomes the latest american detained trying to leave north korea. what the regime hopes to gain by this and we'll talk about their latest threats. >> north korea for no reason is holding another american trying to have some sort of bargaining chip. they show what an irrational national player they really are. what if technology gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to captu

. >> as part a tour of the middle east and africa, defense secretary james mattis visited israeli defense forces headquarters in tel aviv, and met with his israeli counterpart. they held a short news briefing where they discussed their military and intelligence cooperation, and syria's civil war. this is 20 minutes. >> we'll tart with opening remarks from mr. lieberman then secretary mattis. thank you. >> thank you. secretary of defense, general james mattis, i would like to express my appreciation for your friendship for your sincerity for your support and for your understanding of complexity of all challenges that we are facing here in israel. no doubt the main problem not only for us but for entire world, it's an excess of evil from north korea to tehran to damascus and hezbollah. and no doubt the same, the main link in this chain, it iran. iranians, they are trying to undermine stability in all middle east, in yemen in iraq syria, lebanon, and of course the activity against israel. we were sharing the same views and i hope that with your support we will be able toover come all these t

the secratary of defense james mattis making an unnannounced overseas visit. sam sweeney is at the live desk with this... autria secretary of defense james mattis landing in kabul afghanistan earlier today. the unnanounced trip comes as the trump administration weighs sending more troops to afghanistan. this visit comes just three days after more than 100 afghan troops were killed on an army base in northern afghanistan. the top general in afghanistan recently told congress he may need a few thousand more troops in the troubled nation. this visit to kabul is the 6th and final destination for the secratary after a weeklong trip. autria larry. and a busy week ahead here in washington. the president - under pressure here at home to deliever on his promises as he approaches the 100 day mark but his milestone that could be overshadowed... by a government shutdown. lawmakers return from recess today with less than a week before the federal government they must pass a spending bill by 12:01am saturday, when the current budget expries. that also happens to be the 100t

and in the last few hours, us secretary of defence james mattis has left kabul.the head of nato's 0peration resolute mission, as part of donald trump's review of us policy in afghanistan. in a press conference with the afghan president, general mattis confirmed the new administration had agreed to retain over eight thousand us troops until 2017. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. in venezuela, two more protestors have been shot dead during rival demonstrations both for and against the government. so far, 23 people have been reported killed in a month of protests against the maduro government. the protestors have been holding sit—ins and blocked streets to demand elections and the release of jailed activists. the first ever vaccine against malaria is to be introduced in three african countries — ghana, kenya and malawi. three—quarters of a million infants are to be immunised over a two—year period, starting next year. the announcement by the world health organization follows trials which suggest the vaccine can prevent four—in—ten case

defense secretary james mattis: >> it was very clear that the assad regime planned it, orchestrated it, and executed it. >> reporter: syrian jets have already been spotted taking off from that same airbase that the u.s. bombed just five days ago. and, scott, russia has positioned two war ships off the coast of syria. >> pelley: margaret brennan by the ancient walls of the kremlin tonight in moscow. margaret, thank you. well, russia has dominated the early months of the trump administration. syria is the issue of the moment, but closer to home, there are those ongoing investigations into the russian cyber attack on the u.s. presidential election. here's major garrett. >> putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. >> reporter: in an interview with fox business, president trump called syria's assad an animal. it's the latest flashpoint in the complicated relationship between the u.s. and russia. earlier today, the russian foreign ministry said the relationship "is more complicated than it has been at any point since the end of the cold war." complicated because of syria, russi

that was the us defence secretary james mattis.lobal fellow for the washington think tank the wilson centerjoins us from seoul in south korea. thank you forjoining us. beijing is seriously concerned. how would you describe the tone of this statement? beijing does typically call for restraint. you know, it is interesting to see how this is unfolding between the us and china. washington is putting a lot of pressure on china to act on north korea and as we heard earlier the press secretary pointed out that china has considerable economic and political leveraged. but i would argue that while it is true that beijing has an immense potential economic leveraged over north korea, beijing also recognises that they will lose some of their political leveraged with north korea if they press too hard. so it will be interesting to see how far china goesin interesting to see how far china goes in working with the united states in reining in these north korean provocations. so there are some shades of nuance in this statement that we heard from be

defense secretary james mattis said there was no doubt the syrian government was responsible for the chemical attack against civilians and he talked about the reasons to thish missile attacks -- 25 minutes briefing. .> we're joined by jim mathis central command in florida. we will start with opening remarks and proceed with your questions. mr. secretary. >> we are on right now?

. >> as part a tour of the middle east and africa, defense secretary james mattis visited israeli defense forces headquarters in tel aviv, and met with his israeli counterpart. they held a short news briefing where they discussed their military and intelligence cooperation, and

that was cleared up yesterday on behalf of james mattis as only he can in his style to take question after question after question and knock it down each time. >> shannon: as the meetings continue in russia interesting to watch the developments and comments there as well. as they continue to push back about having any foreknowledge and even questioning whether assad was responsible. we'll see. >> bill: putin is pushing for an investigation. good luck with that. that's his message from moscow already. wow. >> shannon: might not be a bad thing. investigate. give everyone the answers. the carnage in syria should never have gotten as bad as it is according the president trump. >> what i did should have been done by the obama administration a long time before i did it. and you would have had a much better -- syria would be a lot better than off than it has been. >> shannon: president obama's former state department spokesperson marie harf joins us next to react. plus this. >> we will secure this border and bring the full weight of both the immigration courts and the federal enforcement an

. >> defense secretary james mattis visited afghanistan days after an attack on afghan soldiers inside a mosque. he met with the afghan president and discussed efforts to combat the taliban. following the meeting, he met with reporters. this is about 15 minutes. >> this is the nato commander here of the international operation that has been going on for years. needed a reminder as i stand here before you of the type of enemy we are up against, the killing of afghan citizen soldiers, protectors of the people, just as they were coming out of a mosque coming out of a certainlyorship, it territory's fight for exactly what it is. these people have no religious foundation. they are not about anything. why we stand with the people of this country against such heinous acts perpetrated -- the word gets used to often, but this barbaric enemy and what why do makes it clear to me it is we stand together. i met today with the afghan president. here, we had another focused work to alignwe our efforts. i think him for his warm welcome , him and his leadership, his personal leadership in the midst of

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james mattis, the us defence secretary, has warned that afghan security forces and the internationala military base. the assault near mazar—e—sharif killed more than 1a0 people, after militants disguised as soldiers stormed an army base. 0ur correspondentjustin rowlatt has been to the camp, and sent this report. this is the route the taliban attackers took. the guards waved them through, believing they were fellow afghan soldiers. we‘re the firstjournalists invited onto the army base, the first to see the horror unleashed here. a suicide bomber blew himself up in the dining hall, as hundreds of soldiers ate their lunch. others were mown down as they left friday prayers, the taliban shooting fellow muslims dead as they worshipped. once inside here, theyjust opened fire, and if you look around here, you can see the walls are pocked with gunshot fire. and outside, one of the vehicles the taliban used. there are suspicions the attackers had inside help, something the base commander denied. translation: investigators from kabul have been here. they confirmed there are no indication that t

and defense secretary james mattis held a news conference with his british counterpart in london.of them played down expectations for u.s. engagement with russia. here's james mattis. >> right now russia is choosing to be a strategic competitor, and we're finding that we can only have very modest expectations at this point of areas that we can cooperate with russia. contrary to how we were just ten years ago, five years ago. >> joining me now is matthew chance in moscow. let's get the russian perspective on this. matthew, if you listen to james mattis, you listen to rex tillerson over the last 24 hours, you think back to just a few months ago when there was talk of a possible detente between russia and washington. now you listen to them, it seems a very distant prospect indeed. >> reporter: it certainly does seem a distant prospect, and that's immensely frustrating for those people, particularly in russia, the russian government, that thought and hoped that the trump administration was going to dlfr a much better relationship between moscow and washington. remember trump as a cand

. >>> defense secretary james mattis has touched down in the middle east. his first trip there as defense secretary. and his first order of business, clarify u.s. strategy in syria. tall order. can he do it? our nbc news team is on the ground. we'll get the latest when we come back live on this gorgeous spring day here in the nation's capital. hey team, i know we're tight on time, but i really need a... ...sick day tomorrow. moms don't take sick days. moms take nyquil severe: the... ...nighttime sniffling,sneezing, coughing, aching, fever best... ...sleep with a cold, medicine. except for every ladies' night. vegetarian... only glad has forceflex to prevent rips, leaks, and punctures. so whatever you throw in the bag... stays in the bag. be happy, it's glad. . >>> within the last 45 minutes or so, defense secretary james mattis has made news as he touches down in saudi arabia. you see him getting off the plane here. for him it's all about isis. he is getting ready to explain and maybe defend the administration's plan to fight terror. i want to go now to nbc

james mattis asked that question alongside michael fallon.ad would take it one day at a time. the british secretary of defense said we don't believe that someone who bombs their people can stay their leader for very long. the real read between the lines of what secretary mattis has said over here in europe is that the u.s. doesn't really have a policy on assad, and that was reflected, we heard that from the french foreign minister. we want to know the details of what america is thinking. we want the peace talks to succeed and the u.s. peace talks in geneva has been key to pushing them along so far. yes, if this is a change in u.s. position, there's certainly concern in europe, fredricka. >> nic robertson, thank you so much from london. >>> and we'll be right back. he's a nascar champion who's she's a world-class swimmer who's stared down the best in her sport. but for both of them, the most challenging opponent was... pe blood clots in my lung. it was really scary. a dvt in my leg. i had to learn all i could to help protect myself. my doctor

defense secretary james mattis held a news conference with his british counterpart in london.f them urged realistic expectations when it comes to u.s. engagement with russia. here's james mattis. >> right now russia is choosing to be a strategic competitor, and we're finding that we can only have very modest expectations at this point of areas that we can cooperate with russia contrary to how we were just ten years ago, five years ago. >> let's talk more about this u.s.-russia relationship that's developing under the trump administration. matthew chance joins us from moscow. matthew, if you listen to what rex tillerson and james mattis were saying over the last 24 hours it's very much unlike what trump had suggested, that there might be some kind of detente between washington and moscow. on the contrary it seems similar to what the previous administration was saying. >> there's not the contact with the russians as there was under the obama government. it's all very frustrating and very disappointing from the russian point of view, from the point of view of the kremlin because

commander in afghanistan, james mattis was asked about reports the russians are now arming the taliban>> we are going to have to confront russia with what they are doing being contrary to international law or denying the sovereignty of other countries for example, any weapons being funneled here from a foreign country would be a violation of international law. we continue to get reports of this assistance. >> general nicholson was asked about why he chose to drop the military's largest nonnuclear weapon in the province on the border with pakistan recently, the mother of all bombs targeted the tunnels used by isis fighters who cross the borders into afghanistan from pakistan. >> i will say we were sending a very clear message to isis not only isis here in afghanistan but also isis mainland that if they come here to afghanistan, they will be destroyed in keeping with the secretary's intent, they will be annihilated. >> reports from that area suggest they are still heavy fighting between u.s. and afghan forces and taliban and isis fighters around the area where the emily b was dropped. se

it allows defense sect james mattis to determine if more u.s.ded to retake raqqah and syria.sect james mattis to determine if more u.s. troops are needed to retake raqqah and syria. pentagon officials say it does not change current troop deployment numbers. >>> let's take a look at what is coming up on "new day." allison, not much to talk about as usual. >> my head is exploding, that's how much that we have to absorb are and talk about. and we have some very interesting guests. we have the lawmaker who is trying to come up with the compromise for health care reform. so tom mcarthur will tell us about the amendment that might just be that magical middle ground between the conservatives and the moderates to help them somehow repeal or reform obamacare. and then we also are going to have one of the men central to the investigations into on the allegations of trump campaign ties to russia. and that is carter page. he was a top campaign adviser during the trump campaign. so he will be here to answer all of the tough questions on "new day" when chris

before green lighting the attack president trump was briefed by secretary james mattis. let's get some information from a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. let's start with the tactic, tomahawk missiles, 59 of them, why tomahawk missiles and what does that say about our intentions? >> reporter: good morning, the bas basic intention is to preserve as much u.s. life as possible and an unmanned missile like the tomahawk missile is a weapon that can go in and do the job, but it doesn't put any pilots at risk, and that's what you're seeing here. you're getting a big bang for your buck in essence. going in, taking out the things that you have targeted but not putting your pilots at risk and that's one of the key things was that it minimized risk to u.s. personnel. >> do you think he was offered a suite of options and the president and his advisors chose this one. what other options were on the table in your view. >> there are usually three options, in this case it could have been everything from do absolutely nothing and let this pass or go in an attack multiple targ

that is followed by defense secretary james mattis discussing the u.s. strategy in afghanistan. after that, president trump holds a working lunch at the white house with members of the un security council. later, white house press secretary sean spicer takes questions from reporters about friday's deadline for funding the federal government. today, former president barack obama made his first public office.ce since leaving he discussed organizing with young adults. he also talked about his post-presidency plan

defense secretary james mattis just moments ago as you heard in that press briefing. cretary mattis also said that despite the military strike president trump ordered in syria last week, the u.s. priorities for the region, for syria, has not changed. the president is still focused on, quote, breaking isis as opposed to trying to force out assad. with us today right now to discuss all of this, senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny and others. let me start with jeff. jeff, the white house this afternoon trying to link russia to last week's chemical attack in syria. how strong is that link? what are they saying? >> well, jake, the white house is saying that they believe that russia was at least complicit in covering up chemical weapons that existed in syria. they stopped just short that russia knew about this advance, that they knew about this attack that was going happen a week ago today, but they do say that russia is complicit in covering up for the regime of bashar al assad, so, you know, those are very harsh words there, but we also heard from the defense secr

. >> defense secretary james mattis calls for a unified effort to stop the north korea threat. >> this is a threat of both rhetoric and growing capability, and we will be working with the international community to address this. tom: ambassador john bolton joins me next. and president trump's strong immigration policies already producing great results. >> the entries at the border are down 60% just because of president trump's strong leadership. tom: we'll take up the president's crack down on illegal immigrants and the sanctuary cities harboring tom: well, defense secretary james mattis in london today saying they'll lead out north korea as a threat that must be stopped. >> they're working with the united nations, we're working with our allies, and we're working diplomatically, including those that we might be able to enlist in this effort to get north korea under control. but right now, it appears to be going in a very reckless manner in what its conduct is portraying for the future. and that's got to be stopped. tom: well, the trump administration today also issuing sanctions agains

officials were at the meeting, such as secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary james mattis. covering metro-- we are learning more about a planned "sick out" protest. metro says 500 workers- requested friday off. but the agency says operations will be normal - and all of those requests have been denied. the requests may be in reponse to a new policy that requires 72 hours advance notice for calling out sick. metro says that's only required for excused absences like a doctors appointment. workers can still call out if they get sick. stay a step ahead of metro every day with text alerts from abc7 news. sign up for those at wjla dot com slash text. a big morning shaping up for fans. the wizards now one win away from advancing to the next round of the playoffs. this one was close right down to the end of the fourth quarter. but every time it got close, the wizards made big shots. john wall finished with 20 points and 14 assists. the wizards win 103-99, and now lead the series 3-2. players say this win-- came down to effort. the wizards have a chance to close out the series in ga

james mattis says russia is a history of violating international law.e today at a conference in london. >> russia's violations of international law are now a matter of record, from what happened with crimea to other aspects of their behavior mucking around inside of other people's elections and that sort of thing. alisa: u.k.-based inks may be left out in the cold as to go stations for an amicable brexit heat up. he circulated guidelines to block member saying a free trade agreement can only be finalized after the u.k. leaves. administration officials cite concerns an agreement for london banks to access the single markets could be impossible. scotland's first minister formally requested a second referendum on independence today. she says scots have the right to exercise the right of self-determination. she sent the prime minister a letter formally requesting the transfer of powers to allow the vote. the french candidates as if he is elected, he will make fighting islamic extremism a top priority. he is also proposing a european alliance led by france a

<james mattis/secretary of defense:> "as if we needed a reminder, as i stand here before you, of the type of enemy we're up against, the killing of afghan citizen soldiers, protectors of the people, just as they were coming out of a mosque .. coming out of a house of worship. it certainly characterizes this fight for exactly what it is."gunmen dressed as soldiers entered one of the afghan government's largest and most heavily guarded bases last fridaythey opened fire on unarmed servicemen returning from prayers, killing nearly 2=hundred of them. "at the level of barbarity and cruelty, shooting patients in their beds, killing young soldiers at the mosque in prayer. they're reaching new lows in terms of their behavior."the attack led to the resignation of afghanistan's defense minister and army chief of staff... and new pressure to raise the u=s troop levels. there are currently 84=hundred americans there ... down from more than 100=thousand at he height of the war.u=s commanders say an additional 3=thousand soldiers may be needed to prop up the afghan government

defense secretary james mattis annoyed at the attention and the confusion.attis/ defense secretary "the bottom line is in our effort to always be open about what we are doing we said that we were going to change the vinson's upcoming schedule." mixed messaging on north korea -- taking on the good cop/ bad cop overtone.vice pres. pence "just in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve."but the president's national security advisor emphasizing a peaceful solution and noting a reliance on what other administrations have tried.lt. gen. h.r. mcmaster/ national security adviser"this problem is coming to a head. so it's time to take all options we can, short of a military option, to try to resolve it peacefully. so we'll rely on allies, like we always do." (pam) today president trump hosted the super bowl champion new england patriots at the white house. . . and that led to some teens from the bay area -- getting a nice surprise

. >> defense secretary james mattis was in afghanistan today, just days after a deadly attack on afghan soldiers at a military base. secretary mattis met with the afghan president to discuss strategy in the region, including efforts to combat the taliban. afterwards, he spoke to the media alongside afghan operations commander, general john nicholson. this is 15 minutes. >> i think you're aware of who general nicholson is but for those who haven't seen him before this is the nato commander here of the international operation that's been going on for years. and as if we needed a reminder as i stand here before you, of the type enemy we're up against, the killing of afghan citizen soldiers, protectors of the people, just as they were coming out of a mosque, coming out of a house of worship. it certainly characterizes this fight for exactly what it is. these people have no religious foundation. they are not devout anything. and it shows why we stand with the people of this country against such heinous acts perpetrated by -- the word gets used often i think too often but this is the barbaric

>> shannon: james mattis said syria definitely still has chemical weapons. how can the u.s.me from using them? lieutenant colonel oliver north joins us live. >> they have retained some. it is a violation of the united nations security council resolutions and has to be taken up diplomatically. they would be ill-advised to use any again. we make that perfectly clear with our strike. i'll just leave it at that. i will never wash my hair again. new pantene doesn't just wash your hair, it fuels it. making every strand stronger. so tangles don't stand a chance. because strong is beautiful. i kept putting it off...t get what was i thinking? ago. ok, mr. jones... we're all done. i told you it was easy. with life line screening, getting screened for unknown health conditions is so quick, painless and affordable, you'll wonder why you hadn't done it before. so if you're over age 50, call now and schedule an appointment near you. for just $149- a savings of over 50%- you'll receive a package of five screenings that go beyond your doctor's annual check-up. ultrasound technology looks in

defense secretary james mattis saying there is no doubt syria still has chemical weapons. he was speak at a news conference in israel. mattis warned bashar al-assad's regime not to use them. >> they retained some. it's a violation of the united nations security council resolutions. they would be ill advised to try to use any again. we made that clear with our strike. tom: joining me now to discuss the various hot spots. former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. there is breaking news out after dissident group in iran saying the iranians are violating their agreement by secretly working on a nuclear bomb, nuclear missile, something to that effect. have you herd about that? john: it's information that's never been revealed before about secret military sites where work that iran has been conducting long before the agreement on the limit application of the nuclear technology has now been made public. this is part of the problem with saying that iran is complying with the nuclear agreement because they manifestly are not. so this is a big development. tom: take a dee

defense secretary james mattis met with his british counterpart in london on friday and said the kremlin was mucking around in other people's elections. this as u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson met with the top nato diplomats in belgium. also criticized russia but said that nato allies had to do robe more. >> reporter: his first visit rex tillerson came to deliver a clear message. allies must pay their way to meet the 2% gdp defense spence threshold. >> three important areas we want to talk about. first is ensuring that nato has all the resources, financial and otherwise. >> reporter: a few hundred miles away, james mattis on his first trip to london as u.s. secretary of defense, also offering a corrective to president trump's assertion, nato is obsolete. >> the point is that nato stands united and the transatlantic bond is united. >> reporter: in london the joined up message received loud and clear. the uk, one of only four nato allies, meeting that 2% threshold. >> secretary mattis and i have agreed that others must now raise their game. and those failing to meet the 2% commitment

kenneth: james mattis also overseas. said there was no reason to count number of the dead isis fighters. >> digging in tunnels to count dead bodies is not a good use of our troops' time. >> next week james mattis will brief congress on the north korean threat. trump taking on a number of provocations. this week the u.s. intercepted russian bombers 35 miles off the alaska coast. reporting in northwest, kenneth moton, abc7 news. jonathan: replace, replace is back on. a -- repeal, replace is back on. they are planning another attempt next week to seek legislation to dismantle the affordable care act. that is obamacare. text of a new bill could be floated tomorrow or over the weekend. this is an explosive scene at the docks of a beach that left a mechanic injured. he was working on the boat one minute and next they heard two loud explosions and that is when they were covering the boat. >> he looked like he was in shock and he had burns on his hands. in pain. >> mechanic was air lifted to the hospital. it is unclear what star

before green lighting the attack, president trump was briefed by james mattis for every option available. let's go live to washington. welcome in our expert, retired colonel cedric lateny. good morning to you. starting with breaking news. six people were killed in the u.s. air strikes in syria. this is according to a televised statement by the armed forces general command. we're still learning about the effectiveness of the strike. is this, above all, meant to send a message to the assad regime? >> well, good morning, dave. i think it is. and the reason it's a message is because of the air base that was selected as a target. this air base was used, obviously, as the base from which the su-23, mig-23 aircraft were used to go after the idlib province targets they went after. when they did this, what the u.s. was doing, they were telling the syrian regime, that we know that you used this as the base from which you launched your aircraft. we know you have chemical weapons stored on this base. the fact that you have the chemical weapons on this base means that you are violating agreements tha

eric: defense secretary james mattis is visiting the only u.s. military base that's in africa.s there today. why that base? kim jong-un is at it again. he keeps pushing the buttons of the u.s. and all fair-minded people. issuing more threats. and now reports say that north korea has detained another american citizen. how much higher these tensions can go. what can be done to keep him in check. when you have a digital notebook to capture investing ideas that instantly gives you stock prices, earnings, and dividends... an equity summary score that consolidates the stock ratings of top analysts into a single score... and $4.95 online u.s. equity trades... you realize the smartest investing idea, isn't just what you invest in, but who you invest with. ♪ [♪] eric: defense secretary james mattis is taking a detour from his trip to the middle east. he's visiting a base in djibouti in northeast africa. there is a reason that base is attracting the pentago -- the pn chief's attention. reporter: the secretary of defense came here as part of president trump's drive to crush terrorism. 4,0

james mattis talked about how they were not getting used. how he was trying to deploy that. >> i have been wondering about the messaging coordination when you have un ambassador saying it was opposed to what rex tillerson is saying. they are bringing together all the players and giving guidance. i wonder if they decided we need to put together inner agency guidance and it's the most mangled talking point of all time. >> shaean spicer said even hitl didn't do things as bad as what assad is doing. we are not going to take in their refugees. that's quite a way to set up an argument. >> it's a strange perversion that all arguments end in comparisons to hitler. or a favorable compare to hitler. there has been a lot of mixed messaging coming from the various stakeholders. important people in this administration. i would differentiate between a lot of clashes from this weekend and what happened today. it seemed like they were taking their queues from the president. >> is that what they have to do. they don't know what the president thinks? >> it se

. >> defense secretary james mattis calls for a unified effort to stop the north korea threat. >> this is a threat of both rhetoric and growing capability, and we will be working with the international community to address this. tom: ambassador john bolton joins me next. and president trump's strong immigration policies already producing great results. >> the entries at the border are down 60% just because of president trump's strong leadership. tom: we'll take up the president's crack down on illegal immigrants and the illegal immigrants and the sanctuary cities harboring do you remember what your sdad and i taught you. about hands only cpr? yes. uh, kind of. if you see a teen or adult suddenly collapse, the first thing you do is...? call 9-1-1. and the second thing you do is? push hard and fast in the center of the chest at a rate of at least one hundred beats per minute. who even knows what one hundred beats per minute even sounds like? ♪ well, you can tell by the way i use my walk, ♪ ♪ i'm a woman's man: no time to talk. ♪ ♪ music loud and women warm, ♪ i've been kicked around ♪ si

the same day at the pentagon, james mattis, the one everyone is comforted by, the adult in the room. that same day, tuesday, he confirms at the pentagon, that strike group is on its way to the korean peninsula. >> she's just on her way up there because that's where we thought it was most prudent to have her at this time. there's not a specific demand signal or specific reason why we're sending her up there. >> it's just unusual for us to know about a ship movement in advance. that was sort of what got everyone's attention. so why was that? why was it put out in advance? was it just to signal to north korea that there would be a show of presence there? >> i believe it's because she was originally headed in one direction for an exercise and we canceled our role in that exercise and that's what became publicly explained why she wasn't in that exercise. >> none of that is true. no one was asking why the "uss carl vinson" pulled ift military exercise which necessitated this further explanation. nobody was asking why she pulled out of a military exercise because the "uss carl vinson" didn'

let's put it up on the screen from defense secretary james mattis. the president and his military team are aware of north korea most recent unsuccessful missile launch. the president has no further comments. it amounted to, yeah, we saw it. what is the strategy? >> i think you're seeing two things doing ogoing on. it wasn't a intercontinental ballistic missile that could have taken this crisis to a new level of tension with the u. in that sense, i think official are relieved but i think also a willingness and a determination not to react in a way that would give the north koreans any propaganda value for having taken this test, given the fact that it failed. so i think that is the way you're going to see the united states respond. we have seen the secretary of state rex tillerson have a conversation over the telephone according to to chinese media with a top diplomat and i think you'll see the administration continue to press china to do more to exert its leverage over north korea which the administration believes it has to stop it moving on to a big

the statement coming from the defense secretary james mattis. >> it's very interesting.dent trump put a lot of fre pressure on the north koreans and the chinese put pressure on the north koreans. the north koreans had three options. it was the goldilocks options. they could go big, a nuclear test. this he could go middle which would be some kind of pre-icbm or something moving to the development of an icbm. and then they could do the minimal, the smallest. if north korea, this was all of this hype and pressure and north korea didn't do anything, then on monday everybody would be saying president trump won. he put all of this frepressure the north koreans and they are very rational actors. this was as little as they could do to not create a bigger crisis. >> and yet trump is so unpredictable. you've written about this maneuvering between kim jong-un versus president trump, two people who both are somewhat unpredictable. how do you see this maneuvering taking shape as we get this statement. >> i think that as jamie was saying, kim jong-un has proven to be a rational actor

a sorls says he is discussing possible options with defense secretary james mattis. an official says he is expected to meet tonight with his national security team. the president is not tipping his hand but calls the chemical attack in syria one of the truly egregious crimes, saying something should happen with regard to syrian leader bashar al assad. secretary of state rex tillerson adds, quote, it requires a serious response, suggesting stems are under way to force assad from power. in a stunning moving, the chairman of the house intelligence committee has stemmed aside from the investigation into russia's election meddling. he is facing ethics questions over his handling of classified information which began with a secret visit to the white house grounds, criticized as an effort to defend president trump's wire tapping claims. president trump is at the florida resort now. he will meet next hour with the chinese president xi jinping. he repeated his man tau that china treated the u.s. on trade, and indicates he will press china hard to do something about north kore

defense secretary, general james mattis said sear yas was responsible. >> i have reviewed the intelligence and there is no -- syria was responsible. >> i have reviewed the intelligence and there is no doubt that syria was responsible for the attack. >> president donald trump said this is not a precursor to a larger military engagement. he said that the united states' goal is to destroy isis. >> ice has put a program on hold. it was a program that filed federal reports oncities that failed to cooperate with ice detentions. the los angeles times said there were problems with the roll out of the policy. there were also data processing errors involving people that it turned out had already been taken into custody. >>> new tonight, four young men are facing charges after they robbed someone at gun point. it happened before 3:30 this morning. california highway patrol officers followed the suspect. one was arrested and three got away on foot but they were arrested three hours later. they range in age from 14 to 21 years old. >>> a 19 year old is under arrest tonight, he is accused of driving rec