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sources tell us the sailors may have cut corners by not carrying a premission brief. >> jennifer griffin reporting, thank you. >>> the administration's controversial iran nuclear deal could be based on a faulty narrative one that president obama's deputy national security advisor is bragging boun. fox news media analyst and host of fox's media buzz joins me now with the details coming out of that "new york times" article. good evening, howard. why is this times profile stirring up such a fuss? >> ben rhodes comes across as smug as he boasts about using the media as a quote, echo chamber for white foreign policy arguments. listen to this the arg reporter we talk to is 27 and their reporting experience exists of being around political campaigns. they know nothing. rhodes talks about using what an aide calls their compadres to carry messages online and on twitter to validate, quote validate the things the journalists were being spoon fed. >> you and i have been around. doesn't every administration engage in this kind of spin? >> sure john f kennedy fed the stuff to ben bradley. reagan manuf

jennifer griffin has more. >> reporter: hi, heather, the 5000 u.s. troops in iraq are supposed to be in advised and assist mission only. the new video clearly shows they were in cam bat. the team of 11 navy seals assessed the situation as low risk in the premission brief. at 7:00. 10-15 isis fighter ares broke through the kurdish checkpoint and sprinted in the village. u.s. drones were watching. the seals decided to stay and fight rather pull back and call in air strikes. they called in a quick reaction force and u.s. navy seal charles keating was part p. >> he was killed by direct fire. it was a gun fight. it was a dynamic gun fight. he got hit you know, in the course of the gun battle. there were bullets everywhere. >> reporter: of the 125 isis u.s. forces killed more than 50 fighters. the seals prevented isis from taking the village. isis lost a big battle in the syrian border. it was designed to divert attention from that loss. the u.s. military brought in b-52s and they stacked 11 war planes and drones above the the small village. f-16 and 15 je

jennifer griffin, live in washington. jennifer, what is the clinton campaign doing to counter trump today? i will add, here we go again where clinton has to counter to trump because he dominates the media cycle. >> well, gretchen, this is the first day that really feels like the general election. the clinton camp focusing less on sanders and more on trump. and in particular, rolling out a multi-state counterpunch to his claims to support veterans and veteran groups. veteran protesters outside trump tower criticizing his desire to privatize the va and mocking his donations to vet groups which they say he did only after being questioned recently by a reporter asking where the money had gone. >> we heard it from inside the press conference that donald trump accused all of us of being here because of hillary clinton. one thing i want to make very clear, i am one of the main organizers of this action. that is unequivocally false. donald trump is trying to discredit veterans because we're not being convenient props in his narrat

unfortunately it was too late. >> jennifer griffin, thanks. >>> 88,000 people have evacuated canada's main oilsands city. after a wildfire swept into the area. the oil sands facilities are not currently in the fire's path. but it has destroyed entire neighborhoods of fort mcmurray, alberta. the area is the third largest oil reserve in the world after saudi arabia, and venezuela. >>> and then, there was one. donald trump, wipes away the competition, but can he win in november? we'll talk about it, with a panel. >>> are you fully confident, mr. trump, that you can unite the republican party behind you? >> i am confident that i can unite much of it. some of it i don't want. i mean there were statements made about me that those people can go away and maybe come back in eight years. after we serve two terms. >> donald trump on the day he became the defacto republican nominee for president taking a measured stance on calls for party unity. time to bring in our panel. steve hayes from the "weekly standard." a.b. stoddard from "the hill" and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. steve, i

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sources tell us the sailors may have cut corners by not carrying a premission brief. >> jennifer griffin reporting, thank you. >>> the administration's controversial iran nuclear deal could be based on a faulty narrative one that president obama's deputy national security advisor is bragging boun. fox news media analyst and host of fox's media buzz joins me now with the details coming out of that "new york times" article. good evening, howard. why is this times profile stirring up such a fuss? >> ben rhodes comes across as smug as he boasts about using the media as a quote, echo chamber for white foreign policy arguments. listen to this the arg reporter we talk to is 27 and their reporting experience exists of being around political campaigns. they know nothing. rhodes talks about using what an aide calls their compadres to carry messages online and on twitter to validate, quote validate the things the journalists were being spoon fed. >> you and i have been around. doesn't every administration engage in this kind of spin? >> sure john f kennedy fed the stuff to ben bradley. reagan manuf

. >> fox news' national security correspondent jennifer griffin reported last month that the marinesl cannibalize helicopters to keep them to fly. she was told it is exclusive to the air -- >> you know what we struck me a month ago and now people from the active duty military talking '"on the record" basis. that tells you that the military brass is concerned about this and wants attention to this issue. >> their commanding officers are letting them do this. >> exactly. >> i had the same exact reaction that susan did. it's remarkable that you are hearing people make this case on their own behalf wearing the uniform. i think it goes to show just how badly cut our military has been overall. if you go back to secretary gates last budget in 2000 12. we have averaged $100 billion below that budget number, which he said was as low as you could possibly cut between 2017 and 2021. we are in dramatic need or serious need of a dramatic reversal. >> charles, there is lots of blame to go around here. societal blame because we talk about the defense budget as abstraction in terms of numbers. what'

bill: jennifer griffin on very important story at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you.o iran again thumbing its nose at the united states and the world, test firing a missile that could hit u.s. bases in the region. white house now with a response. bill: also president obama's national security advisor spark as media firestorm. how does the white house view reporters today? well this morning the white house is defending itself. howard kurtz ahead to analyze that. >> they really have this attitude frankly thatter this only smart ones in town and only ones who kind of understand the -- >> wait. why do so many businesses rely on the us postal service? because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority: you bill: big story of the hour out of charlotte, north carolina. government saying it will sue the u.s. department of justice to challenge the controversial bathroom law, accusing the government of quote rad

national security correspondent jennifer griffin saw the issue firsthand.is remarkable. >> we visited the bomber in south dakota and found a shocking amount of wear and tear. out of 20 b1bombers, only nine that could fly. they are doing work and civilians who used to do it were fired under receipt -- recent budget cuts. this squad returned from the middle east. >> the first jet i worked on had this happened hours. and now the planes are pushing over 10000. not only the personnel, but the aircraft are tired. >> air men are tired and they are burned out. we deploy over and over again and worked hard as you can be working to get our plane in the air and training down. we are burned out. >> and we visited an f-16 squadron in south carolina. when they arrived in the middle east, they were missing 41 parts. they are short a part they go to the desert in arizona to the boneyard and strips the planes of parts. and planes like the bone are 30 years old. this unit like the marines we reported on recently had to conbalize mu assume aircraft to get them in combat. >> w

fox team coverage, mike emanuel in california following the sanders campaign, and first jennifer griffinhillary clinton. why is secretary clinton cutting short the campaign event that was supposed to happen in new jersey, jennifer and heading to california? reporter: the campaign expects to cross the finish line in terms of delegates needed to secure the democratic nomination next tuesday, the same day voters go to the polls in california. the polls close earlier in new jersey. they hoped that would overshadow how close the race has become with bernie sanders in california. we've just learned as bill mentioned about a key endorsement for clinton from california governor jerry brown who write, quote, this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of donald trump. clinton was in new york yesterday but tonight will be at a fund-raiser with former attorney general eric holder and later with new jersey senator cory booker who is often talked about as potential running mate, someone could who energize young voters turning out in droves for senator sanders

let's go to national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> we're just getting details about an incident out of andrews air force base. we're told that about an hour ago, a woman showed up claiming to have a bomb. we understand from air force officials that, that there are security on close to and that the post is in lockdown mode right now. this is the air force base that the president flies out of. it is a situation that is developing as we speak. and we've also separately just learned from the u.s. navy that the commander of that group of ten navy sailor who is were captured by the iranians earlier this year, taken hostage on the high seas, that that commander, eric rash, has been relieved of duty. we're also told that other members of the fifth fleet, other officers, have been punished with administrative punishments, we do not know the fate of those ten sailors. the situation in terms of that hostage-taking by the iranians is still under investigation. so two separate stories breaking as we speak, we'll bring you more details when we have them. >> jennifer at the pentagon.

fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. jennifer?greta, we have just learned from u.s. navy officials that they have fired the commander of those 10 american soldiers who went off course in the persian gulf and were captured and held by iran for 15 hours back in january. the navy has relieved commander eric rash due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command according to a statement released by the navy he was second in command at the time of the incident. sailors were taken hostage and then paraded by iran's revolutionary guard before video cameras force to do apologize and cry on camera. ash carter said the mistake was the result of navigational error. fox news has since learned that the sailors were not given premission navigational brief. shortcut highly unusual in the navy. the sailors ended up near farsi island a listening post for iran revolutionary guard when the patrol boat had engine difficulty. that's when the iranians surprised them at gunpoint. the incident is still under investigation. we are told by navy officia

jennifer griffin has the story. >> reporter: we have new details about how that navy seal was killed.ust two miles from the front line two days ago. even though this was supposed to be an advise and assist mission only. seems his team raided the mission low risk before elm -- embarking what happens part of the rescue force attempting to help distract 11 sales -- seals in a christian village. the pentagon was asked if they this was an intelligence failure. >> obviously had we had the forces there, been able to see this attack coming, they would have responded differently it to. perhaps this could have been avoided. that's certainly something that we're looking at carefully. >> reporter: this video shot reportedly shows the attack at that time killed the u.s. navy seal. the house has been reduck tenant to call his combat, continuing to argue that u.s. troops north combat. the president has not spoken publicly about the seal's death. >> what the president will de, and previous presidents as well, is to write letters to the families of those who -- of service members who have given their

national security correspondent jennifer griffin got a first hand look at those problems. >> greg, we visited the b-1 bomber squadron in south dakota this week and found a shocking amount of wear and tear on the force. out of 20 bombers there, only nine could fly. pilots are doing admin work because the civilians who used to do it were fired under recent budget cuts. even though the b-1 is central in the fight against isis. >> the first jet i worked on 20 years ago it a 1,000 flight hours on it. now we're looking at some of the airports that are pushing over 10,000 flight hours. it's not only the personnel that are tired, it's the aircraft that's tired. >> we are deployed over and over again and you work as hard as you can work to get these thing in the air the airmen are starting to get burnt out. >> we visited an f-16 squadron in south carolina. when they arrived in the middle east the f-16th were missing 41 parts. >> i'm almost afraid to ask this next question, what are they doing when they're short of parts? >> well, they go to the desert in arizona where the air force

first let's go to jennifer griffin. trump went after clinton today. her response? >> well, harris, the clinton campaign hit back hard today. at what they see as trump's achilles heel as he held a press conference outlining the nearly $6 million his campaign has given to dozens of vets' groups since late last year's fundraiser. the clinton camps used a multipronged out reach. protesters outside trump tower criticizing his desire to privatize the va. and mocking his donations to vet groups which they say he did only after being questioned recently by a reporter asking where the money had gone. >> donald trump doesn't understand is that he can not buy the votes of veterans in this country. no matter how much he donates, he still is not standing for the values that veterans stand for here. >> the campaign hosted a national conference call with their own veterans representatives from key battle ground states. such as florida and in virginia. lieutenant governor ralph northum, a former army doctor attacked trump. this week donald trump is claiming that he'll fight for ve

jennifer griffin looks at the democrats tonight. >> reporter: democratic candidate bernie sanders continued to barnstorm across california, a day after making a high-profile appearance at the nba western conference finals seated among the golden state warriors and remarking that the team pulled from behind when he arrived for the second half. >> they turned it around, that is what our campaign is going to do. a very good omen for our campaign. i believe we have an excellent chance to win here in california. and i believe that we have the chance perhaps to win big. >> reporter: hillary clinton is feeling the bern, attending two fund-raisers tonight in new york and new jersey and cutting short appearances in new jersey later this week to jet out to california where a recent poll shows she is neck-and-neck with sanders. today she received a key endorsement from california democratic governor jerry brown who said she is the only who you know can, quote, stop the dangerous candidacy of donald trump. the clinton campaign expects to cross the finish line in terms of delegates needed to secure the

let's go to national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> we're just getting details about an incident out of andrews air force base. we're told that about an hour ago, a woman showed up claiming to have a bomb. we understand from air force officials that, that there are security on close to and that the post is in lockdown mode right now. this is the air force base that the president flies out of. it is a situation that is developing as we speak. and we've also separately just learned from the u.s. navy that the commander of that group of ten navy sailor who is were captured by the iranians earlier this year, taken hostage on the high seas, that that commander, eric rash, has been relieved of duty. we're also told that other members of the fifth fleet, other officers, have been punished with administrative punishments, we do not know the fate of those ten sailors. the situation in terms of that hostage-taking by the iranians is still under investigation. so two separate stories breaking as we speak, we'll bring you more details when we have them. >> jennifer at the pentagon.

fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin introduces us to this quiet professional. >> reporter: the grandson of scandal-plagued financier charles keating who went to jail for his role in the savings and lone crisis of the 1980s, charles keating iv known to his friends and family as c-4 grew up in arizona, was a college track star who vowed to become a s.e.a.l. after 9/11. his high school track coach expressed shock. >> i can't believe this. i'm devastated. i lost a family member. i have his wedding announcement on my refrigerator. i mean, he was getting married in november. i'm just devastated when i think about that. >> reporter: keating's fiancee was supposed to go shopping for her wedding dress this week. >> we have since learned keating secretly married his fiancee, brooke clark, just before he deployed to iraq this time around. a more formal ceremony was to have taken place this fall. he will be buried in the san diego area near the base of his s.e.a.l. team. >>> coming up, a green beret who risked his life for his country, now in need of support on this mother's

jennifer griffin at the pentagon this afternoon.t get any firm commitments from coalition partner, is that right? >> nothing concrete, shep, just general commitment to provide more resources. >> all our friends and allies against the counter-isil coalition can and must do more to confront in syria and elsewhere. >> carter confronts the fact u.s. troops are getting drawn into the fight despite this talk of a so-called advise and assist mission, shep. >> hey, we're learning more about how the american navy s.e.a.l. died yesterday in an isis attack. what can you tell us? >> 125 isis fighters broke through a kurdish checkpoint a few miles south of this village at 7:00 a.m. yesterday morning. at first, 15 to 20 isis fighters had gathered near the checkpoint i'm told. nothing unusual. u.s. scan eagles, those were drones that were watching them, the fighters started coming in waves. the area where the s.e.a.l.s were working was a lightly contested area about 20 miles outside mosul l. it was a christian village. the u.s. s.e.a.l.srated thei

martha: jennifer griffin joins us from the pentagon this morning.s forces find themselves in that direct combat position? >> reporter: those seals were involved in a ground fight on the ground, supposed to be in and advise and assist mission, the team of 11 navy seals left for the christian village two miles from the front line, assessed the situation during the pre-mission brief, at 7 am, 10 to 15 isis fighters broke through a checkpoint and sprinted toward the village, arriving after that in waves. us drones were watching, the seals decided to stay and fight with their partners rather than pull back to safety and call in air strikes. they called in a quick reaction force, navy seal charles keating was part of that. >> he was killed, this was a gunfight. a dynamic gunfight. he got hit in the course of this gunbattle. there were bullets everywhere. martha: us forces killed more than 50 fighters i'm told by sources who were involved in the battle. isis did not take the christian village. martha: what was significant? despite the fact that it was a ch

national correspondent, national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us now with a look, a hat these problems are. what'd you find, jennifer? >> reporter: well, martha, we visited a b-1 bomber wing in south dakota this week and found a shocking amount of wear and tear on the force. out of 20 p-1 bombers there -- b-1 bombers there, only nine could fly. the civilians who used to do the work were fired under recent budget cuts. this squadron just returned from the middle east in january. >> the first jet i worked on 28 years ago had a thousand flight hours on it. now some of the airplanes out here are pushing 10,000 flight hours. it's not only the personnel that are tired, it's the aircraft tired as well. >> airmen are tired, they're burnt out. we deploy over and over again and you're worked as hard as you have to be worked to get these things in the air and get our training done, these airmen are starting to get burnt out. >> reporter: we also visited an f-16 squadron in south carolina that had just returned from combat. when they arrived in the middle east, their f-16s were m

our jennifer griffin has been reporting on these issues. just returned from south dakota and ellsworth air force base, home of the b-1 bomber, where she spoke the crews about their maintenance issues. >> we only have 20 aircraft assigned on station currently. out of those 20, only 9 are fly bl. the jet i worked on 20 years ago had a thousand flight hours on it. now we're looking at some of the airplanes out here that are pushing 10,000 flight hours. the aircraft are tired as well. >> reporter: the pentagon says this year's budget request addresses many of these issues and that they're working on these problems. bill: thank you, rich. rich edson there at the pent gone. martha. martha: 90 minutes of total chaos in the heartland when a massive twister touched down. [bleep] >> going right for these people's houses though. martha: ahead, a live report from kansas where people are picking up the pieces, quite literally. bill: wow, every day. another fierce day of fighting in fallujah, rocky forces trying to -- iraqing key force trying to topple i

jennifer griffin has exposed issues and grounding planes and worse. >> the first year i worked on hadlooking at the airplanes and now over 10,000 flight hours. not only the personnel, but the aircraft are tired as well. >> here to discuss what congress needs to do to fix the problem, ben collins joining us from aspen. ben, nice to have you with us. appreciate it. during the 1950s, we heard the air force cry about the missile gaffe and how each branch needs more money and there is a fight for dollars and we all heard about the $600 toilet seat. is this a u.s. military that needs more funding or business as usual? >> we will look at it two-fold. we still have the problem if you look at the obnoxious spending hands. fox news broke the story about the $53 million gaffe we built in afghanistan. things like that and the trulth is they are being held by bailing wire right now. the marine corps we saw a report talking about how many wings they have ready to fly. also the training. there is not enough money for soldiers to train as they would fight. we grounded a lot of aircraft and they can't