special operations joint task force operation inherent result person no did not account for the budgeted 715800000 of count on his train and equip fund equipment for fiscal years 2017 and 28 seen hundreds of weapons were not properly stored duplicate purchases were made the amount spent went higher and higher now that might give critics of the military industrial complex something to complain about but that's not the crux of the problem here take a listen to this special operations joint task force operation inherent resolve on 1st that sustainment command personnel left thousands of council offices trained and equipped for and weapons and sensitive equipment items fordable to muscle theft without conducting consistent inventor reason ensuring proper security for c.t.e. f s equipment 1st c.s.c. could not determine where the items were lost or stolen which could delay the initiation of an investigation so let's be clear they're saying they're not 100 percent sure these weapons and that up in the hands of isis terrorists but that there's a pretty good chance they did now that should raise

. >> i'd like to thank the brave officers who worked today's joint task force their work is dangerous and can turn deadly instantly. >> reporter: this is the first officer-involved shooting in baltimore this year. the justice department recently beefed up a federal task force that includes the fbi, dea and atf to work with baltimore police in a coordinated crackdown. lester >> thank you very much, tom. >>> the democratic candidates are headed for a new showdown after a close race in new hampshire. meanwhile, michael bloomberg is responding to his controversial comments on leaked audio. here's kristen welker. >> reporter: fresh off his win in new hampshire -- >> this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump. >> reporter: today senator bernie sanders' confidence is growing. do you feel like the front-runner >> we won the popular vote in iowa and we won the popular vote in new hampshire and here is the prediction, we'll do very well in nevada we're going to do very well in south carolina >> reporter: but tonight, the self-described democratic socialist is facing steep co

. >> i would like to thank the brave officers who worked today's joint task force their work is dangerous and can turn deadly instantly. >> reporter: this is the first officer-involved shooting in baltimore so far this year the justice department recently beefed up a federal task force involving the fbi, atf and dea working with baltimore police in a coordinated crackdown. phillip? >> all right, tom, thank you >> there are a lot of questions this morning about what punishment awaits roger stone after the department of justice made the stunning decision to overrule four career prosecutors. the president now insisting that he did not intervene in the case of his long-time advisor nbc's tracie potts has the latest for us. >> reporter: president trump is congratulating attorney general william barr for handling what he calls a case totally out of control. run by rogue prosecutors who cut and ran after being exposed. >> roger stone was treated horribly and so were many of the other people their lives were destroyed >> reporter: all four prosecutors left the case against trump associate roger s

combined joint task force or oppression inherent and says the remaining 48 could pose as non-credible that word incredible is key to everything if a flight log or strike record is incomplete the entire incident gets shocked the pentagon says that more than 1190 civilians died as a result of u.s. air strikes in iraq and syria however monitoring group says that number is actually 74385 times higher reports are very revealing the fact that they actually went to the trouble to outline and catalog these events. reflect that the results of certain military actions has been devastating to post strikes our. visits are very. 25 percent even though they claim that they are winning and doing investigation when. the killing of civilians is made known to the department of defense shows that the u.s. is very destructive. has it it has developed since since iraq it has developed in 2003 it has developed a reputation of being very destructive and which hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed or maimed and wounded including u.s. forces now this all may sound shocking but think about it wha

genuine emergency the brigade provides part of the ground troops for nato's very high readiness joint task force the v j t f it was established in 2014 in response to russia's annexation of crimea. and i'm thinking. i'm going to also when. i receive the alarm order now evaluated and then i decipher the letter combinations in the order to find out which alarm measures have actually been triggered. for that i consult the bundeswehr crisis response plan. so i can see which alarm measures are behind the combination of letters. to check which measures are important for the v.j. t.f. brigade and then i'll inform the chief and the brigade leadership accordingly. want to go out of your lunch bring in from young. rapid response units are central to nato's new threat scenarios in this instance an emergency situation that involves fighting off an enemy attack will be rehearsed in a maneuver in poland. and what's going on. within 3 days at the most 2300 soldiers from 3 countries have to be ready to move. all the strands come together here and a high security area at headquarters. it's a logistical challenge

and germany's government is now waking up to the growing threat a joint emergency task force led by the interior and health ministry will be in charge of the government's response at a press conference the new team outlined its approach to tackling what could become a pandemic if ignorance and. this is the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in germany i said this yesterday very deliberately in order to prepare ourselves for this new and new developments. the main message of the german government was clear it is to fight the virus without causing mass panic. we must avoid taking rush actions that do nothing to protect people. but we also have to introduce measures to help the transmission of the virus. of. the interior minister wasn't clear on what measures are being considered but they're likely to go much further than just a few cancelled carnival events. and now here's a look at some of the other stories making news around the world authorities in turkey say at least 33 turkish soldiers have been killed in an air raid by syrian forces in northern syria an official in ankara says turk

ensure alliance forces are ready to fight tonight for japan as well as for korea, joint and combined. further, u.s. and japanese forces should create a standing combined maritime joint task force. and maritime, as the general mentioned also included the land. this is not strictly air force and navy kind of thing. joint maritime standing force is a platform and laboratory for rapid capabilities. other nations but not limited -- including but not limited to india, singapore, and taiwan should join the standing combined task force as appropriate for various missions. humanitarian assistance disaster response is hardly a -- it's considered an adjunct to what the military does. but let me propose that it's a hugely valuable characteristic. number one, every disaster response operation exercises every military muscle group you have except for pulling a trigger. and that's conceptually the easiest. in the wake of typhoon in the philippines, the japanese were the second contingent to arrive to provide aid to the philippines. u.s. was first. japanese brought ships with operations that specialize in disaster response. three months later i listened to the philippine ambassador to j

>> i think that relationship is pretty sound, there is a multinational joint task force that operates they're all of those countries around, the chant, basin are operating there, chad has recently deployed some forces from nigeria, but that was part of his scheduled move, not some sort of break down in the relationship or the partnership there in the joint task force. i think that that group is functioning. >> earlier this month there was an attack on the monitor for its killing an american service member to contractors, new york times reported that the tackles used as a message to african forces, reckon true sort of bad them just as they did with the syrian kurds, at the same time an african senator for such easy studies report stated that the activity of africa as extremist groups has doubled since 2013. how has the decision to withdraw support from syria impacted the resolve interest of our african partners? >> i don't know that our decision to withdraw from syria has affected there -- that is not come up with any discussions i have had with an african leaders, the thing that they

>> we have joint task force bravo. we have soldiers deployed in south america, largely in and advise and assist capacity. we have soldiers at the american msas all across the continent. dutch american embassies across the continent. at american embassies across the continent. >> the army is implanting a new physical fitness test. are you having to delay it because troops are having problems implanting or passing it? >> we are looking closely at did we get the equipment there in time and did you have the right trainers to help you learn the exercises? so we are looking at it closely and whether or not it would require any change in the timeline we have laid out. right now we have soldiers leading the process for us. he had to come back to the chief and i early in the spring to see where we set. >> i will go back to follow-up on a previous question. since the u.s. went back to combat in the middle east, traumatic brain injuries were considered the most concerning. is that still the case? obviously concerned about tbi cas

there's a multinational joint task force that operates there. all those countries around the lake chad basin are operating there. chad has recently redeployed some forces from nigeria. but that was part of a scheduled move, not some sort of breakdown in the -- in the relationship or the partnership there in the joint task force. so i think that that -- that group is still -- is functioning. >> okay. earlier this month, the al shabaab launched an attack on manda air field. "new york times" reported that al-shabaab used the attack as a message to african forces that american troops would abandon them just as they did with the syrian kurds. at the same time, a report stated that the activity of africa's extremist groups has doubled since 2013. how has the decision to withdrawal support from syria impacted the resolve and trust of our african partners? >> i don't know that the -- our decision to withdrawal from syria has affected their calculus. that has not come up in any discussions i've had with african leaders. but, you know, the thing that they'

this encompassed in the creation of the rapid deployment joint task force and later the u.s. central command, as well as the basing of u.s. forces in the saudi arabia area. hundreds of thousands of u.s. troops were deployed to the region, including saudi arabia, during the gulf war of 1990, 1991. as you might expect from what i was talking about earlier, the u.s. troop presence provoked opposition and resistance and opened a new chapter in the opposition against the ruling family and close u.s.-saudi relations. al qaeda included saudi dissidents such as osama bin laden and veterans of the anti-soviet campaign in afghanistan. most recently, saudi leaders saw the u.s. as a principal ally against iran and its regional proxies. saudi-iranian rivalry has entered a new phase as these countries compete for dominance and civil conflicts across the region, a region destabilized by the 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq and its cascading effect in yemen, iraq, syria, lebanon. -- saudi-iranian rivalry has escalated and intensified violence in conflict that are framed in sectarian and religious t

. >> women joint task force. bravo, soldiers deployed in south america. advise and assist capacity. we have soldiers than in the american embassies and all across the continent. >> the army is implementing new physical fitness test. have you had to change it or purse postpone the limitation because trips including national guards are having problems implementing and passing it. >> rolls out over time. the most closely there we are looking at is do you have the right trainers. to help youou learn the exercis. so were looking at it very closely with another would require any change in the timeline that we laid out and i know, we have someone leading the process for us. but early in spring, he's coming back to see where we sit. >> to the previous question. the u.s. went back to combat traumatic brain injuries were considered the most considering concerning injury is that still the case pretty. >> obviously very concerned about that. in cases any and all types of injuries. safety is everything for our people. >> national defense strategy focuses on china and russia. what is the army's r

force. osi has agents assigned to over 250 locations around the world to include 22 locations with the joint terrorism task force engaged in efforts with other federal law enforcement offices on matters of mutual concern. such as matters like domestic extremism. pertaining to the topic of possible white supremacists, we're concerned with early identification and timely resolution of matters affecting good order and discipline. in fact, the department of the air force has the written policy pertaining specifically to participation in extremist activities. the policy states military personnel must reject participation in criminal gangs and other organizations that advocate a supremacist, extremist, arcane doctrine ideology or causes. military members who violate this policy are subject to disciplinary action under article 92 under the uniform code of military justice. it's important to note that the air force policy dictates mere membership in the organization is not prohibited. osi has investigative responsibility to investigate these matters where members are subject to the code of justice are suspected of