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and this note, former defense in intelligence agency director michael flynn tells us that the white house have missed the growing strength of isis because of the white house's desire to downplay the strength of al qaeda. flynn explains the white house was so married to the narrative al qaeda was close to defeat that it clouded how the administration fought against the ideology as it spread. >> who is briefing the president? how does he get to those sentences? >> for me to sit here and tell you why he says what he says, i don't know. what i know the init tell generals said was not necessarily what we hear. >> it was diametrically opposed, wasn't it? >> i would say from my perspective it was just the opposite. you can't sit here and say that al qaeda was defeated when we're still looking at elements of al qaeda that are conducting operationals. >>> it is the political version of an iowa cat a call, the iowa agricultural summit he as a list of republican 2016 candidates head to the first in the country state to impress iowans not only with their knowledge of forming but also trying to break

>> we will ask the former director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general michael flynn. >> as the republican presidential field starts getting crowds how will the candidates standout? we will talk with the only woman and only former c.e.o. among the g.o.p. hopefuls, fiorina and harry reid is getting out and ted cruz is getting in. >> i am announcing i am running for past the united states. >> our sunday group discusses a busy week in politics. >> our power player of the week: ted kennedy's widow, on bringing her husband's love of the senate to the next generation. all right now on fox news sunday. >> hello, from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news on the investigation into the germanwings flight that crashed in the alps this week. there are new revelations of the co-pilot would deliberately flew the plane into a mountain side. senior foreign affairs correspondent joins us now from the crash site with the latest. amy? >>> chris the most dramatic quotes from people who knew co-pilot andreas lubitz come from a woman a former flight attendant and claims she

jennifer, thank you. >>> for more, let's bring in lieutenant general michael flynn who retired as director of the defense intelligence agency last summer after holding almost every top military intel post. general flynn, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thanks, chris. >> president obama's policy in the middle east, as we just heard, is complicated. but i want to lay out three main points. let's put them up on the screen. we're fighting against iranian-backed rebels in yemen. we're fighting on the same side as iran and mean while we're fighting while trying to negotiate with iran. take a look at this. to show what our dealings with iran and saudi arabia right now really look like. for a closer look, because it bares study, go to our facebook page. but general flynn, can you explain what the president's grand strategy is for the middle east? >> yeah. so, chris, let me just start by sort of stating two big points. one, where we are and then what do we do about it. i think where we are right now, we have almost a complete breakdown of order in the middle east, new middle east is essential

bill: michael flynn says the white house is looking the other way and set to guy away the school. >> it's almost a policy of willful ignore ran. we have major problem we are dealing with and here we are talking to iran about a nuclear deal with this almost complete breakdown of ordinarier in the middle east. martha: first we go to john huddy for the latest in these talks. what does it look like the sticking point are right now? >> there is a number of sticking points. that's the problem. the deadline is tomorrow. so again there are a number of issues. let me walk you through some of these outstanding issues. sanctioning. iran want sayings lifts soon after an agreement is reached. the u.s. and its our meanal lays want sanctions against iran if it doesn't reach an agreement. last night iran's lead goritor is said the country is unwilling to ship out its stockpile to russia. that's really a whole reversal in course in terms of iran's previous term or at least the agreement on that particular issue. martha: the minister said we were never going to ship anything to russia. that's not part

. >> general michael flynn who headed defense agency from 2012 to 2014 agrees that we have to move on> hindsight is 20/20. we have to admit to the mistake and say what are we going to do about it? >> as we've seen one group that filled the vacuum was isis. and one group that is paying for that? are the yezidis which brings us back to this family. >> you have been in america now for a number of days. >> she came to washington, d.c. last december seeking help for her beleaguered people. >> i'm here to have some person organization to help us. >> she made the rounds including an appearance at the congressional hearing and met with u.n. ambassador samantha power. her message? her people needed more than american air strikes. following the policy of the obama administration, vian could get no promises for american troops. >> the yezidis think there could be more humanitarian aid and help fighting isis in their specific area. how do you answer that? >> everybody in this the whole region wants more, and i wish we would do everything we can. in the case of yezidis and the case of northern ira

. >> so you heard lieutenant general michael flynn saying that he thinks that iran is the biggest threat in the middle east. and not isis. a former top intelligent official warns that iran may be the biggest threat in the the middle east. who poses the biggest threat in the middle east. iran or isis? >> a final memorial service in prescott, arizona for an american woman who was murdered by isis. kayla mueller was kidnapped and confirmed dead last month. john mccain offered remarks. we'll have a report later on in fox news report. >> a defiant new jersey senator refusing to back down in the the face of corruption charges. a grand jury is investigating the new jersey democrat over allegations that he used his office to help a wealthy friend and political donor. senator men endez has been critical of the obama administration on foreign policy. over normalizing relationships with cuba and the talks with iran. rich, what are the feds saying he did, exactly? >> reporter: in court documents they said he took gifts from dr. solomon melgun. he set up a meeting with then senate majority leader har

. >> general michael flynn who headed defense agency from 2012 to 2014 agrees that we have to move on. >> hindsight is 20/20. we have to admit to the mistake and say what are we going to do about it? >> as we've seen one group that filled the vacuum was isis. and one group that is paying for that? are the yezidis which brings us back to this family. >> you have been in america now for a number of days. >> she came to washington, d.c. last december seeking help for her beleaguered people. >> i'm here to have some person organization to help us. >> she made the rounds including an appearance at the congressional hearing and met with u.n. ambassador samantha power. her message? her people needed more than american air strikes. following the policy of the obama administration, vian could get no promises for american troops. >> the yezidis think there could be more humanitarian aid and help fighting isis in their specific area. how do you answer that? >> everybody in this the whole region wants more, and i wish we would do everything we can. in the case of yezidis and the case of northern

. >> general michael flynn agrees that we have to move on. >> you know, hindsight is 2020.bout snit. >> as we've seen, one group that filled the vacuum was isis and one group that's paying for that are the yazidis. which brings us back to dakhil. she came to washington, d.c. last december seeking help for her beleaguered people. >> i'm here door by door political some person, some organization to help us. >> she made the round, an appearance at a congressional hearing. her message her people needed more than american air strikes. however following the policy of the obama administration via could get no promises for any troops. >> the yazidis think that there could be more humanitarian aid, more help in fighting isis in their specific area. how do you answer that. >> everybody in this whole region wants more and i wish we could do everything we possibly can. but i think in the case to have yazidis, we've done over 2007 air strikes working directly with them with precise excellence. >> the kurds, they say they're outgunned. ment some of them don't have the right armor, some o

. >> general michael flynn who headed the defense intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014 agrees we haveve on. >> hindsight is 2020. what we have to do is admit to the mistake and say, okay now what are we going to do about it? >> as we have seen one group that filled the vacuum was isis. one group paying for that are the yazidis. which brings us back to this. >> you have been in america now for a number of days. >> she came to washington, d.c. last december seeking help from herbie leaguered people. >> i am here am (indiscernible). some organization to help us. >> she made the rounds including appearance at congressional hearing and met with u.n. ambassador samantha powell. vian's message we need more than american air strikes. she could get no promises for any troops. >> the i can't see did is think there could be more humanitarian aid more help in fighting isis in their specific area. how do you answer that? >> again, everybody in this whole region wants more. i wish we could do everything we can. in t the case of the i can't see did is and northern iraq we have 200 air strikes. we ha

be sure to watch fox news sunday when anchor chris wallace interviews lieutenant general michael flynn the former director of the defense intelligence agency weighing in on all the chaos going on right now across the middle east. that is news sunday exclusive. be sure to check your local listings. >>> dramatic new details emerging today about that germanwings pilot who allegedly deliberately brought down his own plane, killing 149 people on board. according to new reports, andreas lubitz's girlfriend dumped him the day before the crash. german press reporting he told her one day, he would do something that would quote, make everyone remember him. all of this as officials claim the 27-year-old co-pilot hid information about his medical treatment from the airline. we have the latest from dusseldorf germany where investigators are still combing through the co-pilot's apartment for clues. >> reporter: absolutely. yeah just a couple blocks from where we are right now, a team of 200 investigators have been sifting through the evidence coming out of the house of andreas lubitz, trying to figu

be sure to watch fox news sunday when chris wallace interviews general michael flynn, the former director of the defense intelligence agency weighing in on all the chaos going on across the middle east. that's fox news sunday exclusive. be sure to check your local listings. >>> the march madness final four tournament will stay in indianapolis next week amid controversy over indiana's new religious freedom law. but the ncaa warns they're looking into how the law might affect its future events in the state. the law allows businesses to refuse service for religious reasons. opponents say it could allow businesses to discriminate against gay people. today hundreds of people protested the law outside the indiana state house and will carr is following this story from our los angeles bureau with the latest. hey, will. >> reporter: hi. 19 states had similar laws to the one that governor mike pence signed on thursday. this law is based on a federal law that was actually signed by president bill clinton back in 1993. indiana's new law comes after the supreme court decision last year in the hobby lo

>> we will ask the former director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general michael flynn

we'll ask the former director of the defense intelligence agency lieutenant general michael flynn.

lieutenant general michael flynn telling bret baier the claim is way off mark based on documents seized in the bin laden raid and information that he was seen when he was head of the defense intelligence agency. >> so who's briefing the president? how does he get to those sentences? for me to sit here and tell you why he says what he says, i don't know. what i know the intelligence said was not necessarily what we hear. it was die mat rickally opposed wasn't it? >> from my perspective, it was just the opposite. you can't sit here and say that al qaeda was defeated when we're still looking at elements of al qaeda that are conducting operations. >> bret baier anchor of "special report," my guest today. bret, i guess when you're president of the united states i guess you can say what you want. but in this case as you pointed out, what the president said is die metrically opposed to apparently what the reality was and is right? >> right, gretchen. listen, remember all the times the president other administration officials said al qaeda was on the run. al qaeda was decimated. then it was cor

michael flynn former head of the defense intelligence agency said he can't defeat an enemy unless you define it. egyptian president called for a revolution. >> the muslims have to stand up and correct this. misinterpretation and picture of what muslim is. >> if isis is selling its ideology, its brand, twisted brand of islam to followers and pulling in recruits, don't you have to confront that? >> and we are confronting it. >> why not say this is a perverted form of islam and here is what we're doing to stop it and this is why they're wrong about islam instead of ignoring that? >> that's what we've said. it is a corruption of the islamic faith. it is a distortion of it. it does not represent the muslim community or islam. >> are you prepared to say their islamic extremists? >> they're violent terrorists who misrepresent what the islamic religion is about. yes, absolutely. >> what is your read on russian president putin? what are his strategic ambitions? >> i think president putin has a view of what sort of russia nationalism is that unfortunately i think he has put some of the personal

we'll ask the former director of the defense intelligence agency lieutenant general michael flynn.

bill: michael flynn says

you'll be speaking with lieutenant general michael flynn. what are you talking about with him?telligence agency. he was basically the chief spy master inside the pentagon and we'll talk about, obviously, the nuclear deal. we'll talk about as you mention at the top the fact that the mideast at large is descend into chaos. you have iran with proxies in syria in iraq lebanon, and yemen. you have the sunni arabs lead by the saudi arabia and egypt striking back particularly in yemen. what is weird the u.s. is on the side of the sunnis against the iranian factions in yemen but we're fighting alongside the iranians against the sunnis in iraq. we're kind of on both sides. we're trying to negotiate a deal. and some people have questioned whether or not because of the president's desire to get a deal perhaps we haven't stood up as strongly as we could have and should have to iran across the region over the last few years. >> sounds right. we will be watching. >> you bet. thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up on the show he proudly wore his mom-made letter jaktd to school every day until