the author is "wall street journal" reporter michael gordon.r joining me now. >> thank you. >> this is a window into the future because it will reveal the methods that the u.s. will use again. why is that? >> well, i i think after several% that the middle east, afghanistan, there's not much appetite to send tens of thousands of troops back into the middle east. they're focusing on china, on russia. those are the main threats driving pentagon strategy. but the threats aren't going to go away. so the concept of use ago small number of advisers coupling them with the proxy force partners ton ground and -- and accessing air power and reconnaissance is likely to be a template that the u.s. is going to use again in the middle east on governed space and in great power scenarios like we're seeing in ukraine. >> before that template was created, you write that the obama administration in the early days of the emergence misunderstood the islamic state. president obama called it the j.v. team. what was the effect? >> tilliest the u.s. unprepared. the mont

the author is wall street journal reporter michael gordon, who joins me now. back to you. you write that this book isn't just about the past. it's a window into the future because it will reveal the methods that the u.s. will use again. why is that? michael: after several wars in the middle east, afghanistan, desert storm, there's not much appetite on the part of american public to send tens of thousands of troops back into the middle east. nor is there interest on the part of policymakers. they're focusing now on china, on russia. those are the main threats driving pentagon strategy, but the threats aren't going to go away. so the concept of using a small number of advisers, coupling them with a proxy force, partners on the ground and accessing airpower and reconnaissance is likely to be a template that the u.s. is going to use again in the middle east ungoverned spaces and even in some great power scenarios like we're seeing in ukraine. nick: before that template was created, you write that the obama administration, in the early days of isis's emergence, mis

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michael? >> let's get to dominick thomas. he's in los angeles. in 2010, boris johnson prescribed former prime minister gordon to office, as, quote, lashing himself to the radiator in number 10 and suggested the nice policeman at the door of number 10, telling him the game is up. what convinced boris johnson the game is up? >> i think just there were so many things here, michael, that we can talk about. this time around, it was another scandal for embroiling 10 downing street. that behavior modification with boris johnson is not an option. from his immediate entourage, high-ranking cabinet members started to resign, followed by a whole range of other historic levels of resignation. it became clear that he was going to have to be -- he was going to have to be removed. what's unusual about this situation is that, prime ministers are removed from office because people disagree within the party, with their f palsies. policies. it's the individual. there's a lot of hypocrisy here, in terms of how long they tolerated him. it's finally come to the conclusion that the individual boris johnson, is unfit to serve as pa

michael. >>> now to that deadly lightning strike. ten soldiers from the army reserve injured in fort gordon, georgia, and taken to the base medical facility treatment. one did not survive. elwyn lopez is in atlanta with the latest. good morning, elwyn. >> reporter: hey, michael. good morning. dangerous storms and extreme heat felt from coast to coast from that deadly lightning here in georgia to record high heat expected to sweep through parts of the northeast. this morning, tragedy at fort gordon army base in georgia. one soldier is dead and nine others injured after a lightning strike hit the base shortly after 11:00 a.m. soldiers were out doing training exercises when the storm swept through. severe weather forcing many flights to divert from their paths and scary moments for those aboard an american airlines flight heading from tampa to nashville. violent turbulence forcing that flight to land in birmingham, alabama, sending six passengers and two crew members to the hospital. while in charleston, south carolina, more than three inches fell in less than two hours leaving many streets flooded. this as temperatures soar from coast to co

on the air, a special project time to remember, my name is alexander gordon oh, last weekend, us president john biden , whom michaelrabia, but one of the main goals of agreeing to increase oil production, which was good for everyone, is bad. and in fact, the american president was met rather modestly, and we must understand that the east is doing subtle things, if we compare the realities and visits of biden and the visit of vladimir vladimirovich putin in the nineteenth year, then this, of course, is heaven and earth, because putin was accompanied everywhere, 16 riders on noble horses they settled him not in a hotel, but in a place that belongs to the royal family. we did not have time to sit down at the negotiating table, as the whole world had already flown around. this photo is such a terrible greeting on the fists. well , of course, this is the result of a pandemic, probably, and maybe a symbol of other contacts. but speaking seriously, by the way, yes, here i also want to compare two greetings. and for example, the prince's embrace with vladimir putin e in the nineteenth year. seriously speaking, i don't i un

michael uh-huh is not available to everyone. good afternoon, the information channel continues its work on the air, time to remember, my name is alexander gordonrived in kiev and did not come empty-handed. she brought zelensky a gift. a copy of the letter from the swedish national archives, written in 1711 by king charles xii it was written in bendery what do we have now in moldova yes, part of this letter? today i brought you a special gift. this is a copy of the letter from the national archives of sweden, which was written in 1711 by king charles 12 in the city of bender, moldavia, this letter was an instruction to the swedish ambassador in constantinople. he had to do a lot for the freedom and independence of the zaporozhian sich, as a state, so that the ukrainian cossacks would never suffered from the repression of the russian tsar already in the 18th century. the swedish king was amazed by the local democratic self-government of ukrainian cossacks, is it ukrainian vyshyvanka or swedish national, i can’t see the ambassador of sweden in ukraine a. so yes, and zelensky, of course, was delighted with the gift. but who would not be delighted