we take up the administration's strategy of apparent delusion with former pentagon official k.t. mcfarland and the fbi admits it's operating a small air force in the skies over america. launching dozens of low flying aircraft and their purpose to spy on americans. the fbi claims those aircraft aren't collecting bulk data on all of us, and that the flights are used for specific investigation. now doesn't everyone feel better about it all? >>> and why did the fbi also create more than a dozen shell companies to conceal the ownership and operation of the secret fleet of surveillance aircraft. we'll have a full report for you tonight. >>> and hillary clinton, may not be the very best retail politician we've ever seen. in fact, she seems to be just a little grumpy. her plummeting poll numbers may have something to do with that. the sometimes difficult path to 2016, fox news jedidiah bila and executive daily standard fred barnes discuss the. >>> we begin with what became the obama message of the day. that message, president obama has a strategy it's unambiguous and highly successful. h

it is an adjustment we are told by a pentagon official in what the u.s.litary is doing, but not a big change in strategy. they've been trying to get more iraqi troops raintrained. look the bottom line pentagon officials will tell you, is this is going to be very difficult. nobody anticipates this one deployment changing iraq fixing iraq. and it's not going to be enough for republicans like john mccain and lindsey graham who want to see the white house do even more. >>> well he's out, the texas police officer who sparked outrage after this video went viral resigns. corporal eric casebolt is seen this this video slamming a 14-year-old girl to the ground and later drawing his gun on unarmed teenagers. his own police chief calling his actions, quote, out of control. >> reporter: that officer was on administrative leeave. even though he turned in his badge, he turned it in for this investigation was even complete. some are saying his resignation just isn't enough. >> the actions of casebolt as seen on the video are indefensible. >> reporter: police officer cas

pentagon officials just revealing live samples sent out to 17 states more than the 12 states and threes they first thought. that's all within the past decade. the pentagon says this is not sabotage or on purpose. >>> new fallout in the polls for hillary clinton as republicans blast the state department accusing them of delaying the release of those clinton e-mails. >> what guarantee can you give my fellow citizens what you have now is the complete public record? have you been through all her records to determine what's public and what's private? what up wheels! mr. auto-mo-deal! hey, it's the wheel deal! hey, hey, the duke of deals! i know a few guys in the rental car biz. let's go, 'wheels'. rental car deals up to 40% off. >>> house law makers holding a hearing on terrorism gone viral. intelligence officials say there is a rise in jihadists using social media to recruit new members right here in our country. catherine herridge live for us in washington. >> reporter: witnesses testified on capitol hill there are a couple of thousand hardcore isis propagandists on the web, with another

one pentagon official said that it's not just about avoiding u.s. casualties, it's about the iraqis owning the fight on the ground and the u.s. is worried if it does too much of the fighting and takes too much of the burden off the iraqis they'll never stand up for themselves. >> al jazeera's jamie mcintyre reporting live from the pentagon, thank you. >>> it's the first friday of the month when the government's job release is released. it's the strong one for the month of may. ali velshi is here with more. what does it show? >> we weren't expecting 200,000 new jobs in may. that's what we got. that's a good number. we saw the unemployment rate tick up .10 of a percent to 5.5%. i think people are getting used to this now. it used to confuse people. wait a second, we added more jobs than unexpected and the unemployment rate went up? this is why i don't like the unemployment rate, i never have. this is the number of people actively looking for a job. what we saw was yet another below of month of good job creation. as people see that they start to get in

not a complete strategy yet, waiting for the pentagon to send him finalized plans, which sparked a reaction. not on camera but anonymously, a military officialcer at the pentagon after that statement today, what blank was that. we have given him lots of options, he just hasn't acted on them. this as a new poll comes out that says that the american public doesn't truly believe the obama administration has a strategy either. look at the numbers. 71% no 19% yes. steve hayes, mara liasson and charles krauthammer. mara? >> he doesn't have a strategy. he's been open about it and open more than once. if it seems like ashton carter is putting the blame on the iraqis they haven't reached out enough to the sunnis they don't have the will to fight. that is what the president is doing today. then what? he hasn't figured that out yet. maybe you need more american troops there. some republicans are willing to say that not all of them. it is going on year after year after year and the situation looks like it's deteriorating. >> on that training we heard the training is happening. you saw from the first graphic from the pentagon official again, underscoring

pentagon officials say the united states extended an invitation to him earlier this year in view of rising tensions over china's expanding maritime activities in the south china sea. defense department officials say carter called on fan about the spratly islands and cease further militarization. carter also expressed hope that the united states and china will reach consensus by autumn on rules to reduce the risk of accidents when the two countries' aircraft operate close to each other. >>> a court in china has handed down a life sentence to a former member of the nation's top decision-making body for accepting bribes. the ruling comes as president xi jinping aims to show he's committed to taking action against widespread corruption. zhou yongkang was the ninth highest-ranking member of the communist party's politburo standing committee until november 2012. state run xinhua news agency says a court in tianjin near beijing sentenced him for accepting bribes, abuse of power and deliberately disclosing state secrets. he and his family allegedly took more than $20 million. >> prosecutors indict

not a complete strategy yet, waiting for the pentagon to send him finalized plans, which sparked a reaction. not on camera but anonymously, a military officialelling our fox producer at the pentagon after that statement today, what blank was that. we have given him lots of options, he just hasn't acted on them. this as a new poll comes out that says that the american public doesn't truly believe the obama administration has a strategy either. look at the numbers. 71% no 19% yes. steve hayes, mara liasson and charles krauthammer. mara? >> he doesn't have a strategy. he's been open about it and open more than once. if it seems like ashton carter is putting the blame on the iraqis they haven't reached out enough to the sunnis they don't have the will to fight. that is what the president is doing today. then what? he hasn't figured that out yet. maybe you need more american troops there. some republicans are willing to say that not all of them. it is going on year after year after year and the situation looks like it's deteriorating. >> on that training we heard the training is happening. you saw from the first graphic from the pentagon official

pentagon official says they extended an invitation to him earlier this year in response to the rising activities in the south china sea. carter called on fong to halt the country's reclamation of reeves on the sprattly islands and cease military operations. they hope they will reach consensus by autumn on rules to reduce the risk of accidents when the two countries' aircraft operate close to one another. >>> a court in china has handed down a life sentence for accepting bribes. the ruling comes as president xi jingping aims to show he's committed against widespread corruption. zhou yongkang was the ninth highest ranked. zhou zhou and his family allegedly took more than $20 million. >> prosecutors indicted zhou in april. he was tried behind closed doors. the trial is not open to the public because it involved state secrets. our reporter in beijing explains how people are reacting to this news. >> the chinese communist party is saying zhou's sentence shows anyone breaking the law will be punished regardless of rank. it showed jinping's strong commit i want to fighting corruption. many a

the national security correspondent jamie mcintyre explains >>> pentagon officials have not confirmed the rorp but did not wave me off it. frankly it has all the ear marks of a signature strike, where the u.s. uses patterns of activity to identify targets they believe al qaeda or other potential enemy forces gathered in one place. the practice is somewhat controversial, because the u.s. doesn't find out who is killed until after the dust clears. you may recall two months ago the white house announced in january, 2 hostages held by al qaeda were accidentally killed in a so-called signature strike. the president apologised, and the white house said protocols for carrying out signature strikes were followed to a tee, but yet resulted in unintended but tragic consequences. back then the drone strike hit an al qaeda compound in pakistan, along the afghanistan border, unaware at the time that two aid workers were held captive. the protocols require near certainty not only that there are legitimate targets, but near certainty that no incident -- innocent civilians will be killed. in january,

pentagon officials insist that the anthrax poses little risk to the public. >> people have been working with this material for 10 years, and nobody has contracted anthrax from the material. it gives more confidence that the risk is really low as we are stating. >> the anthrax samples had gone through a process that deactivated the bacteria. the pent are is investigating why the process failed on multiple levels. another day, another black eye for the sport of soccer. as erica pitzi reports a top f.i.f.a. official admits he and others took bribes in change for awarding countries the lucrative world cup. >> a former executive admits to authorities that he agreed to receive bribes and kickbacks related to two host nations - the words of chuck blaiser, an f.i.f.a. executive for 20 years, before the fbi caught up with him two years ago. he pleaded guilty to racketeering money laundering and is the number one informant for fbi, as they make accusations against f.i.f.a. and >>> according to newly released documents when blazer entered his plea he admitted to selecting bribes for the 1998 world

. >> reporter: pentagon officials also said the samples were too small to infect a healthy person, but 31 lab workers who were exposed to the anthrax are taking medication as a precaution. charlie. >> rose: thanks, david. the latest chapter in soccer's corruption scandal takes us back to the beginning. today, federal prosecutors in new york unsealed court documents involving the first man to plead guilty to years ago. he's helped build the case against officials of soccer's world governing body. here's mark phillips. >> reporter: this is the man they call "mr. 10 percent." now chuck blazer's only avarice has exposed a culture of corruption in fifa, world soccer's governing body, going back decades. blazer is a former american and international soccer official who operated in the shadowy backrooms of the sport. and in u.s. court documents just revealed, he admits that he and other fifa officials conspired to "facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 world cup." which was held in france. and that he and others, "on the fifa ex

. >> the pentagon officials warned today that efforts to train troops against isil are falling short. the general martin dempsey blamed the recent setbacks on the ineffectiveness of iraqi troops. jamie mcintyre joins us, and training these troops is a big part of the u.s. strategy against isil >> reporter: well, secretary carter today told the house that the u.s. had hoped to train 24,000 iraqi troops now but they have only trained 7,000 troops and 2,000 counter terrorism forces. tony, you can do the math and see that's less than half of what the u.s. was hoping to get together. but it's a double barreled message from the secretary. secretary carter only were there not enough iraqi troops, but they were not good enough. and the joint chiefs insisting that sending more american troops in was not the answer. >> the combination of disunity, deserters, and so-called ghost soldiers who are paid on the books, but don't show up or don't exist gretly diminished their capacity. >> i would not recommend that we put u.s. forces in harm's way simply to stiffen the spine of local forces. if their

pentagon officials say the bulk of the 450 troops will be american security forces protecting a much smaller number of advisors at the air base. their mission is not to train iraqi troops in basic combat skills but rather to school their leaders in how to turn the rag tag remnants of the iraqi forces routed in ramadi into battle-ready troops who can re-take city. the american advisors will be helping iraq revamp rearm remotivate and reinvigorate iraqi troops, by a much smaller i.s.i.l. force. for its report, iraq is conducting an audit of it's 8th army division, to see how many never returned after ramadi estimated to be several thousand. the ranks will be replenished with new be body armor and in some cases new commanders. u.s. is advising from the rear instead of leading from the front. >> we will send 400 or more to iraq none of which is accompanied by a strategy, none of which is accompanied by forward air controllers so we will continue to see 75% of the combat missions flown return to base without having discharged their weapons since we have no one on the ground to identify ta

joishgs pentagon officials tell us it is too early to celebrate. iraqi forces have not taken all of the refinery. the forces broke through the isis siege this weekend. the first good news since the fall of ramadi last month. the air coalition only cared out three air strikes this weekend. u.s. officials tell me some parts of the city of baji was taken back with help of iowa rannian militia. they pushed some isis fighters away from government buildings. he said isis occupies portions of the tea and nearby refinery and the official didn't know what percentage of the town and refinery are under isis control. they have a foot hold in bochlth president obama talked about about isis this month. >> when a final plan is presented to me by the pentagon i will share it with the american people. we don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the parts of the iraqis as well. >> reporter: a u.s. official clarified the president's remarks and said president obama is speaking about how to accelerate and equip the iraqi forces. so far 892

pentagon officials say they do not believe there is a danger to the public but they can't say how many lab workers may have come into contact with live spores. >>> a beautiful day out there for the month of april. that's exactly the way it feels. 81. we are nowhere near that. take a look at the highs we've seen today. 62 degrees that's the coolest high temperature in june that we have seen since june 4 of 2003. about 12 years ago. how about that? 61 in frederick was the high today. 62 toward fredericksburg. and we continue to see cooler numbers. satellite radar showing why. we've got these clouds across the region. you can see some showers making their way up. toward saint mary's county toward fredericksburg. right along 95. most of this will not make its way toward the rest area. we've got some drizzle and some showers for the rest us and there's a better chance of showers tomorrow. we've got that coming up. we'll see you in about ten minutes. ? right now investigators are digging through rubble of this rowhouse. they're trying to figure out what caused a massive blaze that killed two

led air campaign inside libya pentagon officials confirming that a former al qaeda leader was the target of the attack inside that country. mokhtar belmokhtar was the target. attack left 38 foreign hostages dead. while mokhtar's death has yet been confirmed daniel lack reports. >> mid level al qaeda operative and the pentagon spokesman steve warren said it had been successful. the target had been mokhtar belmokhtar the al qaeda militant. mokhtar belmokhtar, if this is confirmed, is quite significant. he has been involved in military activities for quite some time. he faced in the united states terrorism charges in connection with the bp gas plant. 35 hostages killed there. lots of other activities affiliated with belmokhtar as well. it has been said his death was reported on at least four other occasions. it is important to keep that in mind until more confirmation is forth coming. first since the fighting against the force et cetera of colonel gadhafi in 2011 and believe that air strike was cervical. >> and mokhtar belmokhtar has been at the forefront of many movements. he went to afgha

as one pentagon official puts it the iraqis need to own this. to call from above on a moment's notice. antonio. >> thank you,ist e-mail al sadahi joins us from detroit. good to have you with us general. first i'd like to get your evaluation of how the fight against i.s.i.l. is going because in recent weeks as you know it seems that most of the news has been negative. >> well, thank you for having me. i think that the fight against i.s.i.s. is, we are sending is is a very negative message to i.s.i.s, that we are not serious enough to intense our fight to intense our operation. in order to drive them out of iraqi territories as well as from syria and the other territories in the region like yemen. >> who is not serious the iraqi government, the coalition or boat? >> well,both? >> well i think both. the operation is international strategy against i.s.i.s. to drive them out. so i believe is that one of the objectives of the international strategy is to push them out. and i believe that none of them, that iraqi government or the international coaliti

. >>> a pentagon official accuses russian pilots of acting like cowboys and showoffs after a close callthe black sea. a russian fighter jet came within 10 feet of a u.s. air force surveillance air craft last month. the jet flew alongside, passed underneath it, broke off and shadowed the plane before finally taking off. the u.s. airplane did not engage or try to leave the area. >>> authorities in spokane, washington are looking into claims that the local naacp president has been misrepresenting her race. the woman claims she is african-american. her parents say she's white. stephanie elam reports. >> it seems like an easy question. >> are your parents white? >> reporter: but it was enough to make her run from a local reporter. she is the president of the spokane chapter of naacp. for years the 37-year-old has claimed she is black. reinforcing that belief by posting pictures like this one from the spokane naacp facebook page. the capture says that her father, presumably this black man is the guest at one of the events. but this is her biological mother and this is her father, proving that

. >>> pentagon officials are now saying as many as 51 research laboratories may have mistakenly received shipments of live anthrax samples from u.s. military labs. the defense secretary, the deputy secretary of defense says the samples were sent to labs in 17 states and 3 foreign countries. he says one shipment was even sent to the pentagon's own police department. the samples were intended for research, but they're supposed to be inactive. officials are now working to retrieve the anthrax. while the government says no one is affected, all of this is raising questions about how federal labs handle dangerous substances. >>> tonight, a warning is going out to pet owners in the willow glen neighborhood. investigating a possible case of dog poisoning on a well known hiking trial. >> go on her little trail. >> reporter: like most dogs, she can't wait to go out for her daily walk. but the walk may have put her in harm's way. >> right over in here is where some of the piles of the cat feed have been left. >> reporter: where it came across dry cat food, she says laced with white powder, after sh

if you go back to 1971 when the pentagon papers was leaked nixon officials did the same thing.anted claims with the media that elsburg had secretly passed sensitive documents to the kremlin, to the soviet union. this is what they do in every case. responsible journalists questioned. whether or not there's evidence for it whereas propaganda simply printed without any questioning of it and that's what the sunday times has con. >> the u.s. charged edward snowden with espionage back in 2013. >>> still ahead, big weekend in politics. hillary clinton is on the road just a day before jeb bush officially jumps into the race. we call ourselves the freedom hikers. hiking brought us together but that's not the only thing that keeps us coming back. here's to friends who reach for better. fewer carbs, fewer calories, superior taste. michelob ultra. the superior light beer. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. t

some pentagon officials saying it's pure bunk and options and alternatives and plans have been submitted none of which have been approved, none of the choices made. >> he speaks volumes for so many people in the pentagon. normal way to do this, the president says i want to defeat an enemy. pentagon and general officers prepare the plans with a lot of helps in terms of various options and the risks associated with them that would lead to that defeat. none of that took place because the president at the outset said to the pentagon and to the leaders i want to defeat them but here's what i don't want to have happen. i want no boots on the ground. what about advisers? no. what about tactical? no. what about apache helicopters and forces on the ground? no. all of the things were taken off the table from the beginning. now the pentagon has come back many times and offered other options to the president and the white house. all have been denied. lou: what in your judgment will be the kwoips of the path this president is on for iraq, for the region? >> it's quite disastrous. the united states in

if you listen to pentagon officials, it seems to be changing hands every few days or so. >> well, there's been fighting in baiji, the refinery and the town for quite some time wolf. but iraqi security officials we spoke to today were fairly categorical. they say that as far as baiji the town goes that they control almost all of the city. it's just one last northern suburb that they're still encountering some problems with snipers and ieds which of course is the modus operandi of isis when it leaves an area they leave behind hundreds in some cases thousands of these ieds which makes progress difficult. but iraqi officials seem pretty confident now that they're very well in control of the situation there. as far as the refinery goes, that we are told is 75% under the control of iraqi forces. now, the fighting has been going on there for a really long time so that refinery iraq's largest, has essentially been out of action for several months and given the damage that's occurred there, until, a, the iraqi forces can control it 100% it's still going to be months before that facility is back up

. >> pentagon officials argue any time a top leader is taken out. it disrupts the enemy, degrading the ability to plan out attacks. if new leaders step up. that could cause confusion in the ranks. many cannot discount the psychological impact that for anyone in the cross hairs of the united states death can come from any time from the skies without warning. >>> jamie mcintyre at the pentagon thanks >>> aqup wasted little time finding a replacement. the military commander will assume the leadership role. on al jazeera investigative report she is he has controversial connections to the group. >> reporter: this is a video of qassim. days after al qaeda in the arabian peninsula was formed. he has rich to become the senior-most leader of yemen's franchise. an al qaeda informant who provided al jazeera with testimony says the true role is more complex. he had regular contact with the then yemeni government under the president ali abdullah saleh. his liaison was allegedly the president's nephew. colonel almar saleh. he was a senior official, he reported to

pentagon officials today admitted the number of live anthrax samples sent to laboratories is double thevious statement. 51 labs in 17 states. three countries received shipments of that deadly bacteria. no one in the obama administration seems to be tracking anything apparently because as politico now reports, the government keeps no data on who is an american citizen and who is not. the census bureau tracks only the country's total population while voter registration lists are unreliable to say the least despite the very important upcoming presidential election. joining us now congressman diane black. member of both the house budget weighs and means committee. let me just start with this administration which is i can't recall any administration including the nixon administration that just simply bald-face lied to the american people on so many issues can you? >> well lou, in your lead-in when you were talking about the president and you actually did the clip of him saying he is not going to cover illegal citizens health care i got to thinking about all the other lies that he told like i

military hasn't confirmed yet he was killed although a pentagon official spokesman say peers that air trike was successful. one of the fighters that has ties to militant claims he was not killed. >>> prosecutors say joyce mitchell had agreed to be the getaway driver but then he backed out. used power tools to break out of prison more than a week ago. more than 800 law enforcement officers are taking part in the search for them. >> we don't know if they are still in the immediate area or if they are in mexico by now. >> if they are still here and if the immediate area their ability to hunker down for a week and stay on the run is a big surprise to us. >> joyce mitchell has pled not guilty to the charges against her. if convicted she faces up to eight years in prison. >>> the leader of the naacp in spokane washington has canceled a chapter meeting meeting where she was expected to talk. the parents of rachel says she is white and she is falsely portrayed herself as african american for years. some people are planning a demonstration in spokane tonight calling for her to resign. some mem

. >> reporter: tony, pentagon officials have not ked the report, and it has all of the earmarks of the official strike where they use patterns of activity to identify targets where they believe al qaeda or other enemy forces have gathered in one place. the practice is somewhat controversial because the u.s. doesn't often know who was cleared until the dust clears. in january two prisoners held by al qaeda were killed. and the president apologized. and the procedures were carried out to a t. but they had unexpected consequences. back then, they hit a suspected al qaeda target in pakistan along the border, unaware that two aid workers were being held captive there. the protocols are near certainty that no innocent civilians will be killed. back in january those protocols failed to protect american warren weinstein and italian, giovanni porto. it was al qaeda itself that announced the death of its leader in yemen. a pentagon spokesman would not acknowledge that it was evidence of of the u.s. had to pull all of its troops out of yemen. >>> the justice department has began it's longest crac

i had a chance to see two very senior pentagon officials almost running through the halls, they couldn'then this was going to begin, because that could endanger u.s. troops. >> it was shortly past midnight baghdad time and i was walking past the open window and coming down from the sky looked like silver paper. i knew instantly what it was. it was radar jamming jaff. >> tonight the battle has been joined. >> as soon as that started filtering down to the ground all hell broke loose. >> i was walking by the control room and i could hear the commotion. i walked in and there it was. >> our team in baghdad was restricted. they weren't going to get much information. the only thing they could do is report what they were seeing. >> we're going to bernard shaw in baghdad. >> out of my mouth came the words. >> something is happening outside. >> you're right something is happening. war is breaking out all around you. >> the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we're seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. >> the walls were shaking. the windows were vibrating. the concussions were blo

ben wedeman, the pentagon is get anything trouble for that for generations. that is why officials were upset that the state department leaked it yesterday. >>> baltimore police are looking at new safety measures for the fleet of prisoner transport vans. the changes come following the death of freddie gray. the changes include installing cameras and gps and harnesses. the police commissioner is asking for more resources to combat the spike in crime. we have miguel marquez with more. >> reporter: this is high stakes for the commissioner anthony batts. he had a press conference with a slew of officials, mostly from the government. he said this is his effort to bring the level of crime down. baltimore has seen high levels of crime, in particular since the riots over the death of freddie gray. the murder rate for the year is up 40% at 119 murders right now. in may, the deadliest month. 43 dead in baltimore in may. the police commissioner saying much of the violence is driven by the pharmacies. 27 pharmacies robbed along the businesses looted and robbed during the riots. the prescriptio

may have to give up more to seal a deal with iran is former pentagon official and fox news national securitylyst k.t. mcfarland and lieutenant colonel bill cowen. lieutenant, start with you, does the obama administration want this one a little too much? >> i think they want it a little bit too much, trish. and it's evident by getting us to the point we're at right now. the iranians have pushed hard for the thing they want. we have to hope that this administration will stand tight on the iranian demands right now. i'm not overly confident and i don't think others are either. trish: k.t., we're negotiating in vienna, the iranians walked out. we're still there? >> waiting for more concessions on our part. the supreme leader of iran, the decider in chief. his word matters. he's already said we're not going to allow any time any place inspections and not let you near the military installations. in other words, this agreement will be unverifiable, on the signing, on verification, said he we want all the sanctions lifted. we'll get around to our part of it later. we want the sanctions lifted. it is

. >> pentagon officials have not confirmed the report and it has all the earmarks of a signature strike where the u.s. uses patterns of activity to identity targets where they believe al-qaeda or other potential enemy forces have gathered in one place. the practice is somewhat controversial because the u.s. often does not find out who was killed until after the death sentence. you may recall two months ago the white house announced back in january two hostages held by al-qaeda were accidently killed in a so-called signature strike. the president apologized, and they said that the protocol was followed to a t but resulted in tragic consequences. back then the drone strike hit a suspected compound unaware that two aid workers were being held captive there. the protocols require not only that there are legitimate targets but near certainty that no innocent civilians will be killed. back in january those protocols failed to protect warren weinstein and this time there were no reports of unintended casualties and it was al-qaeda itself who announced the death of its leader in yemen. a spokes

a former pentagon official tells us they use independence day as a key target.irman says he is extreme extremely concerned about a july 4th attack. >> i am more concerned now since any time since september 11th. the lone wolf attacks. isis they have a multi level sense of operation. it is not just loan col ofne wolves. >> they wait for a perfect time for a big attack they are concerned about smaller attacks on symbolic days like july 4th. at this time it's just a warning no specific threat. >> kristin, in regards to the three attacks that happened on friday. do authorities believe they were coordinated attacks? >> it is possible but not yet confirmed. the timing though is very suspect. last friday was one year anniversary of isis declaring a caliphate this saturday is the 4th of july and both of those events are taking place during the holy month of ramadan, a time in which isis has said you will earn extra rewards if it you die in jihad. there's a real fear that isis sympathizers here in the u.s. have been waiting to strike in order to in their mind get the max

pentagon officials say the islamic state used a dam to cut water supplies to government controlled areashey call it another example of isis using terror tactics. the u.s. that dropped nearly 4,000 bombs in iraq since august but analysts say it has done very little to stop the islamic state from steam-rolling across the country. let's talk about with this former four-star army general tanly mcinclude -- mcchrystal. he took out the leader of al qaeda in iraq. he author of a book "teams of teams. new rules for engagement" and joins us live. great to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> it's been painfully obvious to most analysts that we are the opposite of winning winning in this conflict. i wonder if you have a series of thoughts how you might be able to turn it around. >> when we were in iraq from about 2004 to probably 2007, although we didn't use the word, losing, in fact the perception was we were losing. we weren't losing to an al qaeda that was bigger or better, but they had won a war of per sings because they were -- perceptions thaws they were able to create an incredible lack

pentagon officials today admitted the number of live anthrax samples sent to laboratories is double thevious statement. 51 labs in 17 states. three countries received shipments of that deadly bacteria. no one in the obama administration seems to be tracking anything apparently because as politico now reports, the government keeps no data on who is an american citizen and who is not. the census bureau tracks only the country's total population while voter registration lists are unreliable to say the least despite the very important upcoming presidential election. joining us now congressman diane black. member of both the house budget weighs and means committee. let me just start with this administration, which is i can't recall any administration including the nixon administration that just simply bald-face lied to the american people on so many issues, can you? >> well, lou, in your lead-in when you were talking about the president and you actually did the clip of him saying he is not going to cover illegal citizens, health care, i got to thinking about all the other lies that he told,

but in the same breath pentagon officials will also tell you the big problem right now they do not know what they're dealing with. they don't know how many of the shipments that went around the country may actually be live ab anthrax. >> what went on that caused somebody in the u.s. military to take live anthrax and mail it through fedex? skbr they don't believe it's a deliberate act. they don't believe it's terrorism. the army has been talking about it as human error. what appears to have happened is the standard procedure for some reason did not work. >> thank you so much. tune tonight for a "the situation room" special report isis what should the u.s. do now. that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> in his eyes there was never a time that the u.s. was so vulnerable to attack. and senator lindsey graham says stopping enemies trying to kill us is why he's running for president. we'll get his latest reaction to the terrorist threat in boston. that's next. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got th

a former pentagon official tells fox news that the fourth of july could be a kai target. the difficulty isis is spreading propaganda so quickly through social media some worry whether it will be able to thwart every rising threat. listen to michael mccaul this morning on fox news sunday. >> i'm extremely concerned about the way the syrian isis rekrulters can use the internet at lightning speed to recruit followers in the united states with thousands of followers in the united states and activate them to do kwhaefr they want to do, whether it's military installations, law enforcement or possibly a fourth of july event parade. >> isis has called for worldwide violence in the month of ramadan and we're dloes the one-year anniversary of isis proclaiming its self-acclaimed caliphate. friday we had those three attacks on three separate continents with all of that going on dhs secretary jeh johnson is asking members of local law enforcement to be vigilant and prepared heading into the fourth of july. leland we should point out that's the message we've heard if big events like ho

. >> brangham: but even as beijing denies hostile intent, pentagon officials say surveillance flightspotted mobile artillery systems on the islands. they've since been removed or hidden. and last week, china's navy warned a u.s. surveillance plane to leave the area, in a sign of growing sensitivity to american surveillance. a tabloid owned by the ruling communist party even declared that war with the u.s. is "inevitable," unless washington backs down. back in hanoi today, secretary carter maintained the united states won't be intimidated... >> no actions by any party will change the united states' behavior. we will fly and sail and operate wherever international law permits, and that will remain unchanged. >> brangham: at the same time, the u.s. is urging vietnam and other allies to curb some of their own activities in the disputed waters, as carter said saturday, in singapore. >> there should be an immediate and lasting halt to land reclamation by all claimants. we also oppose any further militarization of disputed features. >> brangham: republican senator john mccain, chair of the a

pentagon officials tell us the website is now down altogether and we were unable to pull up the page. of course this comes after word last week of a massive hack attack on the united states government. it gathered personal information on millions of government workers, particularly those with security clearances. government sources have blamed china for that attack. again, the website for the united states army has been hacked and is down. details further as we get them. >>> we are seeing new video in the boston terror case now. investigators just today released images of the confrontation that left the suspect dead in the street after they say he came at officers with a knife. we'll show you the video. that's coming up from the fox news desk. benny's the oldest dog in the shelter. he needed help all day so i adopted him. when my back pain flared up, i thought i'd have to give him away. i tried tylenol but it was 6 pills a day. with aleve it's just 2 pills, all day. now i'm back! aleve. all day strong. >>> we are getting a look at the moment when officers shot and killed a terror susp