holter on the northern african region in the past few hours these are pictures from the russian department of defense which appears to. show the evacuations from eastern water thousands of people have left the rebel enclave as well as the northern city of a three in it comes after dozens of people were killed in intense airstrikes in both areas more than seventy people were killed at a market in eastern halter while activists say fifteen died in a turkish strike on a friend's only working hospital. the command of the syrian army urges all civilians to leave the areas under control of the extremist organizations through the safe corridor we affirm that we will continue to fulfill our national and constitutional duty to defend the nation until the return of security and stability throughout the country calandra simmons our joins us live from. could see there the pictures coming in from the russians talking about an evacuation what is going on in eastern of altar are civilians leaving. they certainly are the precise numbers are in doubt some claims that there are tens of thousands by the syrian regime i

civilians have left eastern holter in the past few hours these are live pictures from the russian department of defense they say shows the evacuations from eastern mass evacuations are continuing there and in the city of a freeman comes after dozens of people were killed in tents and strikes in both areas of syria more than seventy people were killed at a market in the east and also why activists say fifteen died in a turkish strike on a friend's only working hospital the deficit director of the f.b.i. is being fired just over twenty four hours before he was jus' retire under mccabe had been the subject of an internal investigation into leaks to the news media he says his dismissal is part of the trumpet ministrations war on the f.b.i. also in jordan has more from washington d.c. the attorney general jeff sessions put out a statement saying that this is because he was released information that should not have been released inside the f.b.i. to a reporter and that when he was questioned about it by investigators within the f.b.i. sessions said that mccabe missed led those investigators those are two big

ten thousand civilians left east in the quarter on saturday these are pictures from the russian department of defense that appear to show the evacuations from eastern hold thousands of left the rebel held enclave as well as the northern region of africa it comes after dozens of people were killed in intense says strikes in both areas of syria more than seven. people were killed in a market in eastern auto while activists say fifteen died in a turkish strike on a friend's only working hospital. the command of the syrian army urges all civilians to leave the areas under control of the extremist organizations through the safe corridor we affirm that we will continue to fulfill our national and constitutional duty to defend the nation until the return of security and stability throughout the country andrew simmons has the latest from ghazi untap on the turkish syrian border. russian video feeds show a steady stream of civilians leaving although it's not clear on the precise numbers the russians say seven thousand the syrian regime claim much more than that tens of thousands there suggesting how more real

in this case as secretary of defense we even began following the efforts of the russians to try to develop these capabilities. i'm sure that the defense departmentas followed these activities closely, monitored them and developed counter measures so that the united states still remains the most powerful country on earth. >> and i asked the question about the silence specifically from the president. as you know mike rogers is the nsa director. he also has the cyber command. it is to help them do anything about it. how troubling is that. >> it is the inability or refusal to could wanter what nt russians are doing. he is responsible for defending this country. it is very important when we face these kinds of threats to our national security by an adversary like russia that the president of the united states sapsd stands up, makes very clear that the united states will not stand for these kinds of attacks and will do everything necessary to make sure it never happens again. his failure to issue an order that requires that we develop defenses to what the russians are doing i think goes right to the heart of his responsibilities as president of the un

of moving back. twenty one minutes past the hour here in the russian capital google is facing a backlash from its own employees over its partnership with the u.s. department of defense the company is cooperating with the pentagon under the military drone project maven google is developing artificial intelligence to analyze drone video data the tech giant has defended its involvement with the military project the technology flags images for human review and is for non offensive military use of machine learning naturally raises valid concerns we are actively discussing this important topic internally and with others as we continue to develop policies and safeguards around the development and the isa for machine learning technologies the us military makes extensive use of drones according to the bureau of investigative journalism since two thousand and four almost five thousand drone strikes have been confirmed it's thought that these have killed around a thousand civilians at the end of last year then an executive chairman expressed fears that the military was exploiting technology to kill. there's a general concern in the tech community. some how the military industr

one of the reasons defense secretary recently -- showed missiles about to strike florida. the state department called it another case of russian fear mongering. >> we don't think that kind of imagery, seen the portrayal in a cheesy video of that kind of attack as being a responsible action. >> we're not surprised by the statements and the american people should rest assured that we are fully prepared. >> us officials say russia is worried about the pentagon's plan to build a missile, the kind aboard us navy ships. >> several points of the renewed us nuclear strategies, which lower the threshold promotes great concern. >> us officials say it's not about missile defense. it's about deterrents. any attack on the united states will be met with massive response. >> lucas tomlinson up late for us at the pentagon. thank you. some analysts say that putin's tough talk is just emboldened by the trump administration's alleged lack of concerted action. fox news senior strategic analysts. great to see you, analyst. he says, you're going to listen to me now. what do you make of it? >> first of all, that statement that somehow trump is embol

department of defense. they have offices and factories in the state of washington. the 60 russian diplomats and their families have seven days to leave the u.s. all have been using the cover of a diplomat to engage in intelligence activities and spy on americans. >> this president knows what is right on the international stage and how to deal with russia. when we need them to defeat isis or terrorism, he works with them. when they do things like in england with the poisoning of that individual, we sanction them. we stand up against them when we need to. >> of the 60 russians expelled, 48 are at the russian embassy. similar actions have taken place in europe and canada. >> 18 countries have announced their intention to expel more than 100 intelligence officers from their countries. this includes 15 e.u. member states as well as the united states, canada and the ukraine. president putin's regime is carrying out acts of aggression against our shared values and interest within our continent and beyond. as a sovereign european democracy, the u.k. will stand shoulder to shoulder with th

all of this closely, as are our brothers of the department of defense and americans should rest assured that we have a very good understanding of the russianrogram and how to make sure that americans continue to be kept safe from threats from vladimir putin. >> john: if he has such weapons, doesn't change the game at all? russia has enough nukes that they could probably overwhelm our differences anyways? >> director pompeo: each time there's an advance in anyone's weapon systems, russians weapon system, china's weapon system, america has required to make sure that we have defenses that respond to them. as technology advances, not only the weapon system he described, but cyber weapons as well. america has a responsibility, and national security team is fully engaged in making sure we are prepared to protect from those threats. >> john: the chinese leadership just recently made a change where he can stay on past a second term which is supposed to end in 2023. are we headed back to the bad old days of single leadership and what are the implications of that? >> director pompeo: it's the case that president xi has created an enormous personal p

of the defense department and we built the best ships. >> lou: we can't even get to space right now. the russianip dips and intelligence officers and two astronauts who can't get to the space station and back without russian help. >> i have no desire to go to space. i am an old man, just going to l.a. and flan fran is a tour for me. >> lou: my wife offered me to the pace program. >> and she told me that it was for moth of us. but i am not sure. estimate of car for her, we have got california out of control. they are threatening to arrest of the orange county sheriff. i can't tell if it is a cheffer left wing to exprovide california. >> it is a left wing state. i grew up in california and it was always a trendsetter. but i hope it is not. if it is the country is in trouble. but the cost of the immigration, the vast americans don't know what it costs. and the fact that you can am can here and get on welfare. and to me, the we need because he is taking them on, we give president credit. >> he will get the wall. he made two promises that were sacred. one i will build a wall and then lock hillary cli

you're suggesting that the russians are engage in the these cyber attacks against power grids, nuclear power plants. >> i'm not suggesting. this comes from the department of defense and also from the department of energy. >> we have a full report on that coming up. what should the u.s. do? >> we must do two things. first put in place the defensive mechanism that's we have at hand. that's what cyber command is in the department of defense is supposed to be doing. secondly, we must push back. advantages good but we can take other actions. we can make it very clear to russia, you have messed with us. we're not taking and it here's what's going to happen to you. tomorrow morning, here's what it will be. >> strong words. what about general mcmaster? he is supposedly on his way out as the president's national security adviser. are you okay with that? >> no. i want to know had a will replace him. >> john bolton during the bush administration. >> one of the neo cons who got us into the war. i know what bolten did during 2000s. >> well, president bush and cheney and rumsfeld. >> he was part of that in the early 2000 that were part of getting us into the war. >> he support

department of defense. that's one of the reasons why senators nielsen and senator sha heen wrote and asked for engagement of russian cyber operators and disruption of their activities. and i understand from you that you're feeling that you have not been given authority to take additional action, that's correct? >> sir -- >> have you asked for that authority? >> no i have not. i act within the authority granted to be aggressive. >> why have you not asked for additional authority? >> because i guess my sense right now is i'm not sure that the capabilities that i have would be the optimal or only response to this. i think -- >> wouldn't you agree that it is a necessary response? >> it could be a part of a response. i would certainly dow into that. i think we need to step back and look at this very broadly. because one of the arguments is not just -- this current piece but others is be mindful of falling in the trap that just because someone comes at us in cyber, we have to default and doing the same thing. i've always believed, we need to step back and think more broadly about it and don't default. it's because of tha

department of defense. that's one of the reasons why senators nelson and shaheen and i wrote to the secretar secretaf defense last week and asked for engagement with russian cyber operators and disruption of their activities. i understand from you your feeling is you have not been given the authority to take additional action. have you asked for the authority? >> i've tried to act within the authority granted me to be aggressive. >> we have not asked for additional authority? >> because i guess right now my son is i am not sure the capabilities i have would be optimal were the only response to this. >> wouldn't you agree it is a necessary response? >> it would be part of a response. i just think we need to step back and look at this very broadly because one of the arguments not just in the current peace but others is being mindful of falling in the track just because someone comes at us and cyber that we have to default immediately going back into the same thing i've just always believe we need to step back and think a little bit more broadly. it's because of that but i've not done that to date. >> for how long with all due respect do we need to step back

russian election hacking operations. again senator reed asked you would be asked by the department of defense -- mr. wray interrupted senator reed: have you been directed to do so given the strategic defenses by the united states? admiral rogers: no, i have not. so, there is a lot of of room for improvement here. you can add also to this list failures of activity the state department which was allocated $120 million to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or so distressed in democracy. according to a march 4 story in "the new york times," and i'm quoting here, there has been no effort -- well, here's the quote. not one of the 23 analysts working the department's global engagement center which has been tasked with moscow's disinformation campaign speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the russian efforts. so when congress provides $120 million to the state department to take steps to protect against russian election interference, what we get back is none of that money gets spent, and a hiring freeze prevents the pe

department. >> new nuclear powered missile. invincible against missile defense. all according to the russian government. video animation shows this missile cruising around international defenses headed toward the west coast ofhe united states. standing in front of that video on boasting of the claimed advances, russian president vladimir putin. >> translator: no one wanted to speak with us constructively. no one has listened to us. you listen to us now. >> at the annual state of the nation address, putin unveiled other claimed russian advances. senior state department official says it was deeply unfortunate to watch a video depicting a nuclear attack on the u.s. and that it is not the behavior of a responsible international playe player. >> we don't think it's responsible. we don't think that kind of imagery, the portrayal in a cheesy video of that kind of attack being conducted on the united states as being a responsible action. >> as for the reality of russia's capabilities, to u.s. officials say it's touted new missile is still in development. these weapons that are -- have been in development a long time. >> our nuclear posture review takes this into account. >> putin delivered these threats in the hall

plea and the statement of the papadopoulos defense that the russians said we have stolen clinton or dnc e-mails. we know from the fisa application and what the justice departmentllowed us to share that they previewed the disemmination. that's in april before the clinton campaign even knows the russians have those e-mails. a few weeks later when the president's son take this is meeting in trump tower with the russians with this lawyer sent out from moscow for the purpose with the promise of incriminating information about hillary clinton as part of the russian government's effort to help donald trump, what's don junior's response? if it's what i think it is, i would love it. what does he think it is? does he think it is e-mails because papadopoulos was told the russians have it and they're prepared to disseminate it? it's certainly one very plausible explanation of what he was expecting. it would also explain why he was so deeply disappointed that what they produced at this meeting wasn't what was expected. shortly after that meeting when word goes out that have meeting that the trump campaign at the highest levels wants russian help but they're disappointed in

russian threats are the primary reason the u.s. wants to build up its defense budget. first and foremost are you surprised we heard from the state department but we didn't hear directly from president trump in terms of to this? >> well, that's the thing, we don't hear a response from the president. we've only heard glowing things about russia and glowing things about russian president vladimir putin. so it is interesting, you hear from leaders abroad they tend to kind of gain their comfort from those around trump that russian foreign policy and the approach toward russia will remain in line with normal foreign policy norms but you're not hearing it from the president. you still haven't heard him speak out against the meddling in our elections. that's something that is still -- it seems to still make him quite angry when his national security adviser calls out the president for doing so. so no, we still haven't heard anything from the president in regards to this new display of weapons and russia flexing its muscles militarily, in a way that was kind of shocking, the demonstration and this big speech before members of the russian parliament actually showed these missiles raining down on what appears

russian government's behavior. the consulate in sooegts which is near a boeing facility will be closed as part of retaliatory measures. michael carpenter, and analyst jeremy bash who's also former chief of staff at the u.s. department of defense the cia. jeremy, it's been so long. michael, good to see you as well. i'll start with you because you're new to us here. how significant is this expulsion of this many diplomats coming after this poisoning in the u.k.? >> i think it's very strong messaging that the administration has decided to expel 60 diplomats, for more consequential is the closure of the consulate in seattle which was primary used for espionage purposes. so the message bhientsds is strong. in terms of reel consequences this doesn't amount to a whole lot. after all these sorts of diplomatic expulsions always result in a tat for tat response. >> you mentioned the consulate in sooelkts, the administration saying it was primary used for spying purposes, it was near a u.s. submarine base and a boeing facility. if the facility was used for spying purposes, why was it open in the first place? why is the response to a poisoning the reason they're closing it? >> frankly, it should have been closed a long time ago. a lot of

russian counterparts, trying to make sure there are no misunderstandings and we don't stumble into a conflict. this, diplomacy is enormously important. they are an indispensable partner for what you and the rest of the department of defense are trying to do. right now, the state department is not in a good place. they are transitioning from one leader to the next. the confirmation process is going to go. it has been a to year in the state department. that needs to be figured out. diplomacy is going to be a big part of this. many of those have identified the -- the fact we have looped into an era of great power conflict. but i don't think that conflict necessarily has to be military. in aave to handle it variety of different ways in order to try to move in a different direction. moving forward in terms of increasing their capabilities in a variety of areas, but the one big air he a -- one of the areas where they are acting on a consistent basis is there cyber campaign. wheres one of the areas we are worried because the russians are catching up and potentially that to the point where they can surpass us in capability. when it comes to the disinformation campaign, the are barely on the playing field at this point. we have a