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interestingly enough, i think what you are seeing is the generals in the pentagon, the admirals and the pentagon, secretary mattis elevating the discourse, using sharper language like we are going to annihilate isis. again, if you zoom back and take the 40,000 foot view, we are not seeing a massive surge of troops in that country. it is designed for very good reason, at least as the pentagon would see it. we don't want to put american troops at risk. we don't want to raise the risk of civilian casualties. >> on the issue of levels yesterday, jim mattis said he had not made the recommendation yet on the troop level in afghanistan for president trump. they talk about the possibility of a troop increase in afghanistan. let's look at what he said. >> i was not able to get commitments to additional forces. as secretary mattis had on the 25th of may, president trump will be in brussels. he will meet with his counterparts. that is when we will see some commitments. my focus with my counterpart was to say that if political --ision-makers that side decide on the 25th of may to increase the force

the pentagon papers estimated about an estimated 280,000 vietcong communist fighters. this was up from what their estimates were of about 10000 in 1962, so 10000 to 280,000 in the insurgency was rapidly growing. there was an active uprising in south vietnam which included three months of setting themselves on fire, images which were broadcast into america's living room in the us understood and officials understood american intervention in opposition to it was rising, but they did not understand why there was opposition and why there was opposition into the us backed south vietnamese-- south vietnamese regime, but they thought scientists could up them understand, so slope was one of the people that was sent to vietnam. he was using the warsaw test which was a time to help understand psychotherapist. so far at least in this happy with the vietcong fighter that ink blocks veiled to release any insights into the fighter. he asked the viacom fighter to go through the parts and identify something sexual. nothing. than he has the fighter to find anything that reminded him of a

it's also increasingly removed from the pentagon leadership. during the vietnam war, they were being hauled in front ofvi congress to ask their opinion on the war, to talk about theirlk t programs.s. i've gone to a lot of the darpa here is what the annual event and it is so marginal to the things going on in the wars that we fight today. darpa tries to argue that's a good thing. we are the agency of the future of tenures commit 20 years. that's how they see themselves today. that wasn't the darpa of 1958 when they got america into space in less than a year. they developed a nuclear weapon detection system that enabled president kennedy to enter the year of arms control but the limited test ban treaty, the system around the world in just a couple years. even the arpanet was in science fiction. he was laying the groundwork or he quickly for computer networking. i worry sometimes that we dorazy crazy projects alluded to in the introduction in 1958 would create killer electrons by launching nuclear weapons that would pride nuclear weapons, and basic

you have the pentagon and in essay defending the .mil network and i believe doing a good job. homeland security protecting the network, and though i would really like to see someone in charge and have long been , creating athat director's position in the white house with senate confirmation to reach across government and compel departments and agencies to close vulnerabilities in the cyber networks, but on the .com side, we do not have anybody in charge. what we need to do is see border cooperation between the government and the private sector. that's why information sharing is so important. robust information sharing to make sure our private sector is as safe and secure as it can possibly be. added incentives to get them to do more, and it may even require some regulation. where is vulnerabilities exist and they have not been closed, we need to give the authority to go in and direct that vulnerabilities be closed. those are the things that i will continue to focus on and push for, but again, it has got to be a public-private partnership. pedro our guest, jim langevin, :democr

. >> 16 years after firefighters still don't vay permanent place to call home at the pentagon. >> i'm chris lawrence. we start with the growing effort to bring better retail stores to prince george's county. it's become one of the county executives top priorities in our bureau chief tracee wilkins looks into why so many venues failed while others are succeeding and what developments are on the horizon. >> we had landsover mall at one point. >> i remember landover mall. i remember going there as a kid. >> reporter: for decades landover mall is the example of thriving retail but in the late '90s that changed when enthusiasm stores in the county were doomed to fail. >> crime started ridesing. we had challenges in the county overall and with not putting investment back into it, watching retail chains but not doing anything about it. >> reporter: residents hoped that the opening would turn things around but years later, stores left and many other stores followed. >> there was some unfortunate criminal events that occurred within the first six months of that place opening. and it got a lot

they must be here outside the pentagon for all landings at the helipad. these firefighters are not permitted to speak with the i-team but the head of their union is. >> gone 15 years anniversary after anniversary and always preach we will never forget. i think we have been forgotten. >> reporter: the i team wanted to know why the rebuild is taking so long. through review we found the answer. a combination of red tape and busted budgets. we found it took ten years for the defense department and congressional leaders to agree on a plan for a new station and to lineup the money. military formally estimated the cost to be $6.4 million. then for four years they tried to find a contractor for the job. and then a bigger problem. according to internal military records their estimate wasn't even close. >> the responses back far exceeded the funding we had. >> it was going to cost a lot more than you thought. >> it was going to cost a lot more than what we had funding for. >> reporter: which means leaders had to scrap those plans and start over including lobbying a

it's not just all in the pentagon budget where we find security. >>. though your role in the next on cyber security. what threats are you looking at in cyber or physical that you are really worried about and we should be focusing on more? one of the things that i worry about the moose is a tax on critical infrastructure. have pentagon doing a good job. the department of homeland security. i would like to see somebody in charge with policy and budgetary authority which we still do not have and i have introduced legislation. cyber security detective which would create a position in the white house with policy and budgetary authority to compel agencies to close want minorities -- vulnerabilities. nobody would accept having the network.n the. calm what we need to do is see border cooperation between the government and the private sector. that's why information sharing is so important. mixer our private sector is as safe as it can possibly be. somey even require regulation. we need to get the authority to go in and direct vulnerabilities are closed in our el

guest: sure, the plan would allow the pentagon to set the final troop number, something administration was set by the white house in great detail and so this is one of illustrations that we've seen so far under the yield dministration to decision-making power on military questions to the than hold it er more tightly at the white house. and in some ways, i think that a welcome move, you know, idely welcome move because recognition there was too much of tactical deliberations were house.ing at the white on the other hand, as the caller said, there is of course a real that this could not go as ne would hope that perhaps strategic imperative not being taken into account as much as will hould be that there be a sort of overly tactical decision-making and, you know, obviously civilian control of the military is one the basic tenants of our system, we now have a general -- retired general in charge of the military, in charge of the pentagon and a national security advisors, active duty three-star general, so i think one is right those questions and a situation that will improve the outcomes,

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jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. know about the americans injured in this incident? >> secretary of state rex tillerson just issued a statement condemning the attack and offering condolences to the victims adding the u.s. commitment to afghanistan is unwavering. i spoke to a senior official and i'm told that 11 u.s. mostly contract personnel, were injured in the blast. they were working for the u.s. embassy. one afghan local guard is missing, i'm told, and nine guards working for a u.s. government contracted security company were killed during the explosion, which emanated from a water tanker packed with explosives. resulted in a mushroom cloud of smoke over the capital. a driver from the bbc was killed and four bbc journalists were wounded. the neighborhood where this attack occurred is home to many foreign embassies. blast walls didn't even make a difference today, shep. >> shepard: we still don't know who is behind this, right? >> it's not clear who is responsible. a spokesman for the taliban denied responsibility.

it's led to allegations that the account's being used as a slush fund. pentagon officials deny >>> and that is not the only controversy facing the ponce right now. >> 16 years after the 9/11 attacks one important and symbolic part of the complex remains missing, despite pleas to the government rebuild it. here's scott mcfarrland and the news 4 i-team. >> reporter: we all remember where we were that day. phil remembers what he saw. >> it won't leave me. >> reporter: the wreckage. >> seeing the devastate. >> reporter: which torpedoed to walls of his desk. a piece of the wall and plaque at his home. >> i was underneath the rubble. >> reporter: dan remembers seeing the rescues. >> and the time is of the essence when you're in fire fighting. >> reporter: among the first to respond to the 9/11 disaster, the fire rescuers decided to protect the pentagon's their site was also destroyed. >> it was greatly inspiring to see how everybody came together and at risk of their own lives. >> reporter: in the year since, the pentagon reopened so much of it's complex and a glimmeri

they're being provocative, and the united states has intelligence services and the pentagon have been relatively quiescent. that is strangling the public's right to know when it comes to the degree of involvement of china in the north korean missile program and presumably as well, their nuclear weapons program. >> yeah, definitely their nuclear weapons program because components for north korea's nukes come across the chinese border, that's resent. as well as uranium. lou: what is the united states to do? this is not only a difficult, complex challenge, it's downright daunting. >> first thing is what president trump is already doing -- lou: okay, what do we do from here? >> the other thing we need to do is start imposing sanctions on chinese financials and the enterprises that are supplying this materiale. lou: look, you and i have known each other for many a year, we won't get into all the years. we're friends. and this audience has followed you and me throughout that period, and they deserve straight talk here. sanctionses don't work, economic sanctions don't work, and you than. so

are expecting notices from the pentagon and otherwise in the moments ahead.uld tell you as well the breaking news that we've been following out of times square in new york city, in the car crash that killed at least one person and injured an unknown number, more than a dozen at least, concerns early when you're at the crossroad of the world, but i heard from a police source an hour ago or more than that there was the belief that this was maybe an alcohol-related crash, there was no terror relation here, that the suspect is in custody and being question, and now the police have confirmed all of that is true. no terror strike in times square. a horrible event, of course, believed to be possibly alcohol-related, but no terror, not in times square, not today. continuing coverage of that story on fox news channel on satellite and cable right now. much more on this local fox station as time permits. i am shepard smith, fox news new york. now back to regular programming on the fox news channel to jon scott. >> jon: thank you. jon scott here with julie banderas doing

of the south's -- sites and sounds of the rolling thunder bike ride where participants start at the pentagon and then ride their motorcycles around the national mall before arriving back at the lincoln memorial for ceremony. navalresulted in a victory of the u.s. over japan just six months after the attack on pro-harbor. we will be live all day from the visitor center in norfolk, virginia with a 75th anniversary -- for the 75th anniversary for the battle of midway. the five start admirals who won the war at sea, the author of the book will be there to discuss. ofhony tolley, co-author "shattered story -- sword, the story of the battle at midway." and more authors. you can watch the anniversary special live from the macarthur visitor center in norfolk, on americanjune 2 history tv on c-span3. on sunday, june 4, author and journalist matt will be our guest on in-depth. >> one day, you see that one face that you think was put on earth just for you that you instantly fall in love in that me trump was like .hat but the opposite when i first saw him on the campaign trail, i thought this person is

the fact it's viewed in the pentagon multiple times a day. hat is awesome. >> it's great to meet him. i wish him the best with the recovery and the photography. if you know no one we should feature e-mail me here. the work is really good. you will see a commander go by or general. stop and take it in. read the bios. really admire the work. alison: which the best part. you don't think of the pentagon and the art on display. that is awesome. thank you. still to come at 5:00, we tell you what to watch out for before you hit the roads over the weekends. but he is not the ordinary horse. more on thalways rightmirrator: to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. alison: 20 horses take

. >>> the pentagon successfully shot down an icbm during the first-ever test of its ground-based intercept system. the test occurred just two days after the north korean regime launched its ninth missile this year. the ground-based interceptor launched from california's vandenberg air force base shortly after 12:30 pacific time, a little more than an hour later, the pentagon confirmed it had successfully hit an icbm-class target over the pacific ocean. >>> joining me now to discuss that successful intercept test, what it means both politically and militarily and how to deter the rising provocations of north korea and the passivity of china when it comes to north korea, retired four-star general, fox news military analyst, general jack keane, great to have you with us. >> good to be here, lou. lou: it was a success, and it was required to be almost given that it was a direct response to nine missile tests on the partf the north koreans. >> yeah, absolutely, and thankfully so that back in the 80s this was conceptualized as a potential growing threat we'd have a rogue state that could not be

barbara starr, thank you so, so much at the pentagon. >> sure. >> thanks so much for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. let's send things down to washington, d.c. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. two top trump advisers refusing to comply with the russia investigation. "the lead" starts right now. cnn exclusive reporting that this the russian sources say were caught on intercepts bragging about possessing something damaging to donald trump and his campaign. was this just boasting? was it disinformation? or was it legit? >>> firing back. for the first time the u.s. fires a missile capable of knocking down potentially a north korean nuke. was the test a success? >>> plus, asleep at the wheel. new details about that disoriented looking tiger woods during his dui arrest. what does the breathalyzer have to say? welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the russia investigation by the fbi and by the house and senate intelligence committees is proceeding at full speed and so is apparently the refusal to cooperate for many key figures closest to president trump.

hans nichols at the pentagon and in d.c., a former u.s. ambassador to rusa and a nato deputy secretary general. a lot to talk to him about. chris, let's start with you. what's the latest from the white house on this possible troop deployment? >> we thought we might get an answer quickly because the president is going to that big meeting next week and the early word had been that he would make a decision by then. we heard from sean spicer there is no timeline. he asked for a comprehensive review to look at what their options are. the reports are he wants to start winning again. here's what sean spicer said about that. >> one of the things he has asked his national security team to do is to actually rethink the strategy. what are we doing to achieve the goals that you are asking about. how do we win? how do we eliminate the threat? i think doing that is not just a question of throwing money or people, but looking at the mission and the strategy and that's what the team has been doing not just in afghanistan, but the total beyond afghanistan i

the pentagon calling today's intercept test an incredible accomplishment. ts to talk about when we look at the threats around the globe. let's bring in colonel alan west. great to have you on the program. >> good to be with you, jenna. >> jenna: i know you spent some time in afghanistan working as a private contractor after your military service. i wonder if you could give us perspective as to the size of this bomb and the strategy it took to get into this particular area of kabul. >> when you talk about this area, the green zone, which is the diplomatic area, coming down from jillabad from the east. that area is heavily guarded. then from the circle up to the airport road, to the kabul international airport. so the fact that a truck of that size was able to get through that type of security, it makes you believe somehow there was some coordination from within that allowed that truck to get in. because normally trucks of that size are gonna get diverted out of that area to, you know, periphery roads so they don't get that close. so that is a big concern. wit

getting mac thornberry, the way pentagon procures weapons. let's fix people's problems and all of our committees are still doing that so as i said i know that people can get consumed with the news of the day but we are leer working on people's problems every day and we have all these different committees that do different jobs and our job is to make sure that we still make progress for the american people and we're doing that. >> but look what you're being asked about. >> yeah. you want to ask about tax reform? all right. go ahead, mike emanuel! you'll get picked if you say -- >> pass. >> mr. speaker, thank you. regarding tax reform, there's folks that think it slips beyond this year. >> i don't think that's the case. our goal and i feel confident to meet the goal is 2017 for tax reform and i think we are making good response. ms. bloomberg with a tax reform comment? >> i do. majority leader mitch mcconnell said that he thinks that prospects for border adjustment part of the plan are rather bleak in the senate. if he still says it should be re

i've been in the middle of the conversation between the white house and pentagon and you need both. you need the secretary of defense, you need the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, you need the combatant and field commander on one side and the national security adviser and national security council and ultimately the commander in chief, the president himself, to make these decisions. they have to be done within the national security council. they have to have a functioning interagency discussion with the state department, the intelligence community, bringing all players to the table and hammer it out. if the commander came forward with a request with 3,000 or 3500 or 4,000 troops if auto i were the national security adviser i would ask what for, what are your missions, where will the troops be deployed and once the president is satisfied let the secretary of defense deploy the forces. >> we have to take a break. next we will turn to health care. a big debate. we will talk about those 13 senators meeting today to decide the fate of republicans' plan to repeal and replace obamaca

the pentagon says more than 100 civilians were killed after the u.s. dropped a bomb on a building in iraq in march. the device triggered secondary explosions. it was likely the largest single incident of civilian deaths since the u.s. air campaign against isis began in 2014. china is protesting a u.s. navy patrol that sent a warship near a group of islands in the south china sea. jennifer griffin tells us from the pentagon those islands are already the focus of intense disagreement. >> for the first time since president trump took office in american guided missile destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of one of china's man-made islands in the south china sea. early thursday, the uss dewey passed near the aptly named mischief reef, 1 of 3 islands built by china in the past three ye military fortifications. beijing protested the action, deploying two chinese warships. >> translator: we urge the u.s. to correct its mistake immediately and stop provocative actions that hurt china's sovereignty and security. a stick at the pentagon would not confirm the

but now the pentagon wants to reverse that. it asked to add 3 to 5,000 more personnel. and for authorizization to send u.s. forces closer to the front lines, to back up afghan soldiers who are often overwhelmed by the taliban and dying in the thousands. here in brussels the u.s. has been trying to talk its nato allies into adding thousands more troops in afghanistan as well. but so far the reception has been cool. and as for the decision to beef up u.s. forces, it has been postponed until the president returns to washington. >> pelley: liz palmer in brussels tonight, thank you. today the pentagon acknowledged at least 105 civilians were killed in a u.s. air strike in mosul, iraq, in march. a 500 pound bomb hit a building to take out two isis snipers. the pentagon said today isis had explosives in the building and the secondary blast could lapsed the struck tawr. coming up next on the cbs evening news from brussels, alarming news from people who don't get enough sleep. and later, one family, five graduations. >> pelley: tonight we have a fases naturing new study on sleep.

displayed in the pentagon. >> here is his incredible story. >> master sergeant david long finds peaceough the lens of camera. this graph went from talented photographer and peace in the pentagon to the photos took while in afghanistan. >> i'm trying to catch up they're actually there it's amazing. >> pictures are part of wounded warriors healing hearts exhibit. >> it tells a lot of story. that's what makes the shots good. >> long's pictures are reminder of both accomplish ms and daichingzer and flight engineer took a bullet clean through neck and missed j jugular by a millimeter. jess it's remind fer life it one big ball of problems it can be unraveled one at a time. >> i'm calmer when i look at. it i have remind are i have friends that are going through similar problems and every problm is over i can't overcome them >> long also suffers from ptsd and one of the biggest passions for the late year is wounded warriors. >> it's a cool gig for me raise ago wareness somewhat i'm all about supporting my woundeled warrior brother and sisters. >> long has maintained it for 15 years and his gr

nbc's hans nichols is live at the pentagon. d phillip rucker also on the set at the white house north lawn. hans, when will the test happen? how significant is it? >> the significant thing about the test is what the u.s. is trying to do. shoot down an actual icbm. they're launching one from the marshall islands an atoll in the western pacific. they'll send it up and over around noon pacific time, 3:00 p.m. local and they'll try to knock it down sometime before it splashes into the water there in the pacific ocean west of california. so the significance really is the speed with which this missile is heading towards the states. it would approximate an icbm. in pentagon-speak that's hitting a bullet with a bullet. one thing -- a few caveats. number one, north korea doesn't have, as far as we know, an operational icbm. number two, tests like this are long planned. they're long budgeted for. don't think of this as a tit for tat conversation between what the pentagon can do and what north korea is attempting to do. >> i was going to a

the pentagon is calling this missile a kn17. the first successful launch after three field leaders.s, traveled 430 miles before splashing down just 16 miles south of the russian city of vladivostok. the kn17 uses missile photo, that could be the easiest path to fueling a ballistic missile or icbm capable of hitting the united states. already the pentagon's concern is the latest north korea missile believed to have first appeared at a parade in pyongyang last month. putting u.s. forces as far as guam now in range. missile expert says that the test revealed new hardware, north korea showed off a new engine which had never seen that was not a copy of anything. in other words, this is a big breakthrough for the north koreans. a today in beijing, russian president vladimir putin weighed in and appeared to take a shot at the u.s. >> if you recall, there was a time when north korea announced that it was suspending this kind of nuclear program, but unfortunately certain participants in the new negotiations process did not have enough patients. >> the russian say that the north korean missil

streamlining the way pentagon works on weapons. let's get on with tax reform. let's fix people's problems. and all of our committees are still doing that. so as i said, i know that people get consumed with the news of the day but we are here today working on people's problems every day. we have all these different committees that do different jobs, and our job is to make sure that we still make progress for the american people, and we're doing that. reporter: what you're being asked about? speaker ryan: do you want to ask about tax reform? all right. mike emanuel. [laughter] reporter: mr. speaker, thank you. regarding tax reform, there's some folks who think you can go beyond this year -- speaker ryan: no, that's not the case. our goal and i feel very confidential we can meet this goal is calendar year 2017. i think we are making good progress. does bloomberg have a tax reform? reporter: i do. so majority leader mitch mcconnell said he thinks the prospects for border adjustment tax are rather bleak in the senate and yet he still says it should be revenue neutral

we are awaiting right now the results from the pentagon. e equivalent of trying to knock a bullet out of the sky high in the atmosphere with another bullet, so we're waiting the results to see if this test is successful. it would be a huge step forward in trying to defeat the threat of an intercontinental ballistic missile launch against the united states. brooke? >> right, as you pointed out, timely and for two reasons, both because of, you know, goings on with iran and north korea. barbara starr, we'll stay really close to your reporting and find out how successful it was and how far-reaching this ballistic missile test would actually be more the united states. barbara starr, thank you so, so much at the pentagon. >> sure. >> thanks so much for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. let's send things down to washington, d.c. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. two top trump advisers refusing to comply with the russia investigation. "the lead" starts right now. cnn exclusive reporting that this the russian sources

in the next four hours, the pentagon will try to shoot down an intercontinental range missile. n't worry, this is just a test and has been done like this before. the most recent was in 2014. that was a success. overall though they have gone 9-17 since 1999. this is hard to do. what is unique is for the first time they will be gunning for an actual mock warhead fireed from the pacific moving at an extremely high rate of speed. joining me now is hans nichols. let's talk about this. i know you get your head into the technology like i do. a fast moving projectile hitting a fast moving projectile in the sky. >> extremely fast rate of speed is not that accurate, but the figures are four miles a second. that's what they think this intercontinental missile travels at. what happened is it was different this time. they are shooting from the marshal islands. this is put down in the waters off of santa barbara. this is very challenging. when you get to the number of tests, i was speaking with an initial and what they like to think of is operational tests. of the 10, they are almost around 5

hance nicke hans nickels is at the pentagon and what can you add to this? >> we are still awaiting a official assessment and normally they are very quick to judge whether the test was a success or failure in immediate turn. andrea made a important point that every time north korea t t tests, they are learning something, and this is a risk-averse culture under the current political leadership so they take a great deal of effort before they launch and the fear and concern of the pentagon is that every time they do, even if it is blowing up shortlyf a t e takeoff, like the last one, they will pick up something, and get closer to the goal of having a long-range ballistic missile to reach the western part of the united states if not the central united states, so we don't know if it is successful, and we don't know how long it flew or what direction it flew. and also noting that this is the second test of the ballistic missile of north korea since the mar-a-lago summit, and you have heard some talk from the pentagon that after trump and president xi of china got t

. >> the pentagon says a new full-time station should have been built years ago. the temporary one is safe. what are the holdups with this project so long in the making? what do 9/11 survivors say about it? our news 4 i-team investigation tonight on news at 11. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun about if you're using metro. we'll get to those as well as your commute. >> first though, let's check in with chuck and sheena. >> we've already had our first 90 degree day. we haven't had any 90ed here in the month of may. that is about to take an ugly term. >> near record highs in the forecast. that starts tomorrow. today the warmup does start with temperatures warmer than yesterday. currently you're about to walk outside it is cool enough for a light jacket. once the sun comes up shortly after you're not going to need the jacket for very long. 46 dulles, 44 manassas. 56 degrees in the district. as you head out for your commute, sun glare by 7:00 a.m. by noon, dry roads. temperatures in th

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. r, first of all, why is this test upcoming so significant? >> eric, experts say it's like trying to hit a bullet with another bullet. the last three tests have failed. this is the first time the u.s. missile defense agency is attempting to intercept and intercontinental ballistic missile like this one tested earlier this month like the u.s. air force. in the past, they have tried to enter sent intermediate range missiles. it will be filed from the marshall islanding. if all goes as planned, the intercept will take place in space. it involves a five foot long kill vehicle that detaches and tracks the missile. the pentagon won't say the test in response to north korea's ballistic missile test. the head of the u.s. command says during recent testimony, he thought the u.s. needed to base missile enter centers in hawaii given north korea's advances. >> eric: for our sake, i hope it works. there's been another close call with a chinese war plane. that keeps coming. >> that's right. a senior

"any isis member who comes to afghanistan will meet the same fate." pentagon presenting a plan to president trump for about 3,000 more troops in afghanistan. head of u.s. special operations command, general tony thomas suggested the new strategy could include more troops and changes to the rules of engagement. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. defense secretary jim mattis says he owes it to the people of syria to take a close look at the russian proposal to create safe zones for the u.s. is not a party to the agreement between russia, iran, and turkey. up next, what's next for france and europe after this weekend's big election. here is what some of our affiliates are covering. fox 5. part of a sea collapses into the east river. officials are not sure what caused the collapse or when exactly it happens. they surmised the wear and tear on the seawall combined with heavy storms. fox 32 in chicago. six people die and at least 26 wounded in weekend shootings. this city passed the 1,000 mark for gunshot victims late last month. it is nearing the horri

that's the word from the pentagon. u.s. als say arming the kurds is necessary to capture raqqa. raqqa is the islamic state's capitol in syria. even though our nato ally turkey has rallied against that plan. the defense secretary jim mattis said he had a good talk about the issue today with his turkish counterpart in his visit to denmark. jennifer griffin has details. >> turkey had fought the u.s. arming the kurds tooth and nail. they consider them terrorists. the u.s. relies them on the most able fighting force on the ground in syria. the pentagon had this spokes man dana white. yesterday they want to equip democratic forces as necessary to ensure a clear victory over isis in raqqa syria. the statement described the kurds as "the only force on the ground that can successfully seize raqqa in the near future." the pentagon plans to send an mored vehicle like the this one here as well as small arms, ammunition and construction equipment like armored bulldozers. defense secretary mattis returns later this week. the turkish presi

i'm curious about the feeling inside the pentagon. eeling one of optimism, one of nervousness because of the weight of this trip? how would you describe that to our viewers? >> reporter: i would say there's a very strong sense of optimism and confidence because some of the metrics that have come in in terms of the fight against isis are very positive. now remember, the special envoy and general dunford are both obama holdovers so they have seen this fight since 2014 take place. and they were able to present some incredible metrics in terms of the amount of territory that's been taken back from isis. 55,000kilometers, they say. and also in that sense 2014. that's not since january of this year. but they also say, and this was very important. defense secretary mattis said since it used to be that there were 1500 foreign fighters arriving in syria to fight for the so-called califit every month. that number is down to 100 a month. they are really tightening the -- they are trapping those foreign fighters inside syria. they are encircling t

he previously served in positions at the pentagon and the u.s.partment of justice between 1993 in 2000 included as general counsel to the department of the navy from 1998-2000. when not in government, he practiced law between 86 and 93 and 2001-2009 and of course again today. not surprisingly for his contributions on office, he has received the highest awards presented to civilians by dod and cia as well a state department, director of national intelligence and department of the navy. he speaks wisely on topics related to law, national security and 2015 received an adjunct faculty teaching at the law school at the oscar he rubin hansson lecturer in international conflict and security law. he was appointed to the intelligence advisory board and 2016. he received his bachelor's degree from yale university and law degree from harvard university. charlie savage, who by the way of robust among other excellent books. this one entitled power wars come inside the bombers post-9/11 presidency, which i reviewed among others. charlie savage is a pulitzer pr

here, at an airbase north of los angeles, the pentagon launched a rocket. marshall islands in the pacific ocean. that missile was designed to imitate the type of weapon north korea could fire — it was shot down over the ocean. the bbc‘s peter bowes has the story, from los angeles. 0n on display for everyone to see, the complex technology behind america's ground—based interceptor designed to halt a long—range missile in its tracks. the interceptor was launched from an air force base on the californian coast, its target was a mock up of an international ballistic missile, which was fired from an island in the pacific more than 4000 miles away. the operation was likened to a bullet hitting another bullet, though at far higher speeds, and it was a success and according to the director of the us missile defence agency it was an incredible accomplishment and a critical milestone. it demonstrated that america had a capable and credible deterrent against a very real threat. earlier this week north korea carried out its ninth ballistic missile test, officials said th

now, the pentagon will not say how many american soldiers are involved. n is monitoring the latest developments and we're joined live from amman, jordan. good morning to you. is there reaction from turkey president erdogan as to what the president is doing here? >> reporter: well, we've heard from president erdogan, dave. he's very unhappy, says that turkey's upset to see the united states carrying out these patrols and says this is something he is going to address with president trump when they meet later this month in washington. what we basically are seeing is, as you mentioned, you have these u.s. special forces that are now patrolling the border region between syria and turkey, essentially creating a buffer zone. they're really trying to stop a breakout of an all-out conflict between these two u.s. allies. you've got on the one hand the ypg, that is the kurdish militia in northern syria that the united states considers its most reliable, most trusted ally when it comes to the fight against isis. and on the other hand, you have turkey, of course, a key

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one thing that was lost in the coverage is then announcement secretary matus made from the pentagon friday that we are going to accelerate donald trump's accelerating the fight against isis as we will not seek to just push them out of locations, we seek to annihilate them. that position of strength will sell well in the middle east.

. >>> well, the pentagon is seeking to ramp up the war in afghanistan.as david martin reports, the president is considering whether to send more troops. >> reporter: facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the trump administration is preparing to send some 3,000 u.s. troops back to afghanistan. the exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. the increase was requested by general john nicholson, a top commander in afghanistan who has said he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. the plan, which has not yet been presented to president trump for a decision, would allow american advisers to operate closer to the front lines and give them greater authority to call in air strikes against the taliban, an enemy which can still carry out attacks like this one last month on an afghan military base that left 140 dead. general nicholson has said it would take two to three years to gain an advantage over the taliban. the goal is not to defeat the taliban bu