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War on terror and why isnt the media talking about the military aspect victory overseas? joining us is retired lieutenant colonel tom mcinerney, thank you for being here. lets start with great news we have seen in this fight, the land that isis took over in the vacuum we talked about in syria and iraq, a lot has been liberated, close to 100%, fantastic news, right? >> absolutely, the president has done what he said he was going to do, changed the rules of engagement, but the focus on air power a...

Pretty much discredits the memo and its entire argument is the fact that carter page has been under the fbis radar since, what, 2013. you could almost bet that they had more information than just the dossier. i think theyre giving the dossier way too much credit. not to mention that this dossier wasnt even the trigger point of the investigation from the beginning. no one absolutely knows for certain what is in the initial applications for the law enforcement to get their fisa warrant. >> danny, ...

The assad regime supported them but nevertheless if you look at the regional context and you know whats going on in the region then the performance of the y.p. gee im not talking about human rights im talking about our notion of stability and western notion of stability they did in this very difficult difficult context they did prove themselves that they have these they showed that they can be efficient and so did the syrian democratic im going to let you know its not only you know we likely out...

Able to solve it. >> do you worry about it chipping away at the legitimacy of the organizations? >> absolutely. 30,000 of the folks who work there are fantastic. people in leadership in d.c. or any field office, if theyre distracting from the work happening, thats important work, thats a keep great people in the fbi. they have to stay non-partisan. >> you were in mexico. in central america. some of the figures you were giving me about whats going on in mexico is alarming ent people havent paid a...

Significant credit to the trump administration. how much are these trump tax cuts going to do for the economy and for wages in the long run? joining me is james, de wit wallace institute. good to see you. >> thanks for having me on. >> i think i saw a poll, reuters ipsos poll, that indicated -- you quoted from actually in your report, says about 2% of the population will end up getting these bonuses. and i certainly dont want to belittle them. that is fantastic. if you were getting a thousand or...

And you know, it is clear that he has got the presidents campaign his closest associates, members of his family in his sights. it doesnt mean he wants to bring them down in his sights. he wants to find out what they have done and they have been resisting letting him know what they have done >> there is a passage in the book the final days. you were talking with ben stein and you said quote, the moral authority of the president is collapsing, how can you think about housing. to me, it is an inter...

Hes ready to talk to the mueller investigators, but he will be guided by his personal counsel. cnn crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz with me now on this. the president says, yes, absolutely, shimon, his lawyers they might tap the brakes there. >> reporter: thats sort of the message that, you know, we keep getting from different people, certainly from the president and some of his attorneys. and then in private conversations that our reporters had with people close to the president. you...

Presidency. as long as there are questions out there about russian collusion and was the trump campaign in any way involved in it. >> look, if have been evidence of that, the congress has been look into this long enough that if there was evidence of collusion, something would have leaked out of these congressional hearings and congressional testimony provided by actors in this. where were people who were trying to act on behalf of russia? absolutely, carter page, looks like he was. other george ...

Chaos over the last couple of days in washington will not shut down lady liberty. he said we wont let them close the statue of liberty. the statue of liberty is one of the greatest new york attractions. the state will pay the cost of operations to the department of the interior. lets go to liberty state park. allison cosick, a beautiful shot on this monday afternoon. vowing to stay open no matter what. >> absolutely, brooke. vowing to stay open no matter what. the statue of liberty, ellis island...

Basis, irrespective of political differences is a national disgrace, and this is not the first time that it has happened. it is the first time i think that its happened in united party control, but its a disgrace to the institutions of congress and the presidency that this keeps happening municipality times since the 90s. >> ned price, let me have you weigh in on this as well as you watch all of this play out. i want to get your reaction so what were seeing as a focus on the u.s. military, the e...