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>> absolutely not. so were -- you know, the military is not leaving puerto rico. we still have about 2,500 army reservists on activity duty here. we have about 5,000 national guard troops from both puerto rico and other places and fema, whos been in charge of the effort from the federal perspective is here for the long haul. >> reporter: now, buchanan believes puerto rico must shift into a new phase, without him on the island. and john, i asked buchanan a very direct question, will you be leavin...

Carolin to stay with us. but well get our report now from barbara. >> reporter: president trump making military policy via twitter. today suddenly announcing the united states government will not accept or law transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military, sparking instant criticism from democrats and republicans. >> i believe that is an awful decision. i serve an activity duty in the military and i can tell you we dont care about gender orientation or identity or who you...

File our taxes if you needed a reminder is april 15th. we all have exactly one month and one day to get it done. back to you. jon: a mistake by h&r block but it also goes to show the ridiculous complexity of our tax code. it is tough. >> reporter: it is tough. thank you. jenna: there is a new effort underway to help save government funding for military commissions. hundreds of thousands of soldiers fend on this financial aid to go to school. the air force, army, coast guard, marines, theyve all ...

Veteran to wants a job. walmart announcing the man today at the annual retail industry convention here in new york. walmart projects it will hire more than a hundred thousand veterans over five years. the hiring pledge will begin on memorial day and covers veterans within 12 months of leaving activity duty. most of the jobs in walmart stores are at sams clubs location. go get them. martha: hope others follow suit. great idea. in the middle of this heated debate that weve been going through for t...

President, including president obama, and the unexpected moment came in the wake of an interview with rolling stone, magazine in which the general and his staff appeared to criticize vice-president biden and other white house officials. later tonight we will revisit that highly controversial interview and set the record straight the events surrounding his activity duty. first we welcome the studio audience author of the brand new memoir "my share of the task" retired u.s. army general stanley mc...

Back have worked hard and briefed them up the chain of command to the president of the united states. >> jamie: you and i had an opportunity to the program review what israel has available to it and iran has available to it. in terms of activity duty. israel 176,500, in terms of manpower alone, is israel outnumbered by iran in terms of fierceness and force? >> no, not really, because the israelis have another 500,000 in their reserves and everybody serves, if youre medically capable, in the isra...

President, including president obama, and the unexpected moment came in the wake of an interview with rolling stone, magazine in which the general and his staff appeared to criticize vice-president biden and other white house officials. later tonight we will revisit that highly controversial interview and set the record straight the events surrounding his activity duty. first we welcome the studio audience author of the brand new memoir "my share of the task" retired u.s. army general stanley mc...