At Centcom News Today

Unambiguous, very clear. i have worked personally on an arrangement with mexico. now a week and a few days ago. i am confident that we will get this under control and it is important for american national security that we do in fact achieve this. thank you all. >> melissa: okay, that was secretary of state mike pompeo at centcom in florida. he was talking about, among other things, the additional troops heading to the middle east as a result of rising tensions with iran, saying that the goal now...

Increased military presence near iran. thats very unfortunate, because the problem isnt directly challenging iran with some of their misbehavior. the problem is getting into another afghanistan and another protracted military campaign -- >> melissa: why do you think thats what this is? >> kennedy: because thats what weve seen. we havent seen the opposite and we havent seen any administration be able to do something surgically and short term and then get us out of there with better results. we ar...

Those attacks, i think theyre supported by the pakistanis. they have a safe haven inside of pakistan, the united states policy is trying to push back on the pakistani. this is likely something of a reaction to that before the spending offensive begins. in other words, it puts you back on u.s. policy. lea: i recently spoke with a source at centcom who told me that a lot of the air assets that were working on syria have moved over to take the same strategy in afghanistan. in syria they were going ...

>> melissa: i know somebody who isnt tired after the super bowl last night. jon scott. fired up. what do you have coming up? >> were awaiting an address from president trump at centcom in florida today. the presidents interview with our bill orielly making lots of news. well have the latest on that, including a response from russia. also a prominent reporter from "newsweek" argues the media are not treating president trump fairly. are they out to take him down? is he right or just trying to get ...