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Military presence, about 40 u.s. military personnel from bases in the region, pacific command from japan have come to thailand and providing medical support and helping advise the effort. it was briefed to thai official s -- officials friday. divers from the uk have also participated in this. >> one of the interesting things in the graphic you put up it says u.s. divers not expected to participate. why is that? >> again, i think the key here is to have the thai navy seals, very capable officials...

The children out of the cave and to safety. very brave and talented people. cnn pentagon reporter ryan brown is here now. ryan, what are you learning about the united states involvement in all of this? >> well, were being told by u.s. officials that the united states remains very much in a supporting role, that thai military personnel are very much in the lead, but there is a significant u.s. military presence. about 40 personnel, mostly coming from bases in the region, pacific command, japan, p...

>> yes. i think in a certain sense he is certainly going by the gorsuch model which i take to be an elite, well respected, quite conservative appellate court judge. right? and all the people that hes seriously considering meet that general model. and they are all people who will provoke a significant fight with democrats in the senate, will energize both the republican and democratic bases. and will fulfill the presidents promise to nominate a certain type of person to the supreme court. so i th...

It could be comedy, it could be horrible. being an american is a blessing. brian: but you give back and perform at the uso and perform for the troops and feedback you get is probably -- i hear the crowds are very rewarding. >> oh my gosh, we were just over in the u.k. some of the bases. i mean, just amazing folks. we are very lucky to have them watching our back. abby: how excited are they to see you over there. >> they are great. unbelievable. they always roll out the red carpeting for us. we a...

Hasnt everyone poured over their record? it is about the records. >> they very much have. and it becomes a question in an election year of firing up the bases. there are consequences. but there will be two judges then president trump has put on the bunch. >> and the most important thing for the conservatives we want the judges to be interpreting the laws as they were written and those are going to be the most important qualities to conservatives. and these judges all have it. >> melissa: okay. w...

Is pro-life or i want to appoint someone who is primary focus is protecting minority life, the candidates are talking to their bases and talking to the electorate and saying, signal, im going to put people on the courts who share your policy preferences. as i was saying before, i think that that is not the right qualification for a justice. we should not be putting people on the court that share our policy preferences, we should be putting people on the floor that want to apply the constitution....

President on the immigration stand. so attacking elizabeth warren, which the crowd seemed to lap up, not taking offense. you have also him talking about vladimir putin as a fine man. also reliving some of the north korea summit and comparing in some ways his meeting with kim jong-un and his upcoming meeting with vladimir putin. where the president and putin will have a one on one meeting, just the two of them, in addition to expanded meetings. this is the president running the bases politically,...

Involved in the gorsuch fight and others, in this case in favor of the president here, going after especially those senate democrats who are in states trump won big who happen to be up for re-election come november. >> like they did before, extremists will lie and attack the nominee. but dont be fooled. president trumps list includes the best of the best, and with your help, america will get another star on the supreme court. >> yeah, look, whoever he picks cannot be gorsuch part two, but the ea...

And mibacarri. >> democrats have to be remain focused and on message. what we have seen in the recent fund-raising numbers is that democrats running in the house races across the country are out raising their opponents. we know donald trump will meander in and out and off message. can democrats stay on message? can they stay on message and make sure that voters are excited about coming out in the midterm elections? >> you heard harrys analysis. is this wishful thinking? >> i think intensity is t...

You look at this point whether were going to be constitutional and we understand the threats that a bureaucracy that is unaccountable, kethledge is good on that issue. hes done a lot of juris prudence. >> karen, you talked about mobilizing the bases. theres a ton of talk about roe v. wade. obviously a host of issues that would be asked about and probed. is that really what will stir both bases? >> i think that the larger issue, roe v. wade being a proxy for abortion rights in general, the chance...