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Battered about, his last live shot, fairly calm, but once the eye moves forward, there will be more rain and wind on the other side of it. this is near rock port texas, you see a driving shot of the weather conditions in texas as hurricane harvey is making landfall on the texas coast. this all happening as north korea fires three ballistic missiles. president trump continues his ban on transgender troops. not a slow news friday. whe where do we start? first i want to get your reaction to this hu...

Move assets, someone who looks at the capabilities. you have assets there that can be deployed, you have ground assets that can move out from there, you have other bases surrounding the area, even over arizona. general kelly, as a someone whos been in the command structure knows how to move assets around. he has a good team. tom bossert is very capable, so the president has a great tactical team that can follow. the spew on most deaths from hurricane occur from flooding. there was a study done s...

>> jon: so, you have heard there is some dispute in washington over the border wall, president trump promised during the campaign, especially how to pay for it, and whether there is some kind wall funding bill will be attached to an effort to try to pay for it or lift the debt ceiling in this country, that is one of the controversies of the moment, arizona senator jeff flake has been taking some heat from the president, the president has called a flake "weak" on borders, joining us now, leslie m...

Going to help afghanistan defeat al qaeda, isis, and similar groups and keep them out after the long term. >> heather: i know one of your big concerns in terms of numbers are additional bases and how many would be opened. >> there are a lot of factors that go into determining how many forces you need. im concerned about the footprint, the draw down this president obama ordered left us without significant positions from the country. i think it will be necessary for us to reopen some of those posi...

If they continue at the trend they are working at. they are saying to black voters we dont care about you, we dont want to talk to you, we dont care about it and we double down on this rhetoric. >> eric: we are up against the clock, what do you think? >> the president said it best from the podium last night, i was told not to say this, i was told not to say that, and he said it. if you would just take the advice he was given and dont appeal to the base. the bases with you know matter what, you h...

It seems so wise. well, as the actions of these 11 to 13-year-old kids from venezuela who gave us all a lesson about sportsmanship. look at that. consoling young edward. that, guys, is what its all about. >> it is, coy. the best thing about the little league world series. youll see a kid hit a home run and get knuckles from the other team as he goes around the bases. its a model for everyone to watch. i love it. >> those kids put their heart into it. oh -- and we just -- >> weepy. thank you, coy...

>> the president didnt answer a question that was on i think a lot of folks minds last night. how many american lives is he willing to sacrifice, is he willing to risk to continue this counter terrorism effort. listen to what mike pence said about that this morning. >> hes going to send more troops to afghanistan, but he didnt say how many and what time line he would use for them being there. you were a key part of the discussions that led to this new strategy. >> the answer to that will be base...

He was a prisoner of war in vietnam for five and half years during the vietnam war after his skyhawk was shot down over vietnam. back to your point about training, navy officials i spoke too, active duty navy officers have said, one in particular, its not the same level of training we used to get. as a result of sequestration and mandatory cuts and budget cuts to the u.s. defense department, my colleague in the pentagon, jennifer griffin traveled a year ago to two marine core bases and we saw ma...

Activists demand they stop the exercises to avoid war. >> the military exercises begin today. i think the right thing to do is minimize the scale of the exercises or stop the exercises permanently. they can provoke north korea during the crisis in the korean peninsula. >> the question is how will north korea respond to this 10-day event? last year it fired a ballistic missile from a submarine with an underground nuclear test and fired four missiles capable of hitting u.s. bases in japan. history...

In some nba news, the league is investigating the los angeles lakers following tampering charges filed by the pacers. while paul george has one year left on his contract with the oklahoma city thunder after being traded from indiana in june, it centered around magic johnson after he joked during a late night television appearance about interacting with george ahead of the opening of free agency. l.a. has denied any wrong doing. they can face a number of penalties including fines, a loss of a dra...