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>> thats right. you wouldnt recognize afghanistan from the times youve been there. its almost like a ghost town, barely enough troops to keep the lights on. i left there in 2015 with less than 10,000 troop statements had the bases only special forces leaving the buyer to take the fight to the enemy. a brigade plus side this element is going to advise that a more tactical level. we need to get shoulder to shoulder doing the fighting to call in airstrikes for them, and colin medevac. afghanistan h...

Serious question is how safe even on their own bases as they train their afghan partners. another attack today and how many americans were hurt. >> us official telling me 7 u.s. army soldiers wounded in afghanistan, a similar incident, and insider attack. afghan forces supposed to be friendly. the pentagon, secretary matus, 5000 more us american soldiers, to defeat the taliban and. 16 years of war. >> thank you. >> donald trumps decision to scrap his predecessors cuba policy and set a new course...

What we understand and the white house has essentially confirmed most of this is this is not a total rollback of the obama administration policy. the ambassadors are still going to say in havana. in washington people will still be able to travel from the united states to cuba to do cultural and religious missions. there will be restrictions on individual travel into cuba and the treasury department is going to be making sure that people are following the law when it comes to the embargo and doin...

Is added, how they are used. the fact of the matter is under the obama administration, our troops were under very severe, strict rules of engagement, they were kept inside their bases and unfortunately the afghan military is not yet prepared to conduct unilateral operations. operations without us. i think if they are able to let our troops go out there and take the fight to the enemy and bring out airpower capabilities, i think it will certainly change the tide. >> kelly: general jim mattis went...

Has the president invoked executive privilege in the caves your testimony here today? >> he has not. >> then what is the basis of your refusal to answer these questions? >> senator cain, the president has a constitutional. >> i understand that, but the president hasnt asserted it. you said you dont have the power to assert the executive privilege. what is the legal bases of protecting they conversations. >> i am protecting the right of the president, i will exert it if he chooses. >> thats the b...

>> we had jn than turley on earlier this morning. he had a question about standing. do you have standing? >> we believe we have standing on two bases, first sovereign standing, the responsibility of attorney generals to protect the interest of their residents. if the president of the united states is violating the fundament alan tie corruption law known as the emolunts clause ta gives us standing to protect our people. you make a good point, joe. there is a no doubt that they have a role in the ...

Out so that when they head into the midterms youre not having this sort of still very divisive divide among democrats. >> the challenge for the leadership to take back the house, they dont necessarily need to move to the center. it will probably be a base election in the midterms that are roughly two dozen seats that hillary clinton won that republicans have occupy those seats in those districts. if the base turns out, the republican bases turnout, maybe they win back the house in the midterms, ...

Pentagon, it seems the air strike took place a bit past 2:00 a.m. and involved a drone. eight militants were killed at the camp. al shabaab was named as an affiliate of al-quaida in 2012. the al shabaab fighters have overrun three bases used by the african union peacekeepers, taking weapons from the bases. in february, somalia elected a new president, that is a u.s. somali citizen interested in pursuing aggressive reforms. jon? >> jon: so how did president trump change the policy on air strikes ...

Of questions like they did for hillary clinton. >> can we talk a little bit about hedging your bets? i dont want to put too fine a point on it, but i kind of agree that he is in the of any russian action. that is about as double-edged as you get. >> they are trying to cover their bases. >> why do they need to do that at this point? they are talking policy now. >> senator graham did not like trump, trump released his cell phone number to the american people. when i watched the comey hearing and t...

Terrorism. they will stop the funding of terrorism. thats not an easy fight, but that is a fight we will win. we are just going to starve the bases. believe me. the secretary has been working to repeal and replace obamacare. the house passed a bill. the senate has it right now. mitch mcconnell is working very, very hard, as are the republican senators. we will have zero backing from the democrats, even though they should get in and do something, but we expect to get zero. if we have the greatest...