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Trump arriving back in washington d.c. after a few days in florida meeting with president of china. they talked about north korea. and recent provocations including banned missile testing by north korea, president is sending a strong message by delaying a u.s. carrier strike group. uss carl vinson and its supporting chip, that massive fighting force is being diverted to waters off of the korean peninsula. >> when i was ambassador in kuwait in 1990s, i referred to carrier battle group as a 100,00...

To do. when i was ambassador in kuwait in the midnight to nine days, i referred to a carrier battle group as a 100,000 tons of diplomacy. i worked very closely with central command to be sure we had carrier present in the northern gulf when we need it. the president has made the right move both in syria and in korea, but again, this is just the beginning. i would say about the attacks on palm sunday in egypt reminds us all that we have got a determined and absolutely ruthless enemy in the form o...

On the campaign trail. but as indira lakshmanan writes about in her most recent column in "the boston globe," president trump is earning a reputation as a boss who wants a quick fix and who doesnt much care how you got there. and indira is back with me. so indira, the guardian wrote this week that trump earlier this year ordered the review of the rules of engagement set by his predecessor barack obama that insisted on the near certainty that there would be no civilian casualties before any air s...

Threshold being ordered. we being less careful in your view in terms of trying to avoid civilian casualties under donald trump? >> well, so there is one thing which is whether the actual rules of engagement have changed yet. what we know this week from the pentagon is they have not. the head of central command has testified before the house armed services committee and said they havent changed the rules of engage. however, that is different from the tone that is set from the top. donald trump ha...

Rules of engagement have changed yet. what we know this week from the pentagon is they have not. the head of central command has testified before the house armed services committee and said they havent changed the rules of engage. however, that is different from the tone that is set from the top. donald trump has made it very clear that he is all about defeating isis. do it. do it quickly. get it done. he is about delegating to the pentagon. whereas president obama was criticized some would say ...

This area to understand the significance of what i just said. >> well, the civilian casualties are a thing of war, but whats happened in the last couple weeks are these major incidents and you have allegations of hundreds of deaths on the ground and people are trying to figure out if this is related to trumps promise to loosen the reins on the war, to give more power to the generals, to central command to fight without restrictions that were perceive beneath obamas policies. >> so now we have a ...

Protest acoustic continue. >> at least mr. navalnys arrest has been publicized globally and well watch what happens to him. eamon. >> some developments in the fight against isis kurdish forces captured air base, this according to "associated press." its loeshted 20 miles west of terror groups de facto capital of raqqa. located near syrias largest dam which may have sustained damage in that fighting. senior u.s. military officials say they are investigating a deadly airstrike in mosul that may le...

In the facts an the reporting on this from the iraqi government and the u.s. military central command about which days there may have been air strikes carried out that could have resulted in civilian deaths. can you make sense of how many of these incidents could have taken place that could have led to such a high number of civilians killed. >> you try and document as best you can, when bullets are flying, bombs are dropping, people are moving, shots are being fired. a lot of the paperwork and r...

Probability that eyeis continues to want to attack targets in the west so this is a very real serious issue that will be torn apart by our intelligence analysts on both sides of the atlantic. >> how well integrated are our count gerrer counterterror with those in london. i know theyre back and forth communication from virginia but presumably we have counterterror officials at the our embassy in london and are they integrated within the metropolitan police there? >> this, closely, talk not just d...

Medicaid every year, i want to make sure that the market insurance system is working for them so they can afford health insurance and get off of medicate. >> the u.s. military is likely to send up to 1,000 more troops into northern syria in the coming weeks as part of the fight against isis. you are a veteran and have served on the armed services committee. do you support sending these additional troops. >> jake, ill review what general madison of central command has said, i dont think we should...