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biden set to lay out his budget proposal to the nation in a few hours. mj lee is following this. walk us through what we believe the presidents priorities will be, particularly now since he does not control both houses of congress. >> reporter: we do expect the full details of this budget to come out in a matter of hours but there are major come po ne components of the budget that we know. we know the president is going to propose cutting the deficit by $3 trillion, this is notable bec...

In addition to the Taliban, ‘there are over 20 emerging violent extremist groups in Afghanistan right now,’ an Afghanistan war veteran tells the Sun. They…

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The Capitol riot on Jan. 6 didn’t spring up in isolation.  From Oregon to Texas and Michigan to Washington, D.C., stark scenes of sometimes-violent protests and gun-toting militia groups have proliferated nationwide over the past year, underscoring the growing radicalization of extremist groups on both ends of the American political spectrum.  “The genie is out of the bottle,” says Chris Loftis, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol. “That genie had hid its face, but ... it is wit...

Underscoring that not far from where i am now standing, there is an israeli battery of the interception iron dome system, so that if there were to be a rocket attack, israel would be ready. harris? >> harris: david lee miller laying it out as you go into the night now, thank you very much. lets talk military now. lt. colonel scott mann is a retired army special forces officer where he was a greener about ray. hes also president of rooftop leadership. great to see you, colonel mann. >> hello, har...

Israel saying that iran has crossed a red line. weve heard so much language about red lines. militarily, what does it mean for two countries to escalate? >> well, i will harken back to when president obama said that president assad crossed a red line when he did the chemical attack against his own people and we did nothing about it. thats what allowed these bad actors to push the envelope. i guarantee you, mr. netanyahu when he says a red line was crossed who he means it, it an act of war and th...

Hes found to have done that but theres much larger strategic fish to fry here in afghanistan. >> ed lavandera wrapping this up bowe bergdahls had a job at this location in san antonio, texas. what has he been doing these last however many months? has he been exposed to members of the public? how has he been living? >> we understand hes at ft. sam houston which interestingly enough you heard the colonel there in ft. bragg say this is where these proceedings will take place. everything will happen...

Life in a military prison? that looks like colonel king laid that out as the ultimate penalty. people have talked about the death penalty for desertion. very specifically colonel king did not refer to that. >> he did not mention that. that absolutely stood out to me as well. the harshest penalty under that second charge being life life in confinement. to you former federal prosecutor who also used to be a defense lawyer in the army barbara perfectly laid out how this would all potentially procee...

Left his base there in eastern afghanistan talk to me a little bit about his behavior. >> there are reports that he had maybe walked off the base at least once beforehand and there are some questions -- i mean the charges suggest, first of all, that bergdahl walked off the post and he should you know face those charges. i dont think theres a possibility here that he will pe maybe discharged from the army have his pay cut, but i think theres a small chance very small chance that hell face jail ti...