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The top international headlines. >> isis retreats from towns and cities in iraq and syria, there is a new warning, deadly ability, driven out of places in the middle east, no longer capable and reports from a us military official, staging major combat operation, something like 3000 fighters still holding out ready to stage spectacular insurgent like strikes. and we know about their ability to inspire terror attacks, in barcelona, spain, and visiting the regime of kim jung un this week, in north ...

What they described as insufficient or conflicting information. about the deadliest combat operation since president trump took office. thats especially true for congresswoman frederick a welshman who listened in on mr. trumps goals calls with sergeant johnsons window. after the story broke, she says she was surprised to wake up to the details, adding "im concerned about the mysterious circumstances she rounding charger johnsons death and i need and want answers now." so far today, shown no inte...

Too son to tell and dangerous to try to assess what it was and wasnt at this point. i think instead what we need to if he cuss on is make sure we dont miss any other threats that may be coming out in intelligence. we may have missed something on the run up to the attack on october 4th and general mcmaster should ask the community of updated threats to the overseas so we mitigate the risks of this happening again. >> i mentioned you spent that year in iraq working closely with the u.s. military. ...

Next. >> what the fbi used it for and where all the money came from. appreciate it. three veterans wounded in the search for disgraced army sergeant offering dramatic testimony, a navy seal ultimately suffered a career ending injury after his military dog was shot in the head. the author of the siege, brigadier general anthony tatum. thank you for joining us this morning. it is a testimony from the navy senior chief petty officer james hatch, heart wrenching to listen to him. what did you think?...

Send a little more than they may need, and when the state asks for it, they will already be there ready to go. secretary of defense mattis, very much in the mode, he says, leaning forward and the pentagon, the u.s. military is going to send more than the texas state authorities may think that they need. so it will be there. you are beginning to see the medical portion of this, and these rescue helicopters, these crews, are very experienced in this. there are more than 100 helicopters in the imme...

Policy. >> well, the mission in afghanistan like i said is not a day-to-day u.s. led combat operation. this is a training, advising mission to the afghan forces. like. i would completely agree with you and i would not be here tonight defending this new strategy if president trump had said we are redeploying 140,000 u.s. ground troops to take over combat operations. this is not how you would be successful in a war in a insurgency like you are facing in afghanistan. it has to be the afghans that d...

>> thank you. it was a tragic day for u.s. troops overseas. the u.s. military confirmed the deaths of two american soldiers aiding in the fight against isis in iraq. five other service members were wounded while conducting a combat operation in the northern part of the operation. the men who were killed were not attacked by enemy forces. more than 5000 american troops are in iraq, providing supports to iraqis troops. eleven u.s. troops have been killed in action in iraq since the campaign was la...

Fight against isis, mark allencar, father of 5, killed over the weekend during a combat operation in afghanistan, through american hero, the 37-year-old maryland native is a highly decorated soldier, his wife posting on facebook, i will forever miss your sense of humor, i miss you. leland: all lies on the searing chemical attack in the response from the united states. we have the satellite up and running. what can you tell us? were the russians given a heads up? >> it seemed to be planned before...

But people dont realize the iraqi army with our help and our partnership has been able to liberate over 500,000 iraqis from the scourge of isis, which is just a terrorist organization which is doing horrible things not just here in iraq and syria and afghanistan, but also, obviously, in our own america with san bernardino and other instances. >> secretary murphy, you mentioned mosul a moment ago. can i just ask you an update. how is that fight progressing? >> you know, what you see in mosul righ...

Denial of reality. >> yes. >> today the pentagon, as we have over a dozen guy theres surrounded by the enemy. our producer asked the pentagon spokesperson it kind of seems like combat. i realize the president declares that this war is over. it kind of seems like combat. and they denied it, pete. they actually tried -- they said well, we know itsbut theyre s we have combat operations going on there. >> theyve lived in a wordsmith alternate reality for a long time now. a year ago they declared com...