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Now? and whats the reception for the president out there? >> yes, so general votel is the central commander, in charge of all the troops from the edge of turkey all the way to afghanistan. this is the job general mattis had before him, a couple of generals ago. so hes gone out to really look at the start of what you could call the trump surge, this new south asia strategy. the troops out there have said basically in short that theyve been on the defense since 2014 when obama declared the end of ...

Young people, women, minorities. they say keep it number one priority. is that a risk for democrats? >> poppy, i think if you also ask the question, what is your highest priority, making sure we invest more in our department of defense while conducting combat operations around the world and investing more in domestic priorities like access to higher education. that would be even higher. >> do they show a risky path ahead? >> absolutely. >> do the numbers show a risky path ahead for democrats to ...

Settlement is a folly. you have to be prepared for combat operations those kind of operations against north korea would be devastating to both north and south korea and certainly would have a huge impact on american personnel. >> lea: want to also get your perspective as a former naval officer untroubled that we are seen in the north sea. they had to shadow a russian warship as it passed near u.k. territorial waters over christmas paid what you make of this, russia exercising its freedom of navi...

Moore. the president holding a campaign -style rally in pensacola, which is only about 25 miles from the alabama border the president saying the country cannot afford to lose its senate seat to a liberal democrat who would be controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. a milestone in the fight against isis. the iraqi government declaring total victory against the terror group after more than three years of combat operations. prime minister saying security forces have liberated all the land onc...

Self-serving action. the most incredible history. they have all grown up in combat operations. >> this is the level where all of these combat doctrines, how you are going to fight a future war, would have been developed. early 1990s is a very significant point. >> combat is changing. the cold war is over. a new stateless enemy is emerging. prior to flynns arrival at fort polk, al qaeda sets off a truck bomb in the underground garage of the world trade center. flynn, mccrystal and petraeus recogn...

Lot about missiles and about airplanes and let me ask you, you have said in the past that you are short of missile interceptors, you also have a situation where you are 2,000 pilots short in the air force, the b-1 bombers, half of the fleet cant fly, what is going on in. >> we are low on readiness. i mean, the air force has been stretched to the very limit, continuous combat operations for 27 years and we are much smaller than we ever were. we need to restore the readiness of war so that we can ...

For americans under the age of 50. tragic statistics are known all too well. his 19 rolled son moved into his college dorm only to be found unresponsive three days later. the victim of an overdose of a fat no laded batch of earlier, martha spoke with a navy admiral who previously served as vice chairman and helped lead combat operations immediately after 9/11. >> thank you very much for speaking out about this and your familys experience and for your service, of course to the country as well. yo...

Meddling by the russians in the u.s. presidential election in 2016, all of that progress that could be made has essentially not been made. so the russians said yes, it was a business-like conversation. progress was made on the syria issue. but there could be much more progress if there werent so many problems in the diplomatic relationship between russia and the united states. >> staying with the syria issue, as we just told our viewers, that putin along with the leaders of turkey and iran will ...

Bow. president obama was criticized for bowing nearly to the floor when he met the enper roar. a warm welcome for first lady melania trump from toke co. grade school students there she joined japans first lady writing the word peace in calligraphy: sergeant first class steven was killed during combat operations in afghanistan. the 33-year-old from california was just weeks into his third deployment. he leaves behind his wife, his high school sweetheart, two young children, just 3 and 5 years old...

Think he would have loved to have done that and may still do. so at least right now, the official word is its not going to happen on this trip, guys. steve: live from tokyo, kevin corke. thank you very much. ainsley: thanks, kevin. hand it over to jackie who has headlines for us. >> good morning to everyone at home watches you here. a fox news alert. the pentagon releasing the name of the american hero who lost his life in the fight overseas. sergeant first class steven was killed in combat oper...