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Opponents accusing supporters of supporting a racist bill. >> i saw mothers trembling. if youve succeeded in anything, you have succeeded in terrifying community. >> and greg abbott and i went for governor. we received nearly 50% of the hispanic vote. >> the final bill will likely be passed and signed by the governor by the end of this week. it takes effect in september but will surely be challenged in court. >> bret: thank you. two and a half years after then president obama hailed the end of u...

This is a tactical weapon. it was in theater in afghanistan. he has the authority he needs because hes in combat operations to use it. now, you would think, given that a weapon of this size was used in afghanistan for this purpose, that it would have been floated up the chain of command and folks ive talked to have confirmed that he did raise this up the chain of command in terms of im going to do it informing him, not necessarily asking for permission but there was nothing in his rules that wou...

They support the regime even though they provide arms, financing and training and funnels foreign fighters into syria. they have sent members of the iran revolutionary guards to take part in direct combat operations. in iraq, iran provide some port to iraqi militant groups, primarily the cuds force. they have a long standing hostility towards israel providing funding and training to hamas and other terrorist organizations. indeed, and in propaganda, iran promotes discord. the regime reportedly a...

Even as it commits atrocities against his own people and including with chemical weapons. iran provides arms, financing and training and funnels foreign fighters into syria. it is also sent members of the iran revolutionary guards to take part in direct combat operations. in iraq, iran provides support to some iraqi militant groups. primarily through the kuds force undermining security in iraq for years. iran maintains a longstanding hostility towards israel, providing weapons and training and f...

Without very much risk. this was a very particular use but i think in terms of combat operations, this was a normal decision for the general to make, but i do worry about saying, you know, theyre going to make all the decisions, ive given them all the authority, normally you dont want your president to surrender that. of course with this particular president, we all have some concerns about the way hes responding to the use of military force. he certainly sees that as a way -- he sees it as impr...

Lets listen to what president trump had to say about the decision to use that bomb. >> what i do is i authorize my military. we have the greatest military in the world and they have done a job, as usual. so we have given them total authorization and thats what theyre doing. and, frankly, thats why they have been so successful lately. >> how do you interpret that remark about total authorization? do you have concerns about that? >> well, i mean, look, we have civilian control of our military by o...

Combat operations havent really ended there. >> combat operations really havent ended there. president trump, the new president facing big decisions about continued u.s. military presence. the nato role in afghanistan. i want to quickly recap for our international viewers, breaking news, the united states has dropped its large est none nuclr bomb. right there you see it in afghanistan. it is a moab. guided munition, most powerful nonnuclear bomb in the u.s. air force dropped on what the pentagon...

Nangahar province took place. u.s. pentagon, this was an moab, the largest bomb, as you pointed out, thats nonnuclear. first time we know of that the u.s. has used it in combat operations in afghanistan and anywhere around the world. the target according to the pentagon and afghans on the ground was an isis bunker facility up in the phupb taeupbs. there obviously is a huge concern about civil want casuallies that has a one mile blast radius. but according to the afghans and the pentagon, they ar...

>> its interesting. you remember during the obama administration, there were very tight rules of engagement, in terms of the use of the air force in certain circumstances, under what circumstances it could be used. remember, the obama administration was trying to draw down in afghanistan. they left behind what they thought were the minimal needed u.s. forces. they wanted to end combat operations. and they took many measures with tight rules of engagement. its our understanding that the rules of ...

Air forcearsenal. >> its melissa francis. put that in context for us. when is the last time in this region weve done something like this? for our audience, you can think about how significant it is. its a big deal, right? >> a big deal. hard to really -- first of all, the u.s. military has never done anything of this magnitude in afghanistan. theres been a move in recent years away from combat operations. u.s. forces have been supporting afghan forces as they fight horse to house. they limited a...