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Effective. its a job general flynn will have to grow into. >> hes supposed to be an honest broker among the different secretaries and whether he has that is a question. when he spoke of muslim people and islam as a cancer, hes been very disparaging of muslim countries as well. there will be -- probably already is push-back from that part of the world. defense secretary general james mattis. >> hes someone i have known and admired for 10 to 15 years. we have worked closely together in the pentago...

Direction of all of this, however, when you listen to general michael flynn and you hear what he has to say about the fact we havent been strong enough in terms of our commitment and that perhaps it might take boots on the ground to eliminate this group, do you have any thoughts on that? >> my thoughts are, it always takes boots on the ground. you always have to have the first person intel, eyes on the ground seeing whats going on so you dont have missed opportunities or misguided opportunities....

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...

China, north keys firm ally, protesting the alleged h-bomb test if that it what it was. u.s. and others canning be doubt if they have achieved goal of hydrogen bomb which would have far more capability of distance than ones they tested in past. those were atomic bombs and theyre less powerful. bill: firefight in afghanistan leaving an american dead raising the question, are combat operations truly over as the president has said? then there is this. >> he has big rallies bus his people have not u...

Marjah after an intense firefight overnight with taliban forces leaving one special operator dead, two wounded, and a helicopter shot down. thats eerily similar to what happened when a chopper went down during the ubl raid because evidently got too close to the wall. that man that killed bin laden, fox news contributor and former navy s.e.a.l., rob oneill. rob, as you see what happened here, can you start to put together what went wrong? >> well, brian, thanks for having me. what im seeing here ...

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 its dangerous. but theyre still denying that we have combat operations going on there. >> theyve lived in a wordsmith alternate reality for a long time now....

In helmand province. we have seen the taliban making a resurgence even challenging the provincial capital. because america has sent the signal that we are head for the exit. the warriors there are under restrictive rules of engagement and they remain in grave circumstances and todays unfortunate incident is a reminder of that. jenna: we have been told by the president that our combat operations are over in afghanistan, but obviously there is a lot going on on the ground. in the world we are livi...

Once you eat bacon, you cant go back. >> im going to forgo my time kg and snatch at that for everyone who wants to check out the bacon behind the scenes. "special report" on deck. four, three, two, one -- this is a fox news alert. im brett baier in washington, half a world away some of americas elite commandos are trapped and fighting for their lives. its happening in marja, afghanistan. one special operator is already dead, marjah. more than 1 dozen other commanders are surrounded by what app...

Rescue the special operations team that came under fire. we understand that helicopter was, it was fired at by mortars and is now currently grounded, but they are trying to rescue those who are on the ground. this was a battle, a battle with the taliban that have been resurgent in helmand. helmand is very important province. that is where the poppy is grown fueling insurgency. it is very key battle point at this point in time. exactly one year ago president declared combat operations were over i...

Check it. it added up the numbers and the verdict is clinton is wrong. 7.2% of clinton donations come from wall street. somewhere did clinton get 3%? opensecrets says it is fuzzy math. $2 million from wall street. that is just under 3% from donations. it added up donations from wall street and commercial banks and finance companies and super pacs which support hillary clinton. all of that makes up 7.2% of her total fund raising. heading overseas, learning details about a taliban suicide attack...