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Infantry and congressional candidate sean parnell joins us now react. hey, sean. >> good morning. ainsley: thank you for your service. mulling sending 7,000 troops to iran specifically. are you in favor of it. >> maybe not iran. they are talking about sending carrier groups and artillery units. can i tell you a story about iran? ainsley: yeah. >> when i was in afghanistan my unit build the command post. it was half complete. i get a call in the middle of night 4:00 in the morning saying there ar...

Leader who was working and helping these american forces, did major goldstein at the time know he was not authorized to kill him. that this was against the rules of engagement? >> super important to understand this. the bomb maker was captured with bomb-making material. he was brought back to the combat outpost. he was identified by a local tribal leader as being a taliban member and an individual who was conducting operations in marja. there are no detention facilities in marja during the war. ...

In his board of inquiry in 2015 after it was thoroughly investigated. and i think your lead into the story is exactly what happened. he had a team from his operational detachment alpha out in the middle of a huge firefight. they captured this bomb maker with all of the equipment that he had been using to terrorize the local afghans and to kill american service members. he was brought back to the combat outpost. he was detained for the allowable amount of time. and he was released. a short time t...

Detainee. there was no evidence he was still detained. all of the evidence in this case is that the individual was cut loose and released from the combat outpost. matt executed an ambush after the individual was released resulting in his death. thats the facts. >> martha: matt expressed that in the past when people have been released, they became informants and they came back to attack his base and his people and two of his fellow marines were killed just prior to this. he believed that this per...

And elite soldiers account of the hunt for americas most dangerous enemies joins us now. how did the president do yesterday? >> he was on point. the fact is the iranian regime is the worlds most foremost state sponsor of terrorism. when people say that and i hear that from the president those arent just words to be. i literally lived through the evil of the iranian regime. i remember nearly dying by iranian rockets in a combat outpost with the 82nd airborne and nearly being killed by this regime...

White house. this statement mocking the duo. the hand shock between trump and mcconnell though, what she neglected to mention is mcconnell is a polio survivor which can make walking stairs difficult. despite calls from people across the country to delete it, she hasnt apologized. speak of apologies, back in july 2009, more than 0 members of congress signed a letter demanding fox news apologize for these comments made by colonel ralph peters. >> i asked a senior military leader is pfc bergdahl a ...

The hand shock between trump and mcconnell though, what she neglected to mention is mcconnell is a polio survivor which can make walking stairs difficult. despite calls from people across the country to delete it, she hasnt apologized. speak of apologies, back in july 2009, more than 0 members of congress signed a letter demanding fox news apologize for these comments made by colonel ralph peters. >> i asked a senior military leader is pfc bergdahl a deserter in the answer was yes. around army a...

White house. this statement mocking the duo. the hand shock between trump and mcconnell though, what she neglected to mention is mcconnell is a polio survivor which can make walking stairs difficult. despite calls from people across the country to delete it, she hasnt apologized. speak of apologies, back in july 2009, more than 0 members of congress signed a letter demanding fox news apologize for these comments made by colonel ralph peters. >> i asked a senior military leader is pfc bergdahl a ...

Russia. and it includes china. >> well, the 115th congress will be sworn in tomorrow. and senator john mccain is moving right away to begin hearings on cyber threats. convening the armed services committee with an open and then possibly closed session on thursdays with top intelligence officials. those invited to include the director of national intelligence, james clapper, marcel lettre anded a mi ed ed michael rogers. mccain was overseas for the new year tweeting from ukraine, spending new yea...