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hello and welcome to our viewer joining us here in the united states and all around the world. im rosemary church. just ahead, neonatal babies evacuated from al-shifa are on their way to egypt. well look at what comes next for them. former president donald trump returns to territory in texas. well tell you why he was there and whose support he received. and a town near icelands capital has been evacuated as the erarth beneath it rumbles. why scientists say an eruption now appears...

Any troops that we deploy, if we deploy troops to the region are troops already in the region, have multiple capabilities. we always look at a range of options that we may have to pursue, but, again, to the point that you made earlier, david, the president has been clear about not employing troops and ukraine for combat purposes. >> reporter: does that rule out using u.s. troops for evacuation purposes? >> i wont speculate, david, but i would say that we prepare for a range of activities and opt...

Any troops that we deploy, if we deploy troops to the region, those troops that are already in the region, have multiple capabilities. and so as we conduct our planning, we always look at a range of options that we may have to pursue. but again, to the point that you made earlier, david, the president has been clear about not employing troops in ukraine for combat purposes. >> does that rule out using u.s. troops for evacuation purposes? >> i wont speculate, david, but i would say that we prepar...

Any troops that we deploy, if we deploy troops to the region are those troops that are already in the region have multiple capabilities, and so as we conduct our planning, we always look at a range of options that, you know, we may have to pursue, but again, to the point that you made earlier, david, the president has been clear about not employing troops in ukraine for combat purposes. >> does that rule out using u.s. troops for evacuation purposes? >> i wont speculate, david, but i would say w...

0 ukraine. at least 130,000 troops and that number has gone up and they continue to conduct live fire exercises. according to the white house, president biden reaffirmed his support. zelensky said theres no need to panic and he knows the situation better than president biden. according to the kremlin, putin told his french counterpart that the u.s. and nato had not addressed his fundamental concerns about security in the region. joining me from kyiv is my partner matt bradley, courtney kube is i...

Boots on the ground in syria. >> the resolution we have submitted today does not call for the deployment of u.s. ground combat forces to iraq or syria. >> martha: thats very clear, maria, that president obama felt that a prolonged presence there. he wanted to make it very clear they were not there for combat purposes. just, you know, to sort of be a force on the ground there. it seems like he and president trump are on the same page with this one. >> well, definitely not. president obama did not...

Defense and chairman, but in the event syria imploded, for instance, or in the event there was a threat of a chemical weapons cache falling into the hands of someone else and it was clearly in the interest of our allies and all of us, the british and french and others, to prevent those weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of the worst elements, i dont want to take off the table an option that might or might not be available to a president of united states to secure our country. tha...

Imploded, for instance, or in the event there was a threat of a chemical weapons cache falling into the hands of -- and it was clearly in the interests of our allies and all of us, the british, the french, and others, to prevent those weapons of mass destruction falling into the hand of the worst elements, i dont want to take off the table an option that might or might not be available to a president of the united states to secure our country. so that was the only kind of example, the only thing...

Imploded, for instance, or in the event there was a threat of a chemical weapons cache falling into the hands of somebody else and it was clearly in the interest of our allies and all of us, the british, the french, and others, to prevent those weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of the worst elements, i dont want to take off the table an option that might or might not be available to a president of the united states to secure our country. so that was the only kind of example. tha...