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Pentagon and the Afghan Ministry this morning. The commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan, general John Nicholson called this the right weapon against the right target. The u. S. Coordinated with the Afghan Government on this. He also said the u. S. Forces on the ground have seen no evidence of civilian casualties. This mother of all bombs socalled was dropped in a very remote mountainous area of afghanistan. The target was a series of tunnels and caves used by isis militants. The Afghan Defen...

Of course. We have a lot to get to this morning. Good morning, everyone, its tuesday, june 27th. With us we have mike barnicle. Mike, its not even close. No. Its hideous. Its like he didnt tell the truth on the campaign trail. I know youre shocked by t t that. Somebody tried to sell you an apartment. This has the potential to be a defining moment in the senate. That vote on this bill is going to be a test of conscience and character for these senators. If by defining you mean any senator who vot...

Clear the decks. Let me go back to the xm back and let john kelly have his clean slate to put his own team in there thats the way its coming down. We dont know if its because of the chain of command and kelly wanted to make a change there or if it had something to do with the interview that scaramucci gave last week, the profanitylaced interview that he gave with the correspondent from that one publication. Clearly john kelly likes to run a tight ship. If hes got somebody out there who he believ...

Always speak fishily for the president in term of when hes going to do something and not. We have eyes on that. It would be a major controversy. We have news on a Corruption Scandal having to do with the new administration that may be getting pursued now by a unlikely investigator. We have that coming up just in a few minutes. We have a couple, a pair of National Security stories, one of which may raise your spirits in a way. And one which probably will flip your stomach over several times. Ther...

Tonight. That would obviously be a Major National controversy if the president decides to do that. Weve also got news tonight about a Corruption Scandal having to do with the new administration that may be getting pursued now by an unlikely investigator. This is a very interesting story. Weve got that coming up exclusively tonight. Weve got that in a couple of minutes. Weve got a pair of National Security story to night. One of which may raise your spirits in a way and one that will probably fli...

Ill sit down and well listen to general dunford. Ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for the opportunity to speak to you about the recent events in niger which claimed the lives of bryan black, la david johnson, Jeremiah Johnson and dichustin wright. I begin by offering my sincere condolences to the families. Today is the anniversary of the beirut bombing. I want the families of the 241 americans lost that day to know that well never forget them. After speaking to secretary mattis this morning, i decid...

Nuclear weapons . And we reported it here first. And the three were iran, as we said at the time. The second issue just generally, why cant we just generally . A desire to go to war. And the third was north korea. If weve got Nuclear Weapons, why cant we use them against north korea . You gave a very impassioned plea. Republicans, americans, think about what youre doing. Youre electing somebody who has a desire to use Nuclear Weapons and has talked to one of the most important people in u. S. Fo...

Why are the folks there on the front lines all right, jim. Lets listen in. Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for the opportunity to speak to you about the recent events in niger which claimed the lives of four americans. Staff sergeant briean black and i begin by once again offering my sincere condolences to the families and the units of the fallen. Theyre all in our thoughts and prayers. Unrelated, today is the anniversary of the 1983 beirut bombing and i want the families of the 241 americans lost ...

Benghazi. What do you think . Weve heard a lot of talk with the president s phone call with one of the widows of the fallen. Amid all of that, a number of questions including questions that you and i talked about previously about what exactly were the American Service personnel doing in niger to begin with. Thats what general dunford will address right now. Theyre all in our thoughts and prayers. Today is the 1983 anniversary of the beirut bombing. I want the families to know we will never forge...

[shouting] quiet, quiet. Thats the democrats law. We can change it tonight. We can change it. You are the president. We need their votes the democrats [everyone talking at the same time] chambers of commerce. Excuse me, by one vote. We dont need it. You need 60 votes. We have one vote. Excuse me, we need a one vote. We have a one vote edge we need 60. We need 10 votes. We cant get them from the democrats. What about executive action. Wait. Wait. You cant do it through executive action. [everyone...