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These special forces have in niger. it is to advise and accompany their nigerian counterparts. so theyre working with them but theyre also going out with them. its not outside the realm of possible. we dont know for sure, this is something were trying to dig into, that the nigerian military would be the ones who would actually be pursuing and then maybe ultimately kill or capture this individual they were looking for, and the americans there are advising in their company capacity, andrea. >> i k...

Through it. and its part of the unusual situation training that they go through and particularly with the chief pilot who had 20,000 hours, both as an air force pilot and as a commercial pilot, he would have been absolutely capable of flying into this kind of weather, making the kind of command decisions that are necessary to keep the plane safe. >> i wonder if you think, tom, theres perhaps anything suspicious? when malaysian air flight 370 went down, everyone was looked at. what might there be...

Foreign countries regarding the circumstances of detainee transfers. mike this is a constitutional argument that the article 2 commander in chief, power of the president overrides the stipulations or restrictions placed on these releases under the nbaa? >> it is, chris, a constitutional argument and not a new one. language similar to this dates back several years in these signing statements and the president is the commander in chief of the armed forces, has to be able to make command decisions ...

The executive branch must have the flexibility among other things to act swiftly in conducting negotiations with foreign countries regarding the circumstances of transfers. is this -- this is a constitutional argument that the article 2 commander in chief power of the president overrides the stipulations or restrictions placed on these releases under the mdaa? >> it is. its a constitutional argument and its not a new one. language similar to this dates back several years in these signing stateme...

The flexible, among other things, to act swiftly in conducting negotiations with foreign countries regarding the circumstances of detainee transfers. mike this is a constitutional argument that the article 2 commander in chief, power of the president overrides the stipulations or restrictions placed on these releases under the nbaa? >> it is, chris, a constitutional argument and not a new one. language similar to this dates back several years in these signing statements and the president is the ...

Management of the vessel. not only is he seeing that the watch is being conducted properly but hes making sure that all the commands are being done, that the steward services are being done and that the vessel is on -- maintaining its course and doing what its supposed to do during its daily routine. captain has a lot of different jobs. but hes not physically standing there staring the vessel, steering the vessel as most people seem to think. hes not at the helm say as a captain of an airliner. ...

Was in afghanistan at the time. and while that battle was unfolding, i was not near the battle itself, but i was in a command center that was monitoring the battle. the battle raged on for five, six hours. with each succeeding hour, it got more horrific. i cant tell you how concerned all the commanders who were surrounding me at the time were as they heard this battle unfold. and you pretty much hit on one of the biggest problems. it was located at the bottom of a ravine surrounded by those moun...

Party opposition said needed parliaments approval. >> there is no more serious issue than the life and death matters of military action. >> command decisions taken and defended by u.k. prime minister theresa may. >> so we have not done this because president trump asked us to do so. we have done it because we believed it was the right thing to do. and we are not alone. >> france, too, sent its jets and missiles as a part of the strikes. french president manuel macron claimed over the weekend he ...