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good afternoon, everybody. im martha maccallum. this is "the story" this afternoon. a somber scene as president biden and the first lady receive the dignified transfer of three american soldiers coming home. they were killed in the drone attack in jordan at a place that is known as tower 22. there members of our armed forces supply and reinforced the protection of civilians in syria and iraq and during that attack more than 40 other service members were injured by an iranian-made drone...

the week the new york city prosecutor is now buckling to pressure and will now lot reportedly charge that marine named daniel penni with manslaughter after he restrained a violent, abusive, mentally ill criminal on a new york city subway protectingt fellow passengers that wereen being threatened. so is this a case a of self-defense? if so, is self-defense now illegal right here inre in th new york city, by the way,is the only normal people in the city are right here in this room. >> bu...

Them to dry, and i think it is disgraceful for a commander-in-chief. >> thank you governor. the cnn republican president debate from des moines, iowa will be live after this. we go to cnn. com for realtime debate analysis. stay with us.

Note walking away from that. >> you use the word moral obligation, a colleague at the state department feels like weve abandoned our moral obligation made to afghan women and girls. how do you feel? >> ive been in afghanistan. i did a short stint there as well and i think a lot of people here at the defense department feel strongly about the service that we all rendered in afghanistan. there was a purpose to go. and that purpose was to make sure that afghanistan couldnt be a safe haven for attac...

Kirky, it kirby, to run him down. what is the impact there? >> that was very disappointing to see. very ungentlemenly, in my view. all of this is doing nothing to improve and make for healthy civil military relations. the president runs down former or acting generals and admirals who disagree with him or express policy differences. he makes it very hard, i think, for the military and the civilian control of the military to go on in a healthy way. i am worried about the presidency setting for fut...

Monetary price so we are not the suckers of the world. we are no longer the suckers, folks. and people arent looking at us as suckers and i love you, folks, because most of you are nodding your head this way. pete: very different message than i was used to hearing than other commander-in-chiefs have delivered. its usually we are going to find and follow them to every quarter and corner of the earth. thats true. you want to kill every terrorist that wishes you ill. this is a very different messag...

Elements of national power, the diplomatic, the informational, military, and economic wings of our national power are all working together on this issue. its really the first time all four elements are working together. but for me, at the end of the day, as this thing starts to move down the road, if we get more and more tension, i do believe that the at the end of the day the relationship between president trump and president putin will figure this thing out for both sides. pete: the accusation...

Place, his approval rating was 54%. the country felt pretty good about things. thats what president trump and chief kelly needs to do. they need to look outward not inward. >> you have to put up points on the board. i get you on that. >> no question. >> in terms of like tone and what the mans take is, jane harmon, ive been only partially joking this morning that the president hasnt tweeted, and that is one of the indicia of liability whether or not the president is focused on what hes supposed t...

Tripoli. this is libyan warplanes launches air ses against opposition fierts at a key oil -- opposition forces at a key oil port. in the meantime tough talk from president obama as the united states weighs its options. what are we to do here in more and more people within the united states and outside the united states are looking to the white house to know where we stand. not just words. but what we are going to do. the commander-in-chief saying a nato military response to the violence is on th...

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