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Jillian: fox news alert, israel is ramping up security against hamas backed palestinian protesters, security officials threateninto kill those kites over the border, flames from those kites torched farms and forests no one has been hurt pretensions of escalated for months with israeli officers forced to gun down protesters trying to breach the border. disgraced army deserter bowe bergdahl will get no prison time. commanding general at fort bragg approving the sentence held down by military judge...

And to treat his superior with respect and understanding. grant understood this, whereas other union generals did not. >> just remember, we are fighting to build a new union here. there are those who would kill us both to prevent it. >> i try and stay out of politics, mr. president. you tell me what to fight for, and ill do the fighting. if i can play some small part in getting rid of slavery forever, i think ill have done some good. >> then dont let me keep you. youve got some good to do. >> at...

♪ >> every commanding general needs an assistant. john rollins serves his purpose for grant. but he also served as grants conscience. once or twice during the war, grant fell off the wagon, and he got a strong reprimand from rollins, who basically, you know, talked him back into line. it might be an exaggeration to say that without rollins, grant wouldnt have achieved the success he did, but it would have come much harder. ♪ >> union soldiers pack over 2,000 pounds of gunpowder into a trench...

♪ >> every commanding general needs an assistant. john rollins serves his purpose for grant. but he also served as grants conscience. once or twice during the war, grant fell off the wagon, and he got a strong reprimand from rollins, who basically, you know, talked him back into line. it might be an exaggeration to say that without rollins, grant wouldnt have acheeved t success he did, but it would have come much harder. ♪ >> union soldiers pack over 2,000 pounds of gunpowder into a trench u...

Can principally as far as im concerned help these 1.8 million maybe even more people secure a future in our country. >> and i hope the house sees it the way you do. im worried it gets clogged up. but i appreciate it. i want to ask you about a couple other things. what do you make of what is going on with rob porter mess? >> we need more transparency. we need to know who knew what and when about rob porter and if they hesitated to act why did they hesitate. and look, i have great respect for gene...

Bombers. gen henry h. arnold commanding general of the u.s. army air forces was dismayed the u.s. military couldnt afford to keep losing aircraft at that rate. newcomers to bombing warfare the americans had botched to and from c. . but u.s. bombers would prove their destructive potential in other campaigns in other places . in july nine hundred forty three the war entered a new phase the landing of allied troops in sicily launched a ground offensive and ground troops expected support from bomber...

The idea was to be able to bomb from altitudes beyond the reach of german flak. but the reality was different. the northern wasnt always as accurate is touted and it was susceptible to a variety of influences including bad weather that limited the nortons usefulness. moreover the u.s. air force had hoped to be seventeens would be able to fly missions without armed escorts. that proved to be a miscalculation. in just three months the eighth air force lost more than three hundred brand new bombers...

The idea was to be able to bomb from altitudes beyond the reach of german flak. but the reality was different. the northern wasnt always as accurate as talented and it was susceptible to a variety of influences including bad weather that limited the nortons usefulness. moreover the u.s. air force had hoped to be seventeens would be able to fly missions without armed escorts. that proved to be a miscalculation. in just three months the eight air force lost more than three hundred brand new bomber...

Rob: theres a war coming. one of the marine corpss highest ranking generals warning the us could be on the brink of major conflicts with russia and in the pacific theater as well. jillian: how prepared are we? do we have a reason to be worried? joining us is a beauty commanding general of us forces in afghanistan and offer of the new book direct fire that comes out today, general anthony tate. thank you for giving us a copy of the book. lets talk about threats in 2018, you heard about being on t...

Soldiers who was injured in an attack. he tried to reenlist from the hospital bed. he said hes thankful for his friends. now, later tonight, they had two meals here. they had a lunch. then he had a dinner. commanding general, served the troops. we caught up with him and i asked general nico nicolson whe u.s. can start to expect to win this war. >> with the u.s. forces arriving, with the new authority weve been given, with the pressure on external enablers. weve set all the conditions to win. >> ...