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I wont call it a scrimmage because it was pretty intense, officers versus enlisted. enlisted they won that game in part because the officers by self-admission they were a little bit older and a little bit slower. another tradition youll have here is that the officers, the commanding general serves dinner to the troops. general nicholson flew in for that. now, i caught with him. i asked him just how the war here is going in its 16th year. when you look at the polling from the american public, it ...

From sergeant to private and pay a $10,000 fine. you know the story, bergdahl was held hostage by the taliban for five years after he was deserted and ultimately released in that prisoner swap. when president trump was candidate trump, he said bergdahl at the time should be put to death. >> were tired of sergeant begg bergdahl, who is a traitor. hes a traitor. a no-good traitor. who should have been executed. we get -- we get sergeant bergdahl and they get five of the biggest killers that theyve...

You further said they drill on this three times every cycle. >> its possible in the korean context we could be looking at a variety of conventional situations. its important to note, though, brian, in war breaks out on the peninsula, its not just between north and south korea. under our war plans and agreements with south korea, the commanding general of u.s. forces korea takes command of all republic of korea forces and we fight as one military against the north. >> i think the thing to be most...

Have people around the president who try to instruct him on the right thing to do. having said that, the president at the end of the day can do whatever he wants, and that is concerning. >> jeremy said you can lunge, tackle, say stop, dont do that can try to make a phone call down the chain but you cant stop the command. you further said they drill on this three times every cycle. >> its possible in the korean context we could be looking at a variety of conventional situations. its important to ...

>> it seems to be we dont know what the larger strategy is. we havent heard enough from this president about it, and this delegation of authority does mean that theyre committed to stay, but we dont know what the mission is. what are they really trying to accomplish? the commanding general said this week that there will be an enduring u.s. presence there because they do expect, as general petraeus said, that guerrilla groups will pop up. the islamic state have lost the territory, but they have n...

The generals the authority they need, let them fight isis, and not worry about it? >> it seems to be -- we dont know what the larger strategy is. we havent heard enough from this president about it, and this delegation of authority does mean that theyre committed to stay, but we dont know what the mission is. what are they really trying to accomplish? the commanding general said this week that there will be an enduring u.s. presence there because they do expect, as general petraeus said, that gu...

But does he have a larger vision? does he have a bigger strategy beyond that, or is it just give the generals the authority they need, let them fight isis, and not worry about it? >> it seems to be we dont know what the larger strategy is. we havent heard enough from this president about it, and this delegation of authority does mean that theyre committed to stay, but we dont know what the mission is. what are they really trying to accomplish? the commanding general said this week that there wil...

Are taking up the entire street. been described almost as a fest if atmosphere. you know security is on alert and well be following this throughout the morning. president trump has been meeting with several world leaders. the headliner for today is meeting with chinese president xi jinping. two u.s. bombers flu along the korean peninsula as part of the 10 hour military drill. the commanding general says yes, this was a warning to kim jong-un that the u.s. and its allies are ready to unleash, t...

Nature, it is a tinder box. >> this is "new day." with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." chris has the day off. john berman joins us. great to have you. >> great to be here. >> we have breaking news. u.s. commanding general in afghanistan calling the massive bomb that the u.s. dropped there the right weapon against the right target. the most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat. according to afghan officials, the bomb destroyed caves and tunnels use...

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