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Breaching the spirit of the negotiations by planning joint u.s./south korea military exercises that are, quote, a rehearsal for war. marquis per doesnt want hot spots like iran and north korea to take away from planning for future military requirements to defend against russia and china, especially in space and in the cyber arena. >> clearly cyber is a domain of warfare. we are at war, if you will, in the cyber domain now, constantly battling countries such as russia or china trying to do everyt...

Army secretary as he is awaiting confirmation, we expect him to get questions on things like tensions with iran. we expect him to get questions on personnel issues like the ongoing back and forth about whether transgender individuals can openly serve in the military. and we did have -- we have one interesting back and forth with him already where he defended the u.s. military role along the border. lets hear what he had to say. >> in many ways the operations that d.o.d. is providing at the borde...

Brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. im brianna keilar live from cnns washington headquarters. under way right now, hes a billionaire with friends in high places. how jeffrey epstein is accused of luring, recruiting and sexually abusing dozens of girls at his mansions. now the question, who else may have been involved? joe biden just did something he doesnt often do, apologize. and iran breaches the nuclear deal that president trump left. what will the u.s. do now? pl...

Help conservatives across the country helping them fight against antifa. pete: gabriel, what does antifa believe they stand for? >> they believe themselves to be freedom fighters. somebody fighting against fascism? what is fashio fascism? anything they dont like. ed: do they teach violence? because this video is shock. its disturbing and disgusting frankly what theyre doing in the name of freedom. do d. they coach you on being violent? >> no. i think violence is not necessarily something that yo...

He witnessed this bastille day in france in 2017. >> it was a tremendous thing, and to a large extent you because of what i witnessed we may do something like that july he. >> reporter: as he tries to replicate the show, the white house las greatly expanded that you are requests in the last two weeks, all of this coming at an unknown price tag. >> i dont know. you would have to ask the dod, i would assume. >> reporter: tonight the president will deliver a 20-minute speech. including an unpressed...

Hes not asking for something unlawful or unethical or illegal. so you want to try to support that. but you also want to, you know, if you can, maintain the proper sort of distance. im not suggesting they are sending substitutes because they dont want to go. im told they do have scheduling conflicts. but he is putting them in a difficult spots. he wants each to approach and stand with him as they fly over, again, wrapping it around them like it is his military. its not. its the american peoples. ...

Festivities. >> tom foreman, thank you. and while the president claims that the military is, quote, thrilled, cnn has learned that the military chiefs were concerned about displaying tanks and other armored vehicles at an event some feel is politicized. retired general mark hertling, happy early fourth of july to you. listen, some of the top military chiefs arent going, right? some are sending alternates. but those who will be there, general joseph dounfordunford, secretary, and d.o.d. guideline...

Allow me to thank you for your service. today kellyanne conway was asked how much the presidents july fourth festivities will cost american taxpayers. >> i dont know. you have to ask the d.o.d. i assume. but if you want a list of the things taxpayers pay for, that they find to be outrageous, i could give you that too. this is a public event. it is open to the public. the public is welcome to come and celebrate our great country. the constitution and all of the amendments not just the first ame...

I think it was equally obvious u that vice president pence, national security adviser bolton and secretary of state pompeo wanted the strike. the president, we had a very long discussion about what would the right response be, and a number of us, mostly democrats, pointed out, you dont know where this is going to go. to the presidents credit on this point, he seemed responsive to that message and genuinely worried about what would happen if they did launch a military strike. >> so in this discus...

To the presidents credit on this point, he seemed responsive to that message and genuinely worried about what would happen if they did launch a military strike. >> so in this discussion, was it obvious to you that the the president had already been presented with all the possible collateral damage with the options that had been presented to him? >> its hard to imagine that he wasnt. what was said to us by him and a number of others is d.o.d. has presented them with options for months. it wasnt h...