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Defense secretary mattis. and even during the transition she was serving on the pentagon transition team and tried to block a number of mattiss picks after she, herself, could not get a job at the d.o.d. shes really been sort of an attack dog for national security adviser john bolton. sort of going after mattis, going after people in the white house. there are reports of her screaming at people. so she has, you know, really been aggressive and also created a lot of enemies in the white house. as...

What? >> the rules of engagement for us are the same as theyve always been. for d.o.d. were still in discussions and were working them out. >> is there any snare know under which people could be shot at? >> we do not have any intention right now to shoot at people. they will be apprehended, ho however. >> we see people from the middle east, from southeast asia, from other parts of the world. these are not just from central america. we dont always know exactly who they are. what i can tell you is...

Pay for their houses through a series of i.t. glitches or a series of i.t. glitches. why has this been so difficult to fix? >> its a big shift. its a big shift to turn around. whether the benefits, the dod, the biggest financial institute of the federal government. anytime theres a problem, it sends a cascade forever. whether thats waiting in line for care or benefits. these are things that veterans cant wait for weeks or months to have a better understanding where they stand. >> on this veteran...

Using troops for domestic law enforcement is itself unlawful. is that why the pentagon refused this? >> reporter: thats right, fred. cnn has learned that the pentagon rejected part of that initial request from department of homeland security for troops to perform what defense officials saw as law enforcement activities, because as you mentioned, active duty troops are barred by law from enforcing domestic laws unless under specific emergency situation. that part of the dhs request for troops had...

Threat identification program. so as i say, you have got this blurring of the lines between what is just our cutting-edge technology and what really might be, if some of these rumors are true, from somewhere else. >> tucker: whats so confusing and, of course, i think that dod, pentagon has every right and, in fact, an obligation to keep projects its working on secret. its not clear why so much material, so many documents from 50 years ago, 40 years ago, 20 years ago would remain classified to th...

This blurring of the lines between what is just our cutting edge technology and what really might be, if some of these rumors are true, from somewhere else. >> tucker: whats so confusing and, of course, i think that dod, pentagon has every right and, in fact, an obligation to keep projects its working on secret. its not clear why so much material, so many documents from 50 years ago, 40 years ago, 20 years ago would remain classified to this day. what could be the explanation for that? >> well, ...

This one six days before the midterms. how do you see it? >> i do think that people can be forgiven for thinking that the timing of this is tied to the elections next week and to really revving up president trumps base. i understand where that criticism is coming from. i think where secretary mattis is coming from is the actual process and determining what are the requirement and how were going to fill the requirements. the department of homeland security is setting what they need and d.o.d. is ...

Thats where i was going with a comment of, you dont really know what people are thinking when they watch the video. morgan, i would say to you, one thing i find really interesting is watching a different channel -- they do interviews. >> morgan: you cant watch anything. [laughter] may be espn. >> melissa: when they do interviews with the people in the caravan, and you hear what they think about whats being said. one sound bite that william had earlier this morning was about the idea of people an...

As there are deployed to iraq, where the terror group isis remains a threat. with an additional 2,092 members of the national guard also on the border today, there will actually be more forced on the border than in iraq. we should note this, from an inspector general report this past april, the dod estimates that 15,000 to 17,000 isis fighters remain in iraq, though estimates have varied some over time. that would, of course, mean theyre outnumbered three to one there. the president and his alli...

Lots to talk about in terms of the midterm. this is specifically important because it is crucial. lets begin with the house armed services committee. democrat control, the house would yank the rug under the dod and other things. >> what we have seen in the past two years of the trump administration is rebuilding another we havent seen since the reagan administration. the president has revitalized the military from a spending perspective. when you think when it comes to funding troops, weapons, w...