questioned why they were telegraphing so much information and where these leaks and statements were coming from. but now that we re hearing it s pushed back, what we re being told is, listen this is about the iraqis we have to make sure they are ready for this. this is on their shoulders. they re not ready so now we re not going to move forward. what do you think the indesissiveness telegraphs to the enemy, or are we trying to take them off guard and this is a switcharadiooo. shannon, i wanted to believe we were talking about a giant faint, a distraction a giant deception campaign from the pentagon. now it looks more like a three-ring circus than anything else. we know the iraqi army isn t ready and capable. i know that from hearing from guys on the ground in baghdad and training iraqi forces they re not where we need them to be. so while we re there talking spring offensive in the first place baffles me. i think we ve got rhetoric getting in front of reality. now we re talking about
the white house now in the position of defending their ongoing nuclear negotiations with iran. white house correspondent kevin cork filed this report. shannon, good evening to you. iran has been a safe haven for al qaeda, this according to newly released documents. all this happening as the u.s. and iran conduct nuclear talks and just ahead of a planned speech before congress by frequent iranian critic the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the deep relationship between the sponsor of terrorism and the terrorist group released in a trial of a pakistani national charged with planning an attack on new york. here s white house press secretary josh earnest. i haven t reviewed those documents. again, we have a long list of concerns with iran. at the top of that list is their nuclear program. but we continue to have concerns about their support for terrorism around the globe. the revelation part of a trove of intel collected nearly four years ago.
reason he was released from jail in north carolina he would be wanted by immigrations and customs enforce, a little late, right? authorities in north carolina say they believe the quadruple murder was drug-related but they still won t release more details including the cause of death, shannon. trace thank you very much. there is new fallout tonight from an administration proposal to ban ammunition for certain firearms. critics are calling it gun control by executive order. tonight, the head of one of the country s largest shooting groups is here to weigh in. larry keane is senior vice president and general council of the national shooting sports foundation. larry, good to see you tonight. good to be here, shannon. thanks for having us on. okay. i want to explain a little bit. the atf is putting out a process in which it may take away an exemption that currently exists for certain kinds of ammunition that are sold and widely, widely used. now, there are those who believe that
accounts. pete hegsheth, a veteran himself, pete, great to see you. what do you make of this alleged change in strategy? shannon, think again, turn away. that s our hash tag strategy against isis right now. until you can take a hash tag, load it into a magazine, rack it into an m-4, charge it and put it in the forehead of an isis fighter, they can take their hash tags and sit on the sidelines. the reality is until you show the enemy that you re willing to kill them and defeat them, the ideological war, which is important, hash tags, online, social media is important in a comprehensive campaign. until you show you re willing to fight the fight, the online fight is just a tertiary, secondary component of it. the state department s touting this as a new front. congratulations, welcome to the information war. i m glad you finally arrived. the reality is until isis feels the heat on the ground, this hash tag conflict isn t going to do us all that much good. we heard the theory on the gr
long standing relationship with israel? shannon. all right our thanks to kevin. our next guest says the revelations remind us who the u.s. is dealing with in tehran. a veteran american diplomat served as assistant secretary state in the reagan administration, former special assistant to president george w. bush. sir, thank you for joining us. sure, glad to be here, shannon. with this information now laid out why are we negotiating with iran and continuing to give them more and more time and a better and better deal? well, that s a very good question because these documents reveal something that we suspected we couldn t prove in the bush years that they were helping al qaeda. people said, oh that s impossible because they re shia, al qaeda s sunni. but it was happening and it s a reminder they re the largest state sponsor of terrorism. and they are a dangerous enemy of the united states with a lot of american blood on their hands. this negotiation is getting them closer and clos