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Fighting still rages with the philippine army. president rodrigo duterte enacted martial law to weed out the extremist. philippine special forces are advising on the ground and u.s. aircraft is flying overhead. >> isis is trying to gain a foot hole dont make them a foothold in the asian pacific. -- >> the u.s. held their forces out of the southern philippines in 2015, a hotbed of islamic extremism after u.s. green berets, navy seals, and the philippine military crushed abu sayaf, the local branc...

Exists within iranian society. the iranian people are discontented. >> she and others fear irans influence in the middle east could only grow. tehran has said to be trying to create a so called iranian shiite grabbing territory from its border to yemen, i iraq, syria and lebanon to obtain a foothold in the mediterranean. observers say. she says they need to push back. >> from the outside we have rejected this reactionary policy and seek amicable relations with the rest of our neighbors. it must ...

>> ive heard from anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 on our site, 3,000 on nato. the number to me is irrelevant. we need the capacity to do with the mission calls for. if you remember under president obama, it was about 9,800 troops, 200 chai of 10,000 because it was four figures of set of five. we need to say whatever is necessary, taking out al qaeda where they exist, strikes against the taliban in ensuring that isis cannot get a stronger foothold in afghanistan while we build a national governments...

Fighting still rages with the philippine army. president rodrigo duterte enacted martial law to weed out the extremist. philippine special forces are advising on the ground and u.s. aircraft is flying overhead. >> isis is trying to gain a foot hole dont make them a foothold in the asian pacific. -- >> the u.s. held their forces out of the southern philippines in 2015, a hotbed of islamic extremism after u.s. green berets, navy seals, and the philippine military crushed abu sayaf, the local branc...

In the fact that an action -- it does not mean a strategy. a strategy means you have an end state in mind. if that end state is to get rid of chemical weapons, we already have that. we have to get the authority to go after that with military force. the other thing id point out, too, in your film on mr. assad climbing into that jet, right next to him was a guy by the name of jared gary seem move, a soviet general who pushed the efforts of asymmetrical warfare in places like ukraine, georgia and m...

Bashar al assad getting in a fighter jet. >> reporter: thank you for reminding me. we didnt need a reminder of how the russians were. the russian chief at the air base. we see bashar al assad getting into a jet. quite clear of russian fire power. we heard moscow repeatedly say we are getting out of town, we have had enough of this. they have their own concerns with an election coming up. the population less and less understanding of why they are in syria in the first place. they want to challeng...

Utilizesed. that would change my calculus, my equation. >> the syrians heard that before. the red line was crossed. and immediately responds. so how effective is the current rhetoric? >> very effective, because on april 6, following an april 4 attack, the united states did respond. were on record and theres a precedent, if they do this, we will take action, and i think bashar al assad knows that, and figuring that into his calculation. i also think that the russians are probably going to get to ...

Practices with each other. its going to make it that much easier to do that. instead of waiting for washington to solve our problems, theyre going to be stuck on issues. were the ones who have to find the answers to difficult problems facing america. >> you come from a historic democratic family in the state of louisiana. what do democrats have to do to avoid the loss they suffered last tuesday. how do they foot a foothold across parts of the south that theyre shut out of now? >> the truth of th...

Insurers they cant say no to people because theyre sick, but you let people wait until theyre sick to buy insurance, insurers will go out of business. and this is not just some theoretical economic conjecture. five states tried this experiment. they tried telling insurers, you cant discriminate against the sick, without the mandate. and in every single state, the insurance market collapsed. and thats what will happen here. if we pass this senate bill and keep the regulations, which by the way ar...

Overlord, on a 50-mile stretch of the french coastline. nazi germany fortified the beaches of normandy with guns and barbed wire, approaching their way, the largest amphibious assault and history. more than 5,000 ships and almost 12,000 aircraft supported the d-day invasion, leading to allies gagged gaining a foothold in continental europe. these men remember the moment they parachuted into france, re-creating this photo. the ceremony at the world war ii memorial today marks that day, which with...