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And of course theyre clean. thats what we want. >> it is ignored in this, though, steve. >> they are only viable because we massively subsidize it. if you take away our government subsidie subsidies, there is no wind industry. >> there is no question. the reason its trying to get a foothold is because its cleanerment its better for the environment. >> wait, wait, wait. i got a consideration on it. you just said wind industry is an infinite industry. weve had windmills since the middle age. >> th...

Alcohol, drug and particularly drug abuse here. >> heroin has really gotten a foothold. it is an problem not front a medical standpoint but a lot of addicts, theyre functional addicts. theyre not really working but theyre sell to feed their habits. theyre prostituting, they are doing nengs degrade the community. >> see just one doctors impression of what would happen if the affordable care act did not exist. >> thank you. when i woke up this morning, there were all sorts of rumors that it would ...

Five years after ka daf i was ousted. they are increasingly concerned. >> what is russia trying to do in libya, general? >> senator, russia is trying to exert influence on the ultimate decision of who becomes and what entity becomes in charge of the government inside libya. >> theyre trying to do in libya what theyve been doing in syria? >> yes, thats a good way to characterize it. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn at an air base in western egypt 60 miles from the libyan border, russian drone...

Get inside libya. >> this doesnt only give them greater power in africa, but it gives them a foothold in the mediterranean on the southern edge of europe where they can potentially threaten u.s. interests and those of u.s. allies. so this is a big deal. >> reporter: russias influence is moving fast. earlier this month, the u.s.-back leader based in western libya was in moscow meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> translator: our relations with russia are strong and deep rooted. we plan...

Certain truths from those intelligence heads who served under president obama for us to see the growing influence of russia and her tactics to get a foothold in other nations and had they used the tactics to influence our elected officials. >> do you expect your hearing on the 20th to be out in the public? the american people are going to be suspicious if you dont put it out in public. >> im hoping there would be series of hearings this year and next year that will be pronounce and and give the ...

Iraqi forces, have managed to capture their first foothold on the western side of the tigress river in the western part of iraqs second biggest city, mosul. its not as though they didnt face resistance, but the real fear here is that isis may have retrenched into the more densely populated northern and western parts ever mosul. the battle will be far more entrenched in the weeks and months to come from here. what we know so far from the joint operations commanders is that the forces have managed...

Fair? >> nothing is fair in politics. this is -- if youre interested in fairness, people need to find another line of work. reality is we see grandstanding. jeff sessions was always going to be confirmed. no possibility the democrats would stop it whatsoever so we see grandstanding and posturing and people trying out different type of techniques to get a foothold for the democratic party going forward. >> but look at headlines, i know you say its grandstanding. #shepersisted. #letlizspeak. >> an...

Silencing? >> nothing is fair in politics. this is, you know, if youre interested in fairness, people need to go find another line of work. i think the reality is, what we see is grandstanding. jeff sessions was always going to be confirmed. there was no possibility that the democrats were going to stop that confirmation whatsoever. and so we see grandstanding and posturing and really people trying out different techniques to try to get a foothold for the democratic party going forward. >> let m...

Of the deal? what does it mean for our relations going forward? its very powerless for our relationgoing forward because that is -- it was a really important deal for turnbull. theyve already talked in australia about potentially sending home u.s. marines who are station there had. that was a big victory for president obama, was to get marines stationed in australia. as i said, if theres war in asia, with, you know, between china and whomever else, having a u.s. foothold in australia is very imp...

He accidentally dated it july 5th. >> general eisenhower would take responsibility for failure. he would manage failure if failure happened in a way most helpful for political leadership. >> june 6th. almost 4,500 men died that day. and many more were wounded. but the allies gained a foothold. and it turned out to be decisive. within a year, victory was achieved in europe. ike got a ticker-tape parade when he returned to the united states. >> thats the first time id seen so -- so many military u...