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Join us. if russian hadnt been supporting syria, the situation there would be worse than in leeb yeah, and we would see more refugees. but its the level of that mull tear support that continues to raise concerns. u.s. officials say russia appears to be dramatically increasing its military footprint in syria bypassing nato restrictions to fly in weapons and supplies. recent satellite images of the government held air base in syria appear to be expanded. it suggests it sbepds to accomplish some fo...

Welcome back to "the lead." im john berman in simi valley, california, filling in for jake tapper making last minute preparations for the debate. moscow, flexing its military muscle. new satellite photos reveal that russia is increasing its true presence in syria and building what appears to be a forward operating base in the western part of that country. all of this, raising concern that russian president putin is doing whatever he can to prop up the assad regime in its desperate attempt to sta...

Like to know that its done? >> what a sense of relief. i was in the forward operating base when we got the call that sergeant cook was down here and had fired some shots and the subject was down. it was just a tremendous relief that went through -- tremendous relief that went through the forward operating base. hoots and hollers, handshakes pats on the back big smiles. just a huge relief for the commune. >> is there something -- i assume sort of after action reports will be done in terms of the ...

Had fired some shots. and the subject was down. just a tremendous relief that went through, just tremendous relief went through the forward operating base. couple hoolts.ts. hollers. hand shakes. relief for the community. >> i assume after-action reports will be done. in terms of the actual manhunt. do you think there are things you can learn from this manhunt that could be applied down the road in the future, whether in this area or elsewhere? >> sure every time that we had a search like this y...

Protocol. >> as usual, taylor is better prepared than i am but the bigger question is, who exactly are the seabees? in a nutshell, theyre constructions workers with guns. who happen to work for the navy. theyre plumbers, electricians, masons, engineers. they go in after the marines have taken the beach to make everything work. according to their motto the seabees build and seabees fight and according to history theyve lived up to their motto ♪ were the seabees of the navy ♪ >> born out of th...

Extract back to the forward operating base and withdraw at your leisure. always with more backup. at least double the number of people they are talking about. then adme n, -- admin, logistics. >> and there was hand to hand combat and no injuries. does that surprise you? >> they are very skilled. its relatively easy to over come an enemy subjected to our surprise. hand to hand combat normally we think of jiu-jitsu and that stuff. it rarely takes place but from time to time it does. the in any cas...

People that are all part of this case. they tend to have a different picture. if this is sergeant bergdahls story, it will play out. there seems to be overwhelming evidence that he left the forward operating base for other reasons than just reporting some miss carriage of justice. even if that was the case, there are other things than leaving the weapon and equipment and walking off. you can contact the inspector general, you can write letter toss the chain of command. this is an interesting def...

And i just want to say that mark mill li, general mark milley shows great fortitude here in the face of really tremendous pressure. and i think last time that you and i talked about this i expressed great confidence in mark milley that he would make the right decision. and the court-martial decision is the right decision. very simply, you know, going to an article 32 -- >> but was the trade the right trade? >> obviously not, sean. the trade to give away the general staff of the taliban for someo...

>> thats right. we were conducting kill capture missions. we were on a forward operating base. he was there. and also on an observation base just outside. >> did you know him? >> i didnt know him but i knew his unit. >> did everybody on base know, this guy left? >> the second he walked off, we were getting reports we have a deserter. we knew -- we werent sure the reasons he walked off. he had become friendly with the afghani police. he got a different version of what happened outside the base. h...

Fix. you say it is not even a systematic -- >> my mind went back to one nugget in the police department in which there was a sign to which we saw as a forward operating base in places like iraq and afghanistan, an idea of being in enemy territory which is a view you hear a fair amount from police officers and shows up in this video. >> that is exactly right. when we are talking about training throughout the country when we do the training in the tactics, it is important their community oriented ...