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That there is no collusion or the justice department is engaged in some conspiracy against them. so i do worry about the white house cents organize this information with a heavy redaction. >> let me ask you, i do remember. this was a few days ago. there were democrats as well as the justice department who were opposed to the republican memo being released citing a risk to national security. there would be risked revealed. hints of gathering intelligence. do you or your democratic colleagues have...

General dunford confirmed the number of enemy was 50. they have technicals which are pickup trucks with heavy weapons, rpgs and mortar. >> why it was a complete shock that they would be attacked by an enemy they were pursuing. they were going out there doing reconnaissance on an enemy. im wondered why this is considered a surprise. >> you have just raised the fundamental question that we are all asking, right. its kind of a balance. they are in this region because there are isis militants around...

Its about gathering intelligence, to keep the american people safe. its about gathering intelligence to have forced protection. we dont want men and women in uniform to go in harms way. we want to avoid it at all costs. we want to get the intelligence to avoid possible conflict. but if they go, we want them to have the best possible intelligence as they go in. and here we have a situation that has been so completely politicized. and what is very sad about it, it brings dishonor to the whole comm...

Effectiveness of these programs? heather: it is not just what they use against us that our enemies can prevent us from gathering intelligence. the killings here, so-called snapchat killer accused of murdering two indiana teenagers maybe another crime. ♪ heather: indiana police believe that audio was recorded right for an unidentified man killed abigail williams last month. investigators say that case is eerily similar to the 2012 murder of elizabeth collins in iowa. each set of girls were a na...

Countries, whether its iran or russia or whoever that actor may be, the intelligence agencys fundamental role is to deliver that information to policymakers so you all can make informed judgments about how to respond and to keep america safe. thats its function. it has lots of pieces to it. people pieces. we have to have the finest talent from all across america so that it can deliver that product. we have to have policies and processes in place so that we can deliver that. we need to make sure ...

Would be. that we work with the congress to come up with a legal regime that recognizes that gathering intelligence is the most important activity in the law against radical islam. the goal is to find out what they know. do you agree with that? >> that is a critical goal. >> and i have found that under military law and military intelligence gathering, no manual ive ever read suggested that reading miranda rights is the best way to gather information. as a matter of fact, ive been involved in thi...

More to be done to protect them, theres that balance that a candidate has to find. when theyre telling the american people what theyre going to do without scaring them. people still want to go to the movie theaters. want to get on the airplane. they dont want to be inconvenienced. who is going to best find that balance without scaring the american people but still telling them they will keep them safe. >> first of all, alan just said he was concerned we may start a war. we got a news flash here....

More to be done to protect them, theres that balance that a candidate has to find. when theyre telling the american people what theyre going to do without scaring them. people still want to go to the movie theaters. want to get on the airplane. they dont want to be inconvenienced. who is going to best find that balance without scaring the american people but still telling them they will keep them safe. >> first of all, alan just said he was concerned we may start a war. we got a news flash here....

Missing votes and hearings. >> marco rubio for one. >> and one of the dramatic minutes in the debate is jeb bush going after rubio for missing so much. and this week, he has criticized trumps judgment at the fund-raiser, but what he missed by going to the fund-raiser were two capitol hill meetings with ash carter the defense secretary, and james comey, the director of the fbi, and the fact the he skipped those two meetings with fund raiz with goldman sachs, they might say, well, cruz might talk ...

>> will there be a shift in military strategy in the war on isis? barbara starr live at the pentagon with more for us. good morning, barbara. >> reporter: maybe not a mass deployment of ground troops but make no mistake, there will be ground troops. the pentagon preparing to send dozens of special forces into iraq, possibly into syria as well. its all about now getting those special forces on the ground, essentially right next to isis, an acknowledgement this is the best way to find out what isi...