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And any movements, anything can help us get an edge on the war on terror. >> alex, what you are learning in your reporting as to why, you know, we do know they were planning for this for a long time. something happened they did not expect. >> theyre not going to have strategic surprise. these people know that we want them. >> right. >> and they know that were targeting them. so the best thing is a tactical surprise. and why they didnt have that, i suspect there is a lot of smart people asking th...

Innocent individuals, some children are still -- hopefully they will survive. we have individuals in the hospital. i hope all those survive. absolute evil. five people lost their lives. >> rick scott, thank you very much. our panel joining us now. general marks, when the shooter was being interviewed by the fbi, went in under his own direction, nobody forced him to, said he was hearing voices in his head, some telling him to join isis. they let local authorities know. he went into a mental hospi...

These two personalities that might in fact conflate in that they both have excessive, what i would call excessive confidence. and when you act on that confidence, you tend to dismiss what might be contrarian views that are coming in, those whispers in your ear that are essential to good, solid loep leadership. you need to have somebody telling you routinely, hey, president, put your shirt back on. hey, president-elect, lets not try to embrace putin too much. >> nobody tells putin to put his shir...

A welcome back, im fredricka whitfield. more on our breaking news, the obama white house making strong statements with russian cyber hacking threatening to deport or ask for the departure of 35 russian operatives. i have a fantastic panel of people joining us is, general spider marks with us now. general marks. this is whats being revealed in a lengthy four-paragraph statement from the white house but a lot of information we dont know in terms of what where the action -- what the action the whit...

Him as a skilled, focused and deliberate leader. in 2013, he told "usa today" -- there was always a sense we had to put things into words that would touch our troops hearts, not just their heads. im also joined by retired major general spider marks. welcome to both of you, thanks, carol. >> thanks, carol. >> general marks, mr. trump sell mattis is the closest thing to patton we can get. you see is he like george patton? >> i would say there are some extreme similarities here, primarily because w...

Administration has been considering new efforts since before the election to shore up parts of the iran nuclear deal. bob, could mattis potentially oversee the undoing of this deal? and what are the potential dangers in doing so? >> well, general mattis, i agree. hes a good choice. in fact, hes a great choice. i want to see a four-star general in there who has combat experience, understands the middle east. hes not going to go into a confrontation lightly with iran. he knows what hes up against....

Spyder marks and former cia operative. thank you for coming on. general marks, first to you. i think theres a lot of curiosity about what he would do as secretary of fence. whats his appetite for war? will he be in favor of more troops in syria? what can you tell us? >> i would say he brings to the table a deep understanding of the sacrifices of what the young men and women in uniform looks like. i think he would be cautious about the commitment of the military but hes not bashful about when you...

Fundamental islamic beliefs. on top of that, we need to look at the technology theyre using, which is online technology in order to recruit. not only are they able to spread the message to all these different places you just aimed but theyre also able to recruit fighters back to the middle east to get training, and then they can go back home. so online is something that has to be stopped. the recruitment and the discussion thats going on online to recruit these people not only as lone wolves but...

Of jihadi fighters that could easily obtain weapons and turn on any city because the police cannot beat this. i think the whole immigration thing is going to be in the next couple weeks will be absolutely huge. and again, guy back to the fact the availability of weapons and the fact that these people can communicate and bypass intercept capabilities, make this a very dangerous threat. the only thing you can really do is control your borders, and these syrians and iraqis and afghanis coming in, y...

Realistic at this point or is that just something that a minority of folks are calling for? >> you know i dont think its realistic. general marks can comment on this but putting our troops on the front without a full-scale commitment i dont see that. the military is not going to want to do it. they cant completely trust the iraqi units and certainly cant trust the shia militias and why put our troops out there. we cant do it at this point. the fact is iraq is in the middle of a civil war, most v...