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Momentarily we are told the national security adviser and hr mcmaster will preview the trip to asia and start answering reporterss questions as well. we will bring that to you live. the president plans to visit asian nations in the coming days including critical to combatting the nuclear threat to north korea. japan, china and south korea. a all this comes as north korea is working on an advanced version of an intercontinental missile that could reach the united states. we want to bring in our c...

Before. the president is preparing to leave the country tomorrow for a five day trip to asia. general mcmaster will preview the trip and take some of your questions. please keep your questions on topic, if you have other questions the press team will be around throughout the afternoon and while the rest of us are on the road. >> good afternoon, everyone. good to see everybody. tomorrow, president trump embarks on his longest foreign trip to date and the longest trip to asia by an emergent presid...

Acquire advanced conventional technology? in october of 2023 the restrictions on irans missile program go away. is it a good thing that irans missile program falls away from united nations oversight? i dont think so. but i think thats a dialogue that should take place with congress and the administration and most importantly a bipartisan, calm response should be placed forward. >> anne-marie? >> i dont disagree with the what here, that iran is behaving badly in the region, but i deeply disagree ...

President trump. and now have you everybody else coming out and now attacking general john kelly, the white house chief of staff who is real estate tired general himself, lost his son. now they are attacking him and really what it does it shows you how they truly feel about the military. brian: it does. i will say this, too. i think the average american is not looking at brian fallon or this left-wing congresswoman. i think they get it. you dont see a politician when that chief of staff was behi...

Who were killed. but when it came to explaining what happened in niger, he put most of this off to there being an ongoing investigation. have you been able to flesh anything else out at the pentagon in terms of knowing what happened? >> general mcmaster, i asked him about niger and he also was relatively circumspect. the incident is under investigation. thats one reason were not hearing a lot of very specific facts yet. at some point u.s. africa command is going to have to put out more details a...

Contact was considered unlikely but there is a reason we have u.s. army soldiers there and not the peace corp because we carry guns. its a reality. >> there has been a lot of criticism on capitol hill and senator john mccain leading the charge saying he has requested a subpoena to learn more about the attack and just moments ago fox news has learned that defense secretary mattis will go to capitol hill this afternoon to meet with senator mccain. >> bill: lucas tomlinson from the pentagon. >> san...

Those very emotional remarks about condolences for family members of service members who are killed. but when it came to what happened in niger, he was circumspect and that theres an investigation. >> general mcmaster, the national security advisor, i asked him about the event in niger, and he also was relatively circumspect. the incident is under investigation, but right now theyre really hiding behind the fact that its under investigation to give us any real specifics. one of the things you ta...

Forth about who said what and to whom and how were those -- how were the presidents remarks received by the families began. and it began with him basically saying i make the calls, but other presidents didnt. which wasnt an answer to the question that had been asked. >> right. and if you look at what sarah huckabee sanders said yesterday from the podium about protocol, thats incorrect as well. you have the national security council led by general mcmaster who knows something about protocol in th...

Security interest, we are now taking away a level of access and visibility we had in iran that allowed us to occur fail curtail lots of this behavior. moscow and beijing we cannot forget about those two actors as well. when the united states recedes from the diplomatic table, russia, china, they step up and they start moving a position that is not to the advantage of democracy and human rights around the world. >> and, general, when i hear you talking about a slide toward war, it should chill ev...

To curtail lots of this behavior. moscow and beijing, we cannot forget about those two actors as well. when the united states reseeds from the diplomatic table, russia, china, they step up and they start moving a position that is not to the advantage of democracy and human rights around the world. >> and, general, when i hear you talking about a slide toward war, it should chill everyone within the sound of your voice, but we were supposed to feel better about the people, especially the experien...