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Killed many people. and he took the 50 terrorists, and he took 50 men, and he dipped 50 bullets in pigs blood. and he had his men load his rifles, and he lined up the 50 people, and they shot 49 of those people. and the 50th person, he said, you go back to your people, and you tell them what happened. and for 25 years, there wasnt a problem, okay? >> general kelly, the new white house chief of staff, knows that every word of that is a lie, but that new white house chief of staff could not stop t...

Soldiers of the caliphate. that is the same claim made after the orlando attack. that doesnt mean that isis directed or trained or financed or had anything operational to do with the attack. they believe they inspired the attack. there is no independent proof of that but it is a plausible scenario. >> it makes sense to claim that they were responsible. >> most of their claims are actually accurate. some have been bogus. this one seems quite plausible given the scale of the attack, the nature of ...

Are. >> susan bro also told me that her daughter was worried about going to that march, that she knew she could have been killed, but that she went anyway because it is what she believed was right. were going to have more of that exclusive interview tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. on my show. for now were going to go back to barcelona with my colleague ali velshi. i just want to pick up with something that the president tweeted a moment ago. study with there was no islamic radical terror for five years. l...

Determination that this was not accurate and that if they could find any thread in history to support it, it was something written many years after the time. and so this assertion that a technique, a tactic used by a general pershing would somehow blunt terrorism, that they just found no basis nor that. so two very different times of tweets twr the president today. one that seems to rise to the moment. the other which is a reflection of a story he told as a candidate but now as president at a ti...

Thoughts and prayers with the #barcelona. then the president sent out two tweets. one -- the first one very much in the vein of what a president would do when theres a sad event like this, that very much is on the minds of people in the united states as well as around the world. and that tweet reads very straightforwardly. the united states condemns the terror attack in barcelona, spain, and well do whatever is necessary to help. be tough and strong and we love you with an exclamation point. esp...

Your people, and you tell them what happened. and for 25 years there wasnt a problem. >> he was referring to -- he alleged was general pershings behavior. >> okay. couple things, one, he says 25 years, he says 35 years in the tweet. thats the least of the problems with this though. historians, which, you know, im sure donald trump may not trust, but historians who fyi cover history and write about it say that there is very little evidence that it happened the way it did. that is concerning, thou...

Anecdote where he supposedly used bullets dipped in pigs blood to kill muslim terrorists. what is your reaction to the president spreading this kind of misinformation so soon after this latest terror attack? >> its not helpful at all. in fact, its just very odd for the president of the united states to be getting on twitter and spreading a myth about general pershing and one that has been debunked. especially to do it on the same day of the attack. it is behavior that charlottesville cant explai...

Certainly he may be -- he was a suspect at least. was he one of the perpetrators? thats a possibility. 12 people died along las ramblas with 15 in critical condition and another 65 in hospitals at 9:25 p.m. in barcelona where the transportation areas are shut down. i mentioned the presidents tweets. just to put a button on this, the president sent out two different tweets. one with sympathy. similar to what general p pershring when caught. this has been completely debunked. general pershing has ...

Weve got the independence vote coming up. >> president trump followed up with this tweet. study what general peshing of the united states did. the president is recycling a largely debunked story which he made popular in the campaign about general john pershing. lets watch him in action. >> early in the century, last century, general pershing, did you ever hear? a rough guy. and they had a terrorism problem. he took 50 bullets and he dipped them pigs blood and he lined up the 50 people and they s...

James mattis for secretary of defense. a background on him. he is somebody who is said to be a hawk. he said in the past that its enjoyable at times to kill some people. to kill enemies at war. remember donald trump has been quite vocal about how he thinks our generals currently are n man enough. he often cited general pershing or patton as generals who would be too outspoken. he expressed his affinity for a general who is more outspoken and he would be along those lines. scott brown talking abo...