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State, and keep an uneasy eye on the worlds trouble spots were taking a closer look at americas military readiness. Is the navy fleet really shrinking . And what about the army the air force and the marines . Just how prepared are we for the next fight . Well get the facts. So lets get to it. Breaking news Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news desk. A very busy news hour ahead. Were following major developments in the battle against isis as we wait for the pentagon briefing to start, pr...

U. S. Helicopter gun ships are fighting isis. The town taken over by isis today is just miles from an important air base which at this moment is home to more than 300 american troops. That base was attacked just after daybreak by suicide bombers. Most if not all, wearing Iraqi Military uniforms. Iraqi soldiers killed the militants but the battle around this air base has been going all day. The town gives the militants a strong footholds from which to launch further attacks on that air base. Amer...

East including to the United States homeland the exact words of president obama sent in a letter to the United States Congress Today along with a formal request to grant him sweeping war powers to fight isis. In just a few hours, the president will speak to the American Public indeed to the world about his proposal which limits operations to three years. It allows limited use of Ground Troops and does not restrict a battlefield to only iraq and syria. For more on all of this lets bring in our wh...

The isis fighters were killed. No iraqis or americans were killed. Whos winning this war that congress is being asked to wage . Im joined my rear admiral john kirby, the Pentagon Press spokesman. Thank you for joining us. Thats my question. It looks to me and based upon your statements today that isis is still on the offensive. No i dont know that id say that, chris. They certainly have been on the offensive the last couple of days, but our assessment is that strategically theyre still very much...

With our correspondents and analysts. Lets begin with our pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. She has the very latest. Reporter wolf tonight King Abdullah of jordan leading his military in his new war, steppedup war against isis. Nearly two dozen jordanian f16s taking off today against some 20 isis targets in those strongholds in eastern syria. The jordanians targeting isis weapons sites, personnel, anything that could be found to in the words of experts, inflict significant damage on isis. Ve...

Hes followed all the watches and warnings. Ivan how bad is it going to be . I think it has the potential to be worse than the last storm. Not because of how much snowfall but because of the wind. Anywhere from 65 to 75 miles an hour. Thats going to be an issue with the wind along the coast and the potential for coastal flooding and Power Outages. These blizzard extend to 495. If youre familiar with the area 40 miles west of boston. This is going to be a high impact storm and that is going to be ...

To the nations Critical Infrastructure and government system. Now a new center to connect the dots and save the americans from a 21st century threat. Two people dont just vanish. A night on the town turns in a decade long mystery. Their family and friends have not seen them. Someone has. This happy couple vanished without a trace. I want my daughter to come home. A search for a break in a very cold case. It is all happening now. And we begin our second hour with the president asking congress to ...

Of the questions is could that change . These attacks are happening at Al Asad Air Base in Anbar Province western iraq. You see the orange on your screen. Let me take you to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. What are you hearing . What kinds of attacks are these . Reporter well brooke this is at the Al Asad Air Base in Anbar Province in western iraq. This is a huge sprawling base. Hundreds of iraqi forces there, over 300 u. S. Force theres. What has been happening, were told is a number ...

Last week with susan rice telling a washington, d. C. Audience that quote, as a nation, were stronger than we have been in a very long time. The president S National Security adviser accused Administration Critics of lacking perspective and claimed america no longer faced existential threats. While the dangers we place may be more numerous and varied theyre not of the existential nature we confronted during world war ii or during the cold war. We cannot afford to be buffetted by alarmism and a n...

Breakfast today, president obama says isis is betraying islam. We see isil a brutal vicious death cult that in the name of religion carries out unspeakable acts of barbarism. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Right now secretaries of state kerry is wrapping up a critical trip to ukraine, a full day of crisis meetings focused on the renewed violence in donetsk and possibility of u. S. Arming troops. He also had a message for Vladimir Putin. Far from meeting the commitments, russia and s...