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Blamed the Israeli Military for explosion. But after investigating the matter, israel said they have evidence that the cause of the blast was a failed rocket blast from Islamic Jihad. Israeli Officials Say the damage does not suggest an israeli missile. A spokesman for the Israeli Defense forces told me that the failed rocket from the Islamic Jihad was caught live on al jazeera. They were broad casting it live, and i have an image here of the launch of the broad cast. I screen captured what they...

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Nin pakistannearly ten years re. 94 retired, mike mullen became chairman of the joint chiefs six years into the war, and realized that the u.s. didnt have enough troops in afghanistan. >> because we went into iraq, the forces we would have put in afghanistan basically we were use inning iraq. >> reporter: the invasion of iraq started out with shawk and awe. but turned into a long, hard slog. leaving afghanistan as the forgotten war until barack obama became president. he sent a surge of troops i...

Terrorists. >> republicans did express concern about ratcliffes experience, was that a deciding factor? >> no, ill tell you what, i think he would have had very good support. i think he would have done fine, but it would have been a long, hard slog. >> reporter: president trump has withdrawn at least 38 nominees requiring senate confirmation, including his picks for defense secretary, labor secretary, v.a. secretary and u.n. ambassador. today he defended the vetting process. >> the vetting proce...

Negotiation, there are going to be setbacks, i think people need to manage their expectations. the question is what is president trump willing to put on the table that is where it is going to be challenging for him to make a concession. >> so, jim, vice president pence says kim jong-uns willingness to meet and quote him now is evidence that president trumps strategy to isolate kim regime is working. is it that or is this the issue that north korea wants some acknowledgement, that it wants a meet...

Middle keys. theres only one emergency room open here in key west. and authorities are saying folks have to be self-sufficient. this is going to be a long, hard slog. we spent most of the day, dara, in marathon yesterday, which reopened to residents on saturday. we met one man who lost not just his property, but the loss of life. he lived with his mother in their trailer home. he returned yesterday for the first time. marcy, his mom, decided to stay back to ride out the storm with their pets and...

Statues, keep the context. we have a layered imperfect history. i think its important for people to understand that. in the end with tribe am, racial identity politics being pushed, quite frankly from the left mostly. i think that is dangerous. i think its bad tore the marine people. in the end, it does nothing to advance or things that are the legitimate issues that affect people every single day. tear down every statue in america. it does nothing for you, if you have a problem the problem is s...

With president trumps pardon of the controversial sheriff joe arpaio. plus the latest exit from the administration, sebastian gorka. joining us on the phone, what would you like to say to them? >> caller: id like to say hang in there and hold strong and be safe. well keep you in our thoughts. im happy to hear the words of fahrenthold. we jut came bast came back from. i can envision him with a cell phone and flashlight in the dark y dark, but hang in there. its not the first time for corpus chris...