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Unfortunately. hes seemed to see this as a reason to go back to extreme vetting. this is somebody who radicalized within the united states and once here lawfully. its a lahard problem and a different type of problem. the rhetoric that divides us and can lead to divisive conversations on religious lines, thats the kind of things terrorists want to attack. >> and president trump said the u.s. military is hitting isis ten times harder. but record dont support the claims. does this concern you? >> i...

Tremendous difference. tremendous difference. so we have incredible leaders in the military. and we have incredible military. and we are very proud of them. and this was another very, very successful mission. >> on the topic of hitting isis, candidate donald trump was consistent with the size of the bomb dropped today. >> i would bomb the ble[ bleep out of them. i would just bomb those suckers. im goingo bomb e [ ble ] out of them. its true. i dont care. i dont care they have got to be stopped. ...

Rebuild our badly depleted military. weve just fired 59 missiles all of which hit, by the way, unbelievable, from hundreds of miles away. its so incredible. its brilliant. its genius. our technology, our equipment is better than anybody by a factor of five. i mean, what we have in terms of technology, nobody can even come close to competing. now, were going to start getting it because, you know, the military has been cutback and depleted so badly by the past administration. we are so proud...

Major reaction because there was nothing that president obama said here that deviated from what weve heard him say many times before. he essentially reiterated the u.s. current strategy for dealing with isis. he talked about continuing bombardment, growing that coalition, hitting isis revenue streams, putting pressure on turkey to seal that border. he talked, again, about sending that small group of special forces onto the ground inside syria to carry out specifically targeted raids, but he did ...

That shootdown and what happened and their anger at turkey for shooting down their airplane. the russians beefing up their own military operations in syria with new air defense systems, escorting for their own fighter jets, trying to keep their own jets safe. the french view, the uk view is focus instead on hitting isis. thats what she would like to see happen. whether that comes out hollande meeting is a big question. >> it makes you wonder about the safety of american warplanes flying over syr...

Hitting isis. right now, 90% of their strikes are going against groups which are not isis. >> what is isis motivation? >> to hit back against russia but also to boost its standing and support in the global jihadi community. this could lead to a surge in foreign correspondence. >> if isis can pull off an attack like this how vulnerable is global aviation? >> it depends on how they got this on to the airplane. if it was an insider, it is frightening. so it could be very damaging, not only there bu...

Shift in u.s. strategy. this commander in chief would be putting boots on the ground for the first time in the war gre against isis, something he said from the very beginning america would not do. the "washington post" broke the story. a senior u.s. official now confirms it to fox news. that official says the proposed steps include putting a limited number, whatever that means, a limited number of special operations forces on the ground in syria. to work with those so-called moderate syrian rebe...

High-value targets through improved intelligence. of course, the decision to have u.s. forces serve in some capacity like what were talking about now would require president obamas approval and s shep, as you mentioned that would be a major policy change. >> we know talks are coming surrounding what to do about syria and how isis relates to it and heard a few minutes ago iran is going to be in those talks. >> right. the plot thickens, shep. you know, those talks are supposed to start back up on ...

On the ground against isis because thats exactly what isis wants. it said so. so what are we doing now? considering putting boots on the ground. that would bring the united states much closer to, well, what isis wants. plus, an american hero who became a quadruple amputee in afghanistan. i spoke with the retired soldier about how he refuses to give up, and his new mission to motivate other veterans. he has a new book thats out today. you need to meet him. you need to read it. thats next. acros...

It will get some american troops to parade before the cameras for a sort of yesterworld snuff film. gabrielle is here. >> shep, secretary of defense ash carter testified on the hill today and did not say the u.s. would put troops on the ground in some respects to fight isis but certainly alluded to it. take a listen. >> we wont hold back from support ing capable partners against isil or missions directly whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground. >> by direct action on the g...