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So there is a drug addiction that his family now said that hes been suffering. so all of that led him so such a dark place that he felt he had to commit this crime. well wait for the hearing later today, boris. >> just an odd story. we appreciate you walking us through that. also developing at this hour, a french air strike has killed a top isis leader in africa who is believed to be the mastermind of a 2017 ambush that killed four u.s. troops in niger. alex marquardt is live at the pentagon w...

Us are in a sense the premium of the insurance. so we are being trampled by the americans are actually accepting it, so im not convinced that the europeans are going to change their mind. they are still in a state of denial.— a state of denial. investor, stay with us, because _ a state of denial. investor, stay with us, because i _ a state of denial. investor, stay with us, because i want - a state of denial. investor, stay with us, because i want to - a state of denial. investor, stay with us...

Something blind, there ought to have been some way to have some foresight about it. do we know anything about the way the pentagon and the fbi are pursuing the investigation into that part of it? >> right now they still believe this was some sort of an isis affiliate. one theyre looking at is isis gs. they are trying to make a name for themselves and become an actual isis affiliate. its -- that, of course, is still under investigation, who was behind this. one thing clear, is this was an isis sy...

It in any way or do anything to skew the results. what we do know as you said in the intro, there were 12 american soldiers with a group of military from niger and they were conducting a patrol and they were ambushed by somewhere between 40 and 50 militants. i suspect what senator graham was talking about in that sound bite was the fact that the latest intelligence is pointing to a newer group called isis gs, when is isis in the greater sa hall and an afillant not recognized by core isis. but th...

>> two for the best of my knowledge et, one for bush and obama. what say you, courtney? whats your number one story this week from the perch at the pentagon? >> i always feel like im the out liar. it is niger and the continuing investigation into what happened a little over two weeks in niger. when about a dozen u.s. military soldiers came under ambush from militants, we think from this new isis affiliate, isis gs. there has been a lot of confusion both in the immediate aftermath of the attack a...

The mission there is to drive isis and to drive the militants out. there is an al qaeda presence throughout the area. al qaeda and the islamic maghreb up in the peninsula and there is a consistent and large presence of militants and throughout that entire area, thomas. >> courtney thank you very much. as linsey graham said, we know he is hawkish on areas but saying this is heating up. it is interesting to see how they are trying to forecast a new enemy or explain how we can continue in americas ...

Happened here. what we do know, there are groups of these special forces. this is the third special forces group. they go out frequently in these 12-man teams and they do training. they train the nigerian military. it focuses on everything from interdicting goods and individuals to human rights training of the special forces. one important part of their job is called key leader engagement. its working with the locals, getting in with them, both so they feel welcome in the area and they provide i...

Today. we have a variety of briefings here. were talking to all of our sources but there still is a great deal of confusion. >> all right. well, we want those answers. also joining us live, retired u.s. naval intelligence officer malcolm nance and veteran major general robert scales. welcome. malcolm, i want to start with you. isis-gs, an al qaeda affiliate. this isnt a group im familiar with and a lot of other people arent. do we know about them? >> well, its a group that a lot of people arent ...