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Next year. thats what they call very high readiness joint task force. theyre taking the lead on that. a rotating job. they will become the main spear to stop russian invasion. russia was last year but 100,000 additional troops on the nato border. are you kidding me? this is just about numbers and cents. this is about readiness and the vital role of nato which a lot of people are questioning in the first place. is it still a functional or necessary entity? >> sandra: as far as optimism over the p...

Investigation these special agents, half of their duties as immigration. they have 6,000. so, if you want to say half of that, you could say 3,000. >> pete: fair point. that is still not a lot compared to other agencies. talk to me about your work on the ground. you are accused to being a terrorist. a thug. talk of to me about your job question work >> that is ludicr. ice was born out of 9/11. one of the primary responsibilities is national security they have the second largest presence on the f...

No atf fired any shots. this is a joint mission with the atf and joint task force. we know the suspect shot the atf agent once in the head. the agent is in the hospital in critical condition right now. you said it, clinging on to life. we know the atf agent was put in a police car after being shot but we dont know what led up to this. the manhunt continues right now for the suspect. that is the latest information that we have here in chicago. make sure that you send some prayers up. send your he...

Tax the police department in austin, other places. what is the state doing to give them resources? >> so its not just the state. obviously we have resources from the state, from our state police. my office is involved. we have a joint task force on terrori terrorism. we have federal officials there. this is a massive effort to find out what is going on and try to stop it. >> jon: the early packages were left on door steps of the bomber or bombers targeting individuals. then you have the roadside...

Out to the polls and vote for me. i dont need to wage an air war, i dont need to blanket them with mailings, i need to meet them face-to-face, prove to them that i represent their interests and then have them turn out at the polls. >> you are a survivor of campus sexual assault. >> i am. >> how would you try to fix that problem if you were in congress? >> that is a great question. so i was actually part of an organization on campus, both before and after my sexual assault, that lobbied our admin...

Saying well, well get to the bottom of it. i think he believes these families deserved more, deserved a strong response saying whoever did this will be fired, they will be held accountable. i agree with him that that needs to happen. lets see what christopher wray does next. >> all right. i want to go to a former fbi joint task force member. steve rogers. very good to see you. theres a lot of anger at your old player and this feeling that they botched it. did that they botch it? >> they botched ...

That upon arrival that the shooting took place. the officers were injured and were extricate themselves away from the apartment complex and then other officers came in and we maintained and secured it. the suspect continued to shoot at officers for sometime until he was engaged by officers and was killed. >> that was a s.w.a.t. team? >> it was members of a joint task force unit. we have a regional s.w.a.t. team that all the guys are part of. so the officers that were involved and the actual shoo...

The officers were injured and were extricating themselves away from the apartment complex, and then other officers came in, and we maintained and secured it. the suspect continued to shoot at officers for some time until he was engaged by officers and was killed. >> reporter: was that a s.w.a.t. team or was that a -- >> it was members of a joint task force unit. we do have a regional s.w.a.t. team that all these guys up here are part of, and so the officers that were involved in the actual shoot...

Combined joint task force operation and joining me from kuwait. colonel, first of all, i want to thank you very much. this is a big sacrifice to be away from your family on christmas and really for months on end. you are used to this as so many men and women in our armiy arme services are. how many times do you think you have been -- how much time do you think you have spend deployed? >> i have spent -- i wouldnt know how to quantify it in terms of months. this is my second out of three years. t...

Help support the nigerian government and other governments in that region. >> reporter: in west africa, groups like al qaeda and isis are actively trying to increase their own cash flow to fund future attacks. u.s. intelligence agencies believe isis is attempting to infiltrate the gold mining industry in niger to sell on the black market and use smuggling routes north to get easier access to europe and the west. >> we are working with a multinational joint task force located in the niger to enab...