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Its people brutalized. five months ago, saddam hussein started this cruel war against kuwait. tonight the battle has been joined. >> it started as an air war, followed less than six weeks later by a ground war. "operation desert storm" was short, brutally efficient and successful. >> kuwait is liberated. iraqs army is defeated. our military objectives are met. kuwait is once more in the hands of kuwaitis in control of their own destiny. tonight the flag once again flies above the capitol of a fr...

Started this cruel war against kuwait. tonight the battle has been joined. >> it started as an air war, followed less than six weeks later by a ground war. "operation desert storm" was short, brutally efficient and successful. >> kuwait is liberated. iraqs army is defeated. our military objectives are met. kuwait is once more in the hands of kuwaitis in control of their own destiny. tonight the flag once again flies above the capitol of a free and sovereign nation, and the american flag flies ab...

Kuwait, a member of the arab league and a member of the united nations was crushed. its people brutalized. five months ago, saddam hussein starred this cruel war against kuwait. tonight, the battle has been joined. >> it started as an air war. followed less than six weeks later by a ground war. operation desert storm was short. brutally efficient and successful. >> kuwait is liberated. iraqs army is defeated. our military objectives are met. kuwait is once more in the hands of kuwaitis in the co...

Started this cruel war against kuwait. tonight the battle has been joined. >> reporter: it started as an air war. followed less than six weeks later by a ground war. operation desert storm was short, brutally efficient and successful. >> kuwait is liberated. iraqs army is defeated. our military objectives are met. kuwait is once more in the hands of kuwaitis in control of their own destiny. tonight the kuwaiti flag, once again, flies above the capital of a free and sovereign nation and the ameri...

Assad regime. they have hezbollah in lebanon. they are pounding the uae, kuwaitis and many other countries with the influence they have. they are present in africa and latin america so the maximum expansion has been reached. what is happening right now is that under this administration and i think this congress as well, though divided on many other issues, is with the administration pushing back against the iranians to withdraw from the region. ed: i spoke this weekend to a very senior israeli o...

Saudis, you write about the kuwaitis, the philippine government that was hosting events. this was specific to the washington, d.c., hotel. this has been a parade of foreign dignitaries or foreign nations that have been going trump properties basically because they say it reflects back at home that they have a close relationship with the president of the united states. >> thats right. one of the really striking things we found in the reporting of this story was this interview with the philippine ...

Attack and destroy isis. we were there. our special operations forces redoing the advise and assist mission bringing in the sx, helping what they have done to the middle east and we want to continue that mission until isis has been eradicated. >> and bring more arab nations on board to assist. >> yes. that has always been a plan of the us as we build these coalitions. this area would be great, to bring in other arab especially ground forces and i discussed this for years was great to get the sau...

And iran did not have a single missile to work as a deterrent against its citizens, its civilians being target of almost daily missile attacks even against the capital. >> what about the arabs say you are spreading a kind of shiite crescent of influence from bahrain to yemen to lebanon, iraq, syria. they see a growing presence of iran that has to be countered. >> the problem is, they have made the wrong choices. they supported saddam hussein. lets start where it started. they supported saddam hu...

Is there anything that would stop him from taking that action now? i mean, is that something that could be done executively? >> i think thats something he is certainly still considering. alex? >> -- on the policy, the u.n. said that last week saudi led coalition in yemen killed 42 civilians. is the president concerned about the humanitarian situation in yemen? >> something that were certainly keeping an eye on and i would refer you back to them for anything further at this point. >> sarah, the k...

Like to see president trump increase the pressure on the saudi coalition to ease their blockade and mr. president, if you would give us any more of your thinking on going forward on the path of attorney general sessions and your timeline for making a decision. thank you. >> thank you. i think there is an effort by the kuwaitis. theyre leading this effort. i think they made some progress. we believe that dialogue is the best way in improving this relationship between saudi arabia and qatar. i bel...