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Aging ships, with long repair delays and sailor deaths by suicide. most notably, americas naval fleet is set to become its smallest in 100 years, as china becomes the largest navy in the world. but one thing the chinese dont have is nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. the uss nimitz is breathtaking to behold, a floating city of 5,000 sailors. when we first landed on a c2 greyhound, we watch hundreds of sailors. their uniforms color-coded, red, yellow, green, purple, and brown, each defining criti...

Now, with the trump defense buildup. and why are they doing that? because the united states and the asia pacific region has been a dominant military power for years. they want to at least have parity with us because that will give them leverage over all of our allies in the region. they dont have any allies in the region except laos and cambodia and north korea. the countries out there are aligned with us, and they are he putting significant pressure op those countries. the capabilities is much ...

Very strong statement directly to north korea, but i think what the president was just reaffirming is the united states has the capability to fully defend itself, from any attack and defend our allies and we will do so. so the american people should sleep well at night. >> secretary of state rex tillerson trying to calm nerves this morning. 3:00 this morning on the way to guam after ominous threats from both president trump and north korea. joining me now, juan zarati, a deputy national security...

Like 12 to be able to project the kind of power they want all over the world. and the united states is really the only navy in the world that can project power in what they call blue water. far far away, and the chief of naval operations was talking about just how stressed they have been. the gerald ford from here will head out to sea next week. thats when they are going to begin to launch aircraft on and off of it as part of their sea trial, testing out the electromagnetic catapult and then it ...

President trump wanted to send to bashar al assad. attack with chemical weapons, the u.s. will attack you back. 59 cruise missiles striking the syrian air base, the u.s. says was used to launch aircraft killing men, women and children tuesday with a nerve agent filled bomb. the pentagon said the strikes severely degraded or destroyed their intended targets which included aircraft and aircraft shelters. fuel and logistical storage. ammunition supply bunkers and air defense systems. >> the united ...

Attack the airbase if central syria. it was a missile launch. 59 tomahawk missiles hitting that airbase. barbara starr has more on how it unfolded. >> reporter: this was the message president trump wanted to send to bashar al-assad, attack with the chemical weapons, the u.s. will attack you back. 59 cruise missiles striking the syrian airbase, the u.s. says was used to launch aircraft, killing men, women and children tuesday with a nerve agent-filled bomb. the pentagon said the strikes severely ...

Much the russians may have known. >> this was the message president trump wanted to send to bashar al assad. attack with chemical weapons. the u.s. will attack you back. 59 cruise missiles striking the syrian air base the u.s. says was used to launch aircraft killing men, women and children tuesday with a nerve agent-filled bomb. >> the united states took a very measured step last night. we are prepared to do more. >> reporter: but this was also a message to moscow which denies the syrian chemic...

It happens in the blink of an eye. a man gets sucked into a jet engine and disappears. >> i didnt even want to see what was going to come out of that intake. i was devastated. i was -- you know, this was my best friend. >> mike mcdonald remembers that night vividly. >> this was the guy i spent the past two years almost every single day with. for him to be gone and not to be alive anymore was just totally shocking to me. >> mcdonald and john bridges are navy petty officers stationed on the "uss r...

Well, how does he know what target he was looking at, if the transponders were off, all he has is a primary target, unidentified target. most countries if they see unidentified aircraft in their vicinity are going to launch aircraft. >> thats what i would think. general, let me come back to you. one of the questions, if this plane was hijacked, what happened to the passengers? i know woe dont know, but thats 239 people that somebody has to eliminate or they have to be taken care of somewhere. >>...