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Germany. isis is many things, but its not the nazis. and its not necessarily, at least right now and as long as they dont have access to weapons of mass destruction, an existential threat to the united states, so what he didnt lay out here was what does the united states need to worry about most, is it terrorism, is it north korea, is it a res resurgence russia? that mixed altogether, that said he did offer a complete paragraph about what russia has to stop doing. and if he continues on that pat...

Putin, which -- and i hope hell go dark at this point. no more press conferences about what hes going to say. hes so easily goaded into saying the wrong thing in press conferences. but if putin does -- lets just imagine this. i dont think its likely, but it could happen, withdraws from eastern ukraine, that would be a huge signal that trump has figured something out here. and it would be a huge salute to the views of everybody else in europe. the audience here matters. this is a european audienc...

Happen there. i think russia -- if theyre upset about what were doing in the eastern part, imagine as we get close to their bases in the west. so thats the kind of place where i think we need some kind of a concept of how were going to cooperate. especially because syria is not worth super power war. we dont want to get to the point that were shooting at russian airplanes. they dont want to shoot at us. we need some way to reconcile our most important objectives. thats why i say since theres no ...

Strikes will be blown for them. >> earlier this month, the u.s. shot down an iranian drone in syria. this is the fourth time in a month the u.s. military has fired on pro syrian forces. >> shepard: thanks. lets go to michael ohanlan. good to see you. >> good to be on, shep. >> shepard: the rhetoric here, im not sure what has happened. but the rhetoric is at a new level. >> yeah, thats right. as you know, theres been previous experiences and events that have similarly engaged some bad back and fo...

Putin said armed forces of russian are capable of repelling any potential aggression. he showed off military equipment including this intercontinental ballistic missile. here you can see tanks designed for arctic conditions. they set up a new base in the arctic. president putin placing flowers at a world war ii memorial. president trump meeting at the white house today with his national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster. as the pentagon proposes a possible shift in strategy of afghan after 15 year...

Yet on deployment. michael, thank you. >> thank you. >> shepard:. trump has given the green light now for the united states to arm kurdish fighters in syria despite objections from one of our key allies. thats the word from the pentagon. u.s. officials say arming the kurds is necessary to capture raqqa. raqqa is the islamic states capitol in syria. even though our nato ally turkey has rallied against that plan. the defense secretary jim mattis said he had a good talk about the issue today with h...

So he cut our forces faster, which took away our ability to be there with the afghan units that needed our help. in a way, this proposal would take us back to the what happened in 2013-14 that president obama rejected. >> shepard: what is the specific goal, michael? >> well, take for example the battles in the helman province or the city in the north that was taken by the taliban. we knew that the afghan units that were protecting those areas were weak. we knew they needed help. but under the pr...

Better strategy? >> there may be a strategy there. you covered the air strikes very well and the explanation was that the united states has a vital national security interest in chemical weapons not being used anywhere. we can reiterate that. that sends a message that if you use chemical weapons, well have to do something about it. time, place and manner of tour choosing. >> michael, as always, thanks. >> thank you, shepard. >> shepard: a u.s. aircraft carrier is headed to the korean peninsula. ...

Press reports if russia is found to be facilitating those transfers, were going to raise that in the appropriate channels and bilaterally at at u.n. if warranted. >> western sources tell fox an iranian civilian arm certificate flying military personnel into syria, several times a day from tehran to latakiaya. >> thank you, et cetera lets talk more about whats going on with russia and the obama foreign policy. jo joining us for the special foreign policy. elliott abrams, former deputy security vo...

Improvement over 2013. >> it appears that all the things we try to correct and make go better went very well. >> this turns out to be a great exercise for us to see that we fix what we learn to fix. >> ahead of the fourth of july weekend, cities nationwide are preparing for foreign or home grown attacks, an isis spokesman called on followers to embark toward jihad, during the holy month of ramadan which ends on july 17th. terrorists launched attacks across three continents on friday, killing doz...