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Against isis, al qaeda, and their affiliates, and they are increasingly paying with their lives. five killed in action in 2017, 22 since june 2014 when the war against isis began. taylor, like so many who have served on the front lines rejects the controversial pentagon view when troops are military advisers they must stay out of the direct line of fire. >> theres no boots on the ground, just advisers. we know thats b.s., they are all poots on the ground. >> mill kevins final mission -- >> certa...

To enemy fair. he helped buddies who were pinned down and wounded and guided medevac choppers under fire. >> he was a great guy, highly talented. >> reporter: from somalia to yemen, iraq, syria and afghanistan, its largely fallen on special operations forces to wage battle against isis, al qaeda and their affiliates and they are increasingly paying with their lives. five killed in action in 2017, t 22 since june 2014 when the war against isis began, taylor like so many who served on the front li...

Rescue buddies who were wounded. >> hes a great i go, highly committed and talent the. from somalia to yemen, iraq, syria and afghanistan, its largely fallen on special operations forces to wage battle against isis, al qaeda and their affiliates, and they are increasingly paying with their lives. five killed in action in 2017 and 22 since june 2014 when the war against isis began. taylor, like so many who served on the front lines, we jekts the controversial pentagon view that when troops are mi...

Benefit of seeing it differently now. how can that not extend to those same people as refugees? you know, anthony was wrestling with that. he says well it was different messages about keeping the homeland safe. i dont get it logically or emotionally. how does he not reconcile those positions? >> listen, it is a test because is president trump willing to take the next step, which would be a safe zone, right? and the safe zone would require a much greater military investment here in terms of aircr...

This happened about a quarter to 9:00 this morning. i remind a lot of people about a much more serious ferry accident almost 10 years ago. a staten island ferry vessel slamming into a terminal there, killing 11 people and injuring 71. the coast guard confirm firming captain of the fer which will be tested for drugs and alcohol that is pretty standard. ntsb is getting involved. as we learn more well pass it on to you. jon: please do. rick folbaum, thanks. jenna: new information on the plans for u...

Secretary here. is there any indication that things could have gone better if you would have had rumsfeld on the ground? >> rumsfeld thinks so. he does say in the book that he wishes he would have pushed harder. he was only talking about going over for a few weeks. his main point, while hes critical of bremmer, his main point is that the whole national security council process that given bremmer his marching orders was not run well. that there was a debate before the war started about what shoul...

Unattractive options for the president. this is a legacy of 25 years of not stopping north korea. but the options will come down to two very quickly. one is snret north korea have deliverable nuclear weapons. or look at the use of preemptive military force. but if those are the two there to choose, you will have to pick one. lisa: the pentagon said the only way to fully and competently get rid of the weapons they have is grounds invasion. sing what options militarily do we have and what would yo...