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good afternoon, everybody. im martha maccallum. this is "the story" this afternoon. a somber scene as president biden and the first lady receive the dignified transfer of three american soldiers coming home. they were killed in the drone attack in jordan at a place that is known as tower 22. there members of our armed forces supply and reinforced the protection of civilians in syria and iraq and during that attack more than 40 other service members were injured by an iranian-made drone...

space center where an all-european mission to the international space station will be taking off later on this hour featuring an italian astronaut on board. a lot of you are saying youre only saying this because theres an italian astronaut on board. that italian co pilot would be the tenth italian in space. a lot of you have been saying, youre only saying that because he would be the tenth italian in space. youre actually correct. but it is a beautiful day for a space launch on this sp...

Here if the joint operations forces fall, could that change the balance in the favor of the russians? >> if the russians can regroup and re-equip and rebuild their logistics, then they could launch offensive operations against the joint forces in that area, cut them off from ukrainian supplies, and ultimately surround them and destroy them. its not just the military forces there. its also the civilian population that is still trapped in cities like mariupol and kharkiv. so i do think there is re...

Rhetoric, certainly to suggest to iranians that they refrain from any more pin prick attacks that are blamed on them by the americans that have increased the whole atmosphere of tension here, and perhaps ultimately get back to negotiating some kind of return to at least a cold war rather than accelerate as they have been the last few days to what many people feared would be an open war. sam kylie, cnn. also, coming up, democrats descend on south carolina facing tough questions from potential v...

Mr. trump, did the senators hold? >> i think they have a responsibility, absolutely. i think we have three of them here. i think they had a responsibility. >> we have zero responsibility. lets remember what the president said. he said the attack that he was going to attack was going to be a pin prick. the united states military was not built to conduct pin prick attacks. >> donald trump says the hedge fund guys are getting away with murder by paying a lower tax rate. he wants to raise the taxes ...

>> lets remember what the president said. he said the attack that he was going to conduct was going to be a pin prick. the united states military was not built to conduct pin prick attacks. were not going to authorize use of force if youre if the putting men and women in a position where they can win. >> what do you make of it? >> i loved that he was expressing his world view. he said this is as commander in chief this is how i would approach major problems around the world. he knows his audienc...

Yesterday i said i hoped wed find a candidate that understands terror the same way reagan understood communism? rubio was positively rubian. >> lets remember what the president said. he said the attack he was going to conduct was going to be a pin prick. the military was not built to have pin prick attacks. it should be engaged in a innever to win. you better be able to lead our country on the first day. >> the strongest voice came from the mini me debate by a guy who knows the big picture. >> i...

It what weve seen evidence to last week is a failure of sequencing and a failure of forethought. when the secretary of state come out of the box and says, were going to have an incredibly small war. and the president says no, not an incredibly small war. were going to have pin prick attacks. this it wasnt smoothest process. >> i think you have to take a broader view of this and look back at the arc of where president obama has been as it replaces to when do you use force or not? and i dont think...

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Instead of questions we got got cha. what have we learned? its all about the show. not about solving problems. here is a sample. >> is this response to attack people on their appearance? my goodness that happened in junior high. >> i never attacked him on his looks and there is plenty of subject matter right there. >> if i were sitting home watching this back and forth, id be inclined to turn it off. we dont need an apprentice in the white house. we have it now. >> he wanted casino gambling. >> ...