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Ryan noted as well, hes been in his campaign, hitting on a lot of the kind of cultural themes that the president has definitely focused on, on confederate statutes, on ms 13 and immigration, whats going on there? >> it seems thats a lot more about a strategic imperative to enliven the trump base and make sure those voters are enthused and energetic and a reason to show up today and vote than it does seem to be a continuation of ed gillespies long professed policy positions because it just hasnt ...

>> poor thing. lets get to all of it right now. lets get to cnns diane gallagher on the scene in texas, ryan browne, diane, first to you. >> we are now getting a fuller picture, not only of all of the families grief they are going through but the shooters violent ps past. what does it mean for what happened there sunday? >> so kate, it is helping authorities try to piece together what the true motive was, what led to this deadly church shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in texas state history...

Made have led to the shooting. >> obsession with that familial dispute. thank you for laying it out for us, getting a clearer picture of what a violent man this was. lets get over to ryan at the pentagon. ryan, on the other element of this, of how he could have been stopped, what is the air force saying about why his assault conviction was not reported as it should have been? >> well, the air force admitting last night that initial information shows that the air force base in new mexico, holloma...

Increase in recent days. in fact, as isis has lost a lot of territory in iraq and syria recently, down to a few small towns in the border regions, the air strikes have actually gone down because there are fewer isis targets to hit. so, again, not clear what hes referring to there. because the public data on air strikes, not exactly showing any increase. but there are always special operations missions, covert, clandestine operations the public isnt initially made aware of. its possible he may be...

What the reality is, isis has suffered multiple battlefield setbacks in recent weeks, losing many of its cities. theyre left with a few small towns on the iraq/syria border. there are just fewer targets to strike. not clear exactly what president trump was referring to with this talk of an increased level of military activity against the terror group. poppy? >> ryan browne at the pentagon, thank you very much for that reporting. and now to the russia investigation, attorney general jeff sessio...

So when we have an animal do an attack like he did the other day on the westside of manhattan, we are hitting them ten times harder. they claimed him as a soldier, good luck. every time they hit us, we know its isis. we hit them like you folks wont believe. thank you. i will see you in pearl harbor. were going to pearl harbor. >> lets go straight to the pentagon. ryan browne is there. the president says since the horrific attack wednesday on new york city, eight people killed, a dozen injured. t...

Government compound in mali. authorities now want to know if he was killed by two members of the most elite special force of the u.s. navy. our ryan browne is looking into this one. >> the united states navy is investigating two u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, part of the elite s.e.a.l. team 6 for their role in the death of staff sergeant logan melgar who is working in support of the u.s. embassy in mali. now the u.s. armys medical examiner ruled melgars death a homicide, and his widow was informed that he...

Miles off the coast of japan. >> we made some modifications in order to proceed, but we could not go more than about four to five knots so we had limited capabilities to maneuver. we probably had less than 24 hours before our boat sank. it was incredibly emotional and it was -- it was so satisfying to know the men and women that serve our country would come and assist us. >> reporter: now fortunately they had stockpiled a lot of food aboard their vessel and able to be out there for five months b...

An amazing rescue two american women and their dogs found alive after being stranded at sea for five months. navy sealers rescued them off the coast of tahiti they were headed for tahiti from hawaii but their engine failed. ryan browne is there. incredible good news story this friday. >> it is a great news story poppy. the crew aboard the ""uss ashland"" u.s. navy amphibious vessel able to rescue and recovery of these two people and their dogs after they encountered serious trouble five months a...

Looked at in the investigation as it unfolds and there are additional questions as well. but remains to be seen exactly what happened during that fire fight that left four u.s. soldiers dead and two wounded. john? >> ryan browne at the pentagon thanks so much. joining me cnn military analyst retired kourn until cedric leighton, and jason beersly, former u.s. special operations. you were deployed under centcom and africom, several operations, what are the biggest unanswered questions you have? >>...