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Years. in 2016, irans navy captured ten american sailors after their strip strayed into territorial waters. the americans were ultimately released, but the incident highlighted the growing tensions, as a candidate president trump pushed for a more muscular approach to iran. >> when they circle or destroyers with their little boats, and make gestures at our people that they shouldnt be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water. >> reporter: but so far, it appears the trump administratio...

But it is something the president has been talking about. but here is the thing for everyone. the president has been talking about since nafta came into play under president clinton. so this isnt anyones idea. >> bret: but doing an executive order rather than through congress would be different. >> well, it is different -- different legal hurdles that you have to satisfy before you actually either renegotiate or withdraw from nafta. so those legal hurdles are one thing, withdrawing is another th...

Outdo all the previous judges in making a mountain out of a molehill and prening for the public in mock outrage, they exaggerated what the thing would do as well. the executive order says the attorney general and the secretary of homeland security, quote, in their discretion and to the extent consistent with law, may do the following things. in other words, nothing new here. all he had to do is enforce existing law. this judge went on for 60, 90 pages, pretending it said more than that. it is mu...

Make it revenue neutral or get 60 votes, it could last forever. thats a big hurdle. >> it is. this happened back in 1986, bret. i remember the debate very well. president reagan was in favor of tax reform, but didnt really push it until late in the game. and it became an idea whose time had come in the sense that the arguments for it were pretty powerful. it really did change the tax code measurably. you cant buy future congresses, so if you reform the tax code now and simplify it and you scrape...

States, and that will be hard to do with other cartels. >> bret: yes or no? is this passing? >> oh, i -- i have no idea. >> bret: all right. >> im going to say yes. >> probably not, along with the majority of legislation, but it is brilliant, so kudos to senator cruz. >> rip off from clear and present danger. it will pass. >> bret: all right, thank you, panel. that does it for us for the first hour of "special report." after a short break, brand new fox polls, the latest on the presidents tax pl...

$20 billion. these drug cartels are the ones that are crossing the border, smuggling narcotics. my legislation is simple. el chapos assets, for that matter, any other drug cartel, whose assets are forfeited, their money would go to building the wall and keeping the border secure and keeping the country safe. >> bret: katie, if this passes, mexico will pay for the well. >> they indeed will. someone from mexico will pay for the wall. look, i think it is a great idea. i mean, what is the mexican go...

Seen missiles at the day of the sun military parade including two new icbms that could some day be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to the mainland u.s. despite rising tensions, travel to north korea continues as norm a. more than 100 people boarded mondays only flight from beijing to pyongyang, including dozens of tourists. tour companies organizing these trips say everyone will leave safely as long as they follow north korean law. the detainment of yet another american, a sobering remind ...

It was watching videos of that horrific chemical attack which drove president trump to intervene in syria. and speaking to survivors, speaking to the people who lost their families in front of them and witnessed that pain, it is easy to understand what drove them, and its also incredibly sobering. among the people we spoke to was abdul hamid, hes become the face of this tragedy and was today reunited with family members who did survive, though he lost 22. he described to us some of the things he...

We have to conduct relations within the zone, we have to maintain stability. >> thats sobering. are we under risk right now? that big of a threat? >> if this is existential, and it has potential of being and from the perspective of moscow, its marching down that path, thing that i take comfort in as bob indicated, this is potential counterintelligence operation, classic. best thing we can do from our side, expose everything weve done, make it transparent, push it aside immediately. and we have s...

Outrageous, theyre surreal. people have stopped talking about perhaps of my lifetime the two greatest attacks weve seen. number one has been 9/11. sobering and tragic and outrageous. but the second probably greatest attack on the sanctity of america has what the russians did in their involvement in our election. and even just the nonclassified stuff. ive sat in classified briefings that are stunning, the stuff of novels. i never thought i would be sitting in briefings where intelligence folks wo...