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Hes got a meeting in the white house and well keep an eye on that. in the mean time, lets bring in chris starwald editor of "halftime report." what did you make of this news? we have 11:00 a.m., the president doesnt -- we dont have any information ab how this decision got made. i suppose that that will come. all of a sudden we have the largest bomb in our arsenal being used for the first time in the conflict weve been in for 17 years, 16 years in afghanistan. >> well, i would imagine that this i...

And admiral bob harwood. >> i know all of them. david petraeus, certainly, we all know david, and we all frankly believe in redemption, david petraeus is an immensely gifted guy, we would be lucky to have him in this administration, he gets alongwell -- hes incredibly talented and prepared, and i think communicates well in this town, and internationally, hes a very measured force. bob harwood i know, special operator, number two guy in central command if im not mistake, he was a s.e.a.l., immens...

Faces fallout he discussed sanctions against russia with russia before president trump too office, despite publicly denying he did that. joining me now, intelligence and national security reporter ken dilani dilanian. whats the latest on the phone call on the sanctions and this aide denied clearance? whats going on? >> a rough patch for the national security adviser, jake. no doubt about that. the man picked to be his african policy adviser, a well-regarded former marine special operator, could ...

A new development this afternoon on president trumps national security team. national security adviser mike flynns top aide has been denied security clearance to the national security council. this comes as flynn faces fallout for revelations he discussed sanctions against russia with russias ambassador before president trump took office despite publicly denying that. joining me is intelligence and national security reporter kim delaney. whats the latest, kim? >> its been a rough couple of days ...

Which is close by. so across the deserts of northern africa, you have many, many groups like that, that are all doing things to try to destabilize the various governments, which they feel arent taking care of them. u.s. africa command has sent teams down there, in fact, in this particular situation, you had a special forces soldier, not special operator, but special forces, who was more than likely there to help train the malian special forces as well. so the u.s. government is attempting to imp...

The changes here started in the early days in the fight in iraq, when these types of really extreme fighters started to present themselves on the battlefield. so theres a constant relationship between whats going on, on the field, and what folks are planning for before they deploy. so, yeah, over the last 10 to 15 years, the whole approach of special operations has been changed by having this extremist fighter on the battlefield. like in paris, like weve seen today, these tactics that have arise...

A total of 26 american troops are stationed in mali right now. 22 were in the capital at the time of the attack. some are u.s. special forces involved in training the mali security forces. in counterterror measures, were told that u.s. forces did not participate in the rescue operation per se. but two american special orp operators did help the forces. one special operator helped people move to a secure location and another helped coordinate from a joint operations center. the u.s. military alon...

After-action reviews after the mission is complete so they can say, how do we do it better next time? how do we improve our action and improve coordination between soldiers? >> one of the conversations that is prevalent right now is the u.s. involvement here. on friday, ash carter said the u.s. could participate in raids such as this but we will not have a combat role. a lot of people are wondering how is that different? >> when you take a look what was happening in this mission and breakdown of...

Civilians and interestingly isis fighters accused by their own group of spying. missing, however, were the kurdish captives they were originally sent in to rescue. >> joining me now is republican congressman adam kinsinger served in iraq and afghanistan as a pilot. congressman, thanks very much for being here. >> yeah, thanks. >> so you have an elite delta force special operator unfortunately killed in this raid. they went into a fire fight inside a walled compound, granted their beginning role ...

The question i had regarding the politics associated with ash carters statements many of these former cabinet officials leave the white house and write a book about it. there ash carter is right there saying he disagrees with the president. he doesnt have to write a book about it. >> no. as i said hes stating the obvious and that is typical ash carter. hes brilliant. he sees what the strategic end stage should be. he understands strategy and he understands how to put together ends, ways and mean...