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It was a tremendous shock. >> we have known for several months now that the communist planned a massive, winter-spring offensive. we do not think that our military operations are going to be at all materially affected. >> he was unable to be honest with the american people, because, of course, he was unwilling to simply say, this is an unwinnable war. >> cronkites vietnam report, reel one, take four. >> these ruins are in saigon, capital of the largest city of south vietnam. >> when he went to v...

Rethinking their timetable for a coalition backed counterattack of isis forces in iraqs second largest city. the daily beast is reporting a planned spring offensive to retake mosul has been pushed back for several months at least. a pentagon spokesman friday kept away from confirming any kind of timetable. but just last week central command officials said a major attack on mosul could happen as early as april. mosul has been controlled by isis since the middle of 2014. secretary of state john ke...

Questioned why they were telegraphing so much information and where these leaks and statements were coming from. but now that were hearing its pushed back, what were being told is, listen this is about the iraqis we have to make sure they are ready for this. this is on their shoulders. theyre not ready so now were not going to move forward. what do you think the indesissiveness telegraphs to the enemy, or are we trying to take them off guard and this is a switcharadiooo. >> shannon, i wanted to ...

Accounts. pete hegsheth, a veteran himself, pete, great to see you. what do you make of this alleged change in strategy? >> shannon, think again, turn away. thats our hash tag strategy against isis right now. until you can take a hash tag, load it into a magazine, rack it into an m-4, charge it and put it in the forehead of an isis fighter, they can take their hash tags and sit on the sidelines. the reality is until you show the enemy that youre willing to kill them and defeat them, the ideologi...

Questioned why they were telegraphing so much information and where these leaks and statements were coming from. but now that were hearing its pushed back, what were being told is, listen this is about the iraqis we have to make sure they are ready for this. this is on their shoulders. theyre not ready so now were not going to move forward. what do you think the indesissiveness telegraphs to the enemy, or are we trying to take them off guard and this is a switcharadiooo. >> shannon, i wanted to ...

Worse off than ever before and this, of course, raised a lot of eyebrows. as the clapper has served under a number of administrations. and he is often regarded with reference i think, in washington as the director of national intelligence. when he says which flies in the state of what secretary of state john kerry has said, we are winning the war against isis. both sides of the administration not talking to one another. >> what is the theme that connects these two stories? calling off the spring...

Or what -- other than that it was striking an isis training camp. it is on the border with syria in the city down the road from al baghdadi, part of the anbar province leading from baghdad all the way to syria. the iraqi road security forces battling it out with isis as we heard around the city of al baghdadi. this is part of the lead up to the spring offensive were hearing about from the u.s. military where there will be targets -- at least trying to go after and retake the city of mosul, somet...

Middle east somewhere and open the doors and hope that well send a few guys out and open cages with wire cutters or bolt cutters and everyone will pour out of the helicopters. its probably not going to work that way. we have to go through all of the planning details and these are the kind of decisions that can be made by the president of the united states. hes going to have to weigh the possible success against the risks of an operation like this. >> general, on whats anticipated to be a spring ...

Inside. our own deborah feyerick is inside as well. once this session ends we will go there live. stay with us for that. in the meantime the u.s. military is helping iraqi forces gear up for whats being described as a major offensive against isis aimed at retaking a big city mosul, from the terrorists. i sat down today with u.s. armys chief of staff, general ray odierno. he says that upcoming battle will be extremely tough. >> heard a briefing from u.s. military central command the other day s...

Whether the kurds were receiving these weapons that were being sent to baghdad. he was asked by senators just moments ago. heres his response. >> baghdad has not disapproved any requests that the kurds have made for weapons. >> the u.s. has stepped up air strikes around mosul carrying out three in the past 24 hours. it destroyed 11 buildings on the outskirts of mosul. evidence perhaps confirming what centcom officials said they are shaping around mosul for spring offensive by iraqi troops. as gr...