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One. jennifer. >> well, melissa. this is the first time three u.s. aircraft carriers have patrolled together off the korean peninsula. to train with the south korean navy. the four-day training operation kicked off on saturday and coincides with the 13 day trip to the region. the uss ronald reagan and the theodore roosevelt strike groups have 11 missile warships armed with hundreds of tomahawk cruise missiles. it is the first time its conducted an operation involving three characters in a decade...

Which is not a word i usually apply to him, but to try to get china to help out to north korea, and i hope thats the message throughout the trip. i think that he is very mixed in terms of the way he feels. he always does bring up the trade issues. he did that in south korea also. i think that that is, in his head, the major issue he wants to deal with is to, quote, fix the trade. in the meantime he has to deliver other messages. >> lets talk about. what do you think the upshot will be of the 12-...

It tells me were tightening the screws from a military elements of power standpoint on north korea, tells me that things are very tense in that region. we know this. the elements of power, the economic piece and north korea is being squeezed hard economically. you have the information power, the words going back and forth. you have diplomatic power and three military powers. three strike groups, were poised to do something. thats expensive. >> martha: and as well, the president heads to the regi...

Carriers in the region. six destroyers will help those three strike groups. cruisers, aircraft. 96 vertical missile launchers. each one of these carrier strike groups typically travels quietly with submarines as well. these are nuclear vessels. look at those pictures. >> kat: and sending a message that this is us trying to start a war. >> michael: we have been engaged in military exercises in south korea since he 70s. they are like, we are basically threatening us. >> eric: one was the last time...

Strike group move around the area in the korean peninsulpeni. it doesnt necessarily mean were getting ready to launch an attack -- >> but it puts them within range. >> it certainly increases our chances of defending in the event of a ballistic missile attack. >> that strike group has aircraft carriers and the ability to send guided mu ed mi. and we have bombers in guam. >> the strike group has cruisers and a aircraft carrier air wing. it is a significant show of military strength. it is not unpr...

>> they are working their way toward a test of a intercontinental ballistic missile, weve been clear that is what we want them to see. reporter: i am told that strike groups will arrive off of the korean peninsula this week, one submarine is with them, but u.s. officials dont talk about those operations. eric: lucas thank you. arthel: a strong message from trump administration with secretary of state rex tillerson, now saying that u.s. missile strike on a syrian airbase should be a warning to ot...

Fox news alert as we learn new details on potential scope of the military strike on the assad regime in syria. this as president obama prepares to return home from the g twenty summit in russia where world leaders failed to reach any firm agreement how to respond to the alleged massacre of innocent people. they have not agreed to back a potential u.s. strike without united nations approval. meanwhile, the navy is keeping its options open in the region. in the mediterranean sea there are four str...

Advised not to go anywhere near where those protests are going on. on a bigger scale, the concern is that the u.s. fifth fleet is based there in bahrain. we have at least one carrier at this point right now, we have got two carriers operating out of there and their strike groups. its sort of the lynch pin really for the entire middle east defense strategy, its where the u.s. goes after pirates, its where the u.s. does a lot of its counter terrorism missions and its where the united states milita...