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But mollie, he will have 54 arab and muslim leaders in the first stop. saudi arabia is want to get all of these countries to sign a pledge against extremism and terrorism. they are going to invest $350 billion in u.s. weapon systems. they will invest $163 billion in businesses in the u.s. on a whole bunch of ceos are going. what about the image of this trip? >> well know more about the arms deal this weekend. i think that donald trumps foreign policy was sort of an underappreciated aspect of why...

They need to get good paying, in demand jobs. wherever i go, in wisconsin last week, we have a real skills gap between the skills people need to get good jobs and the good jobs that are out there being offered. this is something we really have to address. im very pleased that the education work force committee is moving forward on this legislation. later today, armed services committee chairman thorn berry will unveil the third installment in his effort to streamline the pentagons bureaucracy an...

Groups. and it was the same system that was used in the hack of the dnc. and it is in other agencies including france television, the german bundes. and they collect this data. its all brought back to servers in russian military intelligence headquarters, the gru. theres another group called cozy bear, which is associated with the russias intelligence agency the fsb. but it doesnt matter. all of these malware systems they put into place, they are national assets designed to steal information and...

Passed the redline. we mustered take action and work with china. im very skeptical china will pull it off but they may but we may be forced to go into preemptive action spea before ws that to you. >> certain weapon systems can destroy most if not all the artillery followed by. [inaudible] s before the general person doesnt understand this. you can destroy their mechanical ability or cyber warfare. >> we are talking all of those things using new technology. much of it is black. we must destroy th...

The north koreans who some expect a sixth nuclear test on saturday? >> well, i think it sends this signal and again whether it is intended or not it shows that the united states is willing to use massive amounts of force even newer weapon systems to go after regimes or groups that it considers to be dangerous to it or to its soldiers, so this becomes a key element in this and does put people in north korea and other potential rivals on notice that they are at risk, things could lhappen if they g...

Truthly concerns me. i spent time on the peninsula serving there. what i tell is you this is a high risk operation. there are an lot of courses of actions or options. you cant just react with an air strike because there are people involved and this is a strategy. it should be part after strategy as just -- opposed to just a tactical event. im very concerned about this because we do not have a strategy. we certainly have a war plan or campaign plan that we could apply in korea but it doesnt consi...

Emissions manual. its a book that says if this is what the target looks like, here are the kind of weapon systems you use. the reason we havent used this bomb since 2003, and there was a predecessor to this, something called the daisy cutter, because this bomb was actually designed in 2003 for an iraq war fight. and then it was eventually used later on in this particular fight because it met all the criteria. open space, tunnels and complexes, exploding devices, the ieds that were used as part o...

No, but on something this big i hardly think the white house, the national security council wanted the president to find out about it on cable news. >> barbara starr, thank you. now the bombing news and also the target. cnns dana bash and peter bergen, the fact they used this non-nuclear powerful bomb, what does it tell you? >> i cant emphasize it enough, whenever you have these kind of targets you consult or have your experts consult the employment manual. actually a book that says if this is w...

Thats the way they red team this game. they understand and they know that america knows that the only options here when given this, and this is why leon panetta was so distraught in his words is that they have the option of creating massive numbers of casualties. in south korea, whether its going out and engaging on a military force. but let me tell you. one last thing. this isnt my usual area of expertise. you know, in the western pacific. however, there is one thing that i do know. north korea...

Proclivity towards moving to the extreme. and for them sinking a vessel, coming out, you know, interdi interdicting commercial and naval traffic throughout the sea of japan, or launching thousands of rockets into south korea, thats the way they red team this game. they understand and they know that america knows that the only options here when given this, and this is why leon panetta was so distraught in his words is that they have the option of creating massi numbers of casualties. in south kor...