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Just eliminate out of the defense budget, but if you had a priority of where we should put the money, where were not putting it now that we should be, where would that go? general, let me begin with you. >> first, i think the proposal that certainly the joint chiefs and secretary hagel has made with regard to the aircraft are aging weapon systems. theyre 40 years old. we need to modernize our force. i would put investment in the f 35 fighter, the pegasus and continue to invest in the long-range ...

Warrant out for viktor yanukovych at the same time he says he still sees himself as the legitimate president. what ive seen in the past couple of days in the east and in the south of ukraine where allegedly his support is the greatest because theres a lot of russians there is they dropped him as well. a lot of people say hes a traitor, hes a coward and while they dont like whats happening in kiev right now, the ukraine they dont support viktor yanukovych any more. russian forces are on the doo...

Congress will cut troops because congress, frankly, laura, doesnt give a damn about the troops unless will is a photo on involved. >> thats a strong word. >> you can imagine if there was a national referendum? do we want increased taxes or more money for wars and afghanistan or elsewhere? where do you think that poll would be or referendum would be? higher taxes or pull out of afghanistan completely? >> the problem though is that congress is going to cut people. you need to cut the big junk weap...

Congress will cut troops because congress, frankly, laura, doesnt give a damn about the troops unless will is a photo on involved. >> thats a strong word. >> you can imagine if there was a national referendum? do we want increased taxes or more money for wars and afghanistan or elsewhere? where do you think that poll would be or referendum would be? higher taxes or pull out of afghanistan completely? >> the problem though is that congress is going to cut people. you need to cut the big junk weap...

Aircraft carrying out a strike near a syrian coastal city. obama administration officials say their targets were russian-made missiles heading for hezbollah fighters. leland vittert is live from jerusalem with more on this story. leland? >> reporter: jenna, the israelis have long said that they will act to prevent any type of sophisticated weapon systems moving from syria down to syrias friends in lebanon, namely the militant group hezbollah. the location of this air strike, the syrian port city...

Mask. >> jimmy kimmell got in trouble for this. >> how should we pay them back? >> kill everyone in china? >> thats an interesting idea. >> the kid is starting his life the right way. chinese are the most dangerous. >> im going to save you from this. a couple of days later, kimmell apologized. >> hes a comedian. remember that? hes actually funny. i call him a comedian because he truly is one. i think hes very clever. its children. didnt you see the bill cosby day, kids say the darnest things. >>...

Iran do, and not just in senior ya but -- in sera but the entire region. the syrian regime, if it gets a no-killer strike, limited one, theyll definitely try to rebuild the weapon systems with the russians, number one. number two they will attack sunni areas sad syria to prevent them from coming to damascus and taking over. and three, we have seen a series of assassination attempts or strikes inside lebanon against politicians against the syrian regular jim. so syrian regime will probably -- we ...

Assets are that we would want to destroy? >> we have very limited human assets on the ground. thats human intelligence. we have good overhead imagery. signal intelligence will pick information up but may not provide clarity to where some of the weapon systems are moved to. we have a limited -- we have good overhead imagery, but we couldnt watch every little piece down there that we have an interest in as it is moved to some new location. generally speaking, we probably got a pretty good picture ...

Were chasing these weapon systems with overhead sensors are having a dickens ever a time trying to keep up with all of this and keep the ships ready to shoot. this is not a simple operation. it is enormously complex and takes hundreds of dedicated folks to ensure that this target set is updated. i have to tell you, things are still tense in the mediterranean. >> harris: you know, its interesting. i have said the word russia almost as often as i have said syria. russia is moving. they want to com...

Are probably going to be struck are targets that are not related to the inventory of chemical weapons, but the delivery means by which those weapon systems have been used. >> so, in libya, the governments weapons were no match for the u.s. military. we made quick work of that. but with syria, its a different story because syria actually has an effective arsenal. >> well, it has an arsenal. syria does not have long history of having a real effective military. in fact, the success that theyve had ...