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The hbcus that are still trying to survive after meeting with the president last year, they're still trying to financially make sure they're stable, this could impact their dollars and students. like, you know, i talked to the president of tennessee state university, dr. glinda glover and she says 10% of her student body come from africa, international students. she says they come to study engineering, medicine, all sorts of programs that really would propel them to be active and prosperous and in the society versus being what people may want to think, what they feel versus the fact. >> all ri...

There to move more to general purpose, general purpose, general serving military folks. think in general when he's talking about the fight against isis and predicted a lot of this, he said that it will be less inspirational isis. it's a, quote, diminished brand. but it's clear that there's going to be a presence in africa with the 6,000 troops there, most of them are around jabuti. a few hundred scattered about five, six countries. the drone base in niger, a new drone base they are building, that will have armed drones, so you'll have more opportunities, more capabilities throughout africa. an...

La david johnson. so, again, what they're trying to find out is how -- there was some movement between bt two groups. they were on foot. they were in vehicles. so they're just trying to find out how he was missing for that length of time. >> and there was coordination, obviously of the isis affiliated fighters seems to suggest that they are well trained and organized. is the u.s. currently prepared to counter the isis factions in niger and other african regions? >> well, that's something u.s. military planners are looking at. they've done about 30 patrols in this area without encountering enem...

Look at vegas, that's in our country, in a casino surrounded by thousands of people. >> and cameras. >> we don't know what the hell went on in vegas. and we're in niger and we don't know what is going on. give it time. i think we're seeing a narrative constructed now, that it's the trump administration, is stonewalling, and i get the sense that it's ben ghazi payback, albatross around trump's neck like benghazi was. why aren't drones sent ahead. i'm assuming that was happening, why there isn't a drone set in front. they can see everything. >> they don't allow it. >> really? >> that's not total...

Philippines. it has been a problem for several months. the u.s. has provided them some additional intelligence access, some cessnas and a couple of drones recently. but now there's talk of doing several things. number one, providing them, naming an operation, naming a u.s. military operation which has some implications. what it would also potentially mean is giving some, providing some armed drones. the u.s., of course, would control the armed drones, but they would share some inof the intelligence and it would mean the u.s. taking air strikes against isis in the philippines which would be, of...