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that's because i -- i started becoming religious just before i left and, you know, there from what i heard, islamicly that is all allowed. >> your family have made an appeal for you to come home. they are pleading with the british government to allow you to come home. do you have a message for your family. >> just keep trying to get me back. i really don't want to stay here. >> the council on foreign relations, author of "ashley's war" she's also visited syria five times since the summer of 2017 so, gail, good to have you back. welcome. >> nice to see you. >> listening to -- these words from secretary pompeo saying this alabama woman, isis bride
meeting that he's thinking of tax credits to mitigate the cuts in medicaid. he's very concerned about cuts to mental health care and substance abuse programs that fall under the medicaid program in his home state of ohio. >> mike vic vi -- viqueira. let's bring in the panel. yamiche alcindor, kevin barrett, founding executive editor dense 1, gail le mond author of "ashley's war" and msnbc contribute nick confessore. nick, let me start with you. my apologies to all of you if i have to cut you off and go to spicer there. the future of health care. it would seem it's squarely on the relationship between president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell.
maybe advise for donald trump. i want to bring in the senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and author of "ashley's war, the untold story of the team of women soldiers on the special ops battlefield" and with us white house correspondent michelle kosinski joining us from tampa. michelle, how much do you think this speech is about obama's legacy on national security? >> he wants to cover all those bases that you mentioned, to talk about the threats that america has faced in the eight years he's been in office and why he thinks the way he has done things is the sustainable way and the way to keep going and he's going to talk about evolving to face evolving threats to not commit a large deplace of employment of u.s. servicemen and women, to reduce casualties on the u.s. side. to warm with partners and try to get local partners to be the ones to lead the fight. does he need to be candid?
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the seals as a seal, you were a man. >> yes. >> but you knew internally that inside you were a woman. did you think about this, that women -- that you wouldn't have been allowed to serve as a woman? >> that's a thought all the time. even right now, as a transgender person precluded from many things, there's over 50 states in our country right now that i could walk into my job and be fired on the spot, today. so i'm still fighting for equality for many people. this is one great step for all of us. >> gayle, let's talk about this. you wrote the book, obviously. you also wrote in the "l.a. times" this week that for years women served on the front lines sdpooit t despite the pentagon's ban on women in combat roles. talk to me about where we go from here, because obviously not everyone agrees with this. i was reading about a current seal who said, look,ed this put us in danger. where do we go from here?
this little thing right here is the seal time trident. >> joining me now is kristen beck, retired u.s. navy seal, now a democratic candidate for congress from maryland's 5th district. also with me now, senior fellow for the council on foreign relations, gayle lamone. she wrote the book "ashley's war." thank you both for being here. kristen, first of all, thank you from all of us for your service to this country. take me back to the moment when you were listening to ash carter. what was it like? >> it was great news. it's what america is all about, equality for everyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, color, even your religion. none of that really matters as an american. it's who you are and what you're capable of doing. that's what america is about. it's about freedom and opportunity. >> you have unique perspective because when you were serving in
as wbr-id="wbr18010"/> soon as the jury reaches the decision we'll bring that to you live right here on msnbc. always a pleasure to see you ronan. developing news in the fight against isis we're getting reports from an iraqi official a few moments ago that isis militants have seized the main government compound in ramadi. at the same time, the terror group released an audio recording believed to be the voice of their leader abu bakr al baghdadi. it seems designed to do two things -- one rally his troops and remind his enemies he's alive and well. >> i want to bring in the author of the new book "ashley's war," gail, gras et to see you.
him some time ago? >> the messaging is effective. they've been very good at that. talk to u.s. officials charged with countering that messaging and they'll tell you about the real challenge of countering the appeal of that call to action. so i think it doesn't necessarily matter of its final impact whether it's audio or video. it's a call to action for people who are ready o to listen. >> gayle, let's talk about "ashley's war." your book is about a little-known program that recruited women for the war in afghanistan? >> yes the idea was women could bring something unique to the battlefield which is that some of the most tested special operations leaders in the u.s. military operation said we need women with female soldiers out there to talk to afghan women because we're leaving knowledge behind on the battlefield. so the recruiting call went out, female soldiers become part of history, join special operations
that israeli/u.s. relations are any other a at a high point. they're not toddlers. it's not like jeb bush needs to call his brother to ask where the bathroom is. the notion you wouldn't ask every former president of both parties for think advice about vital american alliances is ridiculous. >> right. let's talk about the book. the third in the series. president charlotte kramer is the, one of the main characters. >> yep. >> in the book. there's a lot that happens in this book but one of the things that happens gives a big policy speech having to do with abortion without getting into abortion, i wonder if you think women candidates talk about issues differently than men candidates? >> yeah yeah. you and i know each other well enough. that's one of my fantasies, frankly. this book is really it's about this moment in our politics still broken such a put-off to