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Looking how critical infrastructure attack effects us. here is my worry as we go forward. if we are paying ransom, somebody asked me. you were in this business to long. are they talking to russia? if it's russian criminal gangs or cybercrime elements or talking to threat states against us? i can guess that they are. what i told them it does not matter. if we are shot on purpose or shot on accident we are still actually telling everybody what our weaknesses are which thens means they can assess and say here is where the united states back. i don't want to tell you if i look around the country, ...

Here, they have a mission. their mission is to fight against isis. this area has the highest concentration of isis fighters anywhere in the world, still. >> richard engel, thank you so much, be safe out there. joining me now is republican congressman mike gallagher who serves on the armed services committee and is a military veteran himself. congressman, what is your reaction to all these twists and turns and the president's rationalization for it? >> well, my primary concern in syria is that we can see cascading effects. in other words, our deterrent posture in the region could collapse. if...

Remarkable to me is how quickly critics of the administration are starting to float conspiracy theories that it wasn't iran. you can see how this could have cascading effects politically here as well. i think that iran is basically trying to send the message that if you mess with them too much, they can ruin the world's oil supply through the straits of hormuz. that's a delicate thing to figure out how to respond to that. >> one of those people you are talking about, bernie sanders, put out a statement, attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of ohman, unacceptable. this must not be used as a prete...

Considered. would that be a strategic effort to block a vote if their nominees is one of their own? >> i don't think it would really succeed in that at all. i think the politics here are baked in on both sides. i was a great fan of justice kennedy and will continue to be so. he has a strong libertarian aspect that i enjoyed. the fact is, that the one thing you can't say about president trump is that he failed to deliver on his promises more than any president in my lifetime, he has made good on his promises. you might not have liked them. but he has made good on them. and the biggest promise h...

>> i don't think it would really succeed in that at all. i think the politics here are baked in on both sides. i was a great fan of justice kennedy and will continue to be so. he has a strong libertarian aspect that i enjoyed. the fact is, that the one thing you can't say about president trump is that he failed to deliver on his promises more than any president in my lifetime, he has made good on his promises. and the biggest promise he made over and over again like a mantra was that he was going to move this court to the right and he was talking about kennedy's seat. and i have no doubt that ...