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I asked the people of this city the night of september 11th to be stronger as a result of this, and they've more than exceeded my expectations. i think that, however you judge a city, this city is a stronger and better city now. more people come here, more tourists come here, more people live here. the economy of the city is doing better than the economy of the country, which is pretty unusual for a major city in any country, so i think this city has healed to the extent that it can. but is it a city that lives with apprehension? i mean, i guess it has to. associated press reported just a coup...

Counterterror operations, keep on eye on iran and pakistan, that was the military argument for leaving a small residual force behind. and i think that then you had the president say, no, when donald trump said we're getting out completely, that means that once we leave anybody there, they become targets, and i also think he saw the possibility and the opportunity to do what no other president had been able to do before and end it. that was more important to him than any of the arguments about why a very small force might be cost effective in the long run. >> kristen, mitch mcconnell was on one...

This administration with the policies crafted for counterterror operations are working. we are seeing less territory held by isis, they are down to a tiny little slice of land, who knows how long they will have it before they are eradicated out of that space and disappear back into the crowd which is what terrorists do and we have to keep squeezing the last pieces of the bumble. it is a significant to almost 0 reduction of isis which is a extremely positive step operation. heather: down to a little slice of land and these maps show that. you can see this is syrian territory under isis a couple...

Tweeting and talking about this administration, you all have made it about politics, not the president. >> let's take a beat here for a second. and phil, i appreciate your patience because i know it's getting personal here. paris, a point of fact here, and phil makes a point which is a point of fact. when a phil mudd who serves an advisory board for counterterror threats and goes and participates in conversations with the agency about those threats, he is not getting paid for that. >> that's not what i'm talking about. >> when bill mcraven is consulted on counterterror operations because he le...

Rampage and what needs to be done to crush radical ideology, to discuss former member of the israeli special counteroperations terrorism unit erin cohen. good to see you here, i'm going to start out what americans are worried about, what should our officials here in the u.s. be doing so that terror does not strike between now and christmas? >> well, there's no way to stop terrorism, we haven't been able to stop but can slow it down, slow it down by cranking up intel gathering, intelligence is the most critical layer of counterterror operations. you need actionable intelligence, once you've got...