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Out of qatar, with the major air strike in isis. so you still have a lot of firepower in the region and special operations, you do have a package in iraq that could launch if necessary. you have air strikes that could be called upon. you have a u.s. and french artillery units launching around the of the last isis position. >> help us put this in context. a couple weeks ago president trump was praising secretary of defense matus and then makes a decision after a phone call with the darkest president to pull u.s. troops out of syria. mattis resigns, says i will stay on till february, and preside...

That was sent to susan collins, secretary of defense matus, fbi director ray, and don jr.'s ex-wife was hospitalized because of that package. a truck with trump bumper stickers was set on fire. dozens of more incidences of vandalism, assault and harassment. don't forget about all of the republicans run out of restaurants. many women. republicans stocked in airports and spit on at capitol hill. despite all of this, no calls from the left, no statements of unity and virtually no one in the democratic party publicly condemning those acts. in the media, all but ignoring the stories. on this progra...

And reaction from president trump's stunning announcement on twitter saying the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve on any capacity in the u.s. military. the decision comes just weeks into what was supposed to be a six-month review of the military transgender policy. so i know? so why now? >> the tweets came as the secretary of defense matus was on vacation. seems like he was let out of the loop on this. and the people of the president wanted to know knew about it.

During his confirmation hearing, matus asked a key question about the policy. >> do you believe allowing lg tb americans serving in combat is part of legality? >> i frankly do not care. >> that's only about .5% of active personnel. that's pretty much a drop in the bucket in the military budget. there is a hidden bureaucratic cost to the transgender policy. it required a 72 page long handbook detailing an array of complex items that would be into