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Yet on deployment. michael, thank you. >> thank you. >> shepard:. trump has given the green light now for the united states to arm kurdish fighters in syria despite objections from one of our key allies. that's the word from the pentagon. u.s. officials say arming the kurds is necessary to capture raqqa. raqqa is the islamic state's capitol in syria. even though our nato ally turkey has rallied against that plan. the defense secretary jim mattis said he had a good talk about the issue today with his turkish counterpart in his visit to denmark. jennifer griffin has details. >> turkey had fought...

So he cut our forces faster, which took away our ability to be there with the afghan units that needed our help. in a way, this proposal would take us back to the what happened in 2013-14 that president obama rejected. >> shepard: what is the specific goal, michael? >> well, take for example the battles in the helman province or the city in the north that was taken by the taliban. we knew that the afghan units that were protecting those areas were weak. we knew they needed help. but under the previous strategy, we didn't have mentors in the field with them. i'm not talking ant main formations ...

Better strategy? >> there may be a strategy there. you covered the air strikes very well and the explanation was that the united states has a vital national security interest in chemical weapons not being used anywhere. we can reiterate that. that sends a message that if you use chemical weapons, we'll have to do something about it. time, place and manner of tour choosing. >> michael, as always, thanks. >> thank you, shepard. >> shepard: a u.s. aircraft carrier is headed to the korean peninsula. but president trump said there was an armada on the way last week. why the white house says the pre...

Press reports if russia is found to be facilitating those transfers, we're going to raise that in the appropriate channels and bilaterally at at u.n. if warranted. >> western sources tell fox an iranian civilian arm certificate flying military personnel into syria, several times a day from tehran to latakiaya. >> thank you, et cetera let's talk more about what's going on with russia and the obama foreign policy. jo joining us for the special foreign policy. elliott abrams, former deputy security voyeur to george w. bush and michael o'hanlan, author of the book "the future of warfare." the pres...

Improvement over 2013. >> it appears that all the things we try to correct and make go better went very well. >> this turns out to be a great exercise for us to see that we fix what we learn to fix. >> ahead of the fourth of july weekend, cities nationwide are preparing for foreign or home grown attacks, an isis spokesman called on followers to embark toward jihad, during the holy month of ramadan which ends on july 17th. terrorists launched attacks across three continents on friday, killing dozens. cities across the country are ratcheting up security measures as we head into the holiday. many...