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Not aware the president planned to announce a complete withdrawal from syria. >> you weren't consulted before that decision was announced. >> we were not -- i was not consulted. the fact is the president made a decision and we are going to execute the -- his orders here to withdraw forces from syria. >> general votel also weighed in on the potential withdraw from afghanistan saying the u.s. would need to continue bolstering the afghan fight against isis and taliban to the a tune of $4 billion a year. >> there certainly would need to be continued support to the afghan forces. >> and without ame...

Russia and iran having armed proxy fighters. six years ago the u.s. provided these types of weapons to rebels fighting the assad regime in syria. president trump canceled the shipments saying they fell into al qaeda's hands. the army is putting advanced armor on their combat vehicles. >> molly: new reaction from president trump to elizabeth warren's announcement saying she will form an exploretive committee. we're live in washington with more on this. >> elizabeth warren isn't taking the day off. they're working on the exploratory committee. she made the announcement on a video posted to her t...

Iran nuclear deal or at least made a decision to stop abiding by the terms of that deal. the financial squeeze could help pressure the country back into the negotiating table. the national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. what more do we know about these new sanctions, jennifer? >> well, shep, today the u.s. treasury designated the head of iran's central bank as a terrorist accusing him of funneling millions to hezbollah. new sanctions will target iran's central banker for funding she a proxy fighters across the middle east. treasury secretary steve mnuchin just...

With iran deal goes beyond just nuclear weapons. listen. >> president trump's been pretty clear. this deal is very flawed. he has directed the administration to try and fix it. and if we can't fix it, he is going to draw wrau from the deal. as part of the presidents a strategy we are working to cover the broad set of nonnuclear threats, its missile systems, its support for hezbollah. the importation of thousands of proxy fighters into syria and its assistance to the houthi rebels in yemen. we look forward to working closely with strong allies like israel encountering these threats and rolling ...

Intelligence to target the hout thinks, saudi arabia's ambassador warned from washington his country is preparing a ground invasion if needed to stop iran's proxy fighters. >> that is the situation that is not tolerable. we see the consequences of that in lebanon with hezbollah, where a militia pretty much dominates the state and threatens state institutions. we will not allow this to happen on our doorstep in yemen. >> reporter: meanwhile, 300 miles north of aden on yemen's coast, al qaeda fighters captured a prison, freeing hundreds of hardened inmates. this as a new u.n. report described a ...