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Escalate quickly. did you come away with that feeling? >> absolutely not. i came away from this meeting thinking that planning was underway to make that north korea cannot develop a muscle system that strikes the homeland of the united states. they're preparing for that, we have too. that's our obligation. most important, i heard from second mattis, i heard from secretary tiller sent that we are preparing for diplomacy first and making sure we are rationing of the pressure on the north korean regime, where rationing up the pressure around the globe, nations to cut off trade with north korea, t...

We have to go back in that area to get them out of there. i don't know who these soldiers are, whether they were advisors or whether this was a special operations raid, but certainly the afghan army bears the brunt of the task to take it that safe haven down we've got to stick with it. if isis forms, that is not a threat to the region, it's also a threat to the united states. >> jenna: do you think is current and administration is doing enough to talk about afghanistan and explain our priorities there as a nation? >> i think what's happening, that's a great question, is general mcmaster, the n...

In the organization for security and cooperation in europe, special monitoring mission. we extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and loved ones and wishes his colleagues who were injured in the blast a quick and speedy recovery. we call on all parties to cooperate with the special monitoring mission to allow us to fully investigate this incident. the tragic death of a staff member only serves to underline the urgent need for all sides, particularly the russian led separatist forces to limit their commitment under that minsk agreement. were also aware of reports of united states...

Armor, when units are going out into the field, they will go to the unit that just came back in and take their night vision goggles or their body armor or certain things like that. that is just not how they should be operating. there is always a struggle within defense spending and priorities. do we focus on the fight that we are in now, or do you focus on the fight we think we are going to have? jenna, we've been in this fight for the last 16 or 17 years. when three of our 58 combat brigades, only three of our 58 combat brigades are ready to deploy to combat, that is a serious problem. never ...

Not, we have to consider not throwing good money after bad. i think general mattis secretary is very familiar with that, certainly coming from the marine corps who has always had to do more with less. i think it's going to be put on the right track. >> jenna: there officials within the defense department essay lawmakers asking for my money are exaggerating the problem, that there are people exaggerating the issues, the military is just fine, quite frankly, you are shaking your head. i wonder someone who has been in the field that has had to deal with equipment and supplies, can you share anyth...