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>> bret: mike tobin 11 mexico beach, thank you. stocks were off today, the dow lost 89, the s&p 500 was down 16, the nasdaq fell 66. up next more than a thousand central americans had to the u.s. border, we will have that story. first, beyond our borders, a moroccan man convicted of helping on the other september 11th suicide pilots as they plotted their attacks on new york and washington was deported today from germany to his native country. german courts ruled that he was aware the man planned to hijack the plane on 9/11, he was released shortly before pleading his 15 year sentence. the u.s. military says it has conducted an air strike killing four extremists, the u.s. african command sank some sayit happened on friday. no u.s. service members were on
tours of duty in afghanistan and had received numerous awards. u.s. african command says for others were also wounded during friday's attack. the radical islamic group, al-shabaab claiming responsibility. >> four days until now the justice department watchdog releases the highly anticipated support about the fbi handling of hillary clinton email probe. what do you think is in it? what will it say? we will take a look, straight ahead. plus, the g7 summit in canada. the u.s. engages in a war of words with one of the top allies. how this escalating feud over trade is playing out. that next. >> we had some strong, firm conversations on trade and specifically american tariffs. i reiterated to president trump that the tariffs threatened to harm industries and workers on both sides of the borders. mies.
saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman is in the u.s. america is a major arms supplier to saudi arabia. the pentagon has advisors in riyadh but there are growing concerns on capitol hill about america's participation in the conflict. a bipartisan congressional effort to remove u.s. forces from the conflict in yemen was recently defeated, and president trump has developed a close working relationship with the saudi crown prince with an eye towards ramping up the pressure on iran. bret. >> bret: conor powell in the middle east newsroom. thank you. two al qaeda militants have been killed in the first u.s. drone strike in libya against the terror group. the u.s. african command says no civilians were hurt in the city located in the sahara desert. the pentagon says al qaeda has used southern libya as a staging point for operations for some time. here in the u.s., gun maker
bannon, he's from the trump wing of the party and stand for the things we believe in. can they discredit reporters enough to make sure it is just noise and we're going to support him anyway? it is hard to overstate how devastating a loss this would be if republicans lost the seat. both for the breitbart wing, jeff sessions was their guy. he was before trump was trump on policy issues. and for the senate republican leaders, this could cut the margin from 2-1 for tax reform. >> and is it enough as it is? they are struggling with it, too. >> they want to get the bill done before december 12th for that reason. >> it could threaten key parts of the agenda. guys, thank you for the great discussion. stick around, we appreciate it. the military's investigation into the deadly attack in niger is picking up steam. a joint team from the u.s. african command is on the ground. and we have new details on how the body of one of the u.s. four soldiers was found. we are live at the pentagon with the latest after a very quick break. remember that accident i got in
40,000 pounds of 500-pound bombs, and those two planes flew all the way across the world from missouri to libya. and when they got to libya, between them those two planes dropped about 100 500-pound bombs on two isis camps in the desert. now, the city of sirte in libya was controlled by isis until recently. libyan ground forces retook the city last month. the u.s. military says isis fighters who escaped the ground offensive that retook the city, the isis fighters flew to the two camps in the desert. the u.s. african command put in a request to strike them, and president obama approved the mission. in a globe-circling feat, four americans took off from missouri, they flew 34 hours round trip. they had 15 separate inflight
now, the city of sirte in libya was controlled by isis until recently. libyan ground forces retook the city last month. the u.s. military says isis fighters who escaped the ground offensive that retook the city, the isis fighters flew to the two camps in the desert. the u.s. african command put in a request to strike them, and president obama approved the mission. in a globe-circling feat, four americans took off from missouri, they flew 34 hours round trip. they had 15 separate inflight refuellings and they completed that mission. defense secretary ash carter announced it at the pentagon once the the bombers and the pilots were back home safe on thursday. >> first in libya, our africa command conducted air strikes against two isil camps south of sirte.
the u.s. african command put in a request to strike them, and president obama approved the mission. in a globe-circling feat, four americans took off from missouri, they flew 34 hours round trip. they had 15 separate inflight refuellings and they completed that mission. defense secretary ash carter announced it at the pentagon once the the bombers and the pilots were back home safe on thursday. >> first in libya, our africa command conducted air strikes against two isil camps south of sirte. initial estimates indicate the air strikes killed more than 80 isil fighters, many of whom converged there after fleeing from local partner forces who had cleared sirte last month with our help. >> with our help. so u.s. military force helped
claims about former secretary of state hillary clinton for the past three years relating to the attacks in benghazi and then there was this. chuck todd questioning the congressman from the benghazi committee yesterday on "meet the press." >> why haven't you called the following witnesses. general carter, who led a u.s. african command at that time. samantha power, who was in the white house now, ambassador to u.n. you could have called her. former cia director at the time, general petraeus hasn't been called. leon panetta hasn't been called. why haven't these people been called before your committee if this is about benghazi? they were all there at the time. >> chuck, we are not done. you may think this investigation ends on thursday but let me assure you that it does not. we began in may and we are going to continue. this on thursday is one more step along the way. >> so michael steele, are they at risk of undermining their own credibility to say nothing of congressman hanna and majority leader mccarthy's comments? >> you used the right word, and
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in a visit to chile the president said this is a humanitarian mission and, quote, we're going to make sure we stick to that mandate. >> the international community rallied and said, we have to stop any potential atrocities inside libya. >> reporter: the president spoke for the first time since a rain of international bombs targeted libyan anti-aircraft guns. and troops moving on civilian is. heading the international effort right now is u.s. commander general carter hamm of the u.s. african command. >> we have not observed libyan military aircraft operating since the beginning of coalition military operations. >> reporter: gadhafi's advance on the eastern rebel stronghold of benghazi has come to a halt. >> those in the vicinity of benghazi possess little will or capable to resume offensive operations. >> reporter: the president said the u.s. will soon step back from the vanguard of the international coalition enforcing the no-fly zone and allow a leader from some other country to take the lead. the president has aggressively