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What is step number one? joining us now, honored to say is navy rear admiral cedric pringle, command of the southern command joint task force. thank you for taking time to talk to us tonight, thank you for your time, sir. >> caller: oh, no worries at all, rachel, i'm happy to do it. >> can you tell us about u.s. military plans in haiti and how bad conditions are there, what you're expecting? >> caller: first and foremost, just wanted to say, you know, this is a response effort led by u.s. southern command at the request of the state department. so we actually arrive on wednesday. myself and th...

Russia's activity in an area halfway around the world in latin america, has some u.s. officials raising the alarm. in testimony before congress, general kenneth toe go of the u.s. southern command said russian president putin is trying to bring cold war tactics to america's backyard. "as part of its global strategy russia is using power projection, an attempt to erode u.s. leadership and challenge u.s. influence in the western hemisphere. "the warning comes on the heels of a visit by russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov to cuba nicaragua, colombia and nicaragua. under discussion weapons sa...

Home, but the optics of a trader to people who are actual spies, targeting southern command and spying for a foreign government is somewhat troubling. martha: if concessions are to be made one might think that would have been an appropriate negotiating tool to get mr. gross back. >> the u.s. government, it's heartening how much we do pay attention to our citizens who are held abroad. but we are a government with interests and we have to defend the united states. despite the fact of its relative size and intense poverty as a result of this government system, cuba causes very serious problems an...

The hunger strike at gitmo may have its first owner. a navy nurse rest recently refused to carry out tubal feeding of detainees in the first military rebellion against the prison policy of force feeding. a spokesman would not confirm, but told the paper there was a resin stance of a medical provider not willing to carry out the feeding of a detainee. the matter is in the hands of the individual's leadership. word of the refusal came by way of a lawyer for one of the detainees, a hunger striker. according to his attorney, he quotes the nurse, a man, as saying i have come to the decision that i ...

I love that even joe can make a turn to the royal baby. that was a very special edition of the bleacher report. >> thanks, joe. appreciate it. >> you hear the music. you know what it means. time for the wrap. a quick round up of the stories you'll be talking about today. >> from the l.a. times, the pentagon spending big money housing top military brass. it'll cost more than $560,000 this year to rent and renovate a home in miami for the head of u.s. southern command. on cincinnati.com a lawsuit against the tiny village of new miami, ohio, complains its six speed enforcement cameras violate r...