Priebus echoing his complaints about media coverage. The truth is we dont have problems in the west wing. You read about the stories i dont get along with bannon. Actually, weve gelled as a team, and we get along great, and were working well together, and the amount of drama and spin that you read about mostly in the Washington Daily Gossip Rags is unbelievable stuff and isnt true. And you read it every day and wonder what Alternative Universe theyre reporting on . Harris we have fox team coverage, Garrett Tenney is following developments and the possible Executive Order on immigration coming at any time. We begin with Kristen Fisher traveling with the president in palm beach, florida. You and i saw each other friday when he got there. The president met with four candidates for National Security job today, but may not be done interviewing, i understand . Reporter thats right, the white house says President Trump could be meeting with
more candidates tomorrow. On top of the four candidates he met with today. These four candidates were flown down for facetoface meetings at maralago and white house Chief Of StaffReince Priebus says whoever gets the job, they will have total job over the National Security council. And the president has said very clearly, that the new nsa director will have total and complete say over the makeup of the nsc and all of the components of the nsc. There is no demand made by President Trump on any candidate for nsa director. Including steve bannon now . Its very unusual to have a political operative in that role. So those reports that youre citing, those are more Fake News Stories that are completely untrue. Reporter priebus was referring to reports that two of the president s top picks to replace general Michael Flynn,
general David Petraeus and former vice admiral Robert Harward didnt want the job because they were afraid they wouldnt have total control over the National Security council. Look at what David Petraeus said at the munich conference. He said whoever agrees to take the job should do so with very, very significant assurances, that he or she should have authorities over the personnel of the organization. At issue is one of the First Executive orders signed by President Trump which gave his Chief Strategist steve bannon a seat at the table at the National Security council, and today on Meet The Press senator john mccain said hes worried about the president s council membership. There has therefore been a permanent member of the National Security adviser. Mr. Bannons role as member of the National Security council
im very worried about. Reporter i asked an Administration Official how the white house was planning to respond, or were they responding to the comments from senator mccain . She wouldnt say, harris . Harris you know were hearing that the Senate Intelligence committee is now formally requesting that all documents, materials that might be related to an investigation on russia be preserved at the white house and through the administration. What is the response now from the white house . Well, the white house says that it is preserving all documents as yushlgs as required by law, but an Administration Official wouldnt say exactly how the white house is responding to this specific request. Now what happened here is these senators and these are members of the Senate Intelligence community, republican and democrat senators. What they want is for the white house to confirm and reassure them theyre saving anything thats related to Ongoing Investigation into alleged contacts between members of the
Trump Campaign and russian officials. You may remember a New York Times report last week stating members of the Trump Campaign had been in, quote, Constant Contact with russian officials, but today white house Chief Of StaffReince Priebus shot that down. He called that Report Fake News and complete garbage. I can assure you, and ive been approved to say this, that the top levels of the Intelligence Community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate but grossly overstated and it was wrong, and theres nothing to it. Reporter regardless of what this Senate Intelligence community finds, if anything, one thing is for sure, this investigation is going to take up a considerable amount of time and Political Capital on capitol hill. Harris . Harris and at the same time, this president just rolls along with his agenda and were going to get more of that. Kristen fisher, good to see you, thank you very much. Now to the expected brand new
Executive Order on immigration. We have learned this. Homeland security secretary john kelly says the new policy will not stop green card residency holders or travelers already on planes from entering the united states. And this development, internal memos from the department of Homeland Security have been posted online by the Wall Street Journal and other Media Outlets this weekend. They appear to outline the plan to crack down on illegal immigration by speeding up the deportation hearings. Garrett tenney is live in washington with this. The white house is not denying that the documents exist. Just a short time ago, they called them draft memos, conversations taking place as leadership forms hard policies. Whats in them . Reporter exactly, every policy has to start somewhere that works its way up the chain. They are dealing with a pair of Executive Orders that President Trump addressed border security, and theyre essentially the blueprints for
how the department of Homeland Security envisions putting those Executive Orders into place and do include sweeping changes to how our Immigration Policy is enforced. For instance, federal agencies will be able to fast track the Deportation Process for anyone in the country illegally for up to two years. Thats instead of the current limit of two weeks. Also, if someone from mexico is caught crossing the southern border, instead of being released and allowed to stay in the country weeks or months or years while waiting for the hearing, theyll be immediately returned to mexico. And as you mentioned, the plans include hiring 10,000 additional i. C. E. Agents and 5,000 for Border Patrol to enforce the policies. As for sanctuary cities, if cutting off federal funding wasnt enough, the memos lay out how the administration plans to go after them into what amounts to a public shaming campaign, a weekly list of criminal aliens arrested for committing a crime and the cities released them from
custody. The white house tells us none of the plans are final and still reviewed and a final version will likely be released sometime this week. Harris as a veteran reporter, ive been at this a long time. When you see Something Like this understand and the Administration Pushes back with the drafts, you have to know that these types of conversations go on all the time. What is different now is that we get a peek inside. So im very curious to know how that peek happened . Are we talking about a leak . What happened exactly . Reporter well, the Washington Post was the first to report on the memos and said it was leaked to the reporters. It was interesting to note when the white house was asked about the memos, they didnt refer to it that way, they were matter of fact about them. So another thing, though, that stood out in the documents and the president referred to this earlier this week is the administration does not plan to overturn daca, president obamas Executive Order that allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came into the here on work permits, and the
president talked about it with the struggle with that issue at his Press Conference on thursday. Were going to show great heart. Daca is a very difficult subject for me. To me, one of the most difficult subjects i have. You have the incredible kids, they were brought here in such a way. Its a very, very tough subject. Reporter with that being said, the white house indicated the plans are specifically for the president s two Executive Orders and down the road, anything to change. Harris . Harris thank you very much. And the president S Immigration policies were the subject of another protest today. This time in times square. Organizers calling it a, quote, i am a muslim too rally. Look. A muslim too a muslim too hiphop mogul Russell Simmons cohosted. New york city mayor Bill De Blasio was on hand. He called it a message of solidarity. The Trump Administration says it will be a top priority. And Martha Maccallum will host a first 100 days town hall event on the topic. Tune in on tuesday 7 00 p. M. Eastern right here on the fox news channel. And right now, it is official. Operation inherent resolve is on. The goal, to clear the isis savages from their last major strong hold in iraq. And sending more u. S. Troops back into afghanistan . The secretary of defense on when that decision might come . And it will be subject of tonights fox report interview. Watch for that. You are watching fox report, im harris faulkner. When did mixing food,
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to keep you on track. Time to think of your future its your retirement. Know where you stand. Harris we could know soon whether more u. S. Troops are headed to afghanistan. The top u. S. Commander has asked for additional thousand troops to train and advise Afghan Forces but the Defense Secretary is formulate wearing exactly he stands, watch. Putting our thoughts together now. The president has been rightfully reticent on it because hes waiting for my assessment and the assessment of the Intelligence Community, and hes open to my advice on it. First of all, ive got to formulate where i stand. This is the normal collection of the information, and to assess what the other countries in the region are doing in afghanistan to help or hinder us in our efforts there. So were still sorting that out, and here shortly ill have my thoughts collected. Harris Defense Secretary also commented on reports the transition to the new administration has caused concern in the military. Here are his thoughts. Welcome to democracy. Its at times wildly contentious, its at times quite sporting, but the bottom line is this is the best form of government that we can come up with. So the militarys job is to hold the line and to hold the line and to hold the line while our government sorts out the way ahead and our people speak, so we dont have disarray inside the military, and thats where my responsibility lies. Harris this is the secretarys first trip to the middle east since taking office. And this story coming to the this sunday. A major push now underway to push the Islamic State savages out of their last strong hold in the key city of mosul. Troops liberated Eastern Mosul last month are and moving into the western part of the city. It has been slower than anticipated. If they are successful, it would be a major victory over the terrorist group but the stakes are high as you might imagine, hundreds of thousands of people live inside the isis controlled half of mosul. Kitty logan with more. Reporter Early Morning local time, iraqi troops made rapid Progress Today but are expecting things to get much tougher as they move towards residential areas. Iraqi military Police Seized several villages on the west side of the city in the first few hours. The next step is to take control of the airport also to the south but the battle is likely to get much tougher when they reach the narrow streets in the west of the city. But today iraqi troops went in with full force, convoys of Armored Vehicles on the ground backed by Helicopter Rocket Attacks and crucially Coalition Airstrikes targeting militant
positions ahead of the ground troops. U. S. Defense secretary jim mattis said u. S. Forces are embolden in this battle giving air and ground support. The u. S. Forces continue in the same role that they were in, in east mosul, and the Coalition Forces are in support of this operation, and we will continue, as you know, with the accelerated effort to destroy isis. Reporter the fight to free mosul from isis has been going on four months now. The iraqi army faced stiff resistance in the east of the city they claim to control but militants continued to carry out Suicide Attacks there. And the fights in the Western Parts of mosul is unlikely to be any easier, the u. N. Is Warning Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped in their homes. Harris . Harris kitty, thank you very much. My guest Army Special Forces veteran and green beret ben collins is about to join me to bring inside battle lines perspective. Stay tuned for that. Mega mogul elon musk has reason to celebrate today. One of his spacex rockets pulled off a successful launch from a historic election. And allout manhunt in the midwest. Police are searching for the suspect you see here. You can barely see him. Two people are dead two. Teenaged girls. Why investigators are turning to the public for help . Stay close. The sunll come out tomorrow. For people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever. Entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low Blood Pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow. Ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the United Mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 50,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The United Mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. Do you know how your you might be surprised. Stimulant laxatives make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. Miralax is different. It works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften, unblocking your system naturally. Miralax. Launched from the historic Moon Shot Pad at Cape Canaveral as you heard him saying, blasting off on a treeday journey to the International Space station. The first Florida Launch for spacex since one of its rockets exploded last year and they announced a few days ago theyre going to have to delay their Robotic Mission to mars by two years, so that wont happen until 2020, making today extra special. Will carr is following this from our west coast newsroom with an eventful weekend. I understand this one almost didnt happen. Reporter thats right, harris, it did today after it was supposed to happen saturday, and along with the launch today, there were cool visuals for you. Spacex launched the falcon 9 rocket this morning, a short time later, the booster came back down and stuck a perfect platform landing. Thats a big move because spacex plans to reuse rockets in the future which will dramatically cut down on costs. That could ultimately help with the companys plans to take humans to mars in the future. The launch was supposed to take place saturday, that was called off with 13 seconds left on the clock because of a slightly odd reading with steering mechanism. Elon musk tweeting it was 99 likely to be fine but the 1 chance isnt worth rolling the dice. Better to wait a day. It was a crucial decision especially after a spacex rocket caught fire and exploded last september, a major setback at the time, but no problems today, on a historic launch pad known as Launch Complex 39a where apollo 11 took off, that sent the first astronauts to the moon. Now spacex and nasa are teaming up together for The Next Generation of space travel. I think this is an absolutely outstanding, exciting time for our nation. For commercial space, for spaceflight in general. This is absolutely the right thing to do, and spacex is a great partner in making this
happen. Reporter amazing to think about how far weve come, and Companies Like spacex continue to succeed, harris, how far we can go. Harris some of the reading for today, i follow some of the people on twitter, they were disappointed. There was a high school in bellevue, washington, counting on this happening because they had Something Special on board. Reporter thats right, you may remember in high school, i remember having the soda bottles and launching them in the air. That was the extent of our experiments. These students took it well beyond that. Students from a high school took part in a nationwide program and wound up with the chance to put their experiment which tests the effects of microgravity on a mixture of corn starch and water into the payload with 1500 pounds of supplies. Experiment will come back and the students get the chance to check out how space had an impact on that experiment. Pretty cool stuff. Harris that is cool, yeah, just a soda bottle, thats all we had. 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Reporter many want the job of National Security adviser and we can expect a decision over the next couple of days. First, lets take a look whos in the running. Former Lieutenant General keith kellogg, the acing National Security adviser after general flynn was asked to resign. Kellogg a longtime supporter of the president serving as Foreign Policy adviser during the campaign. Then theres former ambassador to the United Nations john bolton, appointed by president george w. Bush in 2005, he
served over a year in the role. However bolton may struggle to gain support with libertarian leaning republicans. Another candidate, army Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster, a silver star recipient and decorated officer. He has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in book the dereliction of duty. The other meeting at the southern white house is the superintendent of west Point Military academy Lieutenant General robert cas lin. Served in a number of wars and is a bronze star recipient. Robert harward turned down the position citing family reasons, and David Petraeus is no longer a finalist. White House Press Secretary said more names could be added to the list. The National Security council without a permanent leader and embroiled in controversy after a senior staff member was abruptly fired when he was critical of the president and steve bannon during
offtherecord roundtable. The white house confirmed that staffer is no longer with the nsc. Harris lauren, thank you very much. I think our satellite got cut off there. For more on, this bring in evan zig freed, republican strategist and author of gop gps and doug schoen, former adviser to bill clinton and fox news contributor. You and i saw each other friday on the fox newsdesk and it was interesting. You cant get rid of me. Harris lets start with what we been the four men. You said in the break, im going to tell everybody what you said. You said ambassador bolton should be the one, why . Look, i think he politically and substantively and logically makes the most sense. Look, the other Military Officers are legitimate heroes. All three. But john bolton has experience at the u. N. , he has experience at the highest levels of foreign pochlts he is fluent with all the issues and he is a
hawk and tough on russia and hes tough on north korea and tough on iran. He would be best in my judgment and serve america with great distinction. I would love to Echo Everything Doug said on john bolton. I think he would calm the National Security apparatus which is worried with k. T. Mcfarland and former white house National Security adviser. Harris why do you say that . They havent liked how the changes occurred from obama to trump. They were ignored and waved off. H. R. Mcmaster wrote One Of The Best books and failures of vietnam in dereliction of duty. A lot of generals took it into account particularly David Petraeus, it notes the failure of vietnam because of the government being too involved. Especially at the executive branch. Harris interesting, you said it changed your perspective. Thats what we said watching that report from lauren. We have a quick word from ambassador bolton, and im
curious to hear your take on it because we had him on outnumbered friday and talking about russia and the recent provocation that weve seen. Lets watch that. I think the real threat here that does need a serious response is the deployment of these missiles that violate the imf treaty from the 1980s. Not the first of these violations but its very serious, its a direct threat to the europeans. Harris how does that fit in for mr. Trump . Well, mr. Trump made clear on thursday that he was reevaluating his befriend Vladimir Putin strategy. He was ready now to get tough on the russian. Nobody better than john bolton to do that, and the violation of the inf treat see outrageous provocation. Harris what about working with the rest of the team . That is something that the president is starting to bring his cabinet together, have you rex tillerson, you have others who who fits in best with
that, and how important is that . Very important. John bolton is essentially the pipeline on all matters National Security. From the state department, cia. Harris if he got the job. If he got the job. Somebody who understands how washington works but is advised President Trump. That is a plus for the American People. Harris all right, now i want to get in, this will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up, doug. Sure. Harris theres a report on politico about democrats inside your party having to quell, having to puppet a wall among some of the others in your party not to talk about impeachment of this president. Hes only been in office for a month. What is going on in your party . Its Whats Going On in the country. Look, donald trump has had a rough and rocky start, lets be clear. Hes had a lot of turmoil and turnover, but that being said, harris, the premise of your question is exactly right. The last thing we need as a nation is talk of impeachment. It marginalizes the democrats. This resist trump at all Costs Movement is a big, big mistake and really takes the onus off the republican failures and makes the democrats look out of step. Harris im reading the words backfire on the democrats. Right. Harris i saw you do a little pivot there. And i want to get your thoughts . The loonie left is a wild animal, uncontrollable by the reasonable Democratic Leaders if there are any. When you push impeachment, you have to ask for what . I have seen zero evidence of wrongdoing in President Trumps term. They think that somehow there is this big connection that russia actually hacked the election, and that donald trump is banning all muslims. Hes not. He did an harris hes going to write a new Executive Order now. Are democrats afraid whats coming down the pike . In many cases they dont have the votes to get it done. Many are afraid. The president has Legal Authority to do another
Executive Order. Hes going to be able to restrict immigration further, round up more illegals, do tax cuts and proceed in ways that are inimicable to democratic interests. The base wants extreme reaction and harris, the word backfire is exactly right. It will hurt the Democratic Party if they push impeachment rather than substantive policy. Harris what should the republicans do right now . You have a Democratic Party, and maybe it doesnt matter, but this president said he could make a deal. You have a Democratic Party who skipped many of them, the inauguration, not coming to hearings, skipping out what they were elected to do, and now theres this, well, we got to keep quiet. You call them the loonie left, and doug didnt flinch. What do republicans need to do at this point . Aside from shaking our head in disbelief that theyre coming to the table and having temper tantrums. We should have an olive branch but you need to come to the
table and talk to the issues the American People put us in office to talk about. We need to talk about tax reform, infrastructure, fixing obamacare. Thats what the American People want, they would practical solutions, taxes cut, they would their roads and bridges. Harris you say all that, but how do you account for your party . Toughen up. I dont like the words loonie, harris, they are loonie, they can contribute to consensus. And if the extreme left of the party would just back off, and allow constructive legislation, particularly the ten senators up in states that donald trump won. Democrats in states trump won, they need to cooperate where possible and unless and until that happens, they are facing trouble. Harris why do you think theyre not . Is there political gain . You lost a thousand seats
across your state houses, Bicameraly In Congress and the white house since 2009. What does it take . They believe its like the tea nature 2010, resist, resist. Harris they have viable members in congress. 50 . Harris theyre in the majority now. Their theory is they can bring him down because hes unpopular i did write in the New York Times this could very much be like the tea party. I encourage republicans to work with them. As what . One of the points i blew up to give you an idea how crazy the loonie left, is we can make Feminine Hygiene Products such as tampons tax exempt. When it was passed in may of 2013, it was hailed as victory for the women. The loonie left said i was condescending and perpetuating a war against women. Its hypocrisy to the highest level. We have issues that rise to the level of war and peace, how we finance our government. Whether our roads and bridges are habitable and useable. All of these can be done and dealt with, with bipartisan effort. We need that. Theres a basis to cooperate. If the democrats and the republicans cant get together, you know who loses . We all do as americans and that would be great tragedy. Harris wow. I see that youll be buying dinner because his democratic friends may not invite him. I dont think the conservatives in dougs party will do that. We balanced a budget with bill clintons reform. Harris were following two big stories in the fight against terrorism. Iraqi forces launching a major operation against the isis as we await a pivotal decision. New reaction from green beret ben collins, hell be right here on the fox report straight ahead. Lets do more. Add one a day womens complete with key nutrients we may need. Plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. One a day womens in gummies and tablets. And this is they like lobster party. Y, red lobsters lobsterfest is back with 9 irresistible lobster dishes. Yeah, its a lot. Try tender lobster lovers dream and see how sweet a lobster dream can be. Or pick two delicious lobster tails with new lobster mix and match. The only thing more tempting than one succulent lobster tail, is two. Is your Mouth Watering yet . Good. Because theres something for everyone, and everyones invited. So come in today. And reduces the risk of them happening again. Yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Both made me turn around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an Artificial Heart Valve or abnormal bleeding. If you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily. And it may take longer than usual for bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Plus had less major bleeding. Both made eliquis the right treatment for me. Ask your doctor if switching to eliquis is right for you. Harris the fox report interview now. Iraq forces launching a major air and ground offensive to retake Western Mosul from the isis savages. Lets bring in ben collins, a green beret who served three tours of duty in afghanistan. I have afghanistan questions for you a little later, i want to get to the news developing on this sunday. And you know, we thought that this would take a shorter period of time, you didnt, taking back mosul. Whats complicateed . Mosul is effectively a city separated by the tigris river, you have the east and the west. The east has been difficult because of the buildup that isis had. They had two years essentially to prepare for this fight. The western part of mosul and by the way, they started and took about 100 days or so to clear the east. The western portion of the city is a much older part of the steeshg the streets are much narrower, much more densely populateed. This is urban combat. They have to get out of the vehicles and go doortodoor to do it. Harris i remember you said were going to kick this off in october, the dual force between the iraqi forces and us and other Coalition Forces. You get there and its been a few months and what do you do with the civilians . That was the main concern, theyre trapped. Theyre trapped. Some of the civilians got out. We believe there are approximately 750,000 civilians trapped in mosul. They are low on food and water and basic medical supplies and the concern here is if it took essentially 100 days to retake Eastern Mosul, it could take three times as long. Harris thats a year. We could be looking at
months that the civilians are stuck. Harris what is stuck . I mean were looking at pictures now. Im turning around and looking at this. You talk about urban. These are rooftops, what is stuck for the people. How deadly . Correct, isis is Digging Tunnels in the western part of mosul. Breaching wall to wall to move through homes without having to go out into the streets. So isis is using the civilians as human shields, thats where theyre going to center forces in churches or mosques or schools or hospitals. Harris you know the last president , president obama, called them the jv team. There is nothing jv about what you described. Are they Getting Better at this . Theyre certainly learning. Thats the thing with isis, theyre good at adapting to battlefield conditions. One thing we have to remember is they still have abu bakr albaghdadi, the leader of isis in mosul. It was in mosul here in the
western part of the town where he made his grand now. The caliphate in 2014. So theyre going to fight very hard to retain this thing. It will fall, but at what cost is the ultimate question. Harris how long will it take . This could take upwards, to be fully clear, upwards of three to five months or the Iraqi Military to clear and hold on. Harris do we have enough people on the ground . Theres roughly we thought there was 6,000 isis soldiers within mosul. We think theyve killed about a thousand, maybe 5,000 left this is a combined force of 100,000 soldiers. Harris and still going to take a year . Not a year. Its going to take months. But, yes i think theres enough forces, the question is what happens after . Because the biggest problem that theyre going to have, mosul is going to fall, and as difficult as that is, what is
going to happen after, in the sectarian divide between the kurds and the shia. Harris thats the question, always. Lets move to afghanistan. Certainly. Harris and the possibility were learning from the military that we might look at putting more forces on the ground there. What does that look like and why . Well, i know that general or secretary of defense mattis received some suggestions from general nicholson, the commander on the ground in afghanistan, that he needs a few more thousand troops to break the stale may. The problem right now is with the u. S. Withdrawal were down to 9800 Soldiers Left in afghanistan, and its put an immense strain on a Fighting Force of Afghan Security that is not well prepared. Harris extra dangerous for them too, probably. It is, in the sense the taliban have had a resurgence over the last couple of years, and predominantly, my biggest concern is theyve managed to
retake 50 to 60 . Harris they are like scorpions, theyiest and you cant bridge them. They are focused scorpions. Hellmund, the birth place of the taliban, the home of the opium, and the revenue of the opium has gone up 43 in production. They make a couple hundred Million Dollars a year off. That as long as the taliban have the financial ability to sustain the fight, theyre going to be a problem. Right now theyre challenging five capitals in afghanistan. Thats a problem. Harris what is our end game . Thats a great question. For a very long time, weve had this idea that we were going to have strong centralized afghan government. We never really understood the threat on the ground. We never really understood the afghan people. I think we have to get to the
point were content with when is afghan good enough, a small Central Government but let the tribes dictate the future. Harris i cant let you get away, all of this has the hallmark of isis moving in. We learned last year of isis members being on the ground in afghanistan. If that happens then youve got two huge locations with iraq and afghanistan. Syria. Ive got to ask you, would we go in on the ground . You know its talked about in wider circles, id rather come to you for the facts . Right now were in there in a way of training what the Obama Administration was calling the moderate rebels. I dont think that there is a clear decisive know what youing were trying accomplish in syria. Is assad staying or is he going . And putting soldiers on the ground is easy, getting them out is much more difficult. And weve never had a clear, concise understanding what is it that we want to do. What does success look like . Harris we are endgame constippated, seriously. I look forward to having you back. Thank you very much. Harris well be right back, stay close. Introducing new depend silhouette active fit, with a thin design for complete comfort. They say move it or lose it and at my age, im moving more than ever. Because getting older is inevitable. But feeling older . Thats something i control. Get a free sample at depend. Com. Oroville. Reporter its raining again right now, which is why theyre trying lower the level of the river behind the dam. Were going to push in and give you a closer look. The big plume is off the main spillway. All the water coming out of the dam, its supposed to go straight down, its not, its hitting a damaged area and moving its way around. Thats a damaged area. In addition to that, the Merge Spillway of so much concern is also damaged. However, they cant stop the water from coming out because of the rain thats coming right now. Its going to be raining from tonight, tomorrow, possibly into wednesday, up to 10 inches, what they need to do on the other side of that dam is lower the level of the reservoir, lake oroville, its a delicate balance trying to empty out water as its running over the damaged areas and lowering the water level of the lake and had to increase the output baufdz the rain, because its starting. What theyre trying to do is protect the communities below. You mentioned that 188,000 people evacuated on sunday. Mandatory evacuation, they were allowed home tuesday. However, it came with a warning from the sheriff who said you need to be ready to evacuate again in case the fixes dont work. In case one of the spillways gives. Especially the emergency spillway. If it does, a wall of water would head down into the community. The folks are packed up, ready to go if for some reason this happens. Everybody watching this closely. We have video of the work thats being done, harris. Theyre trying to drop cement and rocks into the area so folks remain safe. Harris theyre going to try to clog it up as best they can. You cant stop the rain from falling from the sky. Were coming right back. Stay close. They work fast and dont taste chalky. Mmmmm. Amazing. I have heartburn. Alka seltzer heartburn relief chews. Enjoy the relief. Deartheres no other way to say this. Its over. Ive found a permanent escape from monotony. Together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. I know this is sudden, but they say if you love something. Set it free. See you around, Giulia Knowing where you stand. Its never been easier. Except when it comes to your retirement plan. But at fidelity, were making Retirement Planning clearer. And it all starts with getting your Fidelity Retirement score. In 60 seconds, youll know where you stand. And together, well help you make decisions for your plan. To keep you on track. Time to think of your future its your retirement. Know where you stand. More doing chores for dade per roll you wouldnt believe whats in this kiester. A farmers market. A fire truck. Even a marching band. And if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. For any sort of discomfort in yours. Preparation h. Get comfortable with it. Im reading the log of the recent talk we had with the White House Deputy press