data will be time stamped and there s a possibility that they ll be able to recover e-mails as well. thank you very much for joining us. your latest piece came out this morning about the possibility of a second server. thank you so much. thank you. appreciate it. leland? backhoes are joining the battle in washington state and a critically injured firefighter is now out of surgery. we ll get an update on his condition plus the two koreas are finally talking but will words bring them back to brink for war. major general bob scales. plus, opponents of planned parenthood have a message for congress they are taking to the streets. we are joined from manhattan with more. hi, brian. reporter: hi, leland. thousands of protesters from new york to illinois demanding that
destroyed the top leadership of a fledging islamic state affiliate there earlier this week. the pentagon confirming a drone strike killed an isis second in command for the afghan chapter. nato is expected to have a statement later today on the strikes. a decision to make these reductions was not easy. and will affect almost every army installation. all of aur installations provide valuable capability for the army and are important to us. and still they cut them. general randy george this week after the u.s. army decided to cut 40,000 soldiers from 28 bases across the country. this as president obama says there are no current plans to send troops to iraq and isis remains a major threat to the middle east as we have reported. here to look into the impact of these cuts fox news military analyst major general bob scales. general, appreciate you being here with us. hi. they re cutting your army. they are.
minute. let s bring in major general bob scales fox news military analyst. good to see you sir. hi, harris. hi. i want to start with what is happening with the army on the ground in iraq. you have some firm thoughts about why they just are not ready. well, first of all,s as i wrote in juan juan juan wall street journal, the air armies are 0-2 against us can the iraq and iran fought each other to a standstill for eight years. even lawrence of arabia got this right 100 years when he built his army on an army based on tribe and clan and family and not on flag, and so what this does for our advisers in iraq is it makes it a very, very tough mission to try to mold a conventional army out of what in essence is a society that is based on clans. in addition to all the other problems that we re seeing, like recruiting.
you don t strike at the heartland, they ll continue to get stronger and i have very little confidence the iraqi military will get stronger. general bob scales, he does not mince words. thank you sir. thank you harris. iraq s military is blaming a technical failure after one of its jets mistakenly dropped a bomb on several homes in the capital city of baghdad. rescuers are combing through the wreckage to find signs of survivors. the bomb killed at least 12 people, women and children. dozens her. a military spokesperson says the bomb failed to detach from the russian-made fighter jet during an aig air fight and then came loose when the plane was returning to base. hundreds of u.s. soldiers are taking part in military drills in south korea and an american naval officer says the exercises help build the alliance between the two countries. north korea describes them as a
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