afghanistan, president obama came, i think, at least 4 times. but picture him standing there and delivering an oration on obamacare and healthcare and how much he had delivered for it. inconceivable. it was a very strange performance by the president. well, interesting especially when he s gotten criticism that he didn t visit the troops, the fact that he wasn t at mar-a-lago, but you also heard the president, admiral, say that isis is not so dominant anymore, but last week side isis in syria was, quote, defeated. so is there any way to gauge here whether isis is defeated or just not as dominant? they are less dominant. i think that s fair to say. and one real measure of that, frances, is the territory they control. at one point, they, isis, controlled a significant chunk of both iraq and of syria and you might recall several years ago the islamic state was moving in tank columns and was a few hundred kilometers outside of baghdad. they controlled the second
largest city in iraq, mosul. that s all been taken away from them, so territory has been reduced but they re still extremely dangerous, at least 30,000 fighters, walking away now as the president is doing from syria is like walking away from one of those california forest fires while it s still smoldering. you know it s going to burst up again if we just walk away. it s a mistake. well, when it comes to this visit here, you ve got recent new york times article that quotes retired three star army lieutenant general mark about the politicized visit, calls the president s comments a, quote, violation of protocol by the president, so do you agree with it, that this move hurt soldiers? i think the general, who was part of my team when i was commander of u.s.-european command is an extremely thoughtful three star general. i think he s correct to call the president out for the general tone and tenor of that, and it is hurtful to soldiers, because it places them in a very
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president trump will head to argentina later this week for the g20 summit in buenos aires. on the agenda, an expected sideline sit down with russia s vladimir putin for what the kremlin is calling a, quote, long and substantive meeting. the president is also set to meet with china s xi jinping amid trump s ongoing trade and tariff battles with beijing, that is in addition to military tensions simmering just beneath the surface in the south china sea. saudi arabia s king salman and crown prince mohammed bin salman also will be there, the first time they will be face-to-face with world leaders since jamal khashoggi s murder. joining us now, dr. evelyn farkas, a senior fellow at the atlantic. good to be back.
john rich who witnessed the las vegas concert shooting responded to this tragedy saying waking up in new york city to the terrible news in california the 12 were killed in a country bar last night, one officer killed in the line of duty running towards the shooter to save lives, join me in asking the holy spirit to pool those families close this morning. the daughter of leanne, our brief sellers plans to go line dancing but canceled last minute when her cat got sick. she reacted the tragedy calling a truly unbelievable. former fox news correspondent adam housley and his wife, tamara housley learned their 18-year-old nice was killed in the shooting as well. they reacted in a statement saying our hearts are broken, we just learned our niece alayna was one of the victims of last night s shooting at borderline bar in thousand oaks. she was an inquiry young woman with so much wife had of her and