Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Donald trump taking aim at americas generals. Hillary clinton says no more troops in iraq as polls show trumps lead shrinks. Plus the Putin Obsession is, is it a smart political move or is trump being played . What is aleppo . The three words haunting gary johnson tonight. Lets go out front. Good evening, im erin burnett. Bitter battle, Hillary Clinton, donald trump in the biggest clash of the campaign so far launching nasty personal attacks on who is fit to lead america at war. Tonight clinton slamming trump saying hes scary and dangerous. Its hard to forget what trump did last night. It was a test and he failed it. He trash talked about americas generals saying that they have been, quote, reduced to rubble. He suggested he would fire them all and hand pick his own generals, since he knows so much about what it takes to be a general. Trump firing back citing clintons use of her private email server saying
Promised there would be no Ground Troops used if iraq or syria. And shes gotten some criticism from people who say shes taking an important option off of the table here, anderson. She said that she would support american troops, Special Forces, doing reconnaissance assisting, indigenous or local forces and providing advisory roles which is the terminology currently used by the white house. Some also thought that by not acknowledging that some Special Forces are currently in combat situations in iraq and syria, she was also, you know, sort of perpetuating this idea that there are no troops who are in harms way. In fact, they are. Some of them have actually died. Dru donald trump hitting her on this saying shes telegraphing isis, she commented on donald trump not having a firm grasp of the facts when it comes to National Security and the issues that were discussed last night. Trump had an event earlier today. He also tried to address some of the things that were said in the forum last ni
President obama thinks. We will bring that to you live. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. On the east coast. Breaking news. Hillary clinton and donald trump giving surprising answers on National Security to surprising questions and nonquestions at a National Security forum in new york. Trump defended a tweet about women in the military and defended Vladimir Putin and issued new claims about information and impressions from inside his National Security briefing. Hillary clinton faced tough questions about emails and Foreign Policy choices. Do you know more about isis than they do . I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. I think that the decision to go to war in iraq was a mistake. We must learn what led us down that path so it never happens again. Im asking to be judged on the totality of my record. When referring to a comment about putin made of you, i think he called you a
Minutes ago she pulled no punches at a Campaign Event if another battleground state, that being North Carolina. A new poll there now shows she is in a statistical dead heat. Look at those numbers. With donald trump. Now clinton today slammed trumps performance at that Commander In Chief Forum last evening, especially his praise of russian president Vladimir Putin. Its hard to forget what trump did last night. It was a test and he failed it. He trashtalked about americas generals, saying that theyve been reduced to rubble. Even i was shocked by this and i didnt know much could shock me coming out of his mouth anymore. He praised russia strong man, Vladimir Putin. Even taking the astonishing step of suggesting he prefers the russian president to our american president. That is not just unpatriotic, its not just insulting to the office and the man who holds the office. It is scary it is dangerous it actually suggests he will let putin do what putin wants, and even make excuses for him. Wh
Clinton saying her steadiness makes her the best choice. Trump tried to take clinton and the rest of the current administrations judgment to task. President obama meanwhile striking back at donald trump, speaking from laos this morning. The president repeated his feeling that trump is not qualified to be president. To begin our coverage with sun l reporter what really turned into a small preview of how they could potentially handle themselves, their first real faceoff which will come later this month, both trying to gain the upper hand on the big question, who is ready to be Commander In Chief. Donald trump drumming up more controversy. The man has strong control over a country. Praising Vladimir Putin while trashing our president. Standing by his statement, claiming he knows more about isis than the generals do. Under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country.