such a force multiplier for investigators that the citizenry is invested, everyone is attuned, and the phrase new yorkers have come to know so well, if you see something, say something has become just as widely used across france and across paris. in this country, this morning on morning joe, in a rare interview with the defense secretary, ashton carter, there was an exchange about the footing the united states is on vis-a-vis the attacks in paris. here it is. you agree with the french president that we re at war. yeah. with isis. i think francois hollande has said it very well. i m glad the french are galvanized in joining the fight now. we re starting to go after fuel convoys now, which is something we figured out how to do because isil uses the oil infrastructure as a way to raise money. explain that because there
iraq and while you were there, dan, you found out very close, very personal what an i.e.d. is all about. good afternoon. god to see you and thanks for having me and happy birthday to fox news. jon: thank you. it s our 17th. yes. well, interact, myself and others were exposed to ied s, improvised explosive devices used by the enemy to attack fuel convoys and based on that experience that we had there, myself and a couple of other west moore graduates formed this company. the idea was an entrepreneur who decided to put together a solar hybrid system that was solar, batteries and a diesel generator to reduce fuel at bases. keith tucker is an impressive investor who saw this as a game changing technology and we spent four years now deploying the systems to afghanistan and it is
today. earlier, 20 trucks were torched. a driver was shot dead. these trucks are a vital supply line for nato forces including u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. but they have come under increasing attack after pakistan shut down a key border crossing and the taliban has vowed to disrupt supply routes into afghanistan. let s get the latest from ian williams. he is live for us in islamabad. what is the latest from there? hi, tamron. we re getting reports of this latest attack, which has taken place between the capital here in islamabad and the path. it seems that once again it involves tankers, trucks, carrying nato supplies to the border and stranded at the side of the road by the border crossing. it seems to be open season on these fuel convoys, stranded, waiting on the road without security, like sitting ducks really. this morning s attack, we do have more detail on that, involved the torching of 25 fuel
a driver was shot dead. it s the sixth major attack since last week when pakistan closed a border crossing into afghanistan. in fact, those fuel convoys are increasingly targeted as they cross into afghanistan. the u.s. military s moving to find ways to replace diesel with renewable energy sources like solar that could mean less depen dance on fuel that has to be trucked in and thereby better security for troops. i m joined by retired major general don edwards. good to talk with you today. first of all what s the problem with relying on imported fuel? well, there are several significant problems, contessa. first of all and most difficult is we lose a soldier or marine or a contractor killed in action every five or six convoys due to the various security issues that you raised in your introduction.
and deadly. it s going to take some time to assess whether or not that happens. but the damage to trees and roots is significant. we are not seeing major structures, though, crushed by the wind. we haven t seen that. and we have seen power outage for about 170,000 people. so it s going to be a tough night. there is help on the way from the orlando area, that s where a lot of the first responders are going to be coming from. more than 1,000 vehicles, fuel convoys, medical convoys and one of the key things to clear are roads the hospitals. people are going to need help, they re going to need to be transported to those hospitals, so clearing these downed power lines, clearing these downed trees is going to be key to a fast recovery and rescue operation here in naples. bill, back to you. bill: it s a remarkable thing, steve, to see you in naples and see the tail end of the storm, because we re just getting the front of it now here in orlando, several hundred miles to the north of you. what