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maybe that will change with mike pompeo coming to the state department from cia. they re more attune to syria than probably rex tillerson was. maybe it will change with john bolton. until then, yes, you ve got u.s. troops on the ground in a hold phase. the hold phase is where guys get killed. that s where you start getting some fight back from either isis and where the americans are or some sort of blending on that line when it comes to the syrian civil war or the united states has tried to stay out of. all right, this complication is clearly complicatcomplicated. i appreciate you joining us. coming up, stormy daniels will be in court today as a spectator. she s sitting in on a hearing for president trump s attorney michael cohen. and you know we are keeping track of gun violence in this country. according to the trace, there have been at least 12,323 cases of gun violence, 91 over this weekend alone. patrick woke up with a sore back.
phase three of this strategy. this letter was written by an individual who was a great mentor to me as i became a marine corps general, and very thoughtful individual who said family members, like so many of us have he has family members in afghanistan for more than five years at this point. he said this. that he said, the national strategy as currently implemented is seriously flawed, talking about clear hold and build. he went on to point out that the clear phase as a military responsibility has great faith in t although he did have some discussion about the difference between living among the population and operating out of fobs and those sorts of things. he says the hold phase is where the strategy s serious problems start. the afghan national police are the logical force to hold a cleared area. the bulk of the population with ample reason considers the a & p to be a corrupt, untrustworthy
pentagon. reporter: jon, the marine say these are tough fights because you re fighting in populated areas dealing with a sneaky enemy. in an interview with a lieutenant colonel from the marine corps serveing in afghanistan he tells me the operation in marjah, is shifting from the clear phase to the hold phase but he says he s confident the taliban are watching and looking for opportunities to strike. we ll have more from my interview coming up in the next hour, jon. jon: when the government takes a person s property under an eminent domain procedure, they have to pay the owner for it, but who determines how much that should be? shannon bream, live in alex andrea, virginia. reporter: jon, this empty lot has been the center of a legal battle for years, the guy who owned it for more than four decades said i had a deal on the table for $48 million, then the government showed up, said they were taking it by eminent domain, got an appraisal and got half that. this is a battle that s draw
they were simply hiking in iraq s northern region when they accidentally crossed the border. iran says they re spies and will stand trial. according to iranian law, the charges could result in the death penalty. u.s. coalition forces tightening their grip on a stronghold in southern afghanistan. officials there say most of marjah is now under government control, but the 15,000 afghan and nato forces are said to be facing, quote, scattered resistance. in a major concern this morning, mines as well as ieds left by taliban fighters. john? with us now to discuss this largest offensive since the war began, our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. this is also a big test of the new clear, hold, build strategy, the new surge strategy the united states has implemented. it really is the test of president obama s strategy. the key, of course, is putting more u.s. troops in to be able to throw the taliban out and then bring the afghans in and make them do the hold phase of this.