was carpet bombed. how can you have so much precision fire and yet so much devastation? because the islamic state fighters who occupied those buildings took someone s home, took someone s school, and turned it into a fighting position. that s how that happens. it was precise. the strike hit exactly where it was supposed to. precision or not, the fact of the matter is that large parts of this city have been flattened by american munitions. we will never know how many people were killed by air strikes or iraqi soldiers or how many isis killed with explosives. what we do know is that this fight was not just about territory. it was a race to save lives. when we rejoin the major and his men on the front lines the next day, the major says that four isis gunmen are holed up in a
threat to the united states and our allies. together with the republic of korea we conducted a combined exercise to show our precision fire capabilities. bret: thank you. let s check in with kevin corke on the north lawn at the white house for the latest. good evening. interesting times here at the white house and interesting juxtaposition when you consider you can hear on occasion over my shoulder the celebration happening on the south lawn. the president and first family preparing to welcome into the evening and the fireworks celebration here in the nation s capital u.s. service personnel and their family members. we compare that, this festive atmosphere here, with what s in a high-stakes game of diplomatic chicken, perhaps even military chicken between washington and pyongyang. the president tweeting earlier today, talking about the fact that kim jong-un, the leader of the democratic republic of
u.s. drones are being used to take out al qaeda operatives in yemen. in somalia the rules of engagement have been changed from self defense under the obama administration to precision fire. they are said to be concerned about the ongoing construction of a chinese naval base miles from the u.s. compound. having chinese and u.s. bases just miles apart is like two competing major football teams having their exercise grounds next to each other. potential close encounter intelligence operations by the comeen ease is one concern. eric: thank you so much. arthel: threats continue to pour out of the rogue nation of north
communication. then also there is the whole network and human trafficking because these young yazidi women and christian women and other minorities that are taken captive and sold, there will be records. so it is helpful in that regard and of course, certainly for the yazidi girl who was rescued and the fact this they were able with precision fire to kill the terrorist holding her and rescue her, this was a case of great success for our delta force there and they should be very, very proud at the way they carried this out. no doubt. congressman, how do you think this plays with foreign allies? with foreign allies, i think there is probably a little bit of renewed confidence here that the united states is going to go in and target some of these top leadership on the ground in syria and take them out. remember, there was criticism early on over the facts that in syria whether isis was getting
its start the united states did not you are bombard isis, but instead, allowed it to go all across syria and then across the border into iraq and take 14 major towns and throughout all of that process, there was criticism from our allies and indeed one of our ambassadors and from many ever us here in the united states over the point that the administration should have used air power then he. at least we re undertaking operations now to take out some of the senior isis leadership in syria. how do you feel about the reports that there was an i gresssive land to hand combat involved in this mission? i think it was necessary in order for the delta force to be able to parole continuing the women because the women were being used as shields by four of these terrorists on the ground and the fact that with precision fire and with by staying calm and yesterday being able to