when he made the comparison in rome yesterday. eric: thousands of people protesting nationalist party this weekend. members of the far-right group electing to top candidates for september s general election. members to have british royal family handing out medals to runners at london marathon day. eric: how about that? radical islamic terrorist has blanketed africa to not or cows boko haram in nigeria, that s why defense secretary mattis is in the continent today and visiting a key military base. mattis is working to reaffirm military alliance in middle east and africa to fight the islamic extremism as the trump administration flushes out counterterrorism strategy, the
u.s. compound, division head says having chinese and u.s. bases just miles apart is like two competing major football teams having their exercise grounds next to each other and that they ll definite i will keep an eye on each other. having china and the u.s. in djibouti is important because they are two major strategic pors and hing them bh in africa and chinese expanding in africa, they can keep one another in balance. that s why it s important for africa. also while mattis is talking about pumping up military operations in the war against terror in africa, the u.s. at the un is saying it will crank down america s peace-keeping missions for the un. eric: thank you so much.
defense secretary djibouti right now. very latest on the defense secretary s trip. secretary of defense mattis undoubted came to djibouti on president trump s drive to crush terrorism. 4,000 u.s. personnel stationed in djouboti and immediately to the southeast on isis-linked al shabab and somalia. in somalia the rules of engagement against al shabaab have been changed from self-defense in the obama administration in what they call additional precision fires. the u.s. is also said to be concerned about the ongoing construction of a chinese naval base in djibouti miles from the