continues. host: pentagon. she for the military times joining us to discuss the trump administration planted upon u.s. military troops to thehe southen border. first explain what we know about the size of this nation and with that mission is going to be. some specifics are there are active force and that s important, we ll get to that in the second and were looking at about 700-800 troops to automate the already 2000 national guard s that are at the border. those are dispatched earlier this year secretary mattis authorize their department to the border to help customs and border patrol agents. host: where are these new troops going? along theanywhere texas mexico border, extend all the way to california. so the several different major checkpoints where to look for traffic but basically they re going to be backfilling picky will not have active-duty troops armed on the board looking for people crossing the river or whatnot. you are going have been in administrative positio
of the most deadly attacks on a synagogue in u.s. history. in tel aviv overnight, city hall was lit up in red, white, and blue to represent the american flag. we want to get your reaction to the events in pittsburgh. our phone lines are open. (202) 748-8001 is the line for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. if you are independent, (202) 748-8002. later in the program, we will check in with congressman mike doyle, democrat of the pittsburgh area. president traveling separate, two locations in illinois and indiana. his first remarks about what happened in pittsburgh earlier in the day. we will hear from the president in just a moment. this is from inside the washington post, the randomness eadit terrified, 11 d and six wounded. michael this morning. caller: good morning. how are you? guest: host: we are fine. thank you. caller: i just want to say this is a testimony to the mental health issues we have today. why would someone go out and kill people at random over and
tighter than anyone saw coming. at this hour the governor s race in new jersey still too close to call. democratic phil murphy has a narrow lead over republican jack ciattarelli. it s coming down to every single ballot. in virginia, voters delivered a much more decisive message, all but erasing democrats 2020 gains in the old dominion to send republican glenn youngkin to the governor s mansion. together. together we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth. youngkin gave the gop a roadmap to victory, an ominous sign for democrats ahead of the critical midterms in 2022. nine months into the biden presidency, voters there moved away from the president, away from democrats, and right to the republican party. former mcconnell aid already predicting a, quote, epic wave next year. jonathan allen writes the goons for democrats is that they have a year before next november s midterm elections. the bad news, they re already fighting over went wrong. you might think the mes
in some way with isis. there are several terror groups in the region, military saying they were working with the nigerian army and getting a lay of the land meeting with local leaders. on that wednesday, 12 u.s. soldiers went to a village near a place called tongo tongo in niger neared mauli board mahli . during that meeting they were attacked. military says 40 to 50 militants well trained armed with ak-47s and rocket propelled grenades. at some point in that sergeant la david johnson was separated from the group. how that happened and why it took two days to find his remains is what remains unclear. one official said there was a tremendous amount of confusion during and after the mission. congress has a lot of questions about this timeline. a senior congressional aide who s been briefed on the situation tells nbc news that the ambush stemmed in part from a massive intelligence failure. how did this large group of militants assemble without raising alarms? why no overhead sur
massive tornado rips through oklahoma. winds in excess of 140 miles per hour, leveling a motel and demolishing a nearby trailer park. the house exploded. i remember us flipping in the air and spinning around and landing and i looked around for a second and it was just pitch black. and a shocking new report from the new york times revealing that the technology behind a cyber attack that crippled the city of baltimore was developed and then stolen from our own nsa. but we start in tokyo where the president has been attending a state banquet. hallie jackson is there for us. hallie, good morning to everybody out there, good evening to you. the president seemed to make more news for praising kim jong-un rather than japan s prime minister, shinzo abe. talk to us about that. reporter: yeah, listen, plenty of praise for both leaders, which was interesting and striking, especially given that president trump did not back down from his dismissal, you could call it, downplaying