military. it could have been a training patrol and it s in a combat zone. elizabeth: were they ready? was there surveillance? and what i don t know what their state of training and preparation is and was and you bring up a very good point. we have been seeking permission from the government when we re out on patrol like this, we re not by ourselves, we re with others, and we wanted to have flying drones. we made the request and i suspect that s going to change as a result of these deaths, unfortunately. and i think we ll insist on it or else it s going to affect our relationship with the niger army. and you said it was an isis affiliated group and there were 50 armored trucks and by armored trucks, pickup trucks that had weapons loaded on them and they were ambushed.
to bring our nation together instead of fight with those simply looking to fight. gunderson will share his amazing story live on fox and friends . rob: fox news alert, three green berets are dead, two seriously hurt after being ambushed in the west african nation of niger. a training patrol of eight special forces and nigerian soldiers were attacked by an unknown terrorist group, that is all we know at the time. the injured are expected to recover, no specific group has claimed responsibility. heather: joe arpaio in the clear, federal judge dismissing joe arpaio s criminal case and accepting donald trump s pardon saying he cannot be tried again. in july joe arpaio was found guilty of defining a court order to end profiling of immigrants during traffic stops, donald trump ardent him in august.