and imagine what that felt to look at. we want to bring in captain ben collins, u.s. army special forces, veteran, green beret. thank you for being with us and thank you for your service. thank you very much. you re on the phone with us now. i want to ask you, captain, your initial thoughts when you heard about this false alarm. so i actually was stationed in hawaii for a good number of years and i can say that i think people in hawaii certainly feel a lot more vulnerable, you know, there is still the history that goes back to, you know, the japanese attack and pearl harbor, in fact, you know, just for historical sake but many build that is we had on base actually still had bullet holes in the walls from that attack. so it speaks to the feeling you ve got over million people there, they do have the sense of
package done, which he pledged on the campaign. it s a promise made. look, hillary clinton may not like the tax deal because maybe she has to pass her taxes. she has made her money off the backs of the taxpayers for the last 25 years. pete: hopefully they close those loopholes in the tax plan. rachel: at the risk of people saying in the audience she looks good in leather. i saw her close up in person and she didn t look good then. rachel: i tried to end on a positive note. let trump be trump, hillary u that s what happened. that s a positive note. rachel: thanks, corey. ed: corey lunged, thank you. rachel: turning four to headlines, the u.s. army special forces are now responding to one of their own. anonymous person alleging to be a quote green beret posting a harsh letter online the group s regular georgia s and credibility is slipping. military leaders say they are aware of the letter but stand by the unit s
the image mattis uses, when you crush a snowball, isis, in his imagery, more flakes out. they re seeing more of it crop up in central and western africa and that s why they re training counterterrorism forces there and had this engage ant, as they said, was not expected. how many troops are in harm s way on any given day in central africa? close to 1,000. whether or not they re in harm s way, a lot of the guys are on the bases building and so-called behind the wire building these drone attacks. doing counterterrorism in niger is about 100. 100 in these cases, u.s. army special forces, green berets. look, mattis had a great line, not a great line, a telling line. there s a reason we send army guys with guns there, not the peace corps. this is a difficult part of the world and in general, chuck, you know, we only really realize how far extended u.s. forces are on counterterrorism when something goes bad. this is one of those cases. an excellent point. hans, i think a lot of people
welcome back, everybody. the pentagon is facing fresh questions after a deadly ambush in niger on wednesday leaving three u.s. army special forces soldiers dead and two more wounded. it happened in the village of tonguo tonguo in the northern african nation following an ambush by suspected al qaeda militants operating out of nearby niamey. officials say the american soldiers were taking part in a routine training mission with the nigerien soldiers. there was a low risk of hostile activity in the area. the pentagon is investigating this incident also re-examining the protocol for such missions. today vice president mike pence will visit the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria. he visited florida yesterday where he praised efforts and promised that the u.s. would do all it could to help puerto
welcome back to velshi & rhule. we ve got breaking news in the las vegas shooting investigation. multiple senior law enforcement officials say the gunman steven paddock researched possible locations in boston and chicago. he reportedly booked a hotel room overlooking the lollapalooza festival in chicago but didn t show up for the reservation back in august. three u.s. army special forces soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an ambush in the african country of nooignooig niger. militants operating out of mali carried out the attack, it s believed. and today is the deadline for more than 150,000 so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children to reapply for protection from deportation. approximately 154,000 people