jihadism in the american homeland can no longer be considered theoretical. brett? jeb bush was our guest in center seat. we ll show that a little later. if you have questions, drop us a line at facebook/brettbaiersr. or on twitter. hillary clinton took an uncomfortable but probably anticipated question today during an event in new hampshire. you recently came out to say that all rape victims should be believed. but would you say that about john broderick. kathleen riley or paula jones? should we believe them? i would say everybody should be believed until they are disbelieved based on evidence. the women mentioned have in the past accused clinton s husband, of sexual harassment, assault or rape. up next an historic decision, the pentagon officially gives the green light to women in combat. first, here s what some fox
11 bases amid a series of deadly helicopter crashes. 8 servicemen and pilots have been killed in training missions in the last ten-days. the most recent happened on wednesday that was in tennessee. the grounding in effect through monday. it is intended for all crews to reaffirm their safety measures. now on the front lines a hisic move the pentagon is eliminating restrictions for women in combat. garrett tiny is live in washington with the controversial milestone. good morning. good morning, lea. no job is off limits in our forces. ash carter opened the final 10 percent of military position to win it it means they will now be allowed to serve in the military s most elite unit such as the army delta unit, navy seals as well as the marines. this means that as long as they qualify, they meet the standards women will be able to contribute to our mission in
it does mean have you the opportunity to try to clarify, in this case, for the russians where i think they re making a mistake in how they re thinking through. did you personally speak again to your counterpart? i don t rule that out, of course not. i think these kind of contacts are good. i have done it many years in the course of my career. that s not the next step. the next step is going to be these talks, which i mr. secretary, i want to ask you about women in combat. what do you have to sigh about the reports? there are indications the marine versus asked for an exemption, a waiver of baring some women from women from some ground combat units, infantry units. is that true? let me just back up. i really don t want to characterize recommendations. there are no recommendations made to me yet. remember the process here which is the services are doing analysis. what they owe to chairman and
there will be no consequences for the behavior today. no consequences. the other. striking to me, he used this press conference to talk about two other issues, defense budget cuts and women in combat. why? what could the russians be thinking right now? there was no clear message to them about the way forward. actually, i was sitting here in studio with casey mcfarlands, we were saying, why is he talking about women in the military right now? unless it s to deflect how important an issue it is right now. what s going on in syria? it s a completely muddled message, coming from the pentagon, briefing room today on such an important day when the pentagon, white house and state department were completely caught off guard. i know, because i was woken up at 4:15 in the morning with a source describing the demarche to me and this three-star general coming into the embassy and basically telling them to get out of their way. so the u.s. military is in a
commander of the airborne and ranger training brigade. each and every one was treated as a ranger. it didn t matter if they were a male or female, they were treated the same. i d be proud to serve along each and every one of the ranger graduates tomorrow in combat or elsewhere. the women impressed me. they met the standard and they are ranger qualified individuals. despite the honor, despite all they endured, the two women cannot aemploy to join the 75th ranger regiment, an elite special ops force. women are not allowed to apply and serve in position that would put them in direct frontline combat. a u.s. army spokesperson told us in 2013 then defense secretary leon panetta, formally lifted the official ban on women in combat. however, all branches of the military have until january 1, 2016, to decide which position, if any, they want to keep off limits to women. despite being barred from combat