thank you. dana: house republican leaders making a hard push for an increase in military funding. it would be part of a massive spending bill that congress he try to finalize by midnight on friday. republicans say the extra money is needed to avoid more military training accidents and more defense spending won t raise the national debt. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. how worried is speaker paul ryan about this spending bill hurting him and republicans in the mid-terms? it s a good question. we have been at the forefront of documenting the state of the military aircraft. half of them can t fly. for years, paul ryan chastised the obama administration for ignoring deficits. now the deficit just hit $21 trillion. when i became speaker, i got access to all the classified briefings that a respect gets to see what our military has been experiencing. i m convinced that we ve been doing a disservice to our men
A lot of backlash because of that mistake. heather: all the other sources that repeated that claimant people on twitter who repeated it down the line. the time is half past the top of the hour and a deadly navy jet crashed off the coast of the florida keys the latest in a string of military training accidents. and iraq war veteran says it is more proof obama era cutbacks, why donald trump s america first budget will change everything. the illegal immigrant who killed kate steinle, is now playing the victim card. and colin kaepernick trying to make a come back.
It s the one pentagon official says russia is underreporting the number of troops taking part in a military exercise. russia says it has 5500 personnel. western officials believe the actual number could be 100,000. the drills begin tonight. russia is stating it s not threatening anyone. two turbo military training accidents to tell you about in the u.s. eight special operation personnel injured today in an explosion at fort bragg. 15 marines were hurt when their amphibious assault vehicle caught fire at camp pendleton in california. five remain in critical condition. more u.s. troops have been killed in training this year than in combat in afghanistan. president trump will extend sanctions relief to iran as part of its nuclear deal with the west. ideal candidate trump called a disaster. the decision comes in despite of the president s desire to pull out of the iran agreement. rich edson has the latest from
It s the one pentagon official says russia is underreporting the number of troops taking part in a military exercise. russia says it has 5500 personnel. western officials believe the actual number could be 100,000. the drills begin tonight. russia is stating it s not threatening anyone. two turbo military training accidents to tell you about in the u.s. eight special operation personnel injured today in an explosion at fort bragg. 15 marines were hurt when their amphibious assault vehicle caught fire at camp pendleton in california. five remain in critical condition. more u.s. troops have been killed in training this year than in combat in afghanistan. president trump will extend sanctions relief to iran as part of its nuclear deal with the west. ideal candidate trump called a disaster. the decision comes in despite of the president s desire to pull out of the iran agreement.