. >> and the reality here is that al qaeda, elements of it remained in iraq. there's no doubt or dispute about it. i think i know what the governor meant to say but that doesn't change the number of pinocchios. >> it's harsh. i'm sure he's really hurting tonight. >> i have never seen the "post" be harsh with a republican candidate or office holder. let's turn to hillary. $155 billion worth of weapons deals to countries that found it in their hearts to turn over millions of dollars to the clinton foundation. therefore, we understand it would be benign and have only their best interests of the globe at heart. >> well whether you can establish any direct quid pro quo as we always say about all these clinton donations, i doubt it. but the reason you have ethics rules in government is to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. and it's becoming increasingly clear that her tenure as secretary of state was one enormous appearance of conflict of interest. because what you're doing is if you are the saudis or these defense contractors is buying good will b

our interest in iraq is not just about iraq. it's about united states interest in the region the security of the american people, and our interest for the stability of the middle east, and that is critical to us. and it appears that the president is beginning to walk away from iraq as part of what he's done in disengaging from the middle east. lou: as he walks away from iraq, the fight with the islamic state, what are the implications here for example the ambitions and the aggression the annexation of crimea, the threat towards scandinavia, eastern europe by vladimir putin? does this president and his passivity render nato effectively a shell organization now? >> well, you know, most of us looking at this the policy decisions the president has made and the implications it's had in the region and how our adversaries are taking advantage of it. we connect the dots and absolutely see the relationship of the adversary relationship of iran, of isis of putin, of china all taking advantage of the united states weak american power and w

the answer on iraq was not a great moment for jeb bush. it is smart for him to focus on the conservative ways that he would disagree with previous republican presidents. with republican congressmen. he has to get to the base of the party and explain to them why he was a visionary governor in florida. i think it's a fair attack. not that it's a fair attack. it's a fair criticism. he needs to stay on this path. >> he has 17 months. what do you think for jeb bush so far? >> i think there's a fairly simple answer to what matt said. hillary clinton is the frontrunner. she has no opposition. as far as i can tell and i may have lost count, lori he's got at least 18 prospective republican opponents. the other thing, he's not doing so great in the polls that answer -- as you could hear again, hemming and hawing. and if his best answer is that he's more conservative than his brother on fiscal issues when he's been willing to support tax increases himself has supported both sides of immigration reform it's pretty hard to see where his message is. i'd

lou: being islamic state is continuing to press forward in iraq and syria. we are taking the city of romani it seems to be nothing more than a pipe dream because of this sunni divide. is there any prospect in your judgment that they can be retaken nor any significant part of the territory is the sixth. >> we do think that we can reclaim some of this territory but we really have to make some fundamental changes to do that. one is that we have to admit how tough this enemy is and they are ambitious, confident imaginative. they can do a lot of things at one time expanding serious attacking multiple places in iraq, expanding into yemen afghanistan and all taking place at the same time. so anyone who says that we are pushing back, what an absurd comment that is. yes, we can reclaim territory, but we have to fix the iraqi security forces we have to get the tribes armed and equipped and trained this is going to take time to do that we are not going to rush out there as the secretary talked about and maybe we can reverse that and it's not going to happen if we bring

. >>> to iraq now. the fall of ramadi confirming rising doubts about the obama administration's strategy in iraq. the white house today tried to spin this latest setback but they didn't do very well. >> we've seen that there are no quick fixes involved. we have seen that there have been important -- there's been important progress that's been made as we just discussed as it relates to this military operation against the senior isil official in syria, but there have also been periods of setback and certainly, the isil efforts to take over ramadi is a setback, and we have been pretty candid about that. >> joining me now, former nato supreme allied commander and the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university admiral james stavridis. good to have you with us. we have a reasonably clear response from the obama administration the fall of ramadi is not a big deal the fall of ramadi is a big deal but the overall strategy is working when we have watched mosul, anbar province fall and no

in iraq it's more like ten to one. war is ultimately a test of will and courage and leadership and trust. those intangibles that make great armies. it's not about the material they have. it's not about numbers. it's about wanting to sacrifice yourself for your country and your buddies. it's not just happening in this army. it hasn't happened yet. and i have doubts about the future. lou: and interestingly as ash carter the defense secretary was saying that the iraqis lacked the will to fight, the head of the kurds force the iranian general described the united states as lacking the will to fight. >> well he's got a point, doesn't he, lou? i mean, look, there's an old saying in the army, either go big or go home. and the idea of just sort of trickling in american forces to do -- to do the advise and assist mission from behind the gates of these fire bases, certainly shows a lack of will on the part of the americans as well as the iraqis. i'm not in favor of iran taking over this conflict. but i have to say -- i have to s

obama's half measures might be enough to blunt islamic state advances in iraq. with the stunning fall of ramadi sunday that modest optimism is questionable. it is mr. obama's unwillingness to match means to strategy that threatens to prolong this war. washington post is beginning to realize, that half baked presidential political blather is not a substitute for knowledge, values, vision, and judgment. and consequences of bad foreign policy decisions or failure to make decisions do not change just because you close our eyes. white house today admitted what a pentagon spokesman just yesterday, not that the fall of ramadi is a setback. but not completely unfettered, the white house still mountains the overall strategy is a success. and a day after the islamic state ramadi, pentagon last friday offers this assessment on its web site, strategy to defeat isil is working. it was two days later that is yesterday, when islamic state over ran ramadi. president's strategy has resulted in the islamic state victories in cities of ramadi, mousemosul and fallujah just to name

freed empower the iranians then we empower ice is the biggest mistake we ever made was to go into iraq to think we would not upset iran as a result there is no good guys iraq is a failed state it never should have ben est. 100 years ago it is a sectarian country the problem is we cannot fight the iraqis. >> you go back 100 years and we have limited ability to change history but we have immense capacity to change cover future. what should this administration due to be constructive with the national interest of the islamic state, iran and iraq that insist on hegemony to add to the great disadvantage. >> you went in to a rack we empower the iranians because that is another side of the battle. it is like the syrians civil war. >> but that misreads the role of the of president there was no good guys at the outbreak of world war ii stalling or hitler? you negotiate and to manage and have a plan and a vision for victory you cannot simply just step back as we have done. >> but there was the british and french and they were called our allies but they're still there are because we could fight fo

lou: iraq's problem specifically. this is the man who -- >> lou, by the way, wasn't isis the group that earlier in the week said they would hope to have nuclear weapons sometime soon to use against the united states? lou: is that isis or was that iran? i can't remember. >> both. both. lou: we gotta run, real quickly. thank you. >> thank you. lou: that's it for us tonight tomorrow former army vice chief of staff . >> i was holding the books up and screaming like a kiddie schoolgirl. during the war period like a superman 17 with superman beating the snot out of hitler.

lou: iraq's problem specifically. this is the man who -- >> lou, by the way, wasn't isis the group that earlier in the week said they would hope to have nuclear weapons sometime soon to use against the united states? lou: is that isis or was that iran? i can't remember. >> both. both. lou: we gotta run, real quickly. thank you. >> thank you. lou: that's it for us tonight tomorrow former army vice chief of staff general jack keane, thanks for being with us tonight, good night from new york. . neil: by george now george, too. former new york governor pataki the latest republican to throw his hat into a crowded presidential ring. if you throw in rick santorum who announced yesterday, that is nine official republican presidential candidates today and i'm not including the big guns set to pull the campaign trigger in the weeks ahead. including this guy who presently polled ahead of them all. wisconsin governor scott walker. governor welcome good to have you. >> good to be with you, neil. thanks for having me on. neil: that

and his desire -- to pull all the troops out of iraq. which set up an opportunity for isis to take hold. i mean that's why i just don't trust this president's judgment. now he's playing what seems to be a schizophrenic game with iran. we're flying bombing missions. air support over iraq while the iranian army is on the ground. and at the same time, we're dealing with yemen and the straits of hormuz at the other side of iran. i just think the president has to be held accountable. lou: and i think that phrase is the perfect phrase. and really underlines your constitutional responsibility in the senate. and that is, to provide advice and consent of any agreement by the united states carried out and negotiated by this president. yet he's giving every indication that he'll ignore the senate if it displeases. it's a whimsical demeanor that he's adopted here toward the congress the senate. what recourse -- how can you hold him accountable? what recourse have you? >> well the american people realize that iran with a nuclear weapon makes the worl

as al qaeda in iraq the precursor to 2011, calling on them to intervene and discipline the group. the documents to the relevant today, they say that the white house stopped them. >> why would they stop now? i mean you don't stop it splitting intelligence. >> u.s. officials disputed the number of documents, saying that thousands were recovered. and the release came because of timetable. the decision was coordinated with the white house. >> thank you. we have catherine herridge, the chief correspondent in washington. we have a great deal more on the national security threats that face this country we will be talking with the congressman later in the broadcast. we will be right back stay with us. >> hillary clinton's lifetime pal being targeted by the then select committee. and the united states launching a secret space mission and what was aboard the rocket? that story is next lou: the house select committee on benghazi has issued a subpoena for hillary clinton at visor sidney blumenthal demanding that he testify before the committee next month. the committees the peanut comes after

defeat for the military campaign effort to retake territory from the islamic state the capital of the iraq largest topics our military analyst will be with us on the many foreign policy failures. we will begin with the federal jury decision on the boss didn't marathon bombing. we are live in boston with the report of the jury determined it was the of appropriate punishment was that. he showed little emotion throughout the trial but to assert his fate with the graphic evidence when those twin bombs exploded at the finish line 264 people were injured three maybe and others called. later those terrorists ambushed and executed. prosecutors said the brothers were equal partners inspired by radical jihad. >> the defendant was an adult's to believe in the ideology of eight to maim and to relate to innocent americans six survivors of petraeus and officer nearly bled to death while being struck to death by a of a bullet in the standoff in massachusetts. to date the officer was bombarded to sgt. we can find of a close this chapter in our lives. as well as the ability to keep before word and rigo tha

lou: as you say, it's part of the ebb and flow and the nature of war itself in iraq and syria. in negotiations with the obama administration it appears that this administration is seeking to elevate iran to the level of a nuclear power through negotiations that at this point look strange and near collapse and they seem to be working at cross purposes including the new department and the defense department. >> we are going to have to wait and see. the june 30 deadline is coming very soon as people understand it's rather doubtful that that will be met. and i think that the key issue in the nuclear discussions and however verifiable it is that we reach, i find it disturbing that the ayatollah leadership instead they are saying that we will have full-fledged access. so i think that that really needs to be clarified. >> the french foreign minister will not be any part of the deal in which there is a limitation on inspection and it it has been made clear that there would be if there are any at all. it is almost a preposterous position that the obama administration has put the governm

. >> iran continued to flex its regional muscle with supreme leader hosting iraq's president on wednesday and navy vessels fires on a singapore flagged cargo ship today. uae coast guard forces respond on a distress call, and guided the besieged tanker to a port near dubai. even as riyadh accused houthi rebels of violating the five-day pause in fighting. and warned against its inprovocation. >> the country of saudi arabia, and its novice rulers and americans and others should be mindful that if they cause trouble for thetic islamic republic it will spark a fire. >> reporter: the house of represents voted to approve law to give u.s. congress the right to review any accord areached. today white house inundated the positive -- indicated that the president intends to sign it into law. >> during his press conference, president addressed concerns among our amiri barakaal ariel >> our arab allies. >> with additional resources through the reduction and sanctions, that was it possible that iran would siphon off a lot of these resources into more destabilizing activity. secretary jack lew was there

>> the one about iraq. how do you not have a pat answer down to say -- and then he doubled down on hannity and said well we don't know it's a hypothetical. it is? if you had known what you know now, yes or no would you have voted for it. how is that a hypothetical? >> i heard him say also to sean hannity that i misinterpreted the question to mean if i had known then you know so none of it makes any sense. was he just careless? does he wake up in the morning and discover he had started a storm? >> there are a couple of problems. one is megyn couldn't have been more succinct and direct in her question. he couldn't have been more direct in saying yes, i would have. then things got complicated later. that's sad to witness when you start seeing these backflips against the obvious. i think you probably lose more than just by standing by what apparently he didn't mean when he said it the first time. >> authenticity should never be underestimated as a value for people. they want to know that you stand behind what y

>> iraq. how do you not know they are going to ask you about that? saying hipsay hypothetical. >> i heard him say to sean hannity. i misinterpreted the question to mean if i had known them, none of this makes sense. was he careless, did he wake unin the morning and discover he start a storm. lou: a couple problems. megan kelly could not have been more susceptible and direct -- suss sinksuccinct and direct in her question. it gets complicated when you see back flips against obvious. you lose more by just standing by what you mean. >> authenticity should never be underestimated as a value for people. they want to know that you stand behind what you say. in particular on important issues like iraq war. which his brother launched. it was foolish to be so careless. lou: and president's free trade agenda and his sought trade promotion authority. the power to suspend congressional constitutional powers to amend legislation. >> i don't know what is going on, i am agreeing with you on way too many things. i am not liking this. why does president get to unilat

we know that a third of our casualties in iraq were the result of iran's effort to kill and to wound our men in action and women. why is there not just simply a statement on the part of the republican-led senate and congress to say this is a fool's errand to even go about this negotiation with a nation that sponsors terrorism, that demands the extinction of israel? >> i think that the president actually would like to veto any legislation that we put forth saying that he must come to congress, but the president has backed down because we have bipartisan support to making the president come to congress. but let's face it, lou, this is all about the money, the relief of sanctions is huge amounts of money, tens if not over $100 billion to iran and i'm concerned they are going to use this for terrorism. you and i know they are not going to use this to build roads or hospitals or schools. they are going to use it for additional terrorist activity. the problem with this president is i think his judgment is so poor in foreign relations we've seen it with his red line in syria, we have seen i

lou: coming up next, jeb stands with w when it comes to iraq, and hillary gets 4 pinnochios. more on the frontrunners. >> a fearless free runner taking flight on a dubai hotel. the video street ahead stay with us. congratulations. you're down with crestor. yes! when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. crestor is not for people with liver disease or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell your doctor all medicines you take. call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of serious side effects. i'm down with crestor! make your move. ask your doctor about crestor. lou: jeb bush has a tough sell to g.o.p. voters with his views on illegal immigration here is governor bush talking with fox's megan kelly. >> there has got to be a point where we fix this system so legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid that might have been here 10 years th

this seems to be something terribly wrong the way in which the pentagon is constructing a hour view of iraq and the islamic state to. >> as late as friday of last week the pentagon spokesmen was talking about pushing back on the islamic state only capable of conducting small attacks. read while the attack on teeeighteen began on a thursday. they were surprised by the scale and magnitude and they finally had their way by sunday. here rehab an officer misrepresenting what is going on. i don't know where he got his information from but it was not factual something is seriously wrong no doubt. lou: he wasn't very bright about it certainly the chairman doesn't seem to have the display of great confidence. >> absolutely. where we are it history is in 2006 george bush strategy to defeat that insurgency by the end of 2006 a lot of military leaders don't want to change that policy to put the people in plays like petraeus. this strategy isn't working for the people will scratch their heads. we have to reassess what we are doing. lou: waco texas hundreds of agents are on high alert in the area looking

military disputing claims by the iraqi government today, iraq's deficient ministry -- defense ministry announces a strike killed the islamic state second in command a pentagon spokesman said it has no information with which to cooperate the claim, joining us in john hanna former national security adviser for vice president dick cheney. good to have you with us. to gulf summit, two heads of state from six nations show up, is that still a summit. >> hardly a summit, call it a meeting of deputy heads of state and the president. lou: we're going to call it g2. what can be clearer message in this meeting amongst these 6 nations or their delegations and the president than there is distrust on the part of the arab states of this government and positive policies. >> huge, lou. a fundamental crisis of confidence in the gulf and american leadership, watch what president has done for 6 years his entire presidency virtually has been about getting the united states out of the region and cutting a grand bargain with iran afternoon the arch enemy of these gulf arabs so, coming to this meeting, they w

front when they are as close as they can get with direct combat of course, iran is on defensive with iraq and also with syria they are fighting hard and with afghanistan iran has called off a miracle that they have united egypt and jordan and the arab emirates and against them. >> and there has been in trouble since israel's founding. turning to iran is selfish and the negotiations covering on contemporaneously with the united states and other world powers for a nuclear weapons deferral. it isn't really a treaty will we see such an agreement? to make it doesn't matter iran is getting nuclear weapons. the deal he is about to selling -- sign will be unverifiable and unenforceable so it doesn't matter. the iranians said anytime they place inspections they say date number one the sanctions have to be lifted then what happens on a number to? >> if i could invert the cliche you lost me at they will get nuclear weapons no matter what. >> i agree. is virtually guaranteed so the question is what will they do for the build up? they are making mr. fried now but the real question is what do they do a

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