>> chairman thornberry: let's step back for a little context. the obama years saw u.s. withdrawal from iraq reducing our presence in afghanistan, drawing a redline in syria, not following it up. cuts to the militant defense budget of more than 20% since 2010. during that time we saw invasion of crimea, the chinese building islands in the south china sea, et cetera. president trump is taking a different approach, thank goodness. he is sending a message that now the united states is going to stand up for our interests and make sure we have the military capability to prevail if we choose to use force. it's a different message that has been given before. >> chris: my question is, is there a strategy behind the force? do you know as the chairman of the house armed services committee what our strategy is in syria, in afghanistan, in north korea? >> chairman thornberry: i don't think anybody can step back and say okay, i note these events will happen over the next year or 245, but i do think you are seeing a different approach to the world and it's one that says not only to ad

president's military and diplomatic options with the chair of the house armed services committee mac thornberry and we will ask the panel about reports and the president is siding with moderate advisers against steve bannon and the populists, all right now on fox news sunday. hello again, happy passover from fox news in washington. the u.s. and north korea are continuing their tense standoff this weekend with a kim regime showing off advanced long-range missiles and conducting a missile test that exploded on launch while president trump threatens to, quote, solve the problem. in a few minutes we will talk with k.t. mcfarland, second in command at the national security council about north korea and other hot spots but we begin with team fox coverage. kristin fisher traveling with the president in west palm beach, but first greg live from pyongyang in north korea, greg. >> chris, celebrations marking the anniversary of the birth date of the founder of this country ended with a dud this weekend, sunday morning north korea time, a missile blew up at launching this according to u.s. and south korean

thornberry: let me ask about a couple things you said. as you recognize, there is widespread reporting the rules of engagement have changed and the implication is now we are fearlessly dropping bombs and killing civilians. i thought i heard you pretty clearly, the rules of engagement have not changed. is that correct? gen. votel: that is correct, mr. chairman. mr. thornberry: and you have a long experience in iraq dealing with this enemy. describe their ability to create further that they see as in their interest? one example that stuck out in my mind, i remember in iraq after a raid or something, the enemy came and deposited dead bodies and then brought cameras in to make it look like they had been killed as a part of the raid, when in fact, they had not. they were brought in after the fact. can you describe the sophistication of their efforts? gen. votel: thank you, mr. chairman. i agree with you. the enemy we have faced in afghanistan and iraq, syria and other places are particularly savvy and how they use information operations. isis

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troops there could name, representative max thornberry, chairman of the house armed services committee shared his thoughts on the latest missile tests. >> well, i think the message is we are strong and we can hurt you. that is what the message from north korea, that's what they are spending to us but also japan, south korea and maybe they are trying to send a message to china as well that north korea are not as dependent on china the west bank. nicole: national security advisor h.r. tester calling on allies to work on resolving the nuclear threat posed by not korea. >> it is the consensus of the president, key allies in the region, japan and south korea in particular, that this problem is coming to the head. it is time for us to undertake all actions we can sure did a military option to try to resolve this peacefully. nicole: president trump is that they will act without assistance if necessary. lea: president trump defends his reversal from a promise to call china a currency manipulator. the president on twitter saying whether they call china a currency manipulator when they are worki

. >> thanks to chairman thornberry and ranking member smith and all the distinguished members of the committee for the opportunity before you today. i appreciate that, and i know we all do. the world is becoming a more dangerous place. with simultaneous challenges to the united states interests and from russia, china, iran, rapidly growing threat from north korea, and an ongoing series of wars against terrorists. this is no time in my professional view to increase risks to our national security. a year-long cr or a return to the bca funding will do just that. it will increase risk to the nation, and it will ultimately result in dead americans on a future battlefield. to execute current operations, sustain readiness, while making progress toward a more capable and lethal future, the united states army requires, most importantly, predictable and consistent funding. the lack of fiscal year 2017 appropriations and no supplemental increase in funding will significantly and negatively impact readiness and increase risk to our force. additionally, a return to budget caps due to bca sequestr

as bill said and as we heard from chairman thornberry. even when they fail, they are learning new things and able to pick up things and we haven't stopped them in those 10 years. what do we do now? >> that's exactly correct. 2006 was their first test and that had a yield of about one kiloton. the one they did last september came in somewhere between 25 to 30 kilotons. to put that in perspective, the one that we dropped in hiroshima was 15 kilotons. we've tried 20 years using diplomacy and economic sanctions. it will come down to how much pressure are chain -- is china willing to exert because they're wholely dependent on china. >> shannon: another hot spot we deal with iraq and isis trying to drive them out there and having the conversation if we retake mosul the iraqi forces do with us. where do we go after that? how complicated is the sectarian divide there and how critical will it be to navigate that to figure out a long-term solution. we don't want to be an occupying force but we don't want to be refighting that battle again in anothe

emily thornberry, thank you very much. reaction to those us air strikes continuing to come in during the day. just a couple of bits of breaking news on that story. first of all, reaction from turkey. we've just heard from the turkish president, who has hailed the attack by the united states on the air base as a positive development. he said, "we find it a positive and concrete step taken against the war crimes of assad regime. is it enough, he says, i don't find it enough. it's time to ta ke i don't find it enough. it's time to take serious steps for the protection of innocent syrian people. the international communities has the capability to stop the regime and terrorist organisations and i hope the active sta nce organisations and i hope the active stance that the united states displayed in idlib is a beginning with a stons to such developments. that's one view, the president putin, in the meantime, we heard from his spokeman earlier. he has tweeted that heed held a meeting with his security council,ish yewing a statemen

goldfein thornberry neller milley milley milley mack mac goldfein goldfein neller thornberry. go the other way. you've picked up an important issue -- there's going to be a they would block invest mepts for varying reasons. some may expand the definition of national ago security and some by including factors other than national security like net economic benefit. and others by including invest. that's are not now reached like greenfield investmentes as opposed to investmentes. i'm not sure that congress will have a debate on this question. and the entire debate is going to come from the perspective of tightening rather than loosening. congress had this debate before. congress had this debate before. this would be the third time, and on the two previous occasions they declined to take some of the aggressive tightening steps that were recommended then and that will be recommended again. i don't know what will happen this time around, but like i said, it's not a new debate, but the debate was going to be very much with, i think, essentially the forerunners playing defense, if you

david: matt thornberry is going on this trip and also jeff panzer lang -- jeb hensarling. >> yes, i just spoke with a source earlier in the chairman beenfice and there have talk about brexit and with his bipartisan group of lawmakers from the speakers leading but note, there is a sanctioned role to be played in these conversations when you talk about terrorism. the house financial services committee is setting up a subcommittee a little more than a year ago, designed to take a look at terrorism financing. chairman answer lang has been involved in that and we did hear from president trump, the role of sanctions. usid: thank you for joining from washington as paul ryan prepares to speak in london. next, we go to london. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: this is "bloomberg markets." we begin with breaking news. we are moments away from the release of the beige book. what we have seen today is weakness in the dow jones with a bit of strength in the s&p 500. michellelet's get to at the federal reserve in washington. >> we heard from the federal reserve today across all 12 districts come economi

i know you have representative max thornberry coming up this weekend, right? >> we do. the chairman of armed services, the world will want to see what with north korea this weekend. the 105th anniversary of the founder, that's the time when north korea has a tendency to test the missile or do a nuclear test. president trump warning them not to do that. we will have a lab report from north korea. and we also will see the chairman of the armed services committee reacting to whatever he does or does not happen. >> martha: chris, thank you. we look forward to that this weekend. >> thank you. >> martha: a potentially historic weeks, won "the wall street journal" peggy noonan says will look back on as the moment actually won quite a lot changed in the trump white house. that plus the grade for week 12 through what we've been. plus out on the trail, then candid and trump made big promises about over calling the tax code, from corporations all the way down to individuals. can he close that deal, which is becoming tricky? why the president needs to get that done before the begin

he will talk with the charms of the house armed services committee, texas republican mack thornberry. we'll check the tv listings for the time it runs in your area. today the pentagon explaining the decision to drop the nonnuclear bomb in its arsenal. that as we see images of the blast incinerating just about everything in site. and no question the jets are high tech. but a lot of people are asking, are they really worth the eye-popping price tag? we're live with a close look at the f-35. liberty mutual stood with us when a fire destroyed the living room. we were able to replace everything in it. liberty did what? liberty mutual paid to replace all of our property that was damaged. and we didn't have to touch our savings. f-35 f-35. >> jon: police say a palestinian stabbed a brush woman in jerusalem where celebrations are underway for passover. officials say an off duty cop pulled the emergency brake and charged the attacker. police arrested him and say he's mentally hill. moments show moments before a gas tanker exploded in louisiana. it was carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline

the congressman thornberry and others in congress have praised him for the recent us missile strikes in the syrian base in response to a horrific chemical attack. but others are asking where is the bigger picture?>> for eight years we basically did nothing in response to some war crimes in history. at least he did something. now i hope that there will be a strategy to follow that out. he doesn't seem to be someone that follows through with the deliberate planning process and he has to be able to come not just to congress for the american people and explain in detail what he's doing. >> as he mentioned was there have been more violence in syria this weekend. a blast yesterday killed 126 people hitting everywhere thousands of pro-syrian government civilians have been waiting to evacuate. no one has claimed responsibility. but they have targeted in that area before. despite the attack more than 3000 syrians are expected to be evacuated today. >> unbelievable pictures. caroline, thank you. >> between bombing assad, standing up to putin and staring down kim jung-un, many say this is a hat

i am joined by the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry. and the international development secretary talking about borisjohnson development secretary talking about boris johnson cancelling development secretary talking about borisjohnson cancelling the trip to moscow. and alex hammond and an actor. and the band as usual. we will say goodbye shortly. at first, three incredible sisters. we'll hear from joan as she turns 100, and from her sisters, who are 98 and 102. and there won't be any separate male or female categories at the mtv awards. do we get along? we do have some arguments. why not? nobody is the same. you cannot say yes all the time, can you? three sisters, 300 years of history. ilott to reminisce about at her 100 year birthday. ——a lot. i do not feel my age. i have to do the counting. joan was born the day after america entered the first world war and was vital in the second. i was stationed at newmarket with commander harris. i enjoyed it. at just with commander harris. i enjoyed it. atjust 98, this is the youngest sister. d

emily thornberry of labour, the shadow foreign secretary, said last night newsnight they had not formed a position on which side to jump. does that make it more difficult for voters to see labour in their camp 01’ voters to see labour in their camp or not in their camp? yes, some of the polls are showing and when you ask voters what they think the various parties' positions are on brexit, many say they are not sure on the labour position. labour's structural problem is that its coalition of voters is split between the metropolitan social liberal wing and the more traditional labour voters in places like the north—east —— bolton north east, for example, who would have booted leave. keeping that coalition together when an issue like brexit is in play is quite difficult. it is a pragmatic and sensible decision on the part of the labour party not to be clearly defined on either side because there are some areas where they will be battling constituents who are pro—brexit and others where they are not? they need to appeal to both. whether having somebody saying we have not taken asi

emily thornberry calling it shocking and barbaric, that the use of chemical weapons by anyone cannot be tolerated. there have been other reaction from around the world, including russia, who have said its planes were not involved in an air strike in this area. and the politics around chemical weapons used in syria have been a big part of the conversation around this conflict in the past. you will remember the united states declared chemical weapons use as a red line in 2013. also around the time of the attack in damascus, there was a discussion in parliament, a vote that david cameron's government was defeated in, that did not take place. and later a deal between the us and russia led to a decommissioning of the declared stockpile of syrian chemical weapons. opponents will say there were further chemical weapons that were not declared and maybe some of those were used in today's incident. you mentioned that response from the russian defence minister. any response from the syrian government? is no official response as yet from the syrian government. one source, unnamed by the reuters

>> thank you, chairman thornberry, for your coordinating this important hearing today on urgent issues to american families. i appreciate each of you for your extraordinary dedicated service to our nation. i would prefer that we were under better circumstances, but unfortunately budget uncertainty is an issue. your clarity today is very much appreciated. in south carolina i represent over 48,000 enlisted soldiers who annually graduate and are stationed at fort jackst jackso with the nearby base at ft gordon and the nearby air force base, the marines at paris island, buford naval hospital, buford marine corps air station, and the guard members at mcintyre joint air base. south carolina knows and loves our military. your leadership provides young young options for meaningful and fulfilling lives while protecting american families. additionally as a veteran, son of a veteran, i'm grateful to have four sons that served overseas in the military, along with a nephew in the air force that's served in iraq. it's for this reason i'm concerned about the negative impacts a continuing resolution w

include president trump's deputy national security adviser,kt mcfarland, and texas congressman mac thornberry, chairman of the armed services committee. it airs9 2 and 11 p.m. on the fox news channel, check your local listings. eric: meanwhile, the death toll has been rising from that massive bomb that our forces dropped on those isis tunnels and caves in afghanistan. afghan officials now saying at least 94 isis fighters were killed during that attack, and they're saying that number could still rise. david lee miller is live in jerusalem, our middle east bureau, with the very latest as that tally grows. hi, david lee. >> reporter: hi, eric. despite the increasing death toll and the immense power of this weapon, authorities say there were no civilian casualties. afghanistan's president says that the key reason for that was the high level of cooperation between the pentagon and afghan forces. another factor to consider, this massive weapon, 22,000-pound bomb, was satellite guided. it is called a moab, massive ordinance air blast, it is detonated still in the air, creating a fireball and sucking

he'll speak with kt mcfarland who is travelling with the president and mack thornberry about the latest situation on north korea and the middle east. as always check your local listing for time and channel. coming up here on the program, the deep red congressional district once represented by newt gingrich and tom price has a real chance of going blue on tuesday. we're going to find out which g.o.p. heavy hitters are trying to save that seat. plus, live to the hermit kingdom. our own greg palkot in north korea as they issue new threats against the united states. and then, remembering those lost in the boston marathon bombing that was, can you believe it, four years ago today. (vo) my name is bryan. i'm proud to make dog chow in davenport, iowa. dog chow's been a part of my family's life for over 40 years. my grandfather made it and now i'm making it. as a micro-biologist i ensure that dog chow leads with high quality ingredients. anyone ever have occasional constipation,diarrhea, gas or bloating? she does. she does. help defend against those digestive issues. take phillips' colon health

under the leadership of chairman thornber thornberry. in your opinion, should the committee continue -- of the primary form efforts in these areas and process made today or shift to new issues if you recommend shifting to new iss s issues. sir, i do think, first of all, you have to monitor the reforms of efforts that you put in place because in the reforms of last year are unsettlement. and you did the right thing by giving a year of implementation period. that means you are going to have to be on top of it for this year to make sure they follow through. i think you should look at additional things. i have my own set of prep rock issues. fren for example, i know something your staff is looking at. they change 10 cents and chase parking tickets and who had the blue cheese dressing. and it is crazy without having materiality standards. we are wasting a lot of money because we cannot close out our contracts. these are mechanical and uncaved. these like that are really important. i personally think that we need to bring back a-76 where we co

hamre, under the leadership of chairman mac thornberry, and the committee, our reform efforts have been passed successfully on the military information and the department. in your opinion, should the committee continue its focus on the primary reform efforts in these areas in order to capitalize on progress that has been made to date or shift to new issues, if you recommend shifting to new issues what issues do you recommend? >> sir, i do think -- first of all you're going to have to monitor the reform efforts you put in place. because the reforms of last year are unsettled. and you did the right thing by giving a year implementation period, but that means you're going to have to be on top of it for this year to make sure that they follow through. i do think you should look at additional things. and i have my own set of pet rock issues. for example, and i know this is something your staff is looking at, the question of materiality for audit standards in the department. there is no materiality standards for the departments so they chase ten cents and parking tickets. they chase you know

let's speak now to labour's spokesperson on foreign affairs, emily thornberry. sir tony brenton, a former british ambassador to moscow. and dr rim turkmani, a syria expert at the london school of economics, who is syrian and has family living there. thank you to all of you for talking to us. what should happen next?” think that the only solution in the end is a political settlement, so everything that happens should be seen everything that happens should be seen through the lens of, will this stop the war faster? and what worries me is in the last few days we have had more rhetoric, great headlines, but has it been helping with sorting out this problem and finding a political solution? i don't think it has. peace talks have been going on for months and years, there has been no progress. the difficulty with syria is that it isn't just a complicated difficulty with syria is that it isn'tjust a complicated civil war, it isa isn'tjust a complicated civil war, it is a regional war, and there are major powers fighting as if there is a proxy war going on, so that is

we'll also be talking to the chair of the house armed services committee, mac thornberry, get his ideas on what the u.s. can do not with just north korea but the willingness to use force we've seen from trump over the last two weeks. pete: that's a great point, chris, on live you've got kt live where everyone else might have him on tape. abby: have a great easter, chris chris. chris: thank you, guys. same to you. pete: coming up. first it was the mother of all bombers, now ate former ufc fighter and army green beret, he's sending a message to isis, don't mess with the usa. there he is, tim kennedy, he's about to join us live. abby: and the fast and furious franchise is back on the screen, but is it worth your money? kevin mccarthy's review is next. >> there's thousands of cars in the city, and now they're all mine. one thing i can guarantee, no one's ready for this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sfx: engine revving ♪ (silence) ♪ what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. truecar has pricing data on every make and model, so all you have to do is search for the car you want, th

emily thornberry is the shadow foreign secretary. good evening. jeremy, uninterested in your perspective. do you think the expectation that boris goes in and says what he would like everybody gathers round, says yes or no, is thatjust one way of thinking about it? it probably is a bit dated. great britain has a great history of diplomacy. it likes to think of itself as a great power. but it has been a medium power for decades now. it has punched above its weight during those decades because it had a good relationship with the us, and it has been a member of the eu. and it has managed to work both sides of that i/o —— sides of that aisle and punch its weight diplomatically. but with the brexit decision those days are, sort of, over. they have nowhere to go. do you accept that? i think there is the analysis that we've navigated our foreign policy between the eu and america and our relationships with both are profoundly changing. which means we can continue to punch above our weight. we have a place in the security council. we don't need to be se

. >> thank you chairman thornberry and ranking member. thank you for your service. even with a budget control act repeal we would not have a blank check and must prioritize as possible. some estimates put cost at 10,000 personnel. how do you reconcile the need to train and equip the current force with the desire to increase? >> for the army they are interlinked. the idea of the readiness of the force and size and capability of the force, obviously what we want for this budget, we want to fill holes. there are already holes existing in the forces. it does not make the army bigger in number of pbrigades. it makes them capable of doing adequate levels of training. you take 10% casualties and maybe 15% you'll be combatting an effective unit. it is at 65% training centers for the high-end collective training. i want to be careful it's not mischaracterized as an increase in the army. it's not. it's a filling of the holes in the existing fore structure. i think it's important piece of it. i would not reconcile it. >> i'll tell you that you need those forces to achieve the