the language from kevin williamson is incredibly strong. "i made her and can break her too."ory mps with him to vote down a budget with no more money to defence. that is strong language and i think it is a leadership bid. jeremy hunt has gained popularity in respect by saying he had this extra £20 billion for the nhs. showing you can win domestic victories in cabinet, that is good. now kevin williamson thinks he can do it as well. he is having to ta ke he can do it as well. he is having to take on philip hammond and theresa may. a powerful security adviser. yeah. if we are to believe he has said this, he is upping the ante. does he have a point the uk should be a top tier nation with defence? he has a point. the person who should know about this is philip hammond. for a long time he was defence secretary and has a spotty record. i am defence secretary and has a spotty record. iam being polite. he boasted he had balanced the defence budget, he got the famous projection of 160 billion for equipment for the next ten years. that argument as well as the substance has more holes in

he was frustrated because kevin williamson wasn't giving an answer. to get back to the actual story, williamson is pushing for a greater increase in the mod's budget. theresa may and philip hammond have said waita theresa may and philip hammond have said wait a minute, the nature of wa rfa re said wait a minute, the nature of warfare has changed, and the chief of staff is now saying that the biggest threat is the cyber threat, particularly from russia, and we should be pouring more money into that, not conventional... there's a problem here, because five years ago, within recent years we were talking about changing our defence strategy to fund the development of home—grown terrorism. now we're saying it's cyber terrorism. 15—20 yea rs saying it's cyber terrorism. 15—20 years ago, we nearly 30 years ago, the class of the soviet union changed everything, but now we're seeing a cold may be starting. williamson is stuck in this very difficult position, being asked to predict and cover for every candidate she. i would say i agree, be careful what you wish f

defense secretary kevin williamson has recently appealed for more defense funding citing russia's resurgence under putting and you may remember his predecessor michael fallon using the very same language. asking for an krista fan spamming i mean that this is this rush of hard work like flawlessly every time here are the fan secretaries just happy about putin's emits fitting their budgets well i mean the first thing is the u.k. defense forces they're under funded i mean the army has not being this small since the time of the napoleonic war but i think you need to get this in perspective nato spending already is collectively twenty times out of russia so russia is in terms of its spending on military forces is still some way behind nato as i say there has been this sort of ratcheting up of rhetoric in terms of the security threat that russia poses but i mean the world is actually facing a bigger threat from say international terrorism which clearly we've seen both on the streets of british cities and across europe and indeed in russia and notably of course the middle east so i would say that t

. >> dana: kevin williamson, the columnist, he is off twitter and he says he hasn't missed it. >> juaneg. >> greg: you know what's hilarious. i am the most negative person i know. >> kimberly: sad truth. >> greg: i find social media too negative for me. i have a couple theories. crime has been on a dramatic decline. maybe social media has moved incivility from the streets, from broadway to broadband. may be the reduction could be we are all taking it out on each other in an abstract way. the thing i hate are the websites that post videos of confrontations and meltdowns. i saw five today. there was a woman on an airplane. >> dana: oh, i know. >> greg: i look at these things. feeding off the and misery of other people. i go there because it's media. it's so sad and depressing to see mentally ill people, sad people, people having a bad day being treated as material for clique bait and nobody cares. that's what i want to get away from. >> juan: kimberly, this was a surprise. it says there's a correlation between using these devices and depression, anxiety, lack of good relationships with p

-- an essay from kevin williamson.e are getting your reaction to the tax cuts, the impact on your own personal paycheck. we will go next to ralph in sterling, michigan. good morning. in 1962i went to detroit and a burger king whopper was only $.49. everything is based on cars and trucks. if they keep giving more money theeople and keep adding to trucks and cars, eventually people are not going to buy them. thank you, ralph. nancy, farmington, good morning. caller: thank you so much for taking my call. host: sure. sir.r: yes, i'm responding to the gentleman who called in 15 to 20 minutes to havewas so proud contributed to trump's america. i want to remind everyone out there that the new york attorney general has issued a lawsuit against trump's friend asian for persistently illegal behavior. persistently. the man is a crook and has been for decades. i've written notes down here. i have never trusted him. the republicans are completely complicit. this tax cut is just a joke. i wanted to remind everyone that paul manafort

defense secretary kevin williamson has recently appealed for more defense funding citing russia's resurgence under putting and you may remember his predecessor michael fallon using the very same language when. asking for increased a fan spammy i mean that this is russia card work like flawlessly every time here are the fans secretaries just happy about putin's emits fitting their budgets well i mean the first thing is the u.k. defense forces are underfunded i mean the army has not been a small since the time of the napoleonic war but i think you need to get this in perspective nato spending already is collectively twenty times out of russia so russia is in terms of its spending on military force it is still some way behind nato as i say there has been this sort of ratcheting up of rhetoric in terms of the security threat that russia poses but i mean the world is actually facing a bigger threat from say international terrorism which clearly we've seen both on the streets of british cities and across europe and indeed in russia and notably of course the middle east so i would say that the grea