and all this ridiculous stuff the honest truth is that the trump white house does not care about ukraine because the trite trump white house is transactional is looking to make deals whether it's going to sell weapons what is going to sell so oil and natural gas pump air went to minsk capello reuss this weekend for what reason so he can sell natural gas to belarus that's what they care about the trump white house is transactional ukraine is getting used here it's getting used for a coup against the united states president obama used it for geo political reasons and as a puzzle to this biden look guard i.m.f. money laundering scheme 45000000000 yen into ukraine peter from the e.u. u.s. i.m.f. where is that in my mind i didn't buy it in well 100 got a little got a sliver of it exactly let me go to david where the money go you know damn it i mean from the ukrainians perspective you know america's their new ally but from washington's perspective ukraine is a new client state that's the rub that is the difference here and go and so will play well and i think is just hilarious you know because

coming up, the trump white house is now openly retaliating against one of the key witnesses in uniform who testified about the ukraine plot. why new hampshire is so pivotal and everything you need to know. and also, an interview with a top official. i home you'll stay with us. you're watching special edition live from manchester. "the beat" on msnbc. "the beat" on msnbc.

the trump -- the trump's return to the white house wednesday morning. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. today by your television provider. coming up live today, a look at global vaccination efforts with the ceo of vaccination alliance hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. looking at efforts to vaccinate children in the world's poorest country live 2:30 eastern. we will have that here on c-span. you can stream it live on c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> joining us is kim chapman. the executive -- joining us is kate ackley who covers congress for roll call and daddy or, the house report of politico which is where we will begin. >> thanks for joining us today. bit of a news on this thursday, roger stone a former trump associate was sentenced to three years in prison for lying to federal prosecutors as part of the russia probe, i just wanted to get your take on whether or not that's a fair sentence and whether you agree with some of the statements president trump is made. >> it's lower than initial

white house. hi, david. >> hi, jillian. president trump of today -- february 23rd -- believes that bernie sanders will be the democratic nominee. now, for months president trump has gone after joe biden, the former vice president, but now he's putting his sights on bernie sanders, hoping he's the nominee. the president is pushing the narrative that the system is, quote, rigged against bernie sanders, perhaps a way to solidify sanders as the democratic nominee, someone whom he's confident he could beat. last week word came out that russia was trying to help the sand campaign. sanders received a briefing but condemned any help from russia. the president also is accused of having received help from russia in the past, said that he received no such briefing today on the south lawn, but he didn't seem too concerned about the russian interference. listen to this. >> the democrats are treating bernie sanders very unfairly, and it sounds to me like a leak, a leak from adam schiff, because they don't want bernie sanders to represent 'em. finish it

earlier,at you said the trump white house should focus on the results. jobs, the economy, admittedly strong but you look at roger stone, another campaign aide going to jail, the highest turnover rate of any president in his cabinet, and even supporters say the tweets are corrosive and dividing the country. what do you tell a voter who says yeah, things are good, but i don't want four more years of that. tim: a lot of that will matter on who the democratic nominee is. i don't deny there are voters out there that say that. i've seen the polling. this country is split right now, and it is split between 46% of people who will vote for democrats no matter who the nominee is, and that number could come down if they nominate bernie or somebody like that, and the other part -- the numbers are something like 36% who are going to vote for the president no matter what, and there is 13% that love his policies and are willing to vote for the president, but may have reservations about things like you have mentioned. the task for the party is to go and talk to 13% and

then, when the house sought to investigate these actions the trump white house categorically blocked any and all subpoenas for documents and witnesses. no u.s. president has ever categorically rejected the power of congress to investigate and do oversight of the executive branch, not nixon, not clinton. this obstruction fractures the balance of power between the legislative and executive branch. how can our constitutional system work if we allow the president to decide if and how congress can investigate the president's misconduct? it can't. if we say that the president can decide when he cooperates with the congressional investigation, we are saying that he is above the law. while evidence of the president's wrongdoing is substantial, i advocated every way i could for a trial that would be fair for both sides, which means hearing from witnesses with direct knowledge of the president's actions. i am greatly disappointed that almost all of my republican colleagues in the senate abandoned the historical bipartisan precedent of hearing witnesses in every senate impeachment trial. ultima

the white house says president trump will make a public statement tomorrow at noon eastern about the impeachment vote declaring it's a victory for the country. our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us. jim, the president wanted unanimous republican support for keeping him in office. he didn't get it. >> no, he did not, wolf. the white house just released a statement on the president's acquittal and took a swipe at senator mitt romney who voted to convict mr. trump. white house officials tell us they were caught off guard by romney's decision. the president stayed away from cameras for most of the day. it was an announcement history will remember. a lone voice of dissent in the trump republican party. >> mr. romney. mr. romney, guilty. you saw senator mitt romney sent shock waves through the gop voting to find the president guilty of abusing the power of his office in the ukraine scandal. >> the president asked a foreign government to investigate his political rival. the president withheld vital military funds from that government to press it to do so. the president

>> meanwhile inside the trump administration, axios is reporting trump allies and the white house have detailed lists of government officials they consider somehow disloyal to the. and the pro-trump people they want in the position. we'll have more later this hour. >> let's throw up the results from nevada on saturday. the nevada caucuses where bernie sanders won nearly 47% of the vote. and it wasn't just that he won. it's how. 51% of hispanic voters voted for joe biden according to the voters there. sand sers competitive. just 12 points behind. i think much closer than some people had projected. so a convincing win and putting many democrats according to your news letter which went out a few minutes ago putting some democrats into near panic this morning. why? >> yeah. democrats in the establishment are in clear freakout mode right now. everybody i was talking to over the weekend, that was not the candidate they wanted to go forward. i think in some ways it's pretty surprising in the sense that there was a lot more contingency plan. also for a lot of these kind of consultants in the e

axios is reporting the trump white house and its allies over the past 18 months have assembled detailed lists of government officials they consider somehow disloyal to the president and the pro-trump people they want in those positions. this is according to more than a dozen close sources. the white house has yet to comment on this. we will have much more on that story in this hour. >>> let's begin with the latest on the presidential race. abby phillip is live from charleston, south carolina. what's the latest there, abby? >> good morning, alisyn. the clock is ticking for many of these democratic candidates to show they have enough support particularly in more diverse states like here in south carolina to remain in this race. meantime, vermont senator bernie sanders appears to be building momentum in this march to the nomination. >> we are in this together. >> reporter: bernie sanders' landslide win in nevada sending the remaining democratic candidates into a full-out sprint to slow his momentum. >> i've been hearing, you know, the establishment is getting a little bit nervous about our

joining me this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> former senior white house official and author of "unhinged: an insider's account of the trumpte house." >>> michael bloomberg won the key endorsement of three members of the congressional black caucus. one is gregory meeks, who didn't like trump, didn't like bloomberg, you didn't like bloomberg when he was mayor. >> i don't like trump now. >> all week there's been this drip, drip, drip of things coming out about michael bloomberg that do have a racial tinge to them. they're all from the past. his talking about redlining, his defense of stop and frisk, the way in which he talked about stop and frisk which seems to negate the experience of black and brown men. and then you come out and support him the same week. >> kbryeah. >> what's that about? >> look, i'm from new york. michael bloomberg ran three times, i didn't support him three times primarily because of stop and frisk. it was a bad policy. at the same time, i also understand that michael bloomberg wanted to get guns out of the community so that innocent people did not get killed. and when i look and listen to see what he'

a firebrand and has seen the light, like i believe and what i believe, but seeing donald trump in the white house has been a slap in my face. changed 100%.as i do not want to engage in a hug -- and ugly politics, i want to sit down and have respectful fights about free college. i think somebody like me who has been in the war and has seen the light can uniquely help again to unite to this country, and whoever replaces trump, that has got to be job one. robbie: you know, iowa voter going in, they do not know whether they are -- where they are going to go. caucus?ld they joe: the average iowa republican is a conservative. they want border secured and the government to pay for their bills. they are generally pro-life and second american -- second amendment. i am generally conservative. the average republican voter wants some of that conservative policy, they do not want to the bullshit, the cruelty, the mean tweets. they do not want the donald trump show every day. with a guy like joe walsh, they will get some of the conservative stuff they liked, but without the bigotry, cruelty, or drama. i think

and a stunning show w of dissent fromom inside president trump's white house. attorney general william barr openly criticizes the president for meddling in government and legal affairs. a renowned turkish novelist acquitted on charges of belonging to a terror organization. selellingan was a net germany and was facing up to nine yearsrs in prison,n, chargs materially she wrote for a pro-kurdish paper in 2018. management of the cesar awards, france's answer to the oscars, has resigned en masse. announcedad recently the academy's opec nests, and there is criticism roman polanski's latest film top the nomination list -- the academy's opaqueness. the academy behind the french e equivalent of the oscas has been mired in controversy, accused of being out of touch, and comingng under fire for showering director and convicted rapist roman -- roman polanski for nominations. the academy said it could not take moral positions. given the results from the first round. we expect fair treatment for everyone with no comment on anyone. reporter: the academy also crcriticized for

of thing that is parfor the cause for is the kind of thing that is par for the cause for the trump white houset here. it appears director of communications decided that when these correspondence who came infor when these correspondence who came in for the technical european briefing came into downing street, the favoured journalist, the senior ones for the bbc, laura kuenssberg and others, were told to go to one side of the corridor, and reporters for publications like the daily mirror, the huffington post, the independent, were told to stand on the other side of the podium. they weren't sure why until they were then told you quys until they were then told you guys on the right, you leave. you are not welcome. you guys on the left, you can come in. instead of saying 0k, we will go home and we will go in, they all left in an act of solidarity that you don't often see, andi solidarity that you don't often see, and i thought that was fantastic. and it basically says we, the journalist, fantastic. and it basically says we, thejournalist, are not going to be divided and ruled in this way. you can't

president donald trump made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room to downplay the threat of coronavirus the risk to the american people remains very low trump the klein told point to so-called corona virus czar as some lawmakers in the u.s. have urged instead naming vice president mike pence as the point person to lead the u.s. response to the growing outrage we're doing really well and mike is going to be in georgia and mike will report back to me top public health officials are warning americans to prepare for more corona virus infections in the united states the degree of risk has the potential to change quickly and we can expect to see more cases in the united states the trajectory of what we're looking at over the weeks and months ahead is very uncertain but even with those warnings trump continued to contradict the message of career health professionals with his all i don't think it's inevitable probably will it possibly will it could be at a very small level or could be at a larger level whatever happens we're totally prepared the contradictions have left americans

still working in the trump white house. bolton as a private citizen could have done it.ere, i'm willing to testify in the senate trial, he was pretty sure he wasn't going to have to. here's what he said tonight about the ukraine issues. this is as far as he would go. he said, for all the focus on ukraine and the impeachment trial, and all that, for me, there are portions of the manuscript that deal with ukraine. i view that like the sprinkles on the ice cream sundae, in terms of what's in the book. ben, this is the book tour for the book that doesn't exist yet. >> yeah. well, and look, this is a guy who seems motivated above all by profit. and frankly we've seen this in a lot of trump people who have left and written books. and here's the reality, lawrence. american democracy is on the ballot in this upcoming year, and we've had people like bolton, like rex tillerson, like jim mattis, like john kelly, who walked out of that white house, and they know a lot. they know a lot that they haven't told us yet. they know a lot that hasn't even been in the books they've written.

four more years of resident donald trump and dust president donald trump -- fourhite house former years of president donald trump in the white[cheers and applause] [crowd chanting four more years] v.p pence: think about it. four more years means more jobs. [chanting "four more years!"] is more judges four more years means more judges. it means more support for our troops. and it will take at least four more years to drink that swamp -- drain that swamp. [applause] 4 more years will give space for us the launch it deserves. in four more years, we will lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs without growing the size of government. and we will always protect americans with pre-existing conditions. with four more years, we will rebuild the roads and bridges and ports and airports so that america has the finest infrastructure in the world. , willth four more years give every parent in america the right to choose where their children go to school. public, private, parochial, or homeschool. [applause] pence: the choice has never been clear. and the stakes have never been higher. with your support today, america has a p

and in the white house. >> host: what do you think donald trump will do when he leaves the white house, whether it's a year from now or five years from now? he spent a lifetime in real estate, and four to eight years in politics plus the campaign. >> guest: well, he has moved to florida. >> host: changed his residence to florida. >> guest: no longer has residency here in new york. i think it's very hard to predict the future. certainly there are a lot -- one thing that was really interesting to me in the course of the book is so many people in the new york real estate world, big important people, the first thing they wanted me to understand that was they wanted me to know -- this is their words -- donald trump is not one of us. so they felt he wasn't sort of part of the new york civic real estate society. but they also thought his practices were so far off the scale. i want to be clear. new york real estate is a shady business. >> sure. >> guest: but donald trump is in a category by himself, and that is what people wanted me to understand in a real estate industry in new york; that he

relayed their positive impression of the new ukrainian president and encouraged president trump to schedule the white house meeting he promised in his first call. but president trump reacted negatively. he railed at ukraine tried to take me down in 2016 and in order to schedule a white house visit for president zelensky, president trump told the delegation that they would have to and i quote, talk to rudy. it is worth pausing here to consider the importance of this meeting in late may. this is the moment president trump successfully hijacked the tools of our government to serve as corrupt personal interests. when the president domestic political errand as one witness described began to overtake and subordinate us foreign policy and national security interests. by this point in the scheme rudy giuliani was advocating very publicly for rain to pursue the 2 sham investigations but his request to meet with president zelensky was rebuffed by the new ukrainian president. according to reports and ambassador bolton'saccount soon to be available , if not to this body then into bookstores near you, the president als

president trump at the white house after arriving late last night after a weekend in florida, he satn with sean hannity where democrats were top of mind. >> they don't care about fairness and lying, look at the reports that were done that were so false, i think they just want to win and doesn't matter how they win. >> even though the president is expecting an acquittal on wednesday, republicans won't forget what began the call for impeachment, they want to hear directly from the whistleblower, senator lindsey graham expect the senate intelligence committee to call the whistleblower in for questioning. now iowa republican senator has taken a step further, she says if joe biden is elected president, he better watch out for impeachment, she said the bloomberg, quote, joe biden should be very careful what he's asking for because, you know, we can have a situation where if it should ever be president biden, people right after would be elected will be saying, well, we are going to impeachment, end quote, biden responded over the weekend in her home state of iowa. listen. just pointed out t

any legal act under international law, in direct opposition to the position taken by donald trump's white house you have to be careful with your political capital and the way you spend it. do you think it was wise for you to get involved in that? yes, absolutely. look, i think the targeted killing of general soleimani has breached many international norms that are at the heart of the un system, that are at the heart of the un charter. the un charter was predicated on the notion that we should do all we can to prevent armed conflict and that the use of force should be very much narrowed down to very few scenarios. the targeted killing of mr soleimani completely swept away the standard related to extraterritorial use of force by a state. it targeted the state officials, while in the past it was mostly nonstate actors or only nonstate actors that had been targeted... hang on, this is important. let's keep this as quick as we can, so your contention is that there was a fundamental difference between this targeted killing and, for example, the killing of mr awlaki, under the 0bama administration, wh

president trump, white house hopeful michael bloomberg will have political messages. first time presidential candidates will air ads nationally at a super bowl. a much more lgbtq representation such as katie sowers. she is the first openly gay coach in a super bowl. >>> tonight, 49er fans throughout the bay area hit the store to grab last-minute merchandise at dig's sporting goods in morgan hill. people pouring in to hunt for anything red and gold. >> i wanted to make sure that all of my family is equipped with niner gear. >> garoppolo stuff is gone. the bosa stuff is flying off the shelves. kittle stuff, it's like everything is flying off the shelf and i just think it shows how much energy the team brings this year. >> many of the faithful doing the last-minute shopping tonight said they were headed to super bowl parties and they had to have the gear that goes with the super bowl. and if the 49ers win they'll be back at dick's. >> being printed right now. >> yes, it is. >> we're seeing some interesting weather here. super bowl parties, faeshl if you're outdoors makin

trump, donald trump's father, to donald trump and now to his adult children who participate in the family business both in-and-out of the white house. be one what you think donald trump will do when he leaves the white house? whether it's a year from now or five years from now. he's had a lifetime in real estate, four to eight years in politics. what you think he'll do when he leaves? >> guest: he's moved to florida. he no longer has residency here in new york. i think it is very hard to predict the future. certainly, one of the things it was really interesting to me is there so many people in the new york real estate world, big and important people, the first thing they wanted me to it understand as they wanted me to it know, and this is their words, donald trump is not one of us. they felt he was not part of the civic real estate society. but they also put that his practices were so far off the scale. now i want to be clear, new york real estate is a shady business. >> host: sure be to donald trump is in a category by himself. that is what people wanted me to it understand in the real estate industry in new york. he is an outlier

in the role that jared kushner and ivanka cattrall were playing and donald trump's campaign and ultimately in the white house. >> host: again mr. trump may be in office for the next year or five years. when he does leave office duties think he will be charged with crimes with his private sector? >> guest: i have been covering court cases that have been addressing this issue. one of them is trump where he has sued the district attorney where he says he cannot even be investigated as long as he is president for any business practices that might have run a foul of the law. and the district attorney has said, one of the big problems with that is a statute of limitations. some of those were committed in 2011 or 2010, and as the clock and run out on them. so it is entirely possible that for some of these things, the clock runs out. if president trump is reelected most certainly the clock will run out on many of these things. however, that case is going to the supreme court and it's possible that the supreme court well say that he cannot be investigated. that is a startling conclusion and even more significant then

. >>> president trump is promising a white house coronavirus update tonight after regrouping decisionter criticism saying the administration is not doing enough. democrats are center in that criticism. chuck schumer detailing a proposal to put up $8.5 billion to fight the virus dwarfing $2.5 billion in new emergency me on the trumped a administration requested. there's consideration of more potential travel restrictions. the president's own words and tweets continue to complicate the crisis management. the u.s. in great shape including this one trying to make the outbreak as bad as possible and quote panicking markets. that departs from how senior trump administration and health officials describe the threat this morning moments before those presidential tweets. >> if you look at the other countries, italy, iran, japan, south creekorea, they are havin communities spread through their country and spreads to other countries and if it happens is the makings of a pandemic. if we do, almost certainly we will get impacted. if we have a global pandemic, no country will be out impact for sure

white house. gordon sondland, ambassador to the e.u. who donated $1 million to the trump inaugural effort is out of his post. he has been recalled as our ambassador from brussels. remember, it was sondland who supplied this testimony. >> was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously, with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is yes. everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. >> tonight sondland said in a very different statement, quote, i was advised today that the president intends to recall me effective immediately as united states ambassador to the european union. i am grateful to president trump for having given me the opportunity to serve. and now we move on to lieutenant colonel vindman escorted out of his job on the white house grounds as was his twin brother who was also assigned to the nsc. vindman, as you may recall, is a decorated wounded war veteran and purple heart recipient. he raised concerns about the president's call with the ukrainian president, that's what his testimony was about. his lawyer said in a s

relayed their positive impression of the new ukrainian president and encouraged president trump to schedule the white house meeting he promised in his first call. but president trump reacted negatively, he railed that ukraine tried to take me down in 2016. and in order to schedule a white house visit for president zelensky, president trump told the delegation that they would have to, and i quote, talk to rudy. it is worth pausing here to consider the importance of this meeting in late may. this is the moment that president trump successfully hijacked the tools of our government to serve his corrupt personal interest. when the president's domestic political errand as one witness fame ously described it began to overtake and subordinate u.s. foreign policy and national security interests, by this point in the scheme rudy giuliani was advocating very publicly for ukraine to pursue the two sham investigations. but his request to meet with president zelensky was rebuffed by the new ukrainian president. according to reports about ambassador bolton's account, soon to be available if not to this body, then to book

it says attorney general william barr has told people close to president trump inside and outside the white house he is considering quitting over trump's tweets about justice department investigations. three administration officials said foreshadowing a possible confrontation. the third sentence, he has his limits, said one person, familiar with barr's thinking. >> wait, a person familiar with his thinking? >> he has his limits. >> speaking from a person familiar with attorney general barr's thinking, speaking from inside the attorney general's mouth suggests -- >> possibly, possibly. so there are so many possibilities with this, including that it's real. there's also the possibility that william barr just kind of wants this out there as a way of kind of declaring, this is as much independence as he will declare, get a headline saying he's thinking about quitting. >> listen, the problem with what's going on here with the rule of law being shredded and made a mockery of is not that donald trump is tweeting witch-hunt, witch-hunt. that person should go to jail, this person -- the president has been

and the rest of the joint american israeli committee he chairs mapping out exactly where the trump white house would recognize permanent israeli sovereignty i mean for you to get the mapping is on its way in order to allow the imposing of the israeli law on these territories and later getting american recognition nonetheless it isn't quite what netanyahu promised in washington a month ago he said he'd begin annexation before the election then the white house put the brakes on it's complicated his bid for supporters of the far right parties in places like efrat illegal settlement in bethlehem the anticipation and excitement and the disappointment suspense they haven't influence the polls at the moment into such a level that i can say. this has been the gang since instead netanyahu has been focusing on settlement construction around east jerusalem announcing thousands of new housing units in areas that would further undermine the notion of a territorially unified palestinian state this is a dangerous policy and we consider this an act. of. destroying the peace process there are also plenty of is

breaking with the messaging that we've heard relentlessly from the praetorian guard around the trump white house that there was absolutely nothing wrong, that they are suffering from trump directions and tell him if what you thought you did was even remotely inappropriate but we know most of the republicans as ben sasse said think that lamar alexander was speaking for them. you can disagree with romney's decision to convict emma but i think that if you actually did a secret pole of the people in republicans with very few exactions, there >> there are some intuitive 50 republicans elected in congress and mitt romney was the only person to vote this way. mitt romney does not have a lot of ideas he's consistent on over the years. he does not have a lot of signature issues. came to the senate after a lot of vocal opposition to president trump. a big speech in utah, he's written up ed's. by voting to remove president trump, he's achieved his special purpose. >> the stuff he told chris wallace? >> he changes his views a little bit. >> and model of consistency. >> he reminded people how we lost that 20

relayed their positive impression of the new ukrainian president and encouraged president trump to schedule the white house meeting he promised in his first call. the president trump reacted negatively and railed about ukraine tried to take me down in 2016, and in order to schedule a white house visit for president zelensky, president trump told the delegation they would have to come and i quote, talk to rudy giuliani. to consider the importance of tis meeting in late may this is the moment of president trump successfully hijacked the his corrupto serve personal interest. when the president's domestic political as one witness famously described began to overtake and subordinate u.s. foreign-policy and national security interest. by this point in the scheme, rudy giuliani was advocating for ukraine to pursue this sham investigation. but his requests to meet with president zelensky was rebuffed by the new ukrainian president. according to the reports about the ambassador bolton accounts soon too be available if not for this body, then to bookstores near you. the president also unsuccessfully tried to get joh

in the aftermath of my commission, i worked with the obama white house and the trump white house on criminal justice reform issues and i have to tell you about this president has done more in the last three years on criminal i'm happy to be a part of it. >> trace: i want to put this up because the critics are out there, their cases involved a blizzard of abuses of power, butchering public trust, falcon tax records and lying to investigators. it's almost as if trump is arguing implicitly that such corruption should not be criminal at all but as the normal behavior of powerful men such as himself, your final thoughts about 15 seconds. >> the president has the power of executive pardon, i think my total commitment to service, my 30-year career of heroism and meritorious service, my time fighting for criminal justice reform, i think that is with the president considered in making this decision. >> trace: i want to bring back in former illinois governor rod blagojevich to give him the final word on this, we lost his earpiece a short time ago -- the final word to you moat what does the future hold

ready for any outbreak of coronavirus trump has appointed the vice president mike pence to manage the country's response kimberly health reports from the white house. seeking to reassure an increasingly nervous american public u.s. president donald trump made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room to downplay the threat of coronavirus the risk to the american people remains very low trump the klein told point to so-called corona virus czar as some lawmakers in the u.s. have urged instead naming vice president mike pence as the point person to lead the u.s. response to the growing outbreak we're doing really well and mike is going to be in georgia and mike will report back to me top public health officials are warning americans to prepare for more corona virus infections in the united states the degree of risk has the potential to change quickly and we can expect to see more cases in the united states the trajectory of what we're looking at over the weeks and months ahead is very uncertain but even with those warnings trump continued to contradict the message of career health professionals with his all i don't think it's inevitable prob

white house earlier today and took questions on infrastructure, trade, prescription drug prices and health care as well. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] president trump white house is a special place, beautiful and meaningful in so many ways and our country has never done better. every state is doing well. i can say every state is setting records and would like to think that the federal government is helping you a lot. but it is wonderful being with you and the talent of those musicians, they can be anywhere in the world and they could work in the great opera houses. when you heard the violins and great talent. i don't know if anyone has an ear for music. i was told i had a great ear for music. took a test, he has a wonderful aptitude for music. i said i do? it is incredible the talent. they want to be in the military and nowhere else. as i said in my state of the union, we are in the midst of a great american comeback with the people in this room and have done a fantastic job and just about everybody, somebody is going to run or do something that i won't like and i can have a little bit of an out. i said he was included but we are creating the most