tonight.
melissa: a matter of national
security.
president trump signing a
$1.3 trillion spending bill but
not without some reservation.
>> it's a matter of national
security i have signed this
omnibus budget bill.
there are a lot of things i'm
unhappy about in this bill.
there are a lot of things that
we shouldn't have had in this
bill but we were in a sense,
forced, if we want to build our
military --
melissa: here is congressman
mark sanford.
he is house freedom caucus
member.
boy, what do you think of that?
>> well, i would respectfully
say they've to disagree with the
president on this.
i think the ultimate measure
after country's security is its
economic security.
paul kennedy wrote an
interesting book a few years
ago, rice -- rise and fall of
economic powers.
economic sue security was --