david perdue joins us now. he sits on the armed services committee and the budget committee. senator, good morning to you. thank you. bill is going to join is too out in hanoi. but if you could, the last we checked, $22 trillion, our national debt has reached. what is the message? what are we going to do about i it? >> i think this president has called us out before. as you said just two weeks ago, our national debt went to $22 trillion. over the next 30 years alone, we

if one person says walls kill people and david perdue says there's drugs coming in. see it personally in an overnight patrol, we were out in the patrol vehicles at night in the fields watching the apprehension of these people and watching drugs come across. listening to scouts in our ears talking about where they're at this is a big business both sides have agreed there's an issue down there. i hope this deal on the table today that we're only hours away from getting past this particular impasse >> do you think trump emphasizing it undercut obama's -- >> i think he turned it into a talking point first. into a political rally cry he was using it at rallies in such a big way that's when they turned it into a political football and said we're just going to say no >> because he addresses what everybody thought was a problem all along in a high-profile way doesn't make it not worthy of doing it >> i don't either. >> i think it became politicized and then the demonization of people of mexico i think all of that was put into this sort of very politicized soup and it made it

some democratic leaders are already pushing her to challenge georgia senator david perdue in 2020. >>on capitol hill, there is a shortage of reaction to the president's state of the union. house speaker nancy pelosi gave her take on twitter, saying it will take days to fact check all the misrepresentations the president made during the speech. in a tweet from the other side of the aisle, vice president pence dubbed the address an inspiring vision of american greatness. nbc's tracie potts join is live now from d.c. with more reaction to the president's speech. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, there's reaction from hollywood to washington and some of it focusing this morning on nancy pelosi and the eye roll she gave the president sitting right behind him when he talked about ridiculous partisan investigations. on the other side, republicans applauding the president, especially on the economy and immigration. >> i thought it was a very strong speech. the president started off with just laying out the incredible successes we've seen in the past two years, the economic succ

leadership of congress because there is a whole lot of people in congress that want her to run against david perdue senate seat in 2020. >> because that feels like an attainable seat. >> very attainable seat for democrats in 2020. you have the same thing for beto in texas and for governor bullock in montana, which would be another attainable seat for democrats in 2020. stacey was selected tonight. first of all, she did a great job and she's a wonderful communicator. but there are a lot of people pushing her hopefully toward the senate race. >> with what you're talking about with governor bullock and beto o'rourke, are you saying that would factor into each of their decisions to run for president because they're viable candidates for senators? >> i think all three of them know they could potentially be a senator in their state, and they're looking at a field of thousands for president, so i really do think all three of them are considering both. >> let me ask you also, senator sherrod brown of ohio, one of your, i think, very popular colleagues in the senate, if he were to run, if he were to be elec

a couple weeks ago i found out that the president had a private lunch with senator david perdue of georgiahey talked about a lot of issues. that was not on the public schedule. and later this week the president made an ill-advised trip to talk about the oval office issue. that was not talked about. >> we talk about leaks in the white house, is one staffer trying to one-up another or hurt them? the only person this hurts is the president and makes him look like he's not doing anything. but i think it's genuinely reflective of how people feel in the white house. these aides are trying to get something accomplished, whether it's the fight over the border wall or whatever else they're doing, they're not feeling like the president is serving the staff that they think could help send their message that they're actually doing something, but i think going back to the transparency, they don't publish the visitor log, they don't let out calls he makes with world leaders, and yes, the president has a right to privacy, but if it's something they feel makes it look like the president is working on an i

. >> woodruff: senator david perdue of georgia, thank you very much. >> thanks, judy. >> woodruff: so let's take a step back now and put this moment in tonight's address in context with prentsil historian and newshour regular michael beschloss. michael beschloss, wonderful to see you. >> wonderful to see you always. >> woodruff: thank you for being here. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: so you' looked at how presidents have handled times of stress,times when they are facing opposition, whether new or longstanding. that seems to bely certahat president trump is facing tonight. how have other presidents ha wled it? >>ell, oftentimes they've made a pivot. bill clinton, for instance, in 1996 was acted to run for reelection, and two years earlier he had lost congress to the republicans first time in 0 years. that was a very big event. so he said, we remember it now, the era of big government is over. that worked for him because people knew that forye thar since the election, he had been moving steadily to the right oar east to the center for when he said those words, it has some meaning.

i talked to georgia senator david perdue.ht to take no deal over a bad deal and hopes the dialogue will continue. on cohen, the answers have been even more interesting. the line from both the stage and off stage from conservatives has been essentially that the cohen hearing was a sham hearing they say laying the groundwork for impeachment of this president and that the only thing you could believe out of cohen's mouth yesterday was the fact that he said he was not aware of there being any collusion. i've been trying to press some of these republicans on that apparent hypocrisy and no one is more representative of that conversation than sean spicer, the former press secretary who i talked to a couple minutes ago. >> did you watch michael cohen yesterday? what did you make of that testimony? >> i did. i think it reinforced what both sides wanted. people who trump supporters realize that he wasn't truthful. he's convicted of lying to congress and that he has a history of saying false things. and i think for democrats, they tried

. >> i know you are talking to senator david perdue yesterday he is is questioned fed chief jay powell, like oh we can fund all these fancy government programs! like medicare for all green new deal if fr will play ball keep interest rates, low, essentially, help us fund that borrowing by maybe even buying -- buying up our debt the fed has done in the past. >> what did you say to that what struck but what paul said jed. dagen: i am par paraphrasing. >> -- did buy u.s. securities have a balance sheet that is pretty elastic. maria: want to get that down, we will see if it if that project is finished by end of this year, we are covering all the above our top story right now is the historic meeting in hanoi president trump is having dinner with north korean leader kim jong-un in vietnam right now ahead of second high stakes summit, the president he expressed what on to meet with kim began. >> i want to just say, it is honor to about here, chairman kim, it is honor to about together. in really a country vietnam was a really rolled out the the red carpet they have very honored to have us, it

david perdue joins us now. he sits on the armed services committee and the budget committee.good morning to you. thank you. bill is going to join is too out in hanoi. but if you could, the last we checked, $22 trillion, our national debt has reached. what is the message? what are we going to do about i it? >> i think this president has called us out before. as you said just two weeks ago, our national debt went to $22 trillion. over the next 30 years alone, we have $130 trillion of unfunded liabilities of this federal government. that is $1 million per household. president trump came in two years ago and said we've got to grow the economy. there were two benefits to that. you put people back to work, but you get federal revenue from growth that helps offset this growing debt. we have started an economic revival here that we believe over the next ten years lowers the debt curve by about $3 trillion. yet over the next decade, unless we do something, we're going to add another $10 trillion. that can't happen. >> sandra: declaring the $22 trillion debt is a security threat. the u

we have a reelection group set up to reelect him and david perdue.heard warren buffett, the stock market is up 11% so far this year. i do not see how anybody can think donald trump is not doing a super job. they do need to cut spending and waste. but i tell you, the stock market, can you imagine up 11%, this is the best start in 34 years. and i tell you, i am a stock market guy and i have never felt better about the future of america. and i think that donald trump is the best leader in world history and i will work 20 47 to reelect him and david perdue. host: george in georgia talking about spending. it is not teed up yet, but from the wall street journal, "spending fights to resume." yarmouth said that democrats would be seeking to military increase in spending with an increase of nonmilitary spending, a point of contention in previous negotiations." now from new york, eugene. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing? i have a comment about the result of the robert mueller report. what are they going to do about, what will they do with

house of representatives and i also commend senator david perdue for bringing it to the u.s. senate. we must no longer rely on routine debt ceiling increases nor can we risk the devastating effects a growing deficit will have on our military and national security agencies. in an effort to reduce the deficit and regain preresponsible spending practices, president trump laid out his national security strategy that highlights this critical need to reduce the debt through smart, fiscally responsible decisions. while it is clear we cannot undo the past, it is also clear that federal spending cannot continue to go unchecked and immediate action must be taken. we can no longer defer to future generations to solve our problem. and to bear this burden. i will continue to support legislation that cuts unnecessary spending and oppose legislation that electlessly adds to the debt. -- that recklessly adds to the debt. i ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get serious and support this resolution. it is time to stop writing blank checks and it's time to stop risking the national

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