this is what general mattis says, the secretary of defense. let me be clear. as hard as the last 16 years of war have been on our military, no enemy in the field has done as much harm to the readiness of the u.s. military than the combined impact of the budget control acts defense spending caps worse fned by operate ago -- worsened by operating for ten of the last 11 years under continuing resolutions of varied and unpredictable duration. this is the secretary of defense telling the congress that no enemy on the battlefield has done more damage to our military than the budget agreement that we reached in 2011. so i want to congratulate president trump for keeping his campaign promise to rebuild the military. in case you couldn't understand what i said, here it is in writing. and spend some time looking at it. this is one of the most respected warriors of his generation who's now secretary of defense telling the congress to end the madness. and tonight we're going to end the madness. if we have to lose some sleep, we're going to end the madness. we're going to

i reference testimony that defense secretary jim mattis, former general jim mattis, gave in the armed services committee and he said this. this was just a week and two days ago. i cannot overstate the impact to our troops' morale from all of this uncertainty. he's talking about these continuing resolutions that get passed. again the house passed its bills back last july. senate hasn't been able to pass any of its bills. we were funding the bill one short-term time at the time creating havoc on the american military. i cannot overstate the impact on our troops' morale from all this ununcertainty. the combination of rapidly changing technology, the negative impact on military readiness resulting from the longest continuing combat in our nation's history and have icient funding created an overstretched and underfunded military. i don't believe there's a man or woman in this chamber who would the longest that continuous stretch of combat in our nation's history. this is not an issue that divides this chamber. this is an issue that united states this chame -- that unites this chamber, mada

syrian government has used sarin gas on their own people chemical weapons well two weeks ago general mattis sheepishly admitted there is no evidence of use of sarin gas and to the washington post credit as you see they they got that headline right for once but here's what c.n.n. here's what c.n.n. ran with nadis war in syria against using chemical weapons. i guess apps one way of saying they haven't used chemical weapons. from time god comes the trumpet ministration just war.

we believe general mattis made a case to the public that we need more money to defend the nation against things like the threats from the north koreans. we were hoping that we could sit down figure out way to get additional funds to the military to respond to these threats. publicly democrats said they wanted to fund defense department. privately what they said they would not give us single additional dollar for defense. >> garrett: you knew they were going to say that. >> publicly they were thought saying that. they wanted to defend the nation. they say democrats care as much about defense as republicans do. but when rubber meets the road they don't. they held the defense department hostage and we had to pay that ransom. >> garrett: congressman mulvaney, we vote for this? >> i'm much closer to mr. meadows who you're going to have on the show in a little bit when i was member of congress. my job as director of the office of management and budget to try to get the president's agenda passed. right now, the top priority for this president was getting the defense department the money necessa

they can say no but the commander in chief is going to say we're going to go ahead and do it and general mattisd general kelly can do no better a job than to talk the president out of it. general mattis was in congress yesterday or the day before yesterday talking about the fact that the current funding does not permit him to enlist about 20,000 troops he needs for the services, and to spend money, time, effort, troops, that we don't have on this kind of effort is -- is really dysfunctional to the republic. we-we'd be in much better shape if general mattis and general kelly and others would tell the commander to forget about it. the other thing to keep in mind is that the president said this is to honor the troops. the troops don't like to parade. rife been in lots and lots of parades. we all hated it. it took too much time. too much effort. and we got nothing for it in return. the president's completely wrong about honoring the troops with a troop parade. >> kristen i also wanted to ask you about something, a quirk of scheduling perhaps but the president's official schedule listed him as getti

that's how ronald reagan viewed it and i agree with general mattis. peace through strength is the right formula. but when our adversaries look at us with our military, just a pail reflection of what it used to be in terms of readiness because of the lack of funding we provided, that's a provocation or at least an invitation for others to step in and fill the void and it leads to a more dangerous world. but these continuing resolutions, as i said, the harm caused by them was brought home to me again yesterday when i had a number of people with the texas association of community health centers come visit. these community health centers are a vital link and safety net for many texans and many americans who don't otherwise have a place they can go for their medical care. they treat people based on a sliding scale based on the ability to pay. so they're accessible to virtually everybody. but what my constituents with the texas association of community health centers told me is because of the funding cliff with the continuing resolutions, they don't know ho

is ar as general mattis concerned, he has that view and of people have that view. china is stuff, getting stronger, getting stronger to with a lot of the money they have made from having poor leadership in the united united because the states leadership has allowed them to get away with murder. being said, i think we an have a truly great, even trading relationship with china. hopefully that's going to work out and hopefully the with onship i have xi will make that happen. thank you. >> i can confirm that president trump and president xi see eye-to-eye in every respect. and they have -- it's very clear meetings i've been at, which we've attended in the egion these days, at the apec, the so forth, respect that they have with each other and i think it's the single most important between china and the united states. respectful, very and very clear eyed. for our part we see china's rise overwhelmingly being positive for the region and the world. critical thing is, of ourse, that the rule of law is maintained. there are people who want to try united states and its allie

and i will say, i think general mattis has done a fabulous job.e has tried to control those worst impulses and in public i think he's lived up to the faith that i had in him in a way that sadly i don't believe that general kelly has as chief of staff. >> before i let you go, the president's idea of putting forth some grand military parade, that a thumbs up or thumbs down for you? >> the problem is, if it was anybody other than donald trump you might go, okay, it's a bad idea because it's a waste of money, it's overly mill ta riftic for a society that's supposed to emphasize civilian control of the military, not the other way around. but with president trump, you can't help but think that it is simply another thing for his massive ego to absorb, that his vision of this is him sitting there and having the military walk by and basically him show the world this great military that he has. so his tendency towards narcissism, although i heard he said he's not braggadocious at all, which is one of the funniest things i think i've ever heard. it makes the

general mattis said, no man has done more harm to the readiness of our military that sequestration. for years, my colleagues on the senate armed service committee have spoken out about these damaging cuts. in the face of continuing and emerging threats, these threats have left us unable to realize the potential of our missile defense capabilities, they have whittled down our conventional forces, laying an undue burden on deployed personnel, and their families. they have shrunk our fleet to his lowest should count in nearly three decades. we have to ask our men and women to do less for our country. we have forced them to make do with less. this agreement changes that. in addition, this bill will provide for our returning heroes. over complicated bureaucracies failed to deliver the care our veterans deserve. the trump administration and congress have made important progress for veterans. agreement will expand on those steps. it will bolster our ongoing struggle against opioid addiction and substance abuse. grants alld new across our country. it also provides funding for disaster relie

. >> general mattis was saying that the general -- president has great affection for the military. yet, he has not been to afghanistan. >> nothing has been decided or locked in some. this is in the early discussion phases. it is something the president has been looking at. >> does the president have any concerns about these domestic violence allegations raised against rob porter? the --ve not asked in asked him that? . onthe president weighed in twitter about the stock market. we expect the president to continue to weigh and on these daily fluctuations. is he going to let the market take its course? is obviously a very focus for this administration. it is something we will continue to talk about. we feel very confident in the direction that we are moving and certainly, the focus on the long-term economic fundamentals of this administration has been advocating for. >> with the president -- with agreementent be in with funding for the border wall and a legislative fix for daca? the textesident called messages a bombshell. does he believe there is a conspiracy and the fbi to undermine

as far as general mattis is concerned, a lot ofpeople have that view. china is top .getting stronger. adding stronger to a large extent with a lot of the money they've made having poor leadership in the united states because the united states leadership has allowed them to get awaywith murder . with that being said, i think we can have a truly great even trading relationship with china, hopefully that's going to work out and hopefully the relationship i have with president xi will make that happen, only time will tell. >> i can confirm that president trump and the president xi ci tie in every respect and they have, it's very clear that the meetings which we've attended in the region, the summit and so forth, the respect they have with each other and i think it's the most important relationship between china and the united states. it clearly is very respectful, very frank, very clear i. for our own power, we see china's rise as being overwhelmingly a positive for the region and for the world. the criticalthing of course is the rule of law is maintained . the, there are

he was deputy commander of the central command under general mattis, and also navy commander of the fleet. distinguished career, not only in what he assignment the positions he has held. to give you a little bit of context to begin with about the posture that the u.s. navy has maintained. in particular, in this region, the u.s. seventh fleet has been in and during presence in the western pacific since the end of world war ii. deployed oract have permanently stationed, if you will, unique forces that are actually in japan and in the region. so there is a different construct in the navy and from the east coast to the middle east. it is a construct. also, west coast. going through the pacific, sometimes operating under the seventh fleet, sometimes going to the middle east. the seventh fleet is unique in that it they have for deployed and the majority is permanently stationed. so despite the discussion about rebalancing, we never left. we have been up meaningful presence and force along. if you want to talk later about any questions, i will be happy to address them. the other piece i think is

let's give general mattis and the secretary of defense the resources he needs to spend money wisely in defense of this country to make sure we never come in second in a war." this is an opportunity. we will put on the bill that we passed in appropriations dealing with d.o.d. back in september onto the continuing resolution, a place we do not want to be because back in september we want government to be fully funded. we do not think this is the best way to fund government, and we will send that to the senate. having just read these quotes from a few weeks ago and understanding what they want to get done, this is an opportunity that all americans can win on. our military men and women could have what they need, and we will not be using from a perspective of playing politics with this and we can continue to move forward to solve the other problems as well. speaker ryan: yesterday the president was in ohio to talk about the good news still rolling in on tax reform. just over this past week companies like u.p.s., lowe's, cigna, thermo fish erskine tisk and best buy announced bonuses, pay ra

this is what general mattis says, the secretary of defense. let me be clear. as hard as the last 16 years of war have been on our military, no enemy in the field has done as much harm to the readiness of the u.s. military than the combined impact of the budget control acts defense spending caps worse fned by operate ago -- worsened by operating for ten of the last 11 years under continuing resolutions of varied and unpredictable duration. this is the secretary of defense telling the congress that no enemy on the battlefield has done more damage to our military than the budget agreement that we reached in 2011. so i want to congratulate president trump for keeping his campaign promise to rebuild the military. in case you couldn't understand what i said, here it is in writing. and spend some time looking at it. this is one of the most respected warriors of his generation who's now secretary of defense telling the congress to end the madness. and tonight we're going to end the madness. if we have to lose some sleep, we're going to end the madness. we're going to

house armed services committee is meeting to hear from defense secretary james mattis and joint chiefs advice chair general paul selva of the air force. they'll be reviewing the nation's nuclear posture. it should get under way in just a moment here. business insider has an article delving into how defense secretary mattis has changed his position on nuclear weapon developments since becoming defense secretary. among the highlights in the article, secretary mattis used to question the u.s.'s nuclear ar san nal and-called for certain elements to be removed or reduced '. but since joining the trump administration, secretary mattis has seemingly reverse the his position and now supports building more. his u turn suggests it has become important as the u.s. conference china and russia. you can read the article at business insider.com. this hearing should get under way in just a moment. >>> the meeting will come to order. the committee meets today to hear testimony on the administration's national defense strategy and nuclear posture review, both of which were recently released. we welcome back the secretary of

the briefing that's about to begin, sara sanders will introduce the defense secretary, general james mattishe'll hoopen the briefing. i'm sure he'll be asked about what the president wants, a military parade maybe as early an veterans day. john kirby, you're our military analyst, a former spokesman for the pentagon, former spokesman at the state department. you pointed out it was sort of unusual -- well, let's go to sara sanders. >> congress has been able to meet our defense spending requirement and come together on a two-year spending deal. this deal achieves our top priority, a much-needed increase in funding for our national defense. this deal also increases budget caps, ends sequester, and provides certainty for the next two years. defense spending will match the request made by the pentagon and will reflect what the president signed into law with the national defense authorization act. thanks to president trump, we can now have the strongest military we have ever had. additionally, this deal increases the debt ceiling to march of 2019, which moves us away from crisis to crisis budgetin

the department of defense, general mattis, he said he wants more diplomats. it's just the opposite. i think the idea of the isp say -- state counterproductive and not accurate. americans should understand they have a phenomenal government but it won't stay that way if we don't invest in it. one of the great challenges is a polymerization of the -- that's theion -- reason why you serve. is a mission oriented workforce trying to do their best. they are being failed by the system they are operating in. if we want to stay at the top of the world, we need to make sure we are taking care of our government in an effective way. the other quibble i would have is the notion that the generals are part of the problem. military,k at our they have in many ways the most effective talent operation, more than the civilian side. they look at their people as an asset. looke civilian side, most at the talent as a cost. we need to look at it as an asset. those people should understand the civilian workforce is more than a majority focused on national security. host: at the state of the union speech tues

. >> general mattis says the president has great affection for the military, but he has yet to visit iraq and afghanistan. wouldn't that be the ultimate way to honor the troops rather than a parade? sec. sanders: i think there are a lot of different ways. nothing has been locked in stone. these are the early discussion phases. it is something the president is looking at, how the entire country can come together and show support and honor our military. >> does the president have any concerns about these domestic violence allegations against robert porter? sec. sanders: i have not spoken to him. >> you have not -- sec. sanders: i have not asked him that question. >> have you seen the photos of ife with a black eye? >> the president weighed in on the stock market. he has done so quite a bit in his first year in office. will you a black eye? >> the president expect the preo weigh in on the daily fluctuations of the stock market, or will he let it take its course? sec. sanders: i will not speculate what he may weigh in on, but the economy has been a big focus for the administration. it is

defense,tment of general mattis, says he wants more diplomats and less bullets. no, it is just the opposite. >> i entirely subscribe to the notion that the idea of deep state is actually counterproductive and not accurate in terms of describing what is going on. americans should understand that they are blessed with a phenomenal government. it will not stay that way if we do not invest in it. is of the challenges you see calls for resistance. that is the reason why you serve. have is ahat we mission oriented workforce that is trying to do their best by the american public. the system they are operating in. nation want to stay at the top of the world, we need to make sure we are taking care of our government in an effective way. this notion that the generals is part of the problem. if you look at our military, they have in many ways the most .ffective talent operation certainly way more effective than the circuit -- civilian side. they look at their people as an asset. unfortunately, on the civilian side, most false look like talent as a cost. we need to see it as

as far as general mattis is concerned, he has that view. lot of people have that view. china's tough. they're getting stronger. they're getting stronger to a large extent with a lot of the money they've made from having poor leadership in the united states. because the united states leadership allowed them to get away with murder. with that being said, i think we can have a truly great even trading relationship with china. hopefully, that's gonna work out. and, hopefully, the relationship that i have with president xi will make that happen. only time will tell. thank you. >> i can confirm that president trump and president xi see eye to eye in every respect. and they have -- it's very clear at the meetings that i have been at, which we've attended in the region east asia summit, apec. the respect that they have with each other. i think it's the single most important relationship between china and the united states. it's clearly very respectful, very frank, very clear eyed. for our own part, we see china's rise as being overwhelmingly a positive for the region and for th

as far as general mattis is concerned he has that view, a lot of people have that view. china's tough. they're getting stronger. they're getting stronger to a large extent with a lot of the money they have made from having poor leadership in the united states. the united states leadership allowed them to get away with murder. with that being said i think we can have a truly great even trading relationship with china. hopefully that is going to work out. hopefully the relationship i have with president xi will make that happen. only time will tell. thank you. >> i can confirm that president trump and president xi see eye-to-eye in every respect. they have a -- it is very clear in meetings i've been at which we attended in the region, east asia summit, so forth. apec, the respect that they have with each other and i think it is the most, single-most important relationship between china and the united states. it is clearly very respectful, very frank, very clear-eyed. for our own part we see china's rise as being overwhelmingly of for the world. the critical thing that the

as far as general mattis is concerned, he has that view and a lot of people have that view. china is tough. they're getting stronger. they're getting stronger to a large extent with a lot of the money they've made from having poor leadership in the united states. because the united states leadership has allowed them to get away with murder. with that being said, i think we can have a truly great even trading relationship with china. hopefully that's going to work out and hopefully the relationship i have with president xi will make that happen. only time will tell. thank you. >> well, i can confirm that president trump and president xi see eye to eye in every respect. and they have a -- it is very clear at the meetings i've been at, which we've attended in the region these days, the summit and so forth, apec, the respect that they have with each other and i think it's the single most important relationship between china and the united states. it's clearly very respectful, very frank, very clear eyed. for our own part, we see china's rise as being overwhelmingly for the regio

as far as general mattis is concerned, we have that view. a lot of people have that view. china is tough. they're getting stronger. to a large extent with a lot of the money they've made from having poor leadership in the united states because united states leadership has allowed them to get away with murder. with that being said, we can have a truly great relationship with china and hopefully the relationship with president xi will make that happen. only time can tell. thank you. >> i can confirm that president trump and president xi see eye to eye in every respect. and they have -- it is very clear the meetings i've been at, which we've attended in the region at the summit and so forth, apec. the respect that they have with each other. and i think it's the single most important relationship between china and the united states. it's clearly very respectful, very frank, very clear eyed. for our own part, we see china's rise as being overwhelmingly a positive for the region and for the world. the critical thing, of course, is the rule of law is maintained. you know, that is

the military funding adequately funding our military, knowing that we have a great leader in general mattis, our secretary of defense behind us, i think that this is why i'm leaning yes and why i probably will end up voting yes on the bill. >> jon: this senate bill would eliminate the budget caps that were voted in a few years ago which were at the time sort of hailed by a lot of fiscally conservative republicans. what's changed? >> i think you can see the devastation to our military on these arbitrary caps. i think we have seen a few things in this budget we've moved the parity issue so now we are spending more on the defense side, which we should be doing, and less on the domestic side. but we are getting in exchange some things we need on the republican side. we have disaster relief coming in. that's really important in my region and also important for all across the southern tier including puerto rico suffering from devastating natural disasters from this year. we have opioid funding that is a huge crisis in my area. our public health centers, hospitals are being recovered. we're repeal

let me tell you what general mattis said about two weeks ago. clear as hard as the last 16 years of war have been on our military, no enemy in the field has done as much to harm the readiness of the u.s. military than the combined impact of the budget control act defense spending caps worsened by operating for 10 of the last 11 years under continuing resolutions of unpredictable duration. this fixes that. what the general said is no enemy we're facing has done more damage to the military than the congress. so to all my friends in congress who believe this is not a good deal, you should be listening to general mattis. >> sandra: what do you say to jim jordan, chairman of the house freedom caucus who came out in advance of it and said we will not support this. he described it as a mon -- he never thought paul ryan would come forward with something like this and compared it to obama's stimulus boondoggle. >> go tell people in the military the maintenance backlog is a mile long, 68% of the f-18s in the navy can't fly because we don't have the spare

i just saw a press conference that general mattis gave while this conversation of the parade was in full bloom in washington. and the purpose was to talk about the new nuclear posture review. probably the first talk in the last 20 years or so, because we're talking about building small nuclear bombs to counter small russian bomb, hugely consequential. and it just feels about another trumpian distraction from the issues that really matter to our national security match. >> steve cole, thank you so much interest joining us this evening. >> thank you, christiane. appreciate it. >> so from earth to space now. elon musk changed the game on tuesday when his company spacex launched the world's most powerful rocket, nearly flawlessly into orbit. and here's a jocular musk right after his success kbresiexpress relief that it actually went off without a hitch. >> i had an image of just like the tesla logo landing somewhere with a thud. >> obviously, that is not what happened. is this the start of a space race on day two? let us discuss this frontier with the danna hull. dana, welcome. welcome from

as far as general mattis is concerned, he has that view and lot of people have that view. china is tough. they're getting stronger. they're getting stronger to a large extent with a lot of the money they've made from having poor leadership in the united states because united states leadership has allowed them to get away with murder. with that being said, i think we can have a truly great even trading relationship with china. hopefully that's going to work out. and hopefully the relationship i have with president xi will make that happen. only time will tell. thank you. >> i can confirm that president trump and president xi see eye to eye in every respect. and they have a -- it's very clear at the meetings i've been at, which we've attended in the region, the east asia summit, apec. it's the single most important relationship between china and the united states. it's clearly a very respectful and very frank, very clear ride. for our own part, we see china's rise as being overwhelmingly a positive for the region and for the world. the critical thing, of course, is the rule

more ambitious plans with more of the most with the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria we'll fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i mean that's you know pretty direct now you see how this might sound strange go to syria i'm invited and while there you start killing syrians in syria in self-defense. let's purser told us that with islamic state practically gone now from syria washington is targeting the country's government instead. they are not just in syria to fight. and they were all have been in syria for a long time because they want to through our side as the spate of feeds as it becomes clear that it is the syrian forces themselves and largely defeated diodes the priority of overthrowing assad begins to reassert itself in the pentagon and in the white so i think that's true the answer the question the overthrow of assad was always the probably got prominent reason why the americans were in syria the army in treating these groups intervening with air strikes in saudi they were diverted

it seems to me that he is getting bad advice from his generals most particularly general mattis at the defense department and i think that is causing the problem he's been convinced by by the generals that this money is needed by the military to keep america safe that is an opinion that i think it's faults and i think that donald trump and probably not be convinced on this unless there is a an economic crash like there was in two thousand and eight which will mean that there won't be any money to give for the workers. the labor party in the u.k. is facing claims of discrimination the party says that straight white men will not be allowed to attend its conference for equality which will be held next month for women the disabled and members of the l g b t community earlier are to u.k. asked a social activist and a fund raising director to weigh in on the controversy. it's quite ironic that a conference that's focusing on discriminated groups. has now the focus has now become about people who are in who are in a dominant position is that a lot of what has your males not only. you know wha

more ambitious plans with more of the most with the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria we'll fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i mean that's you know pretty direct now you see how this might sound strange going to syria vital and while there you start killing syrians in syria in self-defense. the experts told us that with islamic state practically gone from syria washington is now targeting the country's government and that they are not just in syria to fight there in the new have been in syria for a long time because they want to throw aside as the spate of. feeds as it becomes clear that it is the syrian forces themselves at large would be to die in the priority of overthrowing assad begins to reassert itself in the pentagon and in the white house so i think that's true. answer the question the overthrow of assad was always the protocol problem the reason why the americans were in syria the army in treating these groups intervening with air strikes and saud they were diverted from tha

chuck schumer cut this deal with the majority, he praised general mattis and his role in this. have: democratic leaders never not wanted to fund the military. the argument they have been making sense the start of sequestration when republicans and democrats saw domestic and defense funding on the chopping block and being forced to stave off these funding cuts every two years. democrats have said we want boosts for the military, a stronger national defense, we suchwant domestic funding as the education department, the health apartment, having these larger increases under sequestration. both domestic and defense have seen cuts all the time. it seems like we will have a reversal. these increases were far higher than the 2011 and 2013 budget deal. we are going to see both sides of those which will be huge debates -- which have been huge debates. host: let's go to tammy. caller: good morning. an observation. we are about 45 minutes before the government is due to open. trump has this bill on his desk and hasn't signed it. it is being reported he hasn't signed it because he is waitin

farmland bush's plans we've heard the most what the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria we'll fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i mean that's you know pretty direct now you see how this might sound strange to go to syria and invite it and while there you start killing syrians in syria in self-defense and this is one hundred people they killed the people just because one of their partner allied fighters was injured just one person wasn't even killed one hundred fathers sons brothers so called self defense. middle east expert jamal wakim says this attack reflects the u.s. strategy in the region. i believe this is and i got action against the syrian arab army and against the syrian government because the united states have no legitimate claim to have troops on syrian soil this is part of grand scheme for the middle east by the united states to keep this but it didn't under its control i believe that so far the syrian government will refrain from and turning into direct clash with the united

maintain favorable regional balances of power in the end of pacific and that's the term of the general mattis is using. the military department to be prepared is always present regardless of the administration. you think through how are we going to do this. at the end of the day, the smart person does not want to go to war and at the same time the best way to prevent conflict is to be prepared for it and that is the clearest way to deter horrible consequences is to be prepared in that way. >> give me a choice between parsing time and studying and what's figuring out what is going on i will always try to figure out what's going on in [inaudible] high. i think it is worthwhile examining as others have done the appointments that trump is made to various important security positions that are the problem that people like matt pottinger who are more asia focused and that is clearly, as i say, i also believe this week there is a few us senators who are visiting taiwan so to me i don't get a whole lot out of the paint but what kind of meetings are happening and those are the things i wouldn't think o

syrian government has used sarin gas on their own people chemical weapons well two weeks ago general mattis sheepishly admitted there is no evidence of use of sarin gas and to the washington post credit as you see they they got that headline right for once but here's what c.n.n. here's what c.n.n. ran with mattis war in syria against using chemical weapons. i guess at one way of saying they haven't used chemical weapons. from time god comes the trumpet ministration just war in syria not to use kind of. you keep saying chemical weapons i do not think it means what you think it means. point is our media and our ruling elite will manufacture war for ever unless we get some anti war voices in power we. have to do that. luckily there are actually some bold progressive trying to unseat corporate democrats across the country nationwide there is one problem though the d.h. yes well there's probably ninety nine problems but v.h.s. is one. the department of homeland security basically took over our voting system when they declared this critical infrastructure at the end of obama's term this gives the

the department of defense, general mattis, he says i want more clement and less bullets. no. just the opposite. guest: i entirely subscribe to the notion that the idea of a deep state is counterproductive and not accurate. i think americans should understand they are blessed with a phenomenal government. it will not stay that way if we don't take care of it. one of the great challenges you see is politicization of the career civil service workforce. calls --u got what we have is an immensely mission oriented workforce that is trying to do their best by the american public, but they are being felt by the system they are operating in and many of the leaders they have. if we want to stay at the top of the world as a nation, we need to make sure we are taking care of our government. the other quibble i would have is this notion that the generals are part of the problem. interesting to me, if you look at our military, they have the most effective talent operation, certainly way more effective than the civilian side. the military, they look at their people as an asset. unfortunatel

david: we have been listening to defense secretary general james mattis at the white house.ther things, he said they have been operating under "debilitating continuing resolutions" for the last decade. he says if there was a government shutdown, it would paralyze pretty much everything they do. at the remarks, general mattis that the president had already said the best way to avoid conflict was by having a strong military. let's talk about a place where there is conflict we are trying to avoid, and that is the korean peninsula. we welcome ambassador christopher hill. serving under george w. bush, and is now the chief advisor to the chancellor for global engagement at the university of denver. for coming, ambassador. let's talk about career for a moment. we will see opening ceremonies were the olympic games coming up in less than two days. the vice president, vice president pence will be over there. we are told kim jong-un's sister will be there. what are the chances that, at these olympic games, there could be geopolitical events of some significance? christopher: first of a

ultimately that was general mattis when he was sitting com commander. do you doubt that statement? >> i don't, senator. i would encourage folks to look at the state department budget. and the state department budget does contain a lot of that foreign aid. >> so it's a 20% reduction in the state department's budget. >> it is, but i think we've increased spending on humanitarian assistance. we do lower commitments to multilateral institutions to support what ambassador haley is doing. we're very aware of your concerns and look forward to working with you to make the state department more effective. >> do you believe that state department is another form as general mattis indicated? >> yes, sir, the two are intricately entwined. >> so i will look forward to working with you to make sure we do not take off the table dismat diplomatic options. and general mattis said better than ever could ever say, this is steep cut to state department that will lead to instability, put our people at risk overseas. i think you're doing a really good job, and i appreciate the steady hand you've provided

schumer, senator chuck the minority leader who cut the deal, praising general mattis and his role in this. guest: democratic leaders have never not wanted to fund the military. the argument that they are making since 2011 and the start of sequestration when both the republicans and democrats saw domestic and defense funding basically on the chopping block and being forced to stave off these funding cuts every two years or so, democrats have said we want boots for the military and a strong national defense. we just want domestic funding such as the education department and the health department and having these larger increases as well. under sequestration, both the mastech and defense have seen cuts slowly over time. it seems like we will have a reversal of that. these increases were far higher than both the 2011 and 2013 budget deal. we are going to see both sides of those ledgers, which have been huge debates of the spending talks in the last year. it seems to finally be evening out for a little bit. host: but skoda tammy in minnesota, democrat. caller: good morning and thanks for

sleep over that decision if only he'd bombed the day care he could be president right now come on general mattis believe in yourself. laughing at jap sessions during a senate hearing. literally because that type of free speech is dangerous on the other hand it's completely legal to spout full on propaganda daily on c.n.n. fox news m.s.n. b c you can push for just endless war what being funded by weapons contractors and they don't know thing but you slightly go far to yourself added elfish look and racist. while he's under oath saying how much he loves black people and you get this cops lapdog just to stage a die in protest to call attention to people murdered by police but legal for police to murder three bowl that is that they can't exacts. kid. i kid i could go on with these for hours but here's one more i was a i was on a plane recently flying over the middle of the us and i saw something out of my window that stretch for miles as far as the eye could see and i was like what the for he's there what in god's name has torn apart the earth like that and then i figured out it's fracking that's wh

farmland bush's plans with more of the most with the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria will fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i mean that's you know pretty direct now you see how this might sound strange go to syria i'm a vital and while there you start killing syrians in syria in self-defense. and i discussed this with joshua landis director of the center and middle east studies at the university of oklahoma welcome to the program sir now washington are cited self-defense as a reason for the strike but why and how would an anti eisel force see another until i saw force as a threat well this is this is coming at the end of a long war the united states has taken about twenty eight percent syrian territory and over fifty percent of its oil. the tillerson is not just arab the united states not just there to fight isis although that has been the primary goal but two weeks ago. secretary of state tell us and others rolled out a number for other reasons for being in the syria inch included ro

that's how ronald reagan viewed it and i agree with general mattis. peace through strength is the right formula. but when our adversaries look at us with our military, just a pail reflection of what it used to be in terms of readiness because of the lack of funding we provided, that's a provocation or at least an invitation for others to step in and fill the void and it leads to a more dangerous world. but these continuing resolutions, as i said, the harm caused by them was brought home to me again yesterday when i had a number of people with the texas association of community health centers come visit. these community health centers are a vital link and safety net for many texans and many americans who don't otherwise have a place they can go for their medical care. they treat people based on a sliding scale based on the ability to pay. so they're accessible to virtually everybody. but what my constituents with the texas association of community health centers told me is because of the funding cliff with the continuing resolutions, they don't know ho

the bank for international settlements has some remarkably harsh words for crypto currencies general mattis manager of gustin carsten addressing an audience in frankfurt germany earlier today referred to bitcoin and its peers as quote private digital tokens posing as currencies before saying that bitcoin quote has become a combination of a bubble a ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster carstens also set up authorities to not act preemptively crypto currencies become could become a threat to financial stability carstens comments carry heavy weight due to his standing amongst the global financial business class his resume includes lending the leading the mexican finance ministry and central bank and a stint as deputy manager of the i.m.f. the international monetary fund bitcoin value dropped by fourteen percent falling below six thousand dollars after carstens comments but later rebounded and we'll have those exact numbers at the break. but right now we continue to discuss digital currency is with jared andersen he's the director of simpler trading crypto jared thanks for joining us the

general mattis saying it is perplexing.o everyone that the other players in the region, the sirius government, russia, iraq turkey simply do not wa nt russia, iraq turkey simply do not want the us there. absolutely. you have three laws on top of each other. the syrian government, russians and iranians against another. there is an attack in eastern ghouta. you have counter terrorism campaigns, the turks against the pkk of sheet in the north, in the us against isis in the east and finally you have got the clash between the us and syria and effort by the us, turkey and israel, not what co—ordinated all spelt out the pressure of the russians to find an overall solution to this conflict that will end the bloodshed and push back or an which seems to be behind most of the really bad things that seem to happen. —— iran. most of the really bad things that seem to happen. -- iran. is there any hope for eastern ghouta? russia is saying a ceasefire is not practical. people in the midst of all this. doctor saying these are the worst for