millions of children in countries like iraq. it's a show that helps teach values, helps teach public health, helps prevent kids from dying from dysentery and disease, and helps push values like collaboration, peacefulness, cooperation. in a society where the alternative is i.s.i.s., extremism and terrorism. and to your point, it's pennies on the dollar. the u.s. department of defense has an annual budget of about $850 billion. usaid was spending about $30 billion. it is a small proportion of our total federal spending. and as joe nye would often say, it's not just soft power, it's smart power. let me leave you with one other quote, michael, if i could. jim mattis, who is a four star marine corps general and trump's secretary of defense in his first term in a hearing back then, said, if you slash development and aid spending, then i'm going to need more bullets for our troops. so i think you make salient points. it took me five minutes, though, in my opening commentary to make the case, i also said, politically speaking, it's a l

by 2006, america came close to being defeated in iraq.relief. cheering this is the biggest change that's happened in american politics since at least 1960, whenjohn f kennedy won the presidency. but obama's time was marked by a disappointing lack of grip. america's problems were never fully addressed and in the wider world, the weakness revealed by george w bush's invasion of iraq continued. the long post—war period of american dominance looked as if it was coming to an end. donald j trump. donald trump managed to harness the resentments and anger of americans who sensed they were weaker and poorer than they once had been. he launched a roller—coaster ride of a kind that americans had never seen before. by 2020, he seemed finished, and, out of office, was lucky to avoid a jail sentence. but the feebleness of presidentjoe biden seemed, if anything, worse than the chaos of the trump administration. within months of taking office, biden went ahead with the doubtful agreement donald trump had made with the taliban over afghanistan, and the ta

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the war in iraq, we spent $2 trillion, thousands of lives. we should have never been in iraq. we have destabilized the middle east. you know, they're all war hawks when they're sitting in washington in a nice building saying, oh, gee, will, let's send let's send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy. >> let's see, they're all war hawks sitting in washington saying, let's send 10,000 troops over there. i guess you have your war hawk who's in washington, who's talking about sending troops to occupy, of all places, at all times, the gaza strip. now, let me keep it real with you. for trump supporters, the choice on a day like today is to believe him now and acknowledge everything you just heard. the past claims have proven false or to still not believe him. now, to say this isn't really it. this is disingenuous rhetoric and it's designed for some later special purpose. now, these remarks have managed to play poorly for both the palestinian community, which wants a homeland, and the israeli community, which, coming since october 7th in this war, wants to make sure there i

when we go iraq, we break it. and then we don't get the oil leases or any of the rebuild and wheen while we leave our equipment there, tens of billions of dollars in afghanistan for what? what did we get in either of those places except a massive refugee crisis in europe, the creation of isis and a stronger iran? so, that didn't work everyone watching. details are going to matter. if democrats get control in the midterms you can expect and i will get into this later if we have time. subpoenas are going to start flying. self-dealing contracts. they will try nail trump to the wall if they lose the house of representatives. they better do this right. early stages. we will see i like the fact that it's not money down a rat hole and a launching pad for terror which is what we have had and we have dealt with for so many years and i think americans are sick of it. we don't want to be bogged down in the middle east. and if this is a way to get out of that, then that's a good thing. >> charlie: of course, laura, this comes

. >> you want to spend your dollars on "sesame street" and iraq? >> "sesame street" in iraq? >> jesse: the doge fathers on the loose and no federal job is safe. they're planned for the deep state? got it all. over 40,000 federal bureaucrats have already taken buyouts and we are only in week three. >> we expect the number to increase. and that alone, just 40,000, be expected to increase. it will save the american people tens of millions of dollars and we encourage federal workers in the city to accept the very generous offer. if they don't want to show up to the office, if they want to rip the american people off, and they are welcome to take this buyout and we will find highly competent individuals who want to fill these roles. >> jesse: elon and his nerd army have been combing through agencies, blasting away bloat. 20-year-old doge are clashing with old-timers who don't know how to use a computer and calling them idiots. and breaking news. the secretary of state, marco rubio has just fired 90% of the administrators at u.s. age. they took a 10,000 man agency and streamlined i

josh mankiewicz (voiceover): maribel went to war in iraq. josh mankiewicz: what was it like to see her in uniform? it was pretty amazing. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): giselle cendejas is lucy's daughter, maribel's niece. sometimes, i wouldn't even see her as my aunt. i was just like, whoa, you're going out there to save everybody. you were proud of her. yeah. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): maribel learned to jump out of airplanes, and she manned the guns for armed convoys. she saw more than her share of combat. she also made sergeant. and when her tour in iraq ended, she re-enlisted for another. she seemed fearless. she could very easily have become a casualty. yes, and other people did die, other friends of hers. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): in 2009, after two tours in iraq, maribel left the army and set part two of her plan into action-- enrolling in college. but adjusting back to civilian life wasn't as easy as maribel had expected. like a lot of war veterans, she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, or ptsd. she'd seen some terrib

. >> do you want to spend your tax paying dollars on sesame street in iraq?sesame street in iraq. >> the dogefather is on the loose and no federal job is safe. their plan for the deep state got it all. over 40,000 federal bureaucrats have already taken buyouts, and we're only in week three. >> we expect that number to increase. and that alone just the 40,000. again. we expect it to increase. it's going to save the american people tens of millions of dollars. and we encourage federal workers in this city to accept the very generous offer. if they don't want to show up to the office, if they want to rip the american people off, then they're welcome to take this buyout, and we'll find highly competent individuals who want to fill these roles. >> elon and his nerd army have been combing through agencies blasting away bloat. 20 year old doziers are clashing with lazy old timers who don't know how to use a computer and are calling them idiots and breaking news. secretary of state marco rubio has just fired 90% of the administrators at usaid. they took a 10,000 man

congress is dirtye or they are shoving things into these big bills for example "sesame street" in iraqom thin air. they have basically been absentu >> harold: he cannot pause a law.o th if you want to do this you should zero out of their bud budgets, no president has the power -- some of the spending myself . but presidents have the power th pause laws and undo it. this is a violatiooingn of the separation of powers, one of the country to succeed end of the country to last longer, you cannot do it like this. >> jesse: all here harold say is i want "sesame street" and iraq. >> jesse: up next, anti-icepr protesters trotting down freeways and burning the american flag.rs a ♪ ♪ shuhe ♪ ♪ ♪ three little birds ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: thousands of anti-icers protesters waving mexican flags, blocking a freeway after burnino an american flag over the teekend, all to protes president trump deportation raids. ♪ ♪ >> greg: dana maybe it's me but if using a mixed message, waving a countries flag while demanding you don't get sentage, back then and burning the flag ofthe the place you want to stt

leading battalions and deploying to iraq and kuwait.e've both had the privilege of serving in our state legislatures and in congress. representing the people who shaped our lives and our communities. tulsi gabbard exemplifies what it means to rise above partisanship. putting the needs of the american people over political divisions. she put her own life on the line in combat operations. and now has set aside partisan differences as a former democrat member of congress to answer the call to serve in a republican administration. the mainstream media has fought to paint their own picture of tulsi gabbard. but let's talk about the real tulsi gabbard. the woman and the soldier who i have come to know and respect. and i have known her for the past decade. relationships matter. in 2015, then congresswoman gabbard met my dear friend owen, who was a dear friend of mine from iowa state university. owen was a wounded special operations warrior. who embodies the resilience and strength of our military community. owen was the subject of an attack in

there was a waging the cooling some verdicts the and i had known each other since the iraq rule, the a person that has an answer to does a bounce in nightclubs task. so this is you have to go. this is curtis sunroof and city a and nov instead of you know, i was there in 2015. so what is the, what is a half a day is it's a british military like, like slaves in quote. and then this is just so people know, it's like a military, it's that so it's yeah. as neither saw flows and people said it's this knife is, but it's when, when i, when i go to like, just sort of the military, it's up to the g o. u. i had a contact to an american contact. he was in the georgia national legion and they tell me like process for joining the military and like what i needed to, to do a, gave me a advice some where to go, how to get to the 1st day of operation. and like i, i knew this was a big wolf and i don't agree with like, like the wall. the 1st day the operation started. i tried so it is a time like we were under heavy artillery to like drugs showing so i couldn't, couldn't go. so i had to wait till we we

iraq war two decades ago. it may be that he. loves getting people riled up. it may be that. you know, he likes to, to, to. >> to throw, you know. >> stink bombs in the middle of the conversation. because it doesn't seem possible they could do this. and yet he did say he's taking it seriously and he's got everybody talking about it. and it is fair to say. that gaza. >> is a demolition site. >> he used that phrase. more than half the buildings have been destroyed. it's hard to. >> see how people can can. >> live there without some sort of massive reconstruction project. nobody else has come up with a better idea. >> but so. >> far, obviously this is a nonstarter from the point of view of, you know, most. most people in the region and certainly. >> even most. >> people in washington. >> well, the other thing is, peter, and you mentioned this as well, is that it seemed to be an idea that grew by the hour as the day went on. i mean, tell us more about that and what some people would consider the audacity to propose it without any details or or seemingly any real idea of what woul

reporter: what about the israeli hostage held in iraq? p.m. netanyahu: what about the israeli press taking a press conference in israel and not in washington? reporter: we would love to take a press conference -- [talking simultaneously] reporter: prime minister netanyahu, do you support going forward with this deal and getting all the hostages out? p.m. netanyahu: i support getting all the hostages out and meeting all our war goals. that include destroying hamas' military and governing capabilities and making sure that gaza never poses a threat to israel again. all three. [talking simultaneously] p.m. netanyahu: i think i should talk to president trump, ok? reporter: do you agree with trump's vision of getting all the hostages back, even if it makes to end the war? p.m. netanyahu: i'm not sure that you articulate correctly what the president's visit is. you can ask -- he can speak for himself. he does that very, very well. i have my own views. three goals. not one, not two, three goals. and i will meet all three goals. i think the president c

iraq, for example, gets a new grow up and then we will have to reconsider. and perhaps the moment we had come, we'd have come to say that we need them to and the, the, the, the probably need the complete and problem of the new care nonproliferation regime . which the optional has been serving us pretty well. it's very, very high. there's also concern about about plants which generate power for, for people to civilian purposes. do you think of this particular because a small and wanted to react to us? all of us still in the design and development stage could be the alternative that could be conducive to a long up with tracking to phase of a of piece. and the question is, is, is very relevant because many people asked me sometimes. yeah, you don't all these ideas, promise hospice, small motors or reactors cheaper, easier to deploy, shorter construction times, etc. so this is going to be very appealing for many countries in developing worlds . maybe countries that do not have the institutional, regulatory capacity, etc, to the and my answer to that is very clea

to us by the international community, by to treat you a number of ration by the agreements between iraq and the agency. we are there was on site inspecting, going to all the facilities, almost a so we, we have a pretty good view of 40. is there any more time the categories, but the issues of different issues have to do. so you mentioned also with the lack of clarity, with explanations about things that happened and should not have happened. finding you writing and tracy's in places that were supposed not to host any their activity, for example. so place these material ways, the equipment that was used or, and showing us there are centrifuge production compatibility. these and other things that are very relevant and without the future in, in, in a future perspective, more then on a past perspective. so basically it was a relationship based on a monitoring machine put into place. then followed by international sections led by the united states as the terms of breaches of that protocol. but do think that the concept itself is efficient and could eventually lead to the prevention of nuclear

you seen it personally in iraq and afghanistan. you have paid the price. you were worried this morning. that a future american would pay the price for something far away like gaza. you did here them, no boots on the ground, nothing committed in gaza. >> israel is an unique situation because there's some any citizens that are dual citizens or citizens that live there. i americans have trouble understanding why it's their problem our problem. president trump campaigned on that message. the middle east problem is now our problem. they aren't our problems to fix but then you have israel. it's treated differently. i don't think it's a double standard. people don't take the time to understand why it's different. when he stands there and says that the unexploded bombs and weapons will take full responsibility for, that means that a guy like me that did what i did is going to go there and take them apart, i'm not for that at all. my belief is that this is a part of his chest and his way of getting places like saudi arabia or jordan to say you can't have this let u

i don't think "sesame street" and iraq is probably a good use of taxpayer dollars. i get that.but that rubio will be somebody smart to be able to handle decisions. my last point on this is, it's not like these guys are coming up with us on their own, look to congress heard several of these things that we have talked about before -- every block of the show, congress is derelict in its duty, or they are shoving things into these big omnibus bills for example, "sesame street" and iraq, people don't come up with us out of thin air. congress has a responsibility here, and they have basically been absent. >> harold: the president has every right to do that. he can't pause a law, congress spends money. if he wants to do this, he should zero out their budgets next year. no president has the power to say i did not like what they other president did, so i'm going to pause the spending myself. presidents have the power to go to congress and passed laws of undoing. what he is doing is a violation of the separation of powers. and i want president trump to succeed, but i want the country to

usually the weather in winter, weather, pushing across iraq into western areas of iran. we have got some am but a lot south for that snow. we're expecting some stronger winds as well, and temperatures offsets to continue to edge down that we'll see change in the wind across the gulf on friday we could see some scattered showers in places like could talk temperature in doe hot 25 degrees celsius. cooler across, live and cooler as well for the north east of africa for the likes of egypt, only 16 degrees celsius. and kyra, with those blustery winds blowing down, we've seen some heavy rain continuing to affect to nicea and pots of algeria as well as not as well as what we're seeing across madagascar and mozambique. we had a tropical fi clone full upon the remnants of that system, putting into the mos in beat channel and bringing very heavy rain to the regions on thursday. the 4th is the effect of the conflict on the environment. the impact is so much more than just emissions from tanks ships and will fight more than will say it has a devastating effect. and people and the de

this is the most radical proposal that's been put forward and proposed since george w bush invaded iraq in 2003. we know that the palestinians don't want to leave. we know that saudi arabia, top us ally, is opposed to this. and when it comes to the us president saying he will not rule out using us troops to implement this plan. this has been called problem attic to absurd by senior members of both the republicans and the democrats on capitol hill . so in terms of whether or not this is actually going to go through the answer is probably unlikely. just remind us of the details of the time because we've had so many varying send statements that were coming out of that particular press conference with, with regards to guys on dallas square. just remind us what the plan was. well the bottom line is, is that the us president believes that gaza is no longer and habitable. and remember, this is a president that has a boasted about being able to, as a real estate developer, construct things very quickly in the private sector, boasting that governance, he can do what governments can't do, and tha

as climate change accelerates sarah clock out to 0, bruce than the iraq 2nd largest city of mosul, is one of the oldest in the world and it contains religious heritage sites of global interest. many of its ancient and historic landmarks were destroyed by i saw forces a decade ago. but now iraq is rebuilding them with support from the united nations, along with the one had, has more from us once again, the need to do is bringing in the most famous flights of clocked on this convent established in the 19th century. was wrecked of the ice of forces, sees the city in 2014, but now it's the store to its former glory of young moody mosque was 1st built in the late to us to essentially 8 to was destroyed. but now close to pray originate once more form it's leaning. you meant to read the give the city it's nick, name the hunchback, hold on the head, but in arabic, i me a the how the human welcome. the symbolism of these different houses of worship lies in the fact that they are close to each other. reflects the harmony between religious and ethnic communities that existed in the city before t

this is the largest single loss of life in the iraq war. with the prime minister join with me to thank and recognize our service personnel for their service and their sacrifice? and the stoicism of their family as we join to commemorate such a tragic moment? p.m. starmer: i thank him for reminding the house of this case, and i know that condolences of the whole house remain with the families of these brave soldiers. we will never forget the vital role they played to support the coalition operation in iraq. and i thank him and pay tribute to his service. we are immensely proud of our armed forces and their courage and dedication as they keep our country safe. p.m. starmer: the prime minister may know that this time last week representatives of those who have been injured seriously by covid vaccines were giving evidence to the covid inquiry, including my constituent. i hope he also knows that the compensation available rakel to the health secretary for the thoughts i know he is giving to how that position may be remedied. can i ask the prime

we must be able to look at the catastrophes like the plight of iraq's christians over the past three decades and possess the moral clarity to act when something has gone wrong. this administration stands ready to do so. thankfully president trump chose to nominate as secretary of state one of my dear friends, and i believe one of the great living champions of religious liberty across the globe, a person whose dedication to religious liberty flows from his faith in the same way that mine does. of course that's our great discriminate marco rubio. confirmed 99-0 by the u.s. senate. great secretary of state, marco rubio, confirmed 99-0 by the u.s. senate. at home and abroad we have more to do to secure religious liberty for all people of faith. i'm grateful for the painstaking work that everyone in this room has pour food that effort. i pray that together we will be able to better protect the dignity of all peoples as well as the rights of all believers to practice their faith according to the dictates of their conscience. so thank you all for your work in preserving religious liberty. t

but even in those last two years, sometimes iraq was selling more. hemisphere, then there is need for that oil. does not arise. it's interesting. of the economist magazine. you know what the economist described, you know what the economist described your relationship with russia as a faustian pact between mr modi and president putin. i believe president putin is invited to come to delhi very soon, isn't he? well, i think the quad leaders will be coming here very soon. and let me also tell you... i'm talking about russia. from the invasion of ukraine by putin's forces in february of 2022. i guess these are connected, aren't they? hop, step and jump. we were told to buy russian oil because if we hadn't bought russian oil and we had started buying our quantities of 5 million barrels a day, which we were buying, bought from the middle east. you've made the point. no. the price would have gone up to $200 a barrel. i'm now into geopolitics. it's interesting. indian foreign service. you understand the way geopolitics works. is it wise, do you believe, for i

this reminds the region of when bush declared war in 2003, the iraq war.hat invasion led to mass radicalization, led to the arrival of isis, of al qaeda. it's stunning that donald trump was actually talking about that intervention, saying, yeah, it was very bad. we should never have done it. and then he's saying, well, we will do this, and he's talking about it as building resorts or whatever. riviera. he's thinking that riviera will be built on mass graves of children. so i don't know if he's not thinking clearly, but what worries me also, joy that you have a defense minister that actually chanted in a bar while drunk kill all muslims. you know, the muslim world is a billion and a half people. you're actually telling them with words and deeds that they're going to implement an imperialistic colonial policy and kick out millions of palestinians. in what world? this will not have a backlash, immediate backlash. >> let me ask you this. donald trump claimed. president trump claimed that he has talked to leaders in the region and they love the idea. who could

but even in those last two years, sometimes iraq was selling more. coming on the global market, mostlym then there is need for that oil. available, availability is not a problem and vulnerability does not arise. it's interesting. of the economist magazine. relationship and president putin. i believe president putin is invited to come to delhi very soon, isn't he? we buy $20 billion of energy from the united states. i'm talking about russia. india has refused to condemn that invasion. hop, step and jump. you've made the point. no. the price would have gone up to $200 a barrel. and who would have? than you currently have. i'm now into geopolitics. it's interesting. you're a former very senior diplomat in the indian foreign service. is it wise, do you believe, for india to have russia violated ukraine's sovereignty in this invasion, something which india will not say and will not recognise. is it wise for india to have got itself into my prime minister has had a discussion but you believe european. you believe in international law, don't you? i've written a book on the use of force, and i

know, the cia isn't obviously perfect and has had a history that includes being really wrong about iraqturally what is going on in the middle east fully. you would think you'd want more people who might be able to help not get things wrong. do you also fear, as some fbi agents who've had this same kind of disclosures threatened, that this could be used by donald trump, who, let's remember, did illegally take home classified data that we still don't know what all he had. this feels like he himself, on a national security level is not careful. and now, if he wanted to retaliate against cia individuals, fbi individuals, he and these 20 somethings and teenagers who they're letting access this information could really have at it, and they've got a social media place with which to do it if they want it. >> it's worrisome on so many levels. joy, in terms of people who really don't have the background or experience having access to very classified information and classified systems and what they might be doing there, and trying to bring people on board and making sure that we do the appropriate

. >> the war in iraq has been a disaster. he started the war in iraq.osed to be a big fan? we would have been so much better off if bush and the rest of them went to the beach and didn't do anything. >> seth: it's such a new york/new jersey insult to call someone useless by telling them to go to the beach. [ light laughter ] it sounds like something tony soprano would say to christopher after he screws up a robbery. "hey, how about next time instead of hijacking a truck, you and your stupid friends go to the [ bleep ] beach." "okay, tone, jesus. tone. all right." so trump slammed u.s. military interventions and claimed that he would radicalally transrm american foreign policy to stop meddling in other countries and start focusing on america. >> we are finally putting america first. [ applause ] our policy of never-ending war, regime change, and nation building is being replaced by the clear-eyed pursuit of american interests. we do not seek war. we do not seek nation building. we're getting out of the nation building business. no more nation building. i

he served in iraq, afghanistan, bosnia, panama, korea. i mean, going on and on for bronze stars, for crying out loud. commanded the 10th mountain division, one of our most storied divisions in the united states. he sacrificed so much for 44 years. and to see him treated like this, i mean, it's just reprehensible. i mean, we're not talking about national security here. we're not talking about the war in iraq or, excuse me, in ukraine or gaza. we're not talking about building relationships with key. allies or protecting americans from, you know, terrorists. no, we're talking about an act of retribution on behalf of donald trump. and it's just shameful. >> it is an act paul rieckhoff carried out in the name of the american people. paul pete hegseth salary is paid by the taxpayer. he was confirmed by the united states senate, the first secretary of defense ever to be opposed by bipartisan senators. i think that is the history that he made get opposition from the democratic party in total. and three republicans. and one of his first acts is to

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shape than iraq. and the idea that americans would somehow now own the gaza strip, it's just it's it's beyond any concept of reality. so then the question is, what does it do? and the big concern is that this could blow up the cease fire negotiations. this could sort of burn the fingertips of everyone we're working with in the region. and it could undermine our relationships with key american allies like jordan and egypt. that hamas, of course, you know, they're at the table here. they can then argue, use this as a rallying cry to pull away. so this has real world impacts on human beings right now. it's not a joke. >> joel, what is the possibility of this just being one of these negotiating tactics that we see from trump, where he says something explosive and we saw it with tariffs right earlier in the week to try to influence, for example, we were talking earlier this week about saudi arabia wanting a two state solution or a plan for one, as part of negotiations to normalize relations with israel. do

we needed to get out of the iraq war and needed medicaid for all. that galvanizing moment brought a blue wave of new members of congress that flipped the majority. new york 20 was the actual seat that the moment we won, it flipped the country from red to blue. i know what it takes to win red to blue and that is why i am excited about this cycle. last cycle, i see jay here -- we decided we would do things differently we had lost in 2022 five house seats that were part of the reason why we lost the majority. those are red and purple seats. share jacobs and i and others decided we would create our first ever coordinated campaign where we would coordinate the federal and state actions in our state. most importantly we started two years in advance. we were out in the community, the black community, the hispanic community, the aapi community and on college campuses. we registered every college campus in the five battleground areas we needed to flip. over the course of the two years we had 40 offices, over 100 full-time staff and 50 part-time staff. we mad

simple thing and government watch dogs and gao reported waste and government abuse in afghanistan, iraqnce at least, ned, 2010. lawmaker haves been warning money was literally stolen by contractor frauds and people in our enemy nations and independent audit, look at this, in 2016, more than half a billion dollars worth of cars, real estate, and properties were sold by usaid without any accounting where the money went. >> this is unelected bureaucrats and govern and spend american taxpayer dollars without oversight and accountability. this is how you end up with this corrupt behavior and corrupt spending and oolot of the left and donald trump and existential threat and getting back into power, liz, he'd start uncovering this sort of behavior and this corruption of the government. it's not a government of, for and by the people. liz: right, and dc sources said and they went after him the first time and he's repeating what ryan higgins said drain the swamp. going against that in 1982 and democrats went full bore to impeach him before he sat down in oval office. we have to get to this. majo

he was critical of the iraq war. does this strike you as as seemingly out of step with the way that trump has talked about potential use of u.s. military troops? >> yeah. on that 2016 campaign, he vowed to end the so-called forever wars. >> that he said. >> that he tapped. >> into the real frustration in the u.s. about the everlasting presence in afghanistan and iraq, although we should note that he did say that the u.s. went in, the mistake they made was they didn't take the oil. in this case, it seems like he's trying to take the beachfront property. richard. it also, this comes as a moment, though, where the middle east is a seismic moment already. right? the aftermath of october 7th. and that terror. >> attack has. >> left hamas devastated, gaza in ruins. but israel's counter strike also took out hezbollah and lebanon. we've seen the collapse of syria. we have seen iran at. its weakest moment in decades. there was an opportunity here for a big move. i'm not sure this was that move. >> i'm not sure. >> this was th

you spend a whopping $20 million on a "sesame street" show in iraq, 45 million for d.e.i.olarships in burma, mil moren transgender led organizations and sex change operations, thiso bis how you want your tax dolls $5to be spent? $520 million for green new deal investments in africa, 1.5 billion sent to serbia to advanced diversity, equity and inclusion,, eq and 70 grand for ireland to producee a d.e.i. musical, 50 grand for ara transgender opera in colombia, 30 grand for transgender comic book in perud columb. 2.5 million for electric cars into vietnam, 1 million for so-called clean energy in africa, 44 million for venezuell , and their migrants ints columbia. millions more go to gaza, ended up in the hands of hamas and othe r terrorists, 5 million went to the eagle health alliance. so they could fund the lab in wuhan, working on gain-of-function research? not a very smart. you could go on and on as you continue screen. go e it would take us pretty much tht entire night to read through the list of billions of wasted taxpayer dollars, keep in mind according to the daily wir

. >> jesse: wel can keep going $20 million for iraq he "sesame street," $2 million for iraq and potterysses.ll $11 million to tell vietnam to stop burning trash.illi $27 million to give gift bags to illegals before we deport them peel. map program was such an excess that opium production doubled. we also give afghanistan $300 million to build diesel fuel powerpoints. but theyfiel couldn't use them. because diesel was too expensive.mill $200 million on a dam to and safe to use. we could have used that dam in california.. $250 million on a road that was never used.we we literally built a road to nowhere. oh, we gave syrians $9 million for humanitarian aid. but someone messed up and ity went to al qaeda. $1 million for that research in wuhan. that equates to $1 million for each dead american.ai usaid d was funding fashion week in paris. france is not even paying its nato dues and we are paying for their fashion week. usaid's a $40 billion deep state social justice slush fund and the president sayss it is a little fishy.y. >> elon musk, how much are you talking to him? and the ideas he has

senator eric schmitt said, we spent 20 million on sesame street shows in iraq, 52 million to boost tunisiaillion to tell vietnam to stop burning trash. >> charlie: not even charity and you had charles payne talking about the programs. americans are the most generous on earth, nobody steps up more than american citizens. this is not charity to use tax dollars for this nonsense. >> steve: that whole department agency has been folded into department and state and marco rubio is at the head, we just heard him say they are looking at things that are important and that will continue. the other stuff, maybe iraq can get their own darn sesame street on cable. >> ainsley: hand over to carley for headlines. >> carley: good morning. similar topic of saving money under donald trump, 20,000 federal workers are accepting the buyout offer allowing them to resign and be paid through sepulveda as part of attempt to restructure government. government employees have until thursday to accept the offer. spokespersons union leaders and politicians rejecting the offer are doing a serious disservice. so- so-calle

i'll say 20 million on sesame street in iraq. casey, a little bit before your time and a wee bit before my time. but william proxmire. william proxmire was the senator from wisconsin. i think he was the longest serving senator from wisconsin. his career was largely predicated on the announcement of the golden fleece award, which was always some ridiculous expenditure of federal funds that would be head scratching. and people would say, well, thank goodness senator proxmire is out there exposing all of this waste, fraud and abuse. it's a winning issue for republicans. i say. >> michael, what do you make of the argument? and this is this is something, you know, i actually focused on a lot as i was in school during the iraq war. that was kind of unfolding, as, you know, my political consciousness was being formed. um, the idea that the way that we communicate with people overseas, america's image abroad, it's kind of the idea being able to to try to talk to people about the idea of america being something to aspire to, and that bein

owning gaza could kind of be like owning afghanistan or iraq.t well. we don't have the best track record in the middle east peer to the president and his advisors are aware of the limitations of military power. and i think what we see coming from them is a little bit of humility and humbleness about the limits of what we can do and can't new. but i think the big picture is important to keep in mind. we can't go back to business as usual in gaza. we have tried for multiple generations now to entice the palestinians, to entice the palestinian authority into a peace deal with israel. they keep saying "no." we need new ideas and i have to commend the president for being willing to put previously unthinkable ideas on the table as a way to drive that conversation. let's see what the saudis come up with ore jordanians and the king will be in washington soon. let's see what his ideas. it is not enough to say we don't like america's proposal that you have to bite your own idea on the table. >> jacqui: tres said that saudis are pushing back on issue of di

you would think these fights and shooting is happening in iraq, but it's not: it's right next to ourr fact, there is reports of one of these drones the cartel used against one of their other cartel members with a bomb. this is what we are dealing with. we are dealing with terrorists, and i believe that president trump is right in designating them as terrorists. we have to deal with them as such. the dod resources. i'm glad i'm glad to see him joined forces with dhs. we will have to bring everyone here to combat these guys. they are not going to put their hands up and give themselves up. they are going to fight, although we will bring it to them if that's what they intend to do. going to see -- very important what happens in the next 30 days with mexico and the 10,000 troops, and what else that will bring to the table. >> i want to finish with a final thought as we put up a picture of your partner killed in 2011 by the cartel. this cartel -- he was exited by the cartel. i know that you have been on a mission ever since. if you like you were making progress? >> every time have had the

decades has looked .ike president trump was the first td call the iraq war a dumb war.ot to impugn those that e goserved a man i love the legy of who served there but the result is we got entangled for decades and what did america arget out of it?t gahe knows that and loves to rae the alarm bells about that. that is not what gaza has been keeping all options and recognizing supportive and i'll lighten thinking outside of the box and who knows what will happen after that. >> laura: doside you know if the president checked with jordan oy any of the middle east allies before the announcement yesterday? again, i don't know at this t reporting is accurate, i have no idea, mr. secretary. the reports the chief of staff takebyn back by the announcement and others in the room were surprised about the announcement, whic nh is not negative or positive, but if a n byisedeople are take surprise, you can't be surprised that the reaction is well. >> i was not surprised, laura. i appreciate robust conversations how the peasant makes decisions. nobody talks more to allies and. president

[overlapping questions] >> reporter: israeli strike on iraq?l see what happens. >> reporter: prime minister netanyahu, we have heard joe biden and donald trump take credit for the hostage and cease-fire deals. who do you think deserves more credit? >> prime minister netanyahu: i think president trump, with great force and powerful leadership. i appreciate it. he sent a very good emissary. he has helped a lot. and, you know, i'll just tell you, i'm happy that they are here. and i'm sure the president is happy that they are here. and i would think that is about enough. >> reporter: president trump, prime minister, what about israeli hostage held in iraq? >> prime minister netanyahu: what about the israeli press taking a press conference in israel and not in washington? [overlapping questions] >> reporter: prime minister netanyahu, do you support going forward with this deal and getting all the hostages out?

i'm a veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan.ognize what entanglement in the last two decades has looked like. president trump was one of the first people to call the iraq war a dumb war. that's not to impugn those that served there. i love the legacy of those that served there. the recognition of the result is that we got entangled for decades and what did america get out of it? so he knows that he has led the charge on raising the alarm bells about that. that's not what gaza is about. gaza is about keeping all options open. recognizing the support of an ally and thinking outside the box and who knows what happens after that? do you know if the president checked with jordan or any of our middle east allies before the announcement yesterday? and, again, i don't know if this report something accurate. i have no idea, mr. secretary. the reports are that the chief of staff was taken aback by the announcement on that others in the room were surprised by the announcement which is, you know, it's not a negative or positive. if a lot of

the republican national convention because of the iraq war.so i wonder how you think about that and, you know, heavily influenced kind of a neo anarchist politics that would then become really important in the occupy movement. right. so drawing from the zapatista about thinking about kind of autonomy and horizontally. and so i wonder if you like sort of how that kind of objection politics really figures into your analysis here. hmm. yeah. i mean, i describe it as a big middle finger to the end of history because there's this idea that in the late nineties that, everything was all sort of settled and that these types of scale protests were a relic of. the past, like the sixties, for example. and i think that there was a lot of support arise in like the. 1999 wto protests in seattle. it was like, what like what? what people. wow people are really upset. and it was like it was almost like confusion and if you like, read headlines of the time like why is this happening? but everything's so great and it was like, yeah, it was like this. i think tha