senator kelly ayotte is next. plus, donald trump goes "on the record." he has big news.shear a hint. the next inaugural parade. donald trump coming up. disturbing news news the tree are teaming up. senator kelly ayotte joins us. good evening senator. >> good evening, greta. >> all right. well u i guess we should have expected this but this is a nightmare. >> well, it is. i mean, you know if this is true and they are collaborating we are in a situation where beam who have civilized individuals and civilized everywhere. this trifecta from hell as far as these terrorist groups joining together. i think if you look at this it really shows you that the obama foreign policy of leading from behind is not working. >> the disturbing thing is who is really surprised by this? this is not really sort of breaking news because everyone expected this because if you look at the growth of ice in syria and iraq and the troubles in libya. tunisia, boca haram all over nigeria. and people from western europe joining isis. what's the big surprise that these three horrible groups would join up

kelly ayotte also up for re-election in her hometown paper, among the signers is newspaper's own kelly ayotte who despite emphatic and persuasive criticism of the letter has yet to explain her reasoning for endorsing such a dopey idea. are you worried this is going to be hurtful to the people who helped make up your majority who make you majority leader? >> no. what i'm worried about is the administration entering into a very bad deal with one of the worst regimes in the world. members are very concerned about it on both sides of the aisle and the senate will be heard from. this won't be the last time there are senators speaking out on this issue. they'll be heard from again. >> on your point about the fact that this is a bipartisan process, it absolutely is. there are democrats and republicans who want congress to weigh in with the legislation you were talking about. i've heard from democrats that by sending this letter you've made it a partisan process and it's harder to get democrats on board and maybe even there was a possibility of getting a veto proof margin harder to get the dem

that's kelly ayotte's hometown paper. in kentucky, they lead their editorial bluntly. has congress gone crazy? that's what many u.s. observers and much of the world must be wondering after a group of rogue are republican senators wrote a letter to iran. among the 47 senators signing the letter, kentucky's mitch mcconnell, the new senate majority leader, and rand paul with presidential aspirations. this is the paper calling out the two home state senators. mr. mcconnell took over the leadership post this year to end dysfunction and return the senate to a working body. that effort appears off to a poor start. and if mr. paul's signature represents his grasp of foreign policy, republicans should be justifiably leery of him of a presidential nominee. whatever the outcome of negotiations with iran, the 47 senators have done irreparable harm. it is regrettable that kentucky's two senators were among them. louisville courier journal. here's a headline in the salt lake city tribune in utah. utah senators increase risk of war. senators lee and hatch join a foolish campaign. it

kelly ayotte: these are incredibly talented people. thank you. sen. angus king: thank you, mr. chairman. admiral greenert, i'm sure you are sad this is your last hearing before this committee but you have had a long and distinguished career. want to thank you. secretary mabus, your dad should have met mine. i remember him watching the time go by. they would've had some sort of spiritual kinship. the arctic is an important area of policy, i know you have been looking at the navy developing a strategy. just briefly, do you see the arctic as an emerging area of importance, of strategic importance, of national security importance to this country? jonathan greenert: i think we need to look at it deliberately. we need to understand it. things like iisecs, we need to do it more frequent, get industry up there to study the place, find out when it is going to melt, when are they going to be lines open, are the threats russia is increasing their military presence. how do we survive out there, our people, our ships, our aircraft? sen. angus king: a simple example about infrastructure iceb

her signature endorsing letter the concord monitor -- new hampshire -- the republican senator kelly ayotte it's not every day that the united states senator attempts to undermine u.s. foreign policy and weaken the nation in one cursive sweep in phoenix, arizona, the arizona republic republic board concluded the republican senators are equicktively edie claireing the congressional right to conduct subversive important foreign pollsive with the great to blow up agreements negotiated as weapons of choice. mr. president, on another subject. in the last congress legislation combating human trafficking was a bipartisan matter. senators klobuchar, leahy, long leaders on this issue but this year and we can talk about how it got in the bill -- many believe it was a slight of hand -- sleight of hand but it's in the bill. an abortion provision in this bill before the body for more than 25 years i had the pressure of serving with henry hyde in the house of representatives who is famous because he has penned the hyde language which deal with abortion. all of these 25 plus yearses that matter has been p

kelly ayotte in new hampshire, again, a state that has gone presidential blue in recent elections, she voted yes. pat toomey voted yes. paid sick leave. conservative senator from pennsylvania. we're going to see the pressures, are we not, on the senate floor? >> these are little 30 second ads in the form of bills. the war on women. you can already see it happening. these senators don't have to worry about primaries. they are looking at the general election and they live in a world of reality that way. >> every time they vote no on one of these things, hillary clinton prepares if it's one of them to say, they don't care about you. they're not fighting for you. they're not compassionate. they're intolerant. >> and they don't care. they have to get through iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. until they can do that can they go back. >> we're all watching cruz. cruz pulls them all to the right. we're watching them on the senate floor. if he's going to vote against it, i have to vote against it. the other thing about the defense debate, where is it in the republican party? >> is he possible

kelly a. ayotte: i want to thank senator cantwell and most of all welcome our panel of witnesses today and thank you for being here and for taking the time to taking the time to talk about this important topic before this committee. first i want to welcome margaret gilligan:. she is the associate administrator for safety at the federal aviation administration. margaret gilligan: i would like to thank the chair and ranking member before beginning my testimony i would like to express my condolences. we are we are standing by to assist in the investigation to assist in any way we can. we are here today to discuss the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems or aus. to the national airspace system as technology continues to advance the challenge is to develop a regulatory framework. since the reauthorization act we have made progress. we have learned a lot along the way. the faa put together a conference of plan and road drop -- roadmap. we have an aggressive research program that leverages the asse

too new hampshire republican senator kelly ayotte who sign the letter on what she makes of what her colleagueink about what senator johnson is saying. >> what you hear him saying -- i have lot of respect for him -- is that the letter and what was in it was very important. let me put this into perspective. this letter was written on the heels of the president of the united states threatening to veto bipartisan legislation, the corker menendez bill, which i'm an original sponsor of, that said very simply we want a say on this incredibly important agreement, and you have to bear in mine it was congress on after overwhelming bipartisan basis that put the toughest financial and energy sectors on iran to bring them to the table and this is an incredibly important issue to the american people. it's the largest state sponsor of terrorism. >> you think you -- with the right intentions -- played into some of the nuts' hands over there? you know what i mean? >> neil, look at what they've done since we have been negotiating this deal. they've helped to overthrow the government in yemen. they're support s

. >> next to kelly ayotte, jack reed, ed markey, bringing people together. governor perry: i may talk about that a little today, but, you know, i find that dysfunction one of our real challenges in our country, and governors do not have that -- you know, they do not have that luxury. >> i know that. governor perry: we have to get things done, and we never get to do things big. you know jennifer. >> yes. >> the governor massachusetts, halley baker -- governor perry: yes, good guy. >> watched him with a multimillion dollar deficit, sits with the speaker, sits with the president, he says this is my idea, 4-1. governor perry: not one big issue did we pass in texas without democrat help, and -- >> it is what people want. governor perry: well, it is what this country have got to have. we have got to get past this talking past each other. i amit is one of the things that i am really critical on the president on his he has divided this country, he has divided us by gender, race, economic strata , and we have got to get over that. i mean, you know, i grew up on a ver

senator kelly ayotte shares as transportation subcommittee hearing on aviation operations. [inaudible conversations] >> i want to call the hearing to order. i want to welcome our witnesses here today. appreciate all of you being here here. before i offer any of our opening statements, news is still coming in that i want to add knowledge the tragedy in europe this morning and my thoughts go out to the friends and families of those who are affected. we will be monitoring this as the situation develops but i know all of us are very sad to hear about this tragedy. with that, appreciate all of you being here today and i want to thank you because today's hearing represents the second of an active sprint schedule including a series of hearings and preparations for this year's federal aviation administration reauthorization effort was the agencies authorization expires in september this year. for years unmanned aircraft systems uaf also sometimes more properly called drones has been identified with fighting terrorism abroad and i have appreciated the important work that this techno

kellie: -- ayotte: if you're fighting an enemy and were not getting intelligence in real-time, a 24 hour delay is like a lifetime in a wartime setting. so i guess the real-time intelligence for me -- there has to be a way to protect our sources and methods, but not 24 hours later in an intelligence context is a lifetime. i hope we can get real-time intelligence so they can defend themselves and they have suffered too many casualties and anything we can do -- we have some responsibility given that we were under the budapest memorandum, too and this is outright aggression of one nation upon another. i appreciate that. i want to ask about isil's activity beyond iraq and syria. we are hearing a lot about isis activity in libya. can you help me understand what we see isil doing, beyond the great challenges we face establishing caliphate's along iraq and syria and where else we will see their presence and what we are going to do about it. secretary carter: i will say something and the chairman may want to add. we are seeing it throughout north africa, we are seeing it in the gulf area. i had a

ayotte may want to speak to this. this is our government reports, kelly. senator ayotte: i just want to support senator warner on this. this has been important work that we've done in the performance fantastic force. so i fully support this amendment. it's good government. it makes sense and i thank him for bringing it. senator warner: i would add, mr. chairman, we have been able to document, it's only millions of savings from this but it all counts. senator enzi: well i appreciate the effort of both of you and all the time that you put in reviewing regulations. i know how fascinating they are to read. any opposition? next on our side would be senator ayotte. senator ayotte: i have a deficit neutral reserve fund to address heroin and prescription opioid abuse. i don't know if you're all experiencing this in your states in the same way we're experiencing this in new hampshire. this is a public health epidemic. we've had a 60% increase in drug deaths from heroin, and heroin is so cheap on the streets right now that people who are addicted to prescription drug

. >> next to kelly ayotte, jack reed, ed markey, bringing people together.overnor perry: i may talk about that a little today, but, you know, i find that dysfunction one of our real challenges in our country, and governors do not have that -- you know, they do not have that luxury. >> i know that. governor perry: we have to get things done, and we never get to do things big. you know jennifer. >> yes. >> the governor massachusetts, charlie baker -- governor perry: yes, good guy. >> watched him with a multimillion dollar deficit, sits with the speaker, sits with the president, he says this is my idea, 4-1. governor perry: not one big issue did we pass in texas without democrat help, and -- >> it is what people want. governor perry: well, it is what this country has got to have. we have got to get past this talking past each other. it is one of the things that i am really critical on the president on his he has divided this country, he has divided us by gender, race, economic strata, and we have got to get over that. i mean, you know, i grew up on a very rural