leopold, i served with admiral nyquist and find it offensive we bring on the knew it wasen he the most hostile port on earth. host: tickets comments about bahrain. guest: one point that needs to be clarified the supply in the gulf is not so much about the closing of the straight but hypothetical vranian strike on facility -- iranian strikes on the region. the capacity to hit facilities in the region, the spike in saudi arabia nobody thought was possible. they demonstrated they were able to pierce a saudi air defense and strike precisely the facility. it was not devastating to the capacity because it was superficial. they were able to restore capacity very rapidly and minimize the disruption to production. iran to strike at the heart of the industry in the region and fist -- has been demonstrated. in sarasota,e florida. democratic caller. caller: i have a question. i appreciate that president trump is making our country energy self-sufficient. we have not built and expanded refineries in decades in the united states. we need to have more refineries so that we can process what we have. a

minority leader than the democrat chuck schumer one or sure everyone in the press that i will vociferous leopold rules any attempt to begin the trial unless the reporters trying to enter the gallery are seeded the press is here to inform the american public about these pivotal events in our nation's history we must make sure they are able to some may not want what happens here to be public we do now mr president after the conclusion of my remarks the senate will proceed to the impeachment trial of president donal john trump for committing a high crimes and misdemeanors president trump is accused of coercing a foreign leader into interfering in our elections to benefit himself and then doing everything in his power to cover it up if proved the president's actions are crimes against democracy itself it's hard to imagine a graders subversion of our democracy then for powers outside our borders to determine the elections from within for a foreign country you attempt such a thing on it zone is bad enough for an american president to deliberately solicit such a thing to blackmail of foreign country wi

i also notice you keep bringing on this kirk leopold, former commander of the "u.s.s. cole." i served with admiral nyquist over there. i find it offensive we bring on that commander when he refueled and -- he news that was the most hostile port on this earth. so thank you very much. >> okay, antoine halff, take his comments object bahrain. >> bell, you knwell, you know,o that needs to be clarified, the risk is not about the closing of the strait of hormuz. the risk is of the potential hypothetical iranian strike on facilities in the region. and we've seen iran demonstrate this capacity to hit facilities in the region. the strike in december in saudi arabia is something nobody thought was possible. iran demonstrated it was able to pierce saudi air defenses and also to strike very tragically, very precisely, the facility. the strike was not devastating to the saudi capacity because it was pretty superficial that repairs would be don't very quickly. saudi was able to restore capacity very, very rapidly and to minimize -- reshuffle, use of its own barrels. the capacity of iran to

never leopold americans they have to leave there. it is a completely chaotic situation. you know the donald trump does business. it's not thought of. in the final think, we do are thinking things out, we do are doing things that are smart for peace, and you are putting your country first and you are putting the lives of people around the world first. would it you talk to the leaders of the united states congress. that is what you are supposed to do. note he did instead? it didn't talk to them. it's the leaders, the senate and the house and the democrats and republican side, he did not talk to them. he did not see their counsel and advice. instead you know what he did. he talked to lindsay graham because they were on a golf trip together. that is what he did. so course our first concern, is for our personnel that is over there. americans that are over there. aid workers that are over there. people who are over there from our own military. that is the number one concern pretty bitter second and i just set up we will have everything. a demanded a briefing. we must find out

leopold, i served with admiral nyquist and find it offensive we bring on the knew it wasen he the mostth. host: tickets comments about bahrain. guest: one point that needs to be clarified the supply in the gulf is not so much about the closing of the straight but hypothetical vranian strike on facility -- iranian strikes on the region. the capacity to hit facilities in the region, the spike in saudi arabia nobody thought was possible. they demonstrated they were able to pierce a saudi air defense and strike precisely the facility. it was not devastating to the capacity because it was superficial. they were able to restore capacity very rapidly and minimize the disruption to production. iran to strike at the heart of the industry in the region and fist -- has been demonstrated. in sarasota,e florida. democratic caller. caller: i have a question. i appreciate that president trump is making our country energy self-sufficient. we have not built and expanded refineries in decades in the united states. we need to have more refineries so that we can process what we have. also, what percentage