we recognize and inventory in the tongas is tough because the tongas is a tough area. but in order to have a plan that is based in reality, everyone recognizes we need to understand what we are dealing with with the trees. so are you going against the tac recommendation? >> no. i think we're in line with the tac recommendation to the asked us. they were very concerned about implementation. asked us to move forward with the inventory we are doing up as you we're doing in partnership with the state's i think were very much in keeping with what the tac has asked. >> what you are suggesting to me here in your words are, the requirement to inventory, and i would use your statement here, all 462,000 acres of young growth sites on the tongas, before issuing a record of decision will cause an unnecessary delay would be contrary to the recommendations of the tongas advisory committee. i will just take you back to the statement from the tac itself on january 21 that says the number one priority investment is a forest inventory because modeling is not good enough for a clear pict

there are 16.8 million acres in tongas. commercial grade forest make up 4.6 million acres. 420,000 acres have been previously harvested. i think my math is pretty correct. we have 3.2 million acres of old growth timber remaining in the tongas. the plan amendment will restrict the industry to 251,000 acres of young growth and a small volume of old growth for next markets. this is 7% of the commercial timber acres and a little over 1% of the tongas national forest. the forest service, i think the state of alaska, has done a good job in protecting our tourism. we have over one million people a year coming on cruise ships. our salmon runs are strong. the fishing industry is doing very well. we have no endangered species on the forest. but we have a timber industry with one small saw mill, four timber harvesting companies left, and a handful of mills. our rural communities are doing well from 2000 to 2014, 22 of the 32 communities in southeast alaska has lost population. the plan amendment will forever change the timber industry

aisle and maybe try to convince senator warren from massachusetts to come and be the ambassador to tongae that? >> no. she wouldn't be my first choice. you know, she has been a very, very poor senator. >> but tonga is pretty far away. >> little legislation. >> funny thing about elizabeth warren is has done a terrible job. >> do you regret calling her poke pocahontas do you regret that. >> i do regret calling her pocahontas. it's a tremendous insult to. pocahontas i would like to apologize to you. >> i don't see a lot of reaching across the aisle but who knee knows. always instructive. i appreciate you coming on. one footnote we have invited hillary clinton on the factor and we hope she will appear soon. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. brit hume will talk about the trump clinton race and the interview you just heard and by did the attorney general censor some of what the orlando killer said and then reverse herself? why did that happen? you do what it takes to be healthy. but can your multivitamin do more for your immune health? now one a day has the first multiv

we recognize and inventory in the tongas is tough because the tongas is a tough area. but in order to have a plan that is based in reality, everyone recognizes we need to understand what we are dealing with with the trees. so are you going against the tac recommendation? >> no. i think we're in line with the tac recommendation to the asked us. they were very concerned about implementation. asked us to move forward with the inventory we are doing up as you we're doing in partnership with the state's i think were very much in keeping with what the tac has asked. >> what you are suggesting to me here in your words are, the requirement to inventory, and i would use your statement here, all 462,000 acres of young growth sites on the tongas, before issuing a record of decision will cause an unnecessary delay would be contrary to the recommendations of the tongas advisory committee. i will just take you back to the statement from the tac itself on january 21 that says the number one priority investment is a forest inventory because modeling is not good enough for a clear pict

this is 7% of the commercial timber acres and a little over 1% of the tonga national forest. the forest service service in the state of alaska has done a good job protecting our tourism. we have over 1 million people per year coming and our salmon runs are strong with the fishing industry doing very well. we have no endangered species on the forest. we have a timber industry with one small sawmill, for harvesting companies left in a handful of micro sawmills. our communities are not doing well. twenty-two of the 32 communities in southeast alaska has lost population. the plan amendment will forever change the timber industry in the southeast. once it is in place and never gets better for the industry, only more restrictions us time go forward so it cannot be undone. the plan has to work or there will be no timber industry. to have a viable timber industry we have to have a supply of economically viable timber sales. it's pretty simple but not when you have a rugged remote area with high cost. my issue with the forest service is that they don't not know how many thousands of a

you served on the tongas advisory committee so i'll rely on you for background on how the transition and the inventory really came together within those discussions? in my questioning to mr. bonnie, i made clear or read the statement from the tack about the inventory being the number one priority. and he seems to suggest and actually he did state, that the forest service will have all of the data that it needs to guarantee the success apparently of a young growth transition by the end of this summer's survey on prince of wales. and indicated that there can be this parallel track, if you will, that the inventory has begun, we appreciate that. but that it can go alongside the forest plan amendment process. can you please speak to why it was important that the tack recommend a comprehensive stand level inventory, also further to the point, has anything changed since january 21 when that statement was pretty conclusively made that it remains the number one priority? and then is it -- is it possible that the forest service really has all that it needs in terms of will have all it needs in