i'm vago muradirn. where do israeli leaders stan on attacking iran to stop the nuclear program?>> the f-22 fighter has been controversial but now the plane is at the center of a clash between the president and congress. the administration said 1897 of the jets are enough while both chambers of congress want to stretch production. what's next in the stand ah between a democratic president and the congress? the air force needs at least 241 of the aircraft. one person who spent three decades as a staffer before joining the department of information said planes are overdue for eloncati . nc he is the author of "meltdown." welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> mckenzie, let's start with you. why should the planes survive? >> the air force said it needs more than 187 fighters budgeted for but that it can't afford them so this really is a debate about an inadequate air force top line. the air force fighter gap will only grow and get worse. as the f 15s and f-16s continued to retire at an accelerated rate and f-22 and f- 35 aren't come in fast enough to replace them, the gap is growing