We re in the middle east now for 8 billion dollars if you can believe that stupidity. in iraq we re in for 5 1/2 trillion. they said we spent 5 1/2 trillion fighting in iraq and with iraq. and now we re supposed to spend money to fight with the kurds against iraq. i said no thank you. so what happens is when i said we re not going to fight with the kurds, the kurds left. they didn t want to fight against iraq, which right now isn t the greatest fighting force in the world. that happened twice. the kurds actually are pulling back substantially from turkey and syria is pulling in. syria probably will have a partner of russia. whoever they may have. i wish them all a lot of luck. russia was involved in afghanistan, used to be called the soviet union. now it is called russia for a reason because they lost so much money in afghanistan that they had to downsize. very big downsizing. if russia wants to get involved
Billion-dollar deal. this is a potential deal. nothing is set in stone at all. at this point. but as of friday the parties will purdue pharma itself, if the deal goes forward, will be declaring bankruptcy and will turn into what s called a public benefit trust where there will be trustees who will be appointed by the bankruptcy court and those trustees will then in turn choose a board of directors that will then run the company for up to ten years at least and the value of that company will be between 7 to 8 billion dollars for plaintiffs and then the sackler family that owns the company will provide an additional $3 billion at least at this point. so that s how you get from 7 or 8 billion to 10 to 12 billion. that s right. does purdue pharma become this new public trust?
In response to the president s national emergency, declaration on friday where he said we re going to reprogram 8 billion dollars to build that wall that i promise you. steven miller who was one of the presidents best speech writers and senior advisor said this about the president, and how he wants to protect our nation. he s going to protect a national emergency declaration guaranteed this is a deep intellectual problem that is plaguing this city that we ve had thousands of americans die year after year after year because of threats crossing our southern border we have families and communities or that are left unprotected and undefended we have international terrorist organization this is a threat in our country not overseas not in belle ruse not in afghanistan or syria or iraq but right are here and if the president can t defend this country, then he can not fulfill his constitutional oath of office. so there will be president s day protest across the country if you re interested
President trump arriving at mar-a-lago resort yesterday after signing that massive spending bill excuse me and declaring national emergency at the southern board so lad or allowing him to by pass congress and free up 8 billion dollars to build a border wall. phil keating is live in west palm beach florida near mar-a-lago, florida. well first legal challenge to the president s national emergency declaration is now in. filed in u.s. district court in washington on behalf of three texas landowners and violatorral group. the president went through emergency routs that s what they did in court. the president has indicated he expects to win. in court, president trump spent more than sucks hours this morning an afternoon at trump international golf club and since returnedded to the trump estate on palm beach and along
You re smart,eat you already knew that. but it s also great for finding the perfect used car. you ll see what a fair price is and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you re even smarter. this is truecar. new era as top in thes legal activist are vowing swift aggressive action to block the declaration at the a southern border. they have in the first to file a legal challenge to his plans to try to free up as much as 8 billion dollars for the border wall. hello everyone welcome to a brand new hour of america s news headquarters i m eric. the controversial move being met with reare sis answer in congress. house judiciary committee