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North korea to act or was it just -- just talk on north korea and they dont intend to give up their nuclear weapons. we have to test that. we have to find out whether they are really sincere in moving forward. there is a -- the past track record doesnt give you a lot of confidence. >> they did release three american detainees and since last november theyve suspended the nuclear testing and ballistic missile testing. those were seen as steps in the right direction, right? >> oh, absolutely. and t...

Amendment to the national defense authorization bill that senator corker and i are pursuing that would do exactly that, it would make a presidential decision to impose tariffs and use the 232 provision as the justification, such a decision would require the consent of congress if this amendment were to pass and i think its a good step. paul: all right, now, your majority leader mitch mcconnell is lukewarm on the idea of the amendment because he says its futal, and the house passes it, its not a ...

Amendment to the national defense authorization bill that senator corker and i are pursuing that would do exactly that, it would make a presidential decision to impose tariffs and use the 232 provision as the justification, such a decision would require the consent of congress if this amendment were to pass and i think its a good step. paul: all right, now, your majority leader mitch mcconnell is lukewarm on the idea of the amendment because he says its futal, and the house passes it, its not a ...

About if north korean drama. also trying to afee try affilia this is auto thstuff. -- we juse intel committee about this. hes investigating china in that regard. you have the authorization bill you are bringing to the floor this coming week. >> this is step two there trying to rebuild our military and also reform the pentagon. we have talked abouts and try to fix our planes and trips. this is the next step to do

Was running for president? >> no, when he was a private citizen. and i compared it to cosmo cramer on "seinfeld" appointing his golf caddie as a consultant. they said hes more than a pilot, he has a lot of other experience in the aviation sector. so hes on a short list of this job with the acting administrator. >> is this somebody you were familiar with, is she somebody that was buddy buddy with the president? >> not particularly. but trump flew on trump force one and we flew on a different plan...

Trump is buddy buddy with the people who surround him. they are the ones that are able to put articles in front of him, plant ideas and he listens to them and often echoes their ideas even on policy. >> one thing that would help solve the nations aviation woes is passing a long-term faa authorization bill. hes been unsuccessful in doing that, as the republican congress has been for many years. >> just so wonderfully trump. that you have your guy there. >> hes trumps pilot. >> jonathan is very fa...

Folks. in your opinion, who are the biggest losers as this government remains shut down? >> right now everyone loses. i mean, there arent any winners and theres a lot of confusion thats happening in washington. you could probably put most of the blame on president trump and chuck schumer, simply because they cant come to an agreement on a deal. but you also have to look at the democrats. they are trying to basically jam nonspending measures through chip which is an authorization bill and daca wh...

Do recognize the background and experience and the uniqueness of the border. so i would not take whether or not i was in a meeting or not to be an indication of that. >> do you have anyone in the senate working with you publicly yet? >> they are aware of what were doing, but lets focus on getting something through the house and then well see what senate can do, but start nar ro, get a smart solution, and build trust. the fact that we have a number of democrats and republicans that are willing to...

Another temporary short-term funding deal. how difficult is that for folks at the pentagon to be planning militarily? >> well, its an absolute recipe for disaster. you cant run the defense department that way. you cant do multiyear contracts. have you no new starts whatsoever. every year we lose billions of dollars as a result of it. and, heres the thing that they have got to do. while the congress has authorized and president trump has signed into law now an authorization bill of $700 billion f...

And i would tell you the fact that were sitting here nine months later investigating it, they have been pretty darn successful. >> how would you rate the administration and the countrys responses in terms of preventing something like this from happening in the future at -- how ready are we for virginias election and 2018? what more needs to be done. >> ill let mark address virginia but let me just say this. our role is not to necessarily suggest here the things we need to do. our investigation s...