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Bases out in 2020 and this could be as mobilizing to republicans as it is to democrats. >> jeff mason and laura barone lopez, thank you very much. >> and coming up, ill talk to republican challenger joe walsh. he has strong words for his own party and the president. >> coming up, a woman missing for weeks. her husband is coming forward. why he believes she is still alive next. at i feel like when i wear regular shoes, cramped and uncomfortable. we can arrange a little upgrade. which is why i wea...

Transport plane made the fiduciary stay on route to the middle east and on the way back at the presidents scottish resort. they stopped at turnberry both ways. the congressional committee is investigating this. this is something being looked into by congress, since they have been looking into it since april, they have yet to receive any answers from the pentagon. quote on previous trips to the middle east the c 17 had landed at u.s. air bases such the ram steen in germany. occasional the same c ...

Congresswoman, let me start with you. we have all the numbers there, 23 different states around the country. in real terms, what is the impact of a move like this going to be? >> well, i think there is sort of two impacts. there is the average human toll for kids and families and for our bases and our ranges, and then there is sort of the strategic point, which is the pentagons budget has long been a very bipartisan thing. and i think taking this issue, taking the money away from the pentagon an...

Malcolm. >> million dollars. >> million dollars. its only 30 million. lets talk about this for a moment. >> yes. >> one of the projects thats going away is ft. campbell middle school, because donald trump needs the precious. >> right. >> the pentagons diversion to $62 million means that 552 students whose parents are serving this country in sixth, seventh and eighth grade will continue to cram themselves 30 to a classroom in some cases at the bases aging middle school. teachers use mobile carts ...

Congress appropriated these funds for military construction. now the administration is taking them without congress authority to use for another purpose that hasnt been authorized by congress. and theyre telling congress okay, well, if you really want to fund those projects, you can backfill those funds because weve taken what you approved and used it for something else. this is not really a reasonable request to make to the congress, although i think there are many members of congress who would...

Im all for border security. im a former cia officer. i worked my entire life trying to prevent homeland attacks. but we have to do something that is sensible. im also on the homeland security committee. lets have that conversation where it belongs, in the homeland security committee, not rob the pentagon and our military families to pay for it. >> you clearly dont like the president. does that mean from your view, you got to vote here, from your view, backfilling is a no? >> i mean, its going to...

Looking into and investigating a sudden increase at a small private airport called presswick near turn bury golf course near that location in scotland. it happens to be very close to it. in a letter to the department of defense dated june 11th, three months ago now, the committee says that military -- the military has made 629 purchases of fuel costing a total of 11 million and the implication is that theyre doing this at a private airport near the presidents golf course. there are many military...

Stay on en route to the middle east and on the way back at the presidents scottish resort. they stopped at turnberry both ways. the congressional committee is investigating this. this is something being looked into by congress, since they have been looking into it since april, they have yet to receive any answers from the pentagon. quote, on previous trips to the middle east the c 17 had landed at u.s. air bases such the ramstein in germany. or the naval air station in spain to refuel. occasiona...

The american people were promised would pay for this wall? there are no pesos. >> in fact, we learned this week the trump administration is taking $3.6 billion with a "b" dollars away from the pentagon to pay for the wall. in all 127 military projects will suffer both here in the u.s. and at bases around the world. the list as you can see is long. you can find it on the web. it includes scrapping plans for firefighting stations, basic infrastructure. "new york times" highlights this example. quo...

There are no pesos. >> in fact, we learned this week the trump administration is taking $3.6 billion with a "b" dollars away from the pentagon to pay for the wall. in all 127 military projects will suffer both here in the u.s. and at bases around the world. the list as you can see is long. you can find it on the web. it includes scrapping plans for firefighting stations, basic infrastructure. hazardous waste facilities. "new york times" highlights this example. quote, for almost two decades, fam...