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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 like to see the military made whole again, because there is that need for improved military infrastructure. a lot of the housing and some of these bases, its really a shame when you visit and cant believe our men and women in uniform live under these conditions. these are important ...

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 and putting it on a wall brings the pentagon into this political conversation in a way that is not good for the pentagon. its not good for the country. so it has a human face, but it also has a strategic kind of position its playing. >> carlos curbelo, we had that clip there from lindse...

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 be tough to get me there, because i think we have to make clear to the pentagon leadership if youre going to come to us, say you really need this money for our soldiers, for our marines, for our bases, we got to believe that that needs assessment is true,...

Budget can be bloated, and its also extremely important we have the best equipped military in the world. and when i i was in the military i knew we had the advantage of the resources this country puts into our national defense. the idea you would divert that and gut that at a time like this and especially taking it out of things relevant today shows you how things are upside down and how antique. >> the pentagon has talked about the effect of the climate crisis on the military. >> absolutely. lo...

>> that was an opportunity to engage and enthuse democrats. >> they are hearing from voters and getting a better cross section. what they are hearing from young voters is almost exclusively, climate change or gun safety. it makes sense on a day-to-day bases being confronted boo i this question. i was excited to see a bunch of candidates being able to link climate change and environment is the huge part of the issue. you saw bernie sanders, i struggle to give credit to sometimes. he actually talk...

Bases that relate, military bases relate to our national security that in fact were rendered almost useless including, i cant go into great detail to say it but my point t is, it significantly reduced. we went over to what they call and some of your military women and men, over to the tank in the pentagon and sat down and got the briefing on the greatest danger facing our security. you know what they told us it was, the military. climate change. climate change. the single greatest concern for wa...

A in alabama shes ab air force reservist and school science teacher. heres the question. >> good evening. the u.s. military is heavily reliant on fossil fuel and a significant contributor to global greenhouse emissions. additionally military resources and bases are at risk from sea level rise and increased heat. what is your plan to ensure that the military helps to solve the climate crisis instead of contribute. while also prepares for the new climate reality? >> what a great question. theres a...

The crowd is wrong. your people are wrong. >> it turns out that -- >> wrong. >> -- a lot of states that have a lot of republican senators in there who are running for reelection next year, those states are having their military readiness and their military bases gutted by the president of the united states. >> youre paying for the wall. >> because mexico is not paying for the wall, you are. >> puerto rico is. >> and puerto rico is. and we will tell you what senators are having money robbed from ...

>> i think they just took control of congress this year. they didnt have the power before. theyre getting there and building the case. i hope they do it quickly and forcefully. the problem we have is we have a commander in chief who cares more about his political base than military bases and hes taking money from our armed forces to do something thats a political stunt. as tim alluded to, there will be political consequences not just for president trump as there should be, but you put up a graph...

Represent the country and our community to get things done. >> before i let you go, i want to ask you about the big news of the day, thats the hurricane barreling from the other coast, up the east coast. you mentioned a fairly new member of congress. how do you think the president has been handling this? theres been a lot of talk about his response to the federal response here. whats your reaction. >> whats really important about natural disasters, were seeing more of them, they are more center....