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Accident. as you know, american leaders are usually measured by what they tell other leaders. it was noted that president obama famously told the outgoing russian president in 2012 that he "had more flexibly to negotiate on important defense issues" after his election. an important note for timing cover the acting director of national intelligence since the tops by his scheduled public you testify next week before the house intelligence committee. committee democrats say they are willing to go t...

A player when it comes to defense issues so if for example the americans and even the british the french would really rely on german military support i doubt that but there has to be something outside and more than just a guess chair there has to be a clear commitment to support the safety of this this very important area where youre talking about policies that bring predictability and thats the thing thats lacking in the trumpet ministration thats what we hear time and time again from german la...

Half ago to be able to help with their election systems to be able to help with their cybersecurity. $380 million is certainly not nothing to be able to give to the states and theres been a lot of work already. my concern is i dont want us to ever let our guard down. i think we need to stay vigilant on this. and not as much 2020 as it is 2024, 2028. >> i guess i go back to is senator mcconnell worried that somehow the president would veto this? >> i dont think so. i think the bigger concern is t...

Voted for border security all the time. when we did the bipartisan bill in 2013 it had 40 plus billion dollars of border security and last february when we went to the president with the deal, dreamers and border security, we good 46 out of 49 democrats to vote for $25 billion in border security over ten years. now, lets be specific. we want to spend it the right way, not the wrong way. stopping fentanyl and heroin, a wall wont do it but investments in the ports of entry and giving the mail serv...

His highest allegiance, if you know the man, his highest allegiance is to the constitution, to the american people. he wants to protect american national security prerogatives and frankly, the men and women of the armed forces, as well as the civilian personnel who worked in the department of defense. and thats why you dont see him getting involved in a lot of other fights. he has a very clear sense, i think, of what his mission is. >> right, he doesnt seem to veer off of defense issues. you say...

President should -- there should be more of a check by the legislative branch on the presidents tariff authority? >> i think the message has been sent is that, first of all, this is nonbinding. specifically on defense issues, it was section 232 of the 1962 trade enhancement act, different than section 301 which is what hes doing today in china or suggesting he will do in china. but it all has to do with the impact on the markets with regard to whats happening right now. we have farmers and ranch...

The president says its a time to come to an end. steel and aluminum are different. the president believes without a steel sector in this country, we dont have a national defense. its a huge concern to him. defense issues are a big concern. steel and aluminum are different. it has spread. its unfortunate. canada has been a great ally for a long time. >> neil: thanks very much. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: meantime, were get confirmation that secretary of state mike pompeo plans to be leaving soon...

But what does that say about what we can expect in a confirmation hearing should this go forward? >> well, it shows continued instability and chronic chaos in this administration. and even the process by which it brings its nominees to the united states senate. alex, i just want to step back for a moment. i spent most of my 16 years in congress dealing with defense issues, on the arm services committee, the appropriations defense subcommittee. ive been to afghanistan and iraq over a dozen times....

A year certainly brussels is paying more than lip service to that. amongst the proposals that have been put out there by the french president emmanuel mccall at the very top of the list is much more coordination on defense procurement and on planning and in fact we have seen the birth of the new initiative here in the european union known as pes go that is supposed to be essentially complimentary to nato but that would see european countries working together much more closely on defense issues f...

Matter, hes at the pentagon right now. thats not classified, but that can tell foreign intelligence agencies, huh, the chief of staff is meeting at someone with the pentagon. >> russians, i would start with. the chinese, over trade. over defense issues. north koreans want to know what hes thinking about going to this meeting. >> reporter: experts say another drawback to the president using his private cell phone is that those phone conversations are not captured for historical purposes or for ac...