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The collaboration and the working together on the defense issues? >> yes. the missile defense system was authorized by president moons predecessor. president moon tried to block it but because of so much public pressure in south korea he had to go forward. now one of those three seen secret a assurances that is there would be no more bad batteries inside of south korea. we need more than just the one that is already deployed. the second as they are called the three nos now is that south korea wo...

The number, but i think its disingenuous for any lawmaker that was engaged on foreign policy and engaged on defense issues and national security in particular to say that he was not aware of what the united states was doing in places like cameroon, chad, niger, nigeria, i can go on. its just, we can act shocked, but, no, we are aware of operations and we get briefed routinely. >> it wasnt just him, you know, democratic senator chuck schumer said the exact same thing when ch chuck todd asked him....

We are drowning in debt in addition to having natural disasters to face and also serious defense issues. >> eric: what do you think were talking about? the original bill was $50 billion. >> it could very well be more. texas is a state that has substantial resources of its own, so thats obviously a help. but it does also provide the impetus for tax reform because "the wall street journal" had a great editorial yesterday about the wealth of nations being able to cope with natural disasters but we ...

Their gdp on defense, put towards defense issues. perhaps you could see something come out as related to the two countries willingness to fight terrorism or something of that nature. >> shepard: i was looking at the polls. theyre everywhere today. president trumps approval rating in france is about like chris christies in new jersey. theyre close. i havent seen them on a beach. i feel it will be coming. during these parades, what sort of measures are being taken to stop, you know, abe doctor par...

In the second 100 days, steve bannon, kellyanne conway, a lot of others not as prominent. and i think we are comments are very interesting in that regard. >> i agree. and i think when you make kme comments like that in the west wing it can create resentment among the other staff. they are going to be look the at skeptically. she kind of took that to another level. >> i would say one of the issues i hear on capitol hill is theyre not sure who is the point of contact. defense issues. shes a player...

Whistleblowers. suddenly we cover in fact his sources were probably at the white house. i think what you see here is the devin nunes may have been setd up by the white house in all of this and that he ends up looking bad. he takes the fall. it has hurt him and his credibility tremendously within his own committee and perhaps even with paul ryan. i dont know the answer to that specifically. i know theyre very -- theyre very good friends, but i do think that the devin nunes handled this badly and ...

Nothing more. nothing more to answer. >> reporter: so, not willing to engage in the tit-for-tat, jake. it wasnt just republicans defending him or attacking donald trump. we saw it from both parties including close ally lindsey graham. made a very important point. >> one thing i would advise the trump administration is dont oversell success. its a never a failure when you engage the enemy. and when you lay down your life in the homeland, youre a hero in every sense of the word. and i dont think a...

Administration on defense issues. thank you very much. >> you are listening to house speaker paul ryan. ryan lizza and lynn sweet. house speaker right out of the gate saying im not going to comment on whether the media overreports or underreports terrorism. right out of the gate the house speaker saying obamacare, were going to pass legislation some time this year, despite what the president said, maybe next year, and right out of the gate, paul ryan saying maybe the president wasnt criticizin...

That everybody was saying was that, you know, nancy was always, you know, accused of being too tough. she had to be tough. >> right. >> because ronald reagan took the last person he talked to, he took their advice and went with it. then it was nancy that had to hammer him hard. >> who is that person for trump? >> there is not that person -- well, i actually think if its defense issues, its jim mattis and if its state issues, its rex tillerson. >> i have a question of how long that sort of influe...

>> the old program covered 20 to 30% to search for terrorists, the new program covers nearly 100%. that gives us greater ability to stop acts of terrorism. >> reporter: exchanges that highlighted the pairs different approaches to defense issues. rubio favors more u.s. intervention and is committed to syrian president bashar al assad. >> were the most powerful nation in the world. we need to begin to act like it again. >> cruz wants less intervention ov overseas. >> if we topple assad, the effect...