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70% of the f-18 hornet's can't fly. and they have 41 fewer warships than they did on 9/11. and the navy has half as many ships as they did during ronald reagan's era. the military is stretched and doing more with less. in military is being asked to make preparations on north kore north korea. and there are some in this country that are very concerned. and they will meet here at the reagan library tomorrow. >> shannon: thank you for reporting on that. and the threat that poses to our men and women. they will continue throughout this weekend. and with what was being told to

70% of the f-18 hornet's can't fly. and they have 41 fewer warships than they did on 9/11. and the navy has half as many ships as they did during ronald reagan's era. the military is stretched and doing more with less. in military is being asked to make preparations on north kore north korea. and there are some in this country that are very concerned. and they will meet here at the reagan library tomorrow. >> shannon: thank you for reporting on that. and the threat that poses to our men and women. they will continue throughout this weekend. and with what was being told to

Diplomacy quiet behind-the-scenes diplomacy is the only thing to get us out of this. if we have a nuclear war with north korea we'll win it but at what price. but we have to cool off, walk back from the brink and let diplomacy rein. secretary tillerson hasn't come out against these terrible cuts to the state department which is slashing embassies and diplomacy. we need to build these things up. the president can't fly by the seat of his pants and say what he wants to on twitter and think there's no repercussion. when i heard the president's comments i thought they more likely could have come o...

Low income families. that would be devastating for community's like in louisville. >> leland: you talk about communities like yours, kentucky, home of the screaming eagles, fort campbell, this is what you said earlier on bloomberg relating to that pentagon spending. >> i know that $54 billion, a one-time bump is a pretty significant increase. i think would be hard for the pentagon to justify all of that. >> leland: now we're back to this increase in military spending. great reporting by our jennifer griffin, fort campbell. half of their helicopters and the 101st can't fly. if they had disarmed...

Deliver meals on wheels and been to visit these afterschool programs, and who have just dealt with the benefits of education funding and many of the other things that they're proposing to cut, know that these programs are important to the fabric of our country. >> so do you think though overall that the president is right when he looks for more money for defense? i want to read what john mccain put out in his statement yesterday, he said "two-thirds of navy f-18s can't fly. marine corps pilots are flying less hours per month than their russian and chinese counterparts. air force maintainers ar...