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Highlighting the strength and bravery of the young iranians who have taken to the streets. >> just the anger on her face is just so beautiful. >> reporter: she lived in iran until she was 18 years old. she is now one of the iranian-american women behind a new exhibit here in washington, d.c., called iran rising, works of protest art that have sprung up in support of the demonstrations that have swept iran. >> i want to support my iranian brothers and sisters, and if this is the only thing we could do to support them, to amplify their voices, this is it. some people do not understand the words,...

Inflammatory, offensive videos or messages. but off they are domestic issues. this one is international with a top u.s. ally. so what now? >> right. that's the big question. this is why it is a huge problem. i think in domestic politics we can argue whether or not the president is helping himself politically and satisfying his base. what is that going to mean for the tax bill and all sorts of things. sprpblly, when we have a brewing crisis in north korea, we have russia meddling in syria, iran rising, we are trying to combat so many different threats, a rising china, for the president to alien...

Perspective, under the john kennedy, defense spending was 10% of gdp. we are about at a third of that level and we are in dire need with russia, china, and iran rising, of correcting. >> bret: mccain released a statement in which he says president trump intends to submit a budget that is 3% over obama's defense budget which has left the military underfunded, undersized, not ready to confront threats to our national security. america cannot secure peace through strength -- but we must do better. >> the reagan buildup which essentially won the cold war for us, didn't happen overnight either. it ...