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Situations around the globe where we have had briefings, all senators briefings down in our skiff at the capital and i lost count how many briefings we've had regarding different situations around the globe. you know how many times i attended an all senators briefing on world situations under the obama administration? zero. >> senator, switching gears slightly to another foreign policy issue that hits near and dear with about half a million of your constituents, the tariffs that donald trump is proposing. what are you hearing from your constituents in iowa farmland about how these tariffs are ...

One year. >> dana: john roberts is standing by. john? >> reporter: let's go through the highlights of the infrastructure plan so that everybody at home can be sure they know what it is that the president's proposing. first of all # 1$.5 trillion in total. however the federal contribution of that is about 13%, $200 billion. that will be in federal seed money, grants and loan. $50 billion for rural infrastructure. those will be block grants to governors. stream line the permitting process to a period of two years. that's at the federal level. then changes to trade, education and licensing, expan...

Independence. and our country has spent years criticizing foreign dictatorships for politicized judiciary. i looked at the state department human rights report and the 2016 human rights report on belarus says, i quote, the judiciary experience political interference and a lack of independence trial outcomes often appeared predetermined. that is exactly what donald trump is proposing. i don't think he read the state department report on belarus. but that's exactly what we don't want in the united states. >> and, daniel, if barack obama had been caught in someone's memo, if someone somehow captu...

Really wishes he could direct prosecutions and the justice department, no doubt direct tax audits in the irs, can you explain to him and perhaps some of the younger viewers, what happens to presidents, the last one we know tried to do things like that? >> he resigned in disgrace after being impeached. you know what? donald trump is frustrated by he's the leader of a free country with judicial independence. and our country has spent years criticizing foreign dictatorships for politicized judiciary. i looked at the state department human rights report and the 2016 human rights report on belarus ...

Criticizing foreign dictatorships for politicized judiciary. i looked at the state department human rights report and the 2016 human rights report on belarus says, i quote, the judiciary experience political interference and a lack of independence trial outcomes often appeared predetermined. that is exactly what donald trump is proposing. i don't think he read the state department report on belarus. but that's exactly what we don't want in the united states. >> and, daniel, if barack obama had been caught in someone's memo, if someone somehow captured him saying that he wanted the justice depa...