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>> let's discuss with republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania. he visited the region surrounding niger over the summer as part of a congressional delegation. sir, good to have you on the show. >> thanks, chris. great to be with you. >> so schumer doesn't know how many are in niger. president obama put the soldiers there in 2013, 800. it seems as though there's been an increase since then. senator graham says he didn't know and that this is an unending war without boundaries. let me ask you, why isn't the accountability here not for president trump, he just got in there. it's on you...

Schumer and trump can set their animosity aside, especially schumer, by saying people don't necessarily want american politics to be so polarized. they want a secretary of state. they want an attorney general. i think people are happy to have a thorough vetting. but to have months and months without these nominees being confirmed is not only offensive, it's why people in the house and senate have single digit approval ratings. so schumer and president -- senator schumer and president-elect trump can come together on an issue they agree about, israel. they can start there and have a common grin...

One of the main pillars of his argument was, we have to do this in order to ban the cost curve which is happening. the deficit is shrinking. premiums are going to go up, but by not as much as they would have without the affordable care act. >> was he right to go to affordable care act rather than deal with the economic problem? >> i agree with david. he did deal with the middle class, and middle-class issues -- >> no he didn't. >> terrific for senator schumer, who is a brilliant political strategist to use hindsight to say, this is what we should have done. >> the payroll tax cut, which he had...