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Bring the american public on board with what he is doing and a skeptical congress. >> this is what is so interesting. you got into this a little bit with mike emanuel earlier. there are several different audiences for this speech, and it is often the case that the audience most important is the one across the country, millions of people watching across the country. of course, we have seen president trump use innovative ways to reach beyond the media, around the media, and this would be one of those opportunities for him to take advantage of. i think for this speech, in many respects, most impo...

>> jenna: we will take your help here you served our country's in many ways already. i'm curious, one of the reasons you decided to continue your service is to be part of the conversation about issues like this, defense spending for example. what are your thoughts about the number that president trump has proposed and whether or not our military needs that number? >> military absolutely needs more support on the battlefield. when you look at the way that some of our aircraft infrastructure is so debilitate debilitated, trying to get the f35 online, be up to par with the enemies that we might h...

It will be very interesting to see how president trump reacts to that if he gets that kind of reaction from democrats. >> jon: the president typically does not like to use a teleprompter. he did most of his campaign without one. when he stays on the teleprompter, his speeches tend to be a little less, shall we say, interesting. would you expect he's going to stay on the prompter for the entire thing tonight? >> i think it will be hard for him to stay on prompter. a lot of times come he does add libs from what is on the prompter but if he has these kinds of interactions with democrats come in i...

Ground have everything they need so they can come home safely, and i take that very seriously. >> jenna: speaking of being a ground pounder, i'm sure with every step you take, you are reminded of what it takes to serve in the sacrifice and the enemies that were being faced, but you're dealing with people in positions of power at making big decisions that do not have the same experience. how challenging is that to explain the threat that we are facing and the needs that our military have? >> you make a great point about the lack of veterans that are up here in washington. i think at its peak in...

That is a very, very serious conversation. that is exec we're why we need more veterans here in washington, d.c. i think we are on the right track to do that. beyond that, one of the most important things that comes out of having veterans in washington, d.c., they are very bipartisan. we are used to serving with people from every single background, serving on behalf of people from every single background, and we put one thing first, country above everything else, that is where our sense of duty lies is to the united states of america. >> jenna: a really important perspective and one of the rea...