Now that’s Eatin Good in the Neighborhood.
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>> BASTILLE DAY AND ONE OF
THE GREATEST PARADES I HAVE
EVER SEEN.
WE MAY DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT ON JULY 4TH IN
WASHINGTON DOWN PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I DON’T KNOW.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY
TO TOP IT.
BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PLANES
GOING OVER.
WE HAD A LOT OF MILITARY
MIGHT AND IT WAS REALLY A
BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE.
>> Martha: THAT’S WHERE THE
IDEA WAS BORN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN SEPTEMBER
TELLING THE LEADER OF FRANCE
HE WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH
PARIS’ BASTILLE DAY MILITARY
PARADE HE WOULD LIKE ONE IN
WASHINGTON, TOO.
SHOWCASING U.S. FORCES.
SO NOW CRITICS ARE KIND OF
BLASTING BACK AMID WORD THAT
THE PARADE MAY ACTUALLY BE
MATERIALIZING.
>> I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD
BE OFFENDED BY HIS NEED TO
ALWAYS BE SHOWING.
HE IS TRULY NAPOLEON LIKE.
>> MORE ABOUT POWER AND
BEING SALUTED.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT’S NOT ABOUT ACTUALLY
RESPECT THE SACRIFICES OR
PEOPLE WHO LOVE OUR COUNTRY
SO MUCH.
>> THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO
IS BASICALLY KIM JONG DON.
>> Martha: SO HERE IS
SECRETARY MATTIS ON THE
WHOLE THING TODAY.
WATCH THIS.
>> I THINK WE’RE ALL AWARE
IN THIS COUNTRY OF THE
PRESIDENT’S AFFECTION AND
RESPECT FOR THE MILITARY.
WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING
TOGETHER SOME OPTIONS.
WE’LL SECOND THEM UP TO THE
WHITE HOUSE FOR DECISION.
>> Martha: JOINING ME NOW
DANA LOESCH A NATIONAL RADIO
HOST AND JESSICA TARLOV FOX
NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND
MUSCLE.COM.
OF COURSE THIS PROMPTS THE
QUESTION HAVE WE DONE THIS
BEFORE AND YES WE HAVE.
IN 1991 THERE WAS A MILITARY
PARADE, GEORGE H.W. BUSH
INITIATED IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A
LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID BACK
THEN AFTER THE IRAQ WAR.
SO, JESSICA, IS THERE
ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS?
>> I DON’T THINK SO.
I DON’T THINK THERE IS
ANYTHING IMPLICITLY WRONG
WITH THIS.
WE DO HAVE DAYS WHERE WE
CELEBRATE VETERANS AND OUR
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.
MEMORIAL DAY, VETERANS DAY
ARE FOR THAT FOURTH OF JULY
GETS VERY RAW, RAW, U.S.A.
>> Martha: THAT’S KIND OF
THE IDEA.
>> I DON’T THINK ANYONE
SHOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THAT THERE IS A COST ISSUE.
D.C. COUNCIL IS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ROADS THERE I
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE IF
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS WE
CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.
LGTQ.
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT WANTS
TO BAN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
FROM SERVING IN THE ARMY.
MAKE SURE THAT’S NOT THE
CASE IN THE PARADE.
HONOR OUR HEROS IN A COST
FIXTURE WAY I GUESS.
>> Martha: I IMAGINE THEY
WOULD BE MARCHING REGARDLESS
OF WHAT THEIR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION IS.
I DON’T THINK ANYBODY WOULD
KNOW OR CARE.
DANA, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL, I AGREE WITH WHAT
WAS SAID ABOUT THE COST
ISSUE AS WELL, I MEAN, AS
LONG AS IF WE CAN REDUCE
SPENDING OVERALL, I THINK
THAT’S, YOU KNOW, I’M NOT
OPPOSED TO HEARING ANYTHING
ABOUT A PARADE.
AND WE ALSO DON’T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT
IS TALKING ABOUT EITHER.
I MEAN, THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE WAS SAYING THAT
THERE THEY ARE SENDING UP A
COUPLE OF OPTIONS WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
IT COULD BE LIKE GENERAL
MATTIS WALKING DOWN THE
STREET AND STARING
PROTESTERS DOWN.
>> VERY COST EFFICIENT
VERSION IT?
>> WOULD BE VERY COST
EFFICIENT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A
FOCUS ON, PERHAPS,
REHABILITATING FOR THE LACK
OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT
THE V.A.
BUT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
PARADES ARE FUN THINGS.
I MEAN, WHAT HAVE WE DONE AS
THE UNITED STATES IN THE
PAST, WHAT PAST COUPLE
DECADES?
WE HAVE DISSEMINATED THE
TALLAN.
WE BUSTED THE TALIBAN AND
ISIS.
WE HAVE RECLAIMED MOSTLY AND
MOSUL ANDBIN LADEN THERE ARE A F
THINGS TO CELEBRATE
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES MILITARY AS A WHOLE.
>> Martha: IT’S NOT LIKE A
FLYOVER.
EVERYBODY LOVE AS FLYOVER.
NOBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE
NATURE OF A FLYOVER.
WE HEARD PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT
SHOWS THIS MORNING
COMPLAINING ABOUT IT PEOPLE
NEVER PAY ANY ATTENTION TO
COSTS.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT
19 TRILLION-DOLLAR DEBT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
BUT THE SECOND SOMETHING
LIKE THIS COMES UP, YOU
KNOW, DICK DURBIN SAYS IT’S
TOO EXPENSIVE, JESSICA.
I WONDER WHY HE DOESN’T EVER
SAY ANYTHING SELLS TOO
EXPENSIVE.
>> NOW REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS BOTH HAVE NO
CONCERN FOR HOW EXPENSIVE
THINGS ARE.
>> Martha: REALLY?
>> THE SENATE FUNDING BILL
PROVED THAT THE CONCERN HERE
IS WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE
SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF
MONEY AND WE HAVE SOME
VETERANS WHO ARE HOMELESS IN
AMERICA WE NEED AS DANA
POINTED OUT TO FIX THE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TO
VETERANS TO IMPROVE THAT IF
THIS IS THE BEST USE OF
THOSE FUNDS, NO ONE WANTS TO
TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM
THEIR SACRIFICE AND
CONTRIBUTION TO THIS NATION.
IF THOSE DOLLARS ARE
AVAILABLE.
THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE
LIVING ON THE STREET WHO I’M
SURE WOULD LOVE HAVE-TO-HAVE
A HOME.
>> Martha: I’M NOT SURPRISED
IF THEY COULD GET DONORS TO
PAY FOR THIS PARADE, DANA.
THEY PROBABLY COULD PULL
THAT OF O I’M ALWAYS AMAZED
WHY A PARADE COSTS SO MUCH.
WHY DOES A PARADE COST
$12 MILLION?
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A
QUESTION?
>> THEY THIS DONORS WITH THE
WORLD WAR II MOMMY.
MEMORIAL.
WE’LL COULD CUT FUNDING TO
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
>> THAT’S A REALLY BAD IDEA,
DANA.
>> Martha: WE WERE DOING SO
WELL.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> Martha: I WANT TO KNOW
WHY IT WOULD COST
$12 MILLION TO CLOSE DOWN
THE STREETS TO HAVE A
PARADE.