12:01.
THEY WILL START AFRESH DAY AND
TACKLE THIS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MY, WE KNOW YOU WERE ON IT.
THANK YOU.
WE ARE JOINED BY REPUBLICAN
SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
LINDSEY GRAHAM, WHO JUST WALKED
OUT THE SENATE FLOOR.
WHAT IS THE MOOD LIKE OVER
THERE?
I GOT TO SAY, I THINK THAT YOUR
COLLEAGUE, SENATOR RAND PAUL,
HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT IT’S
BEEN TOUGH TO DO LATELY, WHICH
IS GOOD BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON
SOMETHING.
EVERYBODY’S MAD AT HIM,
INCLUDING YOU?
>> IT’S NOT THAT I’M MAD AT HIM,
HE’S VERY SINCERE.
I THINK HE IS DOING A VERY
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF YOU ARE
WATCHING TONIGHT --
>> Shannon: I’M SURE HE IS.
>> THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU
FOR FIGHTING FOR THE MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE MILITARY.
BY THE SUNRISE TOMORROW, I WON’T
GET MUCH SLEEP, BUT THE MILITARY
WILL HAVE $160 BILLION THEY
DESPERATELY NEED.
WE ARE SPENDING AT AN ALL-TIME
LOW ON OUR MILITARY SINCE
WORLD WAR II, MORE PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN TRAINING
ACCIDENTS THAN IN COMBAT.
DONALD TRUMP IS DELIVERING ON
HIS CAMPAIGN PROCESS TO REBUILD
THE MILITARY.
ANTI-SENATOR PAUL, THE DEFICIT
IS A PROBLEM, THE DEBT IS A
PROBLEM.
ENTITLEMENT REFORM IS NECESSARY
AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING
COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT
DELAYING RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS
BUT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, YOU
HAVE BEEN WRONG AT EVERY TURN.
YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
MILITARY HAS BEEN TAKING SINCE
2011.
THERE ARE PLANES THAT CAN FLY,
THERE ARE SOLDIERS THAT CAN’T
DEPLOY, THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT
HAVE TO MISS THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS WAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE
DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE
ARMY AND NAVY AND AIR FORCE AND
MARINE CORPS, SO HE CAN PLAY HIS
LITTLE GAMES, BUT WHEN THE SUN
COMES UP TOMORROW, THE MILITARY
IS GOING TO BE FLUSH WITH CASH
AND GOD BLESS THOSE WHO ARE
DOING THE FIGHTING PRAYED
>> Shannon: THEY ARE NOT THE
ONLY ONES, THOUGH.
THIS IS A RECORD-BREAKING
SPENDING PACKAGE.
THERE ARE PLENTY -- ACCORDING TO
ALL OF THE NUMBERS AND HISTORY
UNTIL NOW, THIS WILL BE THE
BIGGEST PACKAGE OUT THERE AND A
LOT OF THAT IS DOMESTIC
SPENDING, AS WELL, AND THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF
WHAT THEY ASK FOR ON THAT FRONT.
YOU KNOW THERE ARE DEFICIT HAWKS
OUT THERE.
RAND PAUL IS NOT ALONE.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF FOLKS IN THE
HOUSE AT THAT HAVE BIG PROBLEMS
WITH IT AND SAY THAT IS NOT BY
THE G.O.P. WAS SENT TO
WASHINGTON, THEY WERE SAID TO
CUT BACK FUNDING.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY WERE
SENT, BUT I KNOW I WAS SENT TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN DEFEND THE
NATION.
THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOVE ALL
ELSE IS TO DEFEND THE NATION.
LOOK AT THE THREATS WE FACE.
THERE IS A WAR GOING ON IN
AFGHANISTAN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN MY
GLOVES OFF AND WE ARE POUNDING
ISIS, HANDING THE TELLER BAND,
GOD BLESS YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE NEED MORE MONEY, RESOURCES,
TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED
SO LONG.
THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
I AM A REPUBLICAN.
THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO
FIND THE MILITARY AND THIS WILL
DO IT.
>> Shannon: WHAT YOU SAY SO,
THOUGH, SEEING THE NATIONAL DEBT
WITH RESPECT TO CHINA AND OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT OWN US IN SOME
SENSE, THERE IS A NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUE, AS WELL?
>> GO OVER THE MONEY IS AT.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET
IS MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY,
AND MEDICAID AND INTEREST ON THE
DECK.
ONE-THIRD IS DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING.
HALF OF THAT ONE-THIRD IS
MILITARY SPENDING.
YOU COULD WRITE ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND
BALANCE A BUDGET.
YOU GOT TO DELAY RETIREMENT FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE, ASK PEOPLE LIKE ME
TO PAY MORE INTO MEDICARE AND
TAKE LESS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY.
RAND PAUL KNOWS THAT.
I CONGRATULATE HIM FOR BEING
STRONG ON ENTITLEMENTS BUT WHEN
HE COMES TO NATIONAL SECURITY,
HE’S BEEN A DISASTER.
HE SAID TONIGHT, THE BEST WAY TO
GET THE MILITARY A PAY RAISE IS
WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN.
NAME ONE GENERAL WHO BELIEVES
THAT SMART TO WITHDRAW FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE DOING
THE RIGHT THING BY TAKING THE
FIGHT TO THE ENEMY IN
AFGHANISTAN.
THE LAST TIME WE GUARD
AFGHANISTAN, WE GOT 9/11.
THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL PREVENT
9/11 IS TO HAVE OUR SOLDIERS
OVER THERE PROTECTING US HERE
AND OUR MILITARY HAS SUFFERED
SINCE 2011 UNDER THESE BUDGET
CUTS AND TONIGHT WE BEGIN TO
CORRECT THAT PROBLEM.
GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP AND
RAND PAUL IS STANDING IN THE WAY
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP COMMANDER IN
CHIEF, IT TRUMPED, FOR FILLING
THE CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
GENERAL MATTA SAID NO ENEMY IN
THE FIELD HAS DONE MORE
DAMAGE TO THE MILITARY THAN THE
BUDGET CUTS AUTHORED BY
CONGRESS.
SO CONGRESS HAS DONE MORE DAMAGE
TO OUR MILITARY THAN ANY ENEMY
IN THE FIELD AND THAT IS GOING
TO CHANGE TONIGHT.
>> Shannon: FOR YOU, THE PRICE
TAG IS NOT A CONCERN FOR THE
LONG TERM IMPACT OF THE DEFICIT.
>> THAT COMES FROM ENTITLEMENT
REFORM.
YOU CAN WRITE BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE HAD NOT EVEN MOVE THE
DEBT NEEDLE.
HERE’S WHAT I’M SAYING, WHEN IT
COMES TO MILITARY SPENDING, IT’S
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE HAVE
DONE.
WE ARE SPENDING LESS ON THE
MILITARY GDPWISE AND ANY TIME
SINCE WORLD WAR II.
DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THE
SMALLEST NAVY SINCE 1915, THE
SMALLEST ARMY SINCE 1940?
GENERAL MATTIS HAS BEEN BEGGING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LISTENS TO THE
GENERAL.
THE REST OF US HAVE LISTENED TO
THE GENERAL.
SENATOR PAUL THINKS HE KNOWS
MORE ABOUT THE MILITARY THAN
THOSE IN THE MILITARY, HE’S
NEVER BEEN TO AFGHANISTAN, SO I
DON’T WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM WHAT
IT TAKES TO WIN A WAR IN
AFGHANISTAN WHEN HE’S NEVER BEEN
THERE.
>> Shannon: HE SAYS HE IS
LISTENING TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.
HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHO IS
CONSTITUENTS ARE, BUT THEY’RE
NOT MINE.
TO BE WHEN YOU COME FROM TWO
DIFFERENT STATES.
YOU GOT TO GO BACK OVER THERE
NOW.
>> FOR THOSE IN THE MILITARY, BY
THE SUNRISE TOMORROW, YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES,
YOUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS
COMING TO YOUR AID IN CONGRESS
IS GOING TO CLEAN UP ITS ACT.
>> Shannon: ARE Y’ALL GOING TO
HUG?
WILL THERE BE A KUMBAYA MOMENT?
>> IT’S ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE
DOING THE FIGHTING.
WE ARE NOBODIES WHEN IT COMES TO
THE WAR ON TERRORISM.
NOBODY IN CONGRESS IS GOING TO
PROTECT YOUR FAMILY FROM RADICAL
ISLAM.
THE PEOPLE IN THE FIELD DOING
THE FIGHTING ARE GOING TO
PROTECT YOU FROM RADICAL ISLAM.
TONIGHT, CONGRESS IS GOING TO
FINALLY HELP THEM AFTER SEVEN
YEARS OF DOING NOTHING.
>> Shannon: YOU HAVE SPENT
MANY DECADES IN THE MILITARY
COME AS WELL.
>> 33 YEARS.
>> Shannon: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
FIRED UP.
YOU HAVE ENERGY.
>> READY TO VOTE.
>> Shannon: YOU HAVE THE