Since before 9 11. Situation where we are facing a grave, strategic threat. The president has said he will follow the same course in afghanistan he followed in iraq despite the fact wouldve seen what has happened. I do inc. It is very important to go back and look at what happened in iraq and why and remember what did the situation was before the United States and our allies liberated the country. And again, there is a sense it is almost like the pink gentlemen, wanted to shout people down and that is not what this country supposed to be about. Everybody has a right to speak. We have to go back to what the facts were. You can say to the president , withdrawing the forces or not, you can debate that. Now you have to look at the facts and they are because of the United States is not in there and we walked away and did so without regard, you now have the richest in the world which controls more territory and in a position to be a real threat to this nation. If you think about where we go
Now, this trip no doubt will give President Trump another chance to show that he will not approve any funding deal in a didnt include money for his border wall. A wall that we know now the president wants made of steel. He stipulated that in a letter to the senate. For more, we turn to pamela brown. And pamela, talk to me first just about addressing the nation tomorrow night and also this visit to the border thursday. Reporter so the president just recently tweeted saying that he will give an address to the nation on the, quote, humanitarian and National Security crisis on our southern border. He said that address will happen tomorrow night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. What is unclear is which networks if any have accepted the white houses request for this primetime address. The president using his bully pulpit to make his case to the American Public for border wall funding. Of course that is the main Sticking Point as this Government Shutdown goes into its third week. It is unusual for the