and what i ve done here is lay out a thorough plan so we have beds for people who have extreme problems with mental illness, so that we have counselors for people to talk to. we had 30% increase in suicides including farmers, including veterans, including students in this country, in 15 years, and chris, the other thing that s unique about my plan is i show how i m going to pay for it. i figure if you re running for president, you better be addressing real problems with real solutions and show how you pay for it. i would take on the pharma companies that got people indicted to begin with. you can start with a fee on the opioids that are sold and there will be a master settlement with the companies that profited off of people s addictions, that got people hooked. and that s where you get the $100 billion. chris: i want to get to two more subjects, one is immigration. the president proposed a plan
that. but apparently, dhs is considering continuing this. how do you feel about the idea of shipping people in this country ill illegally all over the country? well, chris, it s a symptom of a complete, full-blown crisis that we have at our border. they are swamped. they are overwhelmed. the numbers have been staggering. we ve got a humanitarian crisis and a security crisis. so we need to respond to that. we need better border security, we need to we are building and we need to build physical barriers, walls. also need the ability to adjudicate these huge numbers of people who come here, they ask for asylum, they have very, very little case to be made for granting an asylum. but we re encumberedded by having inadequate resources to adjudicate those claim ares, those requests claims, those requests. that s a big part of it. we ve got to change our laws that are driving people. america s a magnet
human capital, intellectual capital, education, these people contribute to our country enormously. it s a no-brainer to allow people who come here, the best and brightest from around the world come to our colleges, get a great education, and then we ship them out so they can compete against us rather than welcoming us. so i pulley embrace the idea fully embrace the idea that these kids with greater skills and education and knowledge should be welcomed. but i think people with lower skills can contribute as well, so i d be open to expanding that category as well. chris: i want to ask you another question on immigration. the department of homeland security says the overcrowding and there s no question there is on the border in texas between mexico and texas has gotten so severe that it has started flying illegal immigrants to san diego to hold them there, to process there and conceivably to release them there. they were also going to do that in florida, but there was such a backlas
have not gained as much traction so far in the campaign as other candidates, for instance, mayor pete is going to be here for the town hall this evening. oh, chris, i think being in the top 10 in the 25 person race when you re from the middle of the country, in a state that s not as big as some of my colleagues, i think that s pretty good. i wouldn t count me out. everything i ve done in my life, whether taking on 48 hour hospital stays for new moms, i got it done. i was the first woman to run for d.a. in my state in the biggest counties, i got it done. i run for u.s. t senate, running against a congressman and win big-time. i am someone that takes on challenges, and finds a way to get there. no one thought i could raise money when i was running for senate. i finally just called everyone i knew in my life and i raised an all-time senate record, $17,000 from ex-boyfriends.
president s policy is? i think i do, chris. i took the time to go down to secured briefing room and read the intelligence reports last week. i m looking forward to the full briefing to all senators on tuesday on the intelligence we have. i can t comment on that, but let me simply say this: if you read a report about a potentially imminent threat to american personnel and american assets originating from the iranian regime, i think you should take that report very seriously. let s remember who we re talking about. this is the regime that systematically designed, manufactured and distributed the ieds that were designed to penetrate and kill american soldiers in iraq in large numbers, and they did. i think the president is right to try to deter the iranians from a foolish and dangerous attack on american personnel and our assets, and i think that s the strategy right now. demonstrate with a show of powerful force that this would be a really bad idea for the