even as all the tensions rose between the u.s. and hamid karzai, he still had an uncanny ability to hold things together over there. i think it was around 3:00 in the morning or so that the f-18 spotted a small convoy of trucks heading north. so here are these f-18s flying overhead and calling for permission to engage. that was when the war really became real. there was just this moment where allen looks at me and says are they clear to engage? and like everybody was suddenly
homeland and deliver american justice to anyone who dares to threaten our people. from the earliest wooden biplanes to the high tech uavs and awesome power and stunning beauty of the f-35, b-2, f-22 and i saw a lot of them today, the f-16, the f-18. i don t know which one i like the most. but our aviators have given america total dominance of the air and space no matter where we fly. now when our enemies hear the f-35 engines, when they re roaring overhead, their souls will tremble and they will know the day of reckoning has arrived. that is the way it s been since 1947 when the air force was born
but i think finland is doing fine with russia. and i hope that the united states will some day be able to have a good very relationship with russia also. i think that s good for world peace and for other things. thank you. as a follow-up, if finland s relationship with russia were to deteriorate, would the u.s. what kind of assistance would the u.s. be willing to give to finland bilaterally if we needed it? well, as i said before, that you know our relationship with finland is a very close one. and we re always ready to help finland. one of the things that s happening is you re purchasing large amounts of our f-18 aircraft from boeing and it s one of the great planes, one of the great fighter jets and you re purchasing lots of other military equipment and i think purchasing very wisely. i know all of the military equipment and i actually agree with everything you ve purchased. we talked about it before. i think finland is really a respected country militarily. it s got large arme
good relationship with russia also. i think it is good for world peace and other things. thank you. as a follow-up, it finland relationship with russia were to deteriorate, with the u.s., what kind of assistance with the u.s. be willing to give the finland s bilaterally if we need a? president trump: as i said before, our relationship with finland is a very close one. we all are always willing. you are a great purchaser of our f-18 boeing plane. one of the great fighter jets. you are lots of other equipment in purchasing very wisely. i know all of the military equipment. i actually agree with everything you purchase. we talked about it before. i think finland is really a respected country militarily. it has large armed forces. really proportionally, one of the biggest in the world if you
choice. standing up to the president may not be what they signed up for, but when the president is in solidarity with white supremacists and nazis, those members of congress have to stand up and tell him he s wrong. they need to tell him this is not what america stands for. this is not what soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines laid down their lives for in world war ii and this is not the kind of president our country deserves. that is lieutenant colonel amy mcgrath. she says she was the first female marine to fly an f-18 in a combat mission. retired now, she is running for congress against republican incumbent andy barr who won reelection in 2016 by more than 20 points. she joins me live from louisville. lieutenant colonel, thank you so much for your service. thank you, brooke. and thanks for having me on here. so, first, i got to ask. the news of the day. steve bannon has been fired. your response. well, i mean, i really think steve bannon never should have been in the white