actually happening now on the ground in the region there? i don t know if you call it a strategy. but what we see clearly in all the cases is the trump administration is betting on the gulf. they re putting all their eggs in with the saudis and that means turning against iran full force. and it also means that betting on them to pull through this peace process. i mean as you are probably aware, the funny thing about this peace process is they re talking to everybody but the palestinians. they seem to think that they have the gulf onboard and gulf money onboard, they can somehow pressure the palestinians or bribe the palestinians to come in to the table. there is a lot skepticism about what that looks like. it is a highly controversial
whether or not that aid has actually been cut, unless the military confirms it. interesting to hear our secretary of defense essentially say that the united states really has very little leverage at this point, that it s really up to the egyptian people, from this point on. reporter: that s correct. in fact, i mean that s in the context of the large ef developments in the reach be, which is on one hand, arab allies including saudi arabia and other wealthy gulf countries, really stepping up and said to the egyptian government, they will step in and fill any void as a result of any aid cut off, particularly from the u.s. and in addition to that, they ve already pledged $12 billion. put that coming out of gulf money against the $1.5 billion that the u.s. gives annually, you get a sense on the comparative level how important the u.s. aid is in the eyes of the egyptian government. keep in mind, obviously, that goes to the military. they enjoy a lot of close working relationships, noneth
further rigging it to protect the wealthiest citizens in our country. there has been a great wakeup call. i think after the citizens united decision, 70% of conservatives and independent thought it was a terrible decision. have you seen in the last few months, 300 cities around this country passed resolutions opposing citizens united. and you have seen president obama and the democrat yuck plat form say that they would, if pleaded, support a constitutional amendment. people need to hold him accountable to it. but i do think that that we are witnessing the hope that organized money could be overtaken by organized people. remains part of the american dream and becomes harder and harder. on the other hand, if those with less money do win in this election, we immediate to be careful because we can t overstate the power of money because it also leads people to be more april thet wrik and despairing. we immediate to find a way to talk about it.
voices of american voters are not being silenced laws that disenfranchise them, those voices are competing to be heard against another threat of our political process money. so far this year, nearly $400 million have been spent in this election cycle by outside groups who are taking full advantage of the supreme court s citizens united decision. allowing corporations and unions to dump money directly into political campaigns. and unlike the voters that are challenged to prove who they are in order to vote, so-called nonprofit political donors are under no obligation to clearly show who they are to gulf money. while those millions are not enough to sway an election at presidential level it may be enough for all those down-ballot races. i don t think you buy presidential elections. i totally think you can buy a senate and house race. certainly you can buy the school board. you know, the presidential race may be moves in a direction where it becomes clearer and i m not being
united states. should be a little more informed, i think. the farmers out there are really needing some help and they need there is a drought. we need to get more young farmers back on the land. that s mainly the message we are pushing this year. we immediate to figure out what it is for farmers to get loans, where they can put young kids back out on the farms. same take happened in russia a few years ago where they took all the land away from the farmers. and then they didn t know what do with it and start trying to give it back and the young farmers said the heck with you. we don t want to farm. there s month money in it now. you ran our parents out of the business. basically we are trying to keep that from happening over here. we need to get young farmers back on the land. you know, i know it is only the beginning of fall but folks may have already forgotten we a serious drought. talk to me about how that drought impacted these family farms you are discussing. it wasn t ba