america so we re here to inform america it means nearly a million jobs in the defense industrial base, but as senator mccain has said our secretary of defense has said essentially we ll be shooting ourselves in the head if we go forward in this hal hroeupbg out our force, jeopardizing you re national security. senator lindsey gram also on this tour says there hasn t been enough public pressure so far. clearly between day and tomorrow they are trying to change all of that. heather: we know what these three are saying. what are leading democrats saying about this tour and the broader issue? reporter: i thud note, heather that they invited all the sevens from the four states they are visiting. florida, north carolina, virginia and new hampshire. democratic senator bill nelson from florida sent a letter writing quote, when you get right down to it we must have a very robust and healthy pentagon budget for a simple reason, our national defense. nelson goes onto say, you can count on my