letter giving up your freedom of speech. ear stenny hoyer, democratic who criticized her, big supporter of netanyahu came out and said it is unprecedented. it would be a problem for anybody if any american were blocked for a lot of reasons except that america has given israel since 1945 in some fashion or other, whether it is deals or direct assistance or military aid, something along the lines of about $143 billion, about $3 billion in the 2017 fiscal year. only iraq and afghanistan were ahead of israel in 2017, but historically no one is even close to israel as a recipient of american money. last night bernie sanders was on the show and had a view maybe this is the opportunity to rethink whether that s a good return on investment. let s listen to what he said. israel doesn t want members of the united states congress to visit their country to get a firsthand look at what is going on. i have been there many, many
if israel doesn t want members of the united states congress to visit their country and get a firsthand look. maybe he can respectfully decline the billions of dollars we gift to israel. the president has been hitting the golf links at his new jersey estate. he s thinking about the squad clearly. trump is lashing out against a minority congresswoman in a tweet storm. we have team coverage on this developing story. mike vaccaro is following the president in berkeley heights, new jersey. also with me, jordan fabian. and eliza collins. let s start with mike. hello to you. the president not backing down, throwing a veiled shade, personal attack atta lobe overnig overnight. reporter: it was more than
rasheedah came out today and said this is unprecedented. that would be a problem for anybody. if any american were blocked for a lot of reasons, except for america has given israel since 1945 in some fashion or other, whether it s deals or direct assistance or military aid, something along the lines of about $143 billion, about three plus billion last year nor the 2017 fiscal year, only iraq and afghanistan were ahead of israel in 2017. but historically, no one is even close to israel as a recipient of american money. last night bernie sanders was on the show. and had a few that maybe this is the opportunity to rethink whether that s a good return on investment. let s listen to what he said. israel doesn t want members of the united states congress to visit their country to get a first-hand look at what s going on? and i ve been there many, many times. but if he doesn t want members to visit, maybe he can respectfully decline the
president of israel benjamin netanyahu to do this, and netanyahu obliging? well, i wish i could tell you, ali, that i am shocked. i am not. we have a president who tragically is a racist, is a xenophobe, and who is a religious bigot. but the idea that a member of the united states congress cannot visit a nation which by the way we support to the tune of billions and billions of dollars is clearly an outrage. and if israel doesn t want members of the united states congress to visit their country to get a firsthand look at what s going on? and i ve been there many, many times. but if he doesn t want members to visit, maybe he can respectfully decline the billions of dollars that we gift to israel. over time, in excess of $140 billion last year alone. $3 billion and various types of aid. you have actually suggested that might be used to leverage some of israel s behavior that
you, ali, that i am shocked. i am not. we have a president who tragically is a racist, is a xenophobe, and who is a religious bigot. but the idea that a member of the united states congress cannot visit a nation which by the way we support to the tune of billions and billions of dollars is clearly an outrage. and if israel doesn t want members of the united states congress to visit their country to get a firsthand look at what s going on? and i ve been there many, many times. but if he doesn t want members to visit, maybe he can respectfully decline the billions of dollars that we gift to israel. over time, in excess of $140 billion last year alone. $3 billion and various types of aid. you have actually suggested that might be used to leverage some of israel s behavior that representatives omar and tlaib are critical of, as you have been critical of. well, all that i am saying is