and being willing to do the hardest job that a commander in chief does, which is to recognize and talk with the families of the fallen. and i think tomorrow, all around the country, they may be talking about the disaster that is obamacare, the regulatory rollback. he did call on neil gorsuch to be confirmed swiftly. but they ll be talking about mrs. owens, may be talking about megan crawly but i think that sustained applause, it was a very patriotic speech and the reluctant trump voter that s out there wondering can he do the job that i put him in there after the barrage of the first month, i think they are tremendously reassured by what i thought was a transcendent moment, to be sure. it would take someone awfully hard-hearted to concede that. but in the 12 hours before this speech tonight, the president
confidence, they lost ryan means the s.e.a.l.s on the ground lost ryan. you may want to attribute to him the distance but that s not what he s done. gold star fathers get to say whatever they want. i just admire mrs. owens for coming tonight and i admire the president for inviting her and saying we appreciate the sacrifice and we know you re out there tonight and this administration is going to be with you. we re going to give you what you need and my generals will follow up on it. i heard it completely differently. that s the divide in the country. people hear things differently. when they said they lost ryan, i think that was a recognition that a band of brave warriors, the best that we ve got, lost one of their own and it s not something civilians can say we lost. we don t put it on the line the way they do. we all hear you about the speech tonight but so far his comment about the raid is this wasn t me, this wasn t on me.
here. hugh, thanks for your patience, you got into we started talking about military funding. the president likes to say that our military has been depleted, our military has been decimated. in what way has it been depleted and in what way would you spend the money that the president is talking about spending? he said tonight in the speech that he was going to do away with the sequester. six out of ten f-18 and other strike aircraft are not ready to fly. you bring me to the key point where there was a transendent moment and that was the prolonged, sustained applause for mrs. owens. that also showed something, chris mentioned earlier, the president is commander in chief
let s continue a conversation we started before the president s speech with hugh hewitt, radio talk show host and frequent contributor around here. hugh, thanks for your patience, you got into we started talking about military funding. the president likes to say that our military has been depleted, our military has been decimated. in what way has it been depleted and in what way would you spend the money that the president is talking about spending? he said tonight in the speech that he was going to do away with the sequester. most obviously effect is that 60% of avenueuation are deemed can t fly right now. six out of ten f-18 and other you bring me to the key point where there was a transendent moment and that was the prolonged, sustained applause for mrs. owens.
hand. hopefully the democrats will grasp that hand and work with us to start solving these enormous challenges. you guys in congress always stand up and applaud rightly when we have guys who have sacrificed at those speeches. the question is do you follow through and take care of them. even owens widow, the services she needs, the health care the kids will need and the benefits. will you be there for that? immigration was a big theme. the fact basis in the president, i want your take, lawless chaos. you know, senator, immigrants in this country, even illegal ones, undocumented ones, do not commit crimes at the rate of the rest of the citizenry. first of all, i m not sure what your point is. we ll hold a hearing today where americans have been murdered by people in this country illegally. there are americans murdered by