yesterday, the washington post got a scoop about the president s planned fourth of july event. the headline was, park service diverts $2.5 million in fees for trump s fourth of july extravaganza. fees that were supposed to go for improving the national parks, but instead, they are diverting them to give them to this trump event. that news was not well received in many corners. senator tom udall s reaction this is beyond the pale. the american people pay fees to make improvements at the national parks and not to boost president trump s campaign. the national mall is not the place to hold a de facto political rally. joinings now is senator udall of new mexico. he has a key role on the appropriations committee in oversees things like the national parks and the department of the interior. appreciate the time. thank you. thank you, rachel. great to be with you this evening. so, the president talked about having military equipment, for example, be part of his
hyped this event, talked about it as a campaign event. how does that sort of thing get policed? well, after you have a gao investigation and there has been a determination that there is a violation of the law and money shouldn t be spent, then it will have to come from the political sector of his campaign or the republican committee, which it basically have been merged together at this point, but they have to pay that money back. as you know, there s a real tradition on presidential trips, if it s an official trip and he s doing something political on the trip, then there s an allocation as to what the taxpayers pay and there s an allocation of what you pay politically. that s the tradition, that s the way it s been followed. we expect the law to be followed here. senator tom udall of new mexico. thank you for joining us, i know
is. you look at reporting and say do the people in iran feel like they re already at war, right. the sanctions are tightening and tightening in order to what, have them come back to the table for an agreement that would be make different from what we just walked away from? i wouldn t come back to the table to the an administration that had just torn up a deal we worked a decade on. there is no end game. i think people are just hoping and praying obviously people like senator udall in the senate are trying to make sure that congress has a role here. but i think we re in very dangerous territory. it goes back to the decision to walk out of the deal. just to piggy back on jeremy s point, we know the president was briefed on casualty estimates hours earlier, when the strike was presented as a number of options coundergo. he then near the end when it was time to give a decision yes or no asked again and was told that number. that s not uncommon for a president to double-check.
conflict in iran. one of best ways to avoid that is to have a robust, open debate, and for congress to have a real say. we learned that lesson in the runner-up to iraq. we have an amendment supported by every democrat, to the ndaa and the senate. it s led by senator udall. it would require congressional approval of any funding for a conflict in iran. it s supported by all of us. we are asking leader mcconnell to do the right thing, and give us a vote next week on the ndaa on that amendment. thank you. strong statement from senator schumer. also joining us lived iran is releasing the video, producing a map, what is the latest we are
open for five hours and 18 minutes. i m being told that s the longest vote in modern senate history. because they didn t have the number is. exactly right. senator udall from new mexico, said his flight was delayed. when the in, voted no back. a democrat voting no. a couple of republicans retiring said they would be asked to continue discussion towards a solution and not a partisan solution, but a solution that will keep the government fully up and running. everybody got very serious late in the day realizing the clock was ticking towards that deadline. bret: will check back if there s breaking details. let s check over on the white house, chief correspondent john roberts joins us for the latest from there. good evening, gentlemen. a high-stakes game of brinkmanship going on between the white house and capitol hill for most of the game. that now has turned into negotiation. the president had dug in his heels insisting there be some