what s the ripple effect if we put sanctions on china and how are we able to do that? well, we ll do it in a sense that the banks are participating in world financial systems. the united states financial system. they re also participating in european financial system. we would ask our allies to shut them off. we would shut them off from ours. there s other business entities, that are in china, that are militarizing north korea. they have ties around the world. we ll shut them off. we have never given north korea the kind of sanctioned overloads that we did with iran or even that we ve done with russia, with i i don t think are all that tough to begin with. so, we have been rather timid with north korea for a long time. i think the trump team has taken the gloves off here, they re going after this thing in earnest. they re going to give it everything they have because they know the alternative could possibly mean war on the peninsula. all right, general jack keane, interesting. we h
question. i think the intersection is that the va shows what happens when there s too much government control of a health care system. and that should be the lesson to the senate and the house and the president of what happens when a system is completely controlled by the government and there s no competition. so, a lot of lessons from the failures of the va can be applied to the health care vector. the va is what the original term red tape came out of. so, there s some lessons there that you talk about. dan, appreciate your insights and what you re doing as well down there. we ll come back and we ve got a camera inside and we ll take a listen in a few minutes. i appreciate it and thank you for having me on. leland: thank you, sir. elizabeth. elizabeth: coming up after the break, a u.s. show of force in response to a military test this week. what options the u.s. and our
are starting to arrive here at the event in houston. let s take you now to inside the room where the event will be going on. it gets started in 30 minutes or so. the stage is set up. and we are aawaiting the senator. senator cruz is holding the public meet and greets with the concerned group, republicans for america to hold for their experiences when it comes to getting health care. to identify what s broken with the system and how to fix it. one talking point, senator cruise has brought up repeatedly, the idea of introducing competition to the va, giving people more options. listen. so you look at things like wait times. you have va facilities that are telling veterans, well, you know what? you re going to have a six-week wait time to get this particular treatment. if veterans have the ability to go somewhere else, a lot of vets are going to decide to do that. town halls like this one have already been held this week in
talking to at these forums seen a significant difference in their care as a result of these changes? well, i think overall, that veterans are optimistic about a lot of the changes that are being made by the new administration and we have concerned for america have said so far, both secretary shulkin and president trump have done the job, but it s a massive system. a lot haven t trickled down across the country and veterans are running into problems. the difference is now you have an administration and va secretary that acknowledges those problems and are proposing real solutions to fix them. leland: are there real ability to fix them? these are enormous
bureaucracies. are there people willing to make necessary sacrifices to effect real and positive change? why he yes, absolutely. i think that senator ted cruz we ve done three town halls with is one of those politicians. he s willing to step up and increasing for bad employees and increasing health care choice for veterans who are trapped in a system. and we think there s in congress to make the changes. leland: so often in government when there s a problem they throw more money at it. as reagan said, if you ve got a problem, subsidize it. to that end, the va s budget increased 84% under president obama and seems the problems got worse. do you cut the funding? what do you do to fix it if it s not a money issue.