♪ please welcome award-winning journalist and best-selling author claire shipman. [applause] this week we will hear from her congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle on the hot button issues facing america and the middle east our next guest is one such leader and now ranked as first among all 100 senators to cosponsor bills that were enacted into law in the last congress a champion ladies and gentlemen from the great state of minnesota, senator amy klobuchar [applause] >> thank you senator it's great to be here in an intimate setting with you with so many of our friends. you have been a consistent supporter of the u.s. relationship so talk about why that is so important to you. >> a lot of it of course has to do with home i know we have some great minnesota people here and we are excited about that and also it has a lot to do with israel's position in the world it is a beacon of democracy in what is a really tough neighborhood. when i talk to people at home they see it that way. they are not jewish they see the importance of that friendship if they are je

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.♪ ♪ [music] >> please welcome back to this stage, claire shipman. >> thank you. earlier we heard from senator amy klobuchar. i will give them a leader and then others of the aisle. our next guest over and 15 after -- he has since gone and reputation in the senate as an active voice on foreign policy issues and as an outspoken critic of iran's aggression about the middle east. he joined us today to discuss the critical issues. please welcome senator tom cotton. >> you very much for the very warm welcome! i feel like i have some to present. >> is a member of congress you have been a consistent and vocal supporter of the us israel relationship. i want to ask you what i asked senator amy klobuchar. why is this issue important to you? where does your passion for israel and the relationship come from? >> personally, where it comes from for me is everything i know about the modern nation of israel in this connection to the united states. because that's deeply in our history. america has always been welcoming and broken to the jewish people. in a way that you could come

. >> please welcome award winning journalist and best selling author claire shipman. [ applause ] >> this week we'll hear from congressional leaders and officials from both sides of the aisle on the hot button issues facing america in the middle east. our next guest is one such leader. an analysis ranked her first among all 100 senators and sponsoring or co-sponsoring bills that were enacted into law in the last congress. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome from the great state of minnesota senator amy klobuchar. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you. it's great to be here with this intimate discussion with you with just a few thousands of our friends. >> you have been a consistent supporter of the u.s.-israel relationship. talk about why that issue is so important to you. >> a lot of it has to do with home. i know we have some great minnesota aipac people here. we're excited about that. this is the democracy, a beacon of democracy in what's really tough, if not a tough neighborhood. if they're not jewish they see the important of that relationship. the fact that four of the five memb

please welcome back to the stage, claire shipman. ♪ >> thank you. earlier we heard from senator now hear from another leader in this senate from the other side of the aisle. our next guest took office in 2015 after one term in the house and distinguished service in the u.s. army. he has since garnered a reputation in the senate as an active voice on foreign policy issues. and critic of iran's aggression throughout the middle east. he joins u teed discuss the critical issues paying america and israel, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome arkansas a senator tom cotton. ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much for that fair warm welcome. thanks for that kind instruction i feel like i have an oscar ready to present. >> just a few people. as a member of congress you've been a consistent and vocal supporter of the u.s. israel relationship, and i want to ask you what i asked smart, why is this issue important to you? where does your passion for this real and relationship come from? >> well personally where it comes from for me is everything i know about the m

she is interviewed by claire shipman. this is 10 minutes. claire shipman. host: we will hear from congressional leaders from both sides of the on hot button issues facing america and the middle east and our next

. -- claire shipman. [applause] >> this week we will hear from congressional leaders and officials from both sides of the aisle on the hot button issues facing america in the middle east. our next guest is one such leader. an analysis by the macdill news service ranked her first among all 100 senators in sponsoring or cosponsoring bills that were enacted into law in the last congress. she's a champion of the u.s./israel alliance. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome from the great state of minnesota, senator amy klobuchar. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you, senator. >> well, thank you. it's great to be here for this intimate discussion with you and thousands of our friends. >> exactly. so many of our friends. you have been a consistent supporter of the u.s./israel relationship. talk about why that issue is so important to you. >> well, a lot of it, of course, has to do with home, and i know we have some great minnesota aipac people here, and we're excited about that. [applause] and it's also, has a lot to d

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[applause] ♪ please welcome award-winning journalist and best-selling author claire shipman. [applause] this week we will hear from her congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle on the hot button issues facing america and the middle east our next guest is one such

. ♪ please welcome award-winning journalist and best-selling author, claire shipman. we have heard from officials from both parties on the importance of the strong u.s. israel relationship. today we are going to have to back-to-back interviews with members of the senate foreign relations committee, one from each side of the aisle. please join me in welcoming the first guest from the state of delaware, senator christopher coons. ♪ thanks for coming today. >> thanks for th >> thanks for the great confidence in the chance to join you again. [applause] we returned from a trip to israel we were talking about sounds as if it were fascinating and you had an opportunity to meet with the prime minister to visit the border. what is your sense of security situation coming away from the trip? >> it was bipartisan and there was senator lindsey graham and i don't lead this tri plan this td a chance to visit jordan and israel and in israel we spent four days looking at the security situation and i was purely struck in 98 years as a senator i haven'senator i havenn immediate securi

we're going to win. [ applause ] >>> please welcome claire shipman. >> our next guest plays a role on one of the house committee's essential to the u.s.-israel relationship. the apropuations committee. she's established herself an an out spoken leader on issues important to the pro-israel community and one of the first democratic members of congress to announce her opposition to the 2015 iran nuclear deal. ladies and gentlemen, join me in welcoming congresswoman grace ming. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you have been a leading supporter of israel. as i just mentioned someone who isn't afraid of taking a hard vote to support the u.s. israel relationship. why is this relationship so important to you. where does your passion for israel come from? >> israel is one of america's strongest allies. a safe, a secure and a strong israel benefits all of us around the globe. [ applause ] i'm proud to represent a district in queens, new york. >> i'm sure we have some new yorkers here. >> whose main street literally runs from the north to the south of the district. on one en

. ♪ >> please welcome award-winning journalist and best showing up-- best-selling author claire shipman. >> we heard from the met officials from both parties on the importance of a strong us israel relationship and today we have two back-to-back interviews with members of the senate foreign relations committee, one from each side of the aisle pick ladies and ottoman, join me in welcoming our first guest from the state of delaware, christopher coons. [applause]. thanks for coming today. >> great to be here today. thanks to aipac for a great conference. >> senator, he just returned from a trip to israel. we were talking about it backstage and it sounded fascinating and yet at opportunity to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. what is your sense of israel security situation coming away from the trip? >> it was a great trip because it was bipartisan with more republicans, three democrats and senator lindsey graham and i led the trip and win a chance to visit jordan and israel and in israel we spent four days looking at its security situation and i was truly struck in my eight years

among the speakers was congresswoman grace main who sat down for an interview with claire shipman, abc news correspondent. >> our next guest plays an influential role on one of the house committees essential to the u.s.-israel relationship, the appropriations committee. she has established herself as an outspoken leader on issues important to the pro-israel community, was actually one of the first democratic members of congress to announce her opposition to the 2015 iran nuclear deal. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming congresswoman grace may. congresswoman may, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me, everyone. >> you have been a leading supporter of israel. as i just mentioned, someone who isn't afraid of taking a hard vote to support the u.s.-israel relationship. why is this relationship so important to you? where does your passion for israel come from? >> israel is one of america's strongest allies, a safe, a secure, and a strong israel benefits all of us around the globe. i am proud to represent a district in queens, new york. >> i'm sure we have some new