Senator Murphy Presses Hegseth Over Qatar Plane Deal.

Wait until you hear what Senator Murphy uncovered about the Qatar plane.

Watch this.Obviously, the underlying question here is what is going to happen to the plane at the end of Trump's presidency.The president said on May 12th that this plane would be transferred to his presidential library at the end of his term.Is that your understanding of what is going to happen to this plane?

The president said that, that's my understanding, although I would look at what comes out of the MOU.

But why would we ask the American taxpayer to spend upwards of a billion dollars on a plane that would then only be used for a handful of months and then transferred directly to the president?That doesn't sound like a wise use of taxpayer dollars.

A lot of the capabilities, as you know, Senator, of that particular platform are and should remain classified.So there are reasons why you might modify, even for a short period of time, an aircraft to ensure the safety and security of the President of the United States.But when do you believe that those upgrades would be made?How long would the President have it before it got transferred to his personal possession?That would be a determination of the Air Force that would take hold of it and make those modifications within whatever time window they believe gets it to the place where it need to be.

I think this is extraordinary, Mr. Chairman.We're talking about a pretty massive investment of appropriations dollars into a plane that the Secretary is saying is currently planned to be transferred personally to the President.There's a lot of other pending needs that we need to fund.This would seem to be low on the list.Mr. Secretary, one final question.Obviously, you know that there is a concern in the public about a double standard that is applied to protest, sometimes protest that turns violent.

The President, when he came into office, issued pardons to the individuals that attacked the United States Capitol, including those individuals who beat savagely police officers.You have deployed the National Guard and readied Marines in a way that many people think is unnecessary given the state and the local resources.