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And no good explanation. president trump says transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the u.s. military, a proposition condemned as obvious bias. lets look at why that is. first, the presidents rationale. our military must be focused on victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous cost transgender in the military would entail. no proof of any cost-benefit analysis done in putting this position together except a political calculation. well talk about that in a moment. the n...

>> so all we have on this policy change that will profoundly affect thousands of service members lives are the presidents three tweets, which mention the tremendous medical costs and disruption, having transgender service members in the military. what he means by disruption is really anybodys guess. but keeping them honest on the tremendous medical costs, last year a study commissioned by the defense department estimated those costs to be between $2.4 and $8.4 million a year. again, the high est...

Msnbcs ali velshi is here, too. we know the big headlines coming out of there are more money to defense, less money to domestic programs here at home. i want you to dig into the nil y -- nitty gritty. >> do me one favor, dont call it a skinny budget. its a budget proposal, thats why they call it a skinny budget. veterans affairs. these are the gainers, veterans affairs, about $4.4 balance, school vouchers, we know betsy devos is into these and all of the candidates talked about opioid treatment,...

Total combined budgets of the epa and the department of commerce. the number of i.c.e. officers, customs and border protection officers and border agents has grown by more than 60% since 2003 from 31,000 to 50,000 making it larger than the police tors. yet the president wants to hire even more agents. john kelly, his homeland security secretary sthorzed the hiring of an additional 15,000 border patrol agents and i.c.e. officers, which is an increase of 31%. upa reports those officers could cost ...

Bush and joe bidens son, hunter, in a campaign called live below the line. tweeted ben, $1.4 -- 1.4 people live on less that $1.50 a day. i am joining live below the line on behalf of eastern congo, will you? i need glasses. and said grobin taking on the challenge was a humbling experience and i was proud and heartened by my fans that join me. it is amazing what we take for granted not living in hunger. and now lets go to the hollywood correspondent.

Cyst throu sift through some of. this lori robertson and edward-isaac dovere. coming up, you might not know -- you might not know his views on evolution or rather creationism, and hes not alone. hes not at all alone in the halls of congress. >> heres our framework. lower tax rates 20%. we forgo about 1 preside$1.4 tr >> were going to hear from team romney next. then a little bit later, how your choice of barbecue sauce says a whole heck of a lot about who youd pick for president. we travel to ...

One of my many crackpot theories is that it has been this way it is long that it is kind of like the pathetic economic numbers which have been muddling and as long as they are not tumbling, men -- americans are grateful. we are getting used to it, we dont like it but we are used to it and it is numbing >>guest: it is numbing. if you look at deficit from $10 trillion to $112 million, and unemployment in michigan is $9.4 percent. today we are 36th in per income per capita. gas prices were $1.84. w...

discount bias. orbitz admits blocking users to more expensive hotels and showing pc users rooms that are $30 a month cheaper. targeted markets or computer discount discrimination? ann curry and matt lauer may be splitting up. where and when will curry go and who will take her place? "cnn newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. happy tuesday. im carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning in florida. much of that state is underwater, including pa...

Orleans, along the gulf coast, you need to be monitoring the system. just a quick look at one of the models, this is one of our reliable models and hopefully off shore by wednesday or thursday, again, harris, this could go anywhere, people need to really pay attention and well bring you the very latest, back to you. >> all right, janice, thank you for watching for us. well, maybe you have noticed the price of gasoline is falling, a new survey showing a gallon of regular unleaded 15 cents cheaper...

Discover, costner had a company called ocean therapy solutions and it developed a device that was to separate oil and water. the company signed a deal with b.p. in an effort to help b.p. clean up their massive disaster. $18 million as a deposit and potentially $52 million in total but alec baldwin says costner duped him into selling the share -- no, i mean steven baldwin -- by keeping him in dark about the deal. and trace is following this. how, exactly, does baldwin say costner duped him? >>tra...