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Through the ages, but its never been worse because of the internet. all over the world. this is not just the united states, this is all over the world. we need border security and the republicans and the senate as you know are taking it up today. its really up to the democrats. totally up to the democrats as to whether or not we have the shut down. its possible we will have a shut down. the chances are good because i dont think democrats care so much about this issue. this is a very big issue of...

Through the ages, but its never been worse because of the internet. all over the world. this isnt just the united states, this is all over the world. we need border security, and the republicans and the senators are taking it up today. its really up to the democrats. totally up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shut down. its possible that we will have a shut down. i would say the chances are probably very good, because i dont think democrats care so much about this issue. but this...

Problem is a problem that has gone on through the ages but its never been worse because of the internet. all over the world. this is all over the world. so we need border security. and the republicans and the senate as you know are taking it up today. and its really up to the democrats. totally up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown. its possible that well have a shutdown. i would say the chances are probably very good because i dont think democrats care so much about maybe ...

Street instead. how about workers? lets look at the numbers. worker bonuses and wages increased $6.7 billion. companies lavished investors with $375 billion by buying back their own stock. the latest example for you is apple. the tax bill made it cheaper to bring home $285 billion in foreign cash. it plans to reward investors with a record $100 billion. apple did give workers some mon money. $300 million in total bonuses. it spent 300 million times more on buy backs than bonusebonuses. for ameri...

The tax cut was it would lead to a surge of corporate investment and plant and equipment which would eventually push up wages. we are not seeing that. there is enough data already under the bridge for us to say that this is not playing out according to the story. this doesnt look like the story. this looks like the tax cut is a nothing burger with business investment. >> the tax bill slashed the corporate rate down to 21%. the republicans said that would create jobs. to a much greater degree, co...

United nations budget. use ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, praise the cuts is a big step in the right direction. fox business is blake burman has it. >> at u.s. ambassador to the united nations say this is a historic reduction in spending over the weekend, touting how the u.n. budget for the fiscal year 2018, 2019 will be dropped by $285 billion, and shortly after, in a statement she describes that the inefficiency and overspending of the united nations are well-known. we will no longer at ...

Talk to reporters, this wasnt worth the cost of alienating the united states, the palestinian throwing a temper tantrum, get back to acting like adults. jillian: it came out the us negotiated a $285 million cut in the un budget for the next year, how big a deal do you think that is? >> it is a big deal on its own, $285 billion here or there begins to add up, a big deal on its own but even more significantly this shows there hasnt been a backlash to the way the us approached our embassy in jerusa...

syrian state tv calls the move a conspiracy that lacks legality. two of the countrys closest allies, lebanon and iraq, have distanced themselves from the sanctions. voteers in the democrat irk rhee public of conoco are heading to the polls this morning. theres a challenge from ten candidates. the gong lease are struggling to restore their country. those are the top stories from cnn, the worlds news leader. im monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. hello, and welcom...

What republicans asked for from bill clinton then was total, $285 billion in cuts from medicare and medicaid for ten years. thats $64 billion a year if you annualize it. president obama in his framework has already said hes in favor over the next 12 years of cutting medicare and medicaid by $780 billion. you know what that comes down to every year, chris? $65 billion a year. so republicans in 95 had $64 billion, that was radical draconian. president obama in his framework says $65 billion in med...

The deficit, to get these budgets under control. but it could be costlier and more tragic in the future. what would you say to him about that? >> well, certainly, for example, there was just a report out this january that said, in the last year, we spent $285 billion on military contracts with companies who were defrauding the united states. so clearly we have thrown a lot of money, because when youre in war, in the fog of war, as some say, you dont want to be accused of not getting the bullets ...