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Helps him. youd be wildly wealthy, too, if i gave you $400 million. the times got it right. here is what can be said with certainty. had mr. trump done nothing but invest the money his father gave him an index fund that tracks the s&p 500, he would be worth $1.96 billion today. now, he says hes worth 10. you heard stephen moore echo that. moore doesnt know that any more than trump does. no credible source can get to half that. i investigated his net worth many years ago with an excellent team at...

>> they will go out and say publicly they did not say that. lets talk about -- theres a lot of distractions. a lot of big news about the way this white house is operating from a purely functional standpoint within the west wing. at the same time they are getting lot of their agenda done behind the scenes. jeff sessions is planning another immigration crackdown. hes weighing in investigation to social media companies. the cbo announced the government spent $896 billion more than than it took in. ...

Irresponsibility of congrespend money we dont have. the bills going to exceed the budget caps by $296 billion. and thats not counting the money they dont count. these people are really, really clever. imagine them running their fingers together and saying how can we hide stuff from the american people, how can we evade the spending caps so we can be even more irresponsible than we appear? so 296 is the official number. about $300 billion over two years that will be in excess of the budget caps. ...

Thats .01% of the defense departments $696 billion proposed budget for 2018. lets compare that to some of the departments other expenses. one single apache helicopter, 31 million bucks. 11,000 m-27 riflz -- >> the military spends $42 million spent on viagra alone, according to the military times and according to the government accountability office, each time the president travels to mar-a-lago the government shells out $3.6 million. if you just look at at the high end of what a year transgender...

>> in the headlines this week, the national defense authorization act of a $696 billion budget, 18 million more than the president asked for. the president has gone through committees and will be voted on in the near future. the two versions will have to be reconciled. turning to break it down, military analyst, jack king. i appreciate you coming on here. one of the reasons you and i were talking is that for so long you have been using the term readiness, military readiness in a lot of our conve...

♪ todd: news by the numbers. first, $696 billion. thats how much money the house has passed for the defense policy bill. it would exceed the presidents $603 billion defense budget q next, $10,000, thats how much visa is offering restaurants to no longer accept cash. the awards will go to 50 u.s. based small business eateries who commit to upgragd grading systems to force customers to pay with credit cards or digital payments. finally, 37. thats how old dennis legend venice williams is as she l...

Bridges to jobs program and premium buy-in. theyve done it in indiana. i would consider trying to do that into this bill. thats one thing. >> shannon: they will have to work on building coalitions to get something to 51 including maybe using the vice presidents vote as a tiebreaker. i want to ask you about the new poll, interesting story out of california. i thought it was fascinating. people say we want universal healthcare and everybody to be covered. then when you ask further questions about ...

The company agreed to buy an israeli firm mobile eye for $15 billion. mobile eye makes software for gm and nissan and others. this puts them in competition with tesla for driverless tech. the stations could not be higher. that market will be worth $96 billion by 2025. >> taking people like you and me off the road. >> that is a good thing. stay home. stay inside. new york, connecticut, philly, boston, stay in. >> thanks for joining us. im christine romans. >> im dave briggs. "new day" starts now....

Stability. >> this is based on the contract? >> absolutely. when you get top talent. >> people get angry. >> thats how it works. thats business. intel has entered the battle over tech for driverless cars. the company agreed to buy mobile eye for $15 billion. this puts the deal in competition with tesla for driverless tech. the stakes couldnt be higher. analysts predict the market will be worth $96 billion by 2025. driverless technology. >> it will wipe out life as we know it. 2 or 3 million pe...

Stations and stores. the u.s. imported $296 billion from mexico in 2015. a 20% tax on that is $59 billion. more than double the cost of the wall. here is the important note. mexican companies are not paying for that tariff. it would be u.s. companies paying for it. importer of record pays the tax for the privilege of bringing the goods in. mexicos foreign minister met with officials yesterday said it would make a pppliances and fla screen tvs more expensive. 6 million jobs are dependent on trade...