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$75,016,000,000,000. and above that $733 billion. they had been pushing for. the budget has not yet been finalized. democrats did not get a whole lot of ammo with the testimony last week. they did not provide much evidence of collusion at all. what impact well have on all of the talk of russian collusion which we had been hearing for so long now. ladies, good morning to you. hallie, what did you make of james comey testimony. there was just not much there to help the democrats out with their eff...

Military defense spending budget was supposed to be around $733 billion by 2020, it could go down to $700 billion, so when people are writing the budget, whats the first thing that gets cut and how could this negatively impact the military? >> good morning, and one of the things that we saw just two years ago we were at a 1940 military and you had a case that planes were dropping out of the sky, troops were underpaid and undersupplied and even more so our ships couldnt sail, now, finally, we are...

Of the trump adminitration have fully funded dod on time, the budget increases the president ran on repairing the military. there is some concern though, now, because media reports are saying that the administration might actually draw back on pentagon spending in fiscal budget 2020 it would be 16 billion less than 2019 and 33 billion less than mr. trumps original budget plan and it would be different than the perception of rebuilding the military. i had a chance to talk to matt thornberry, the ...

With senator john barrasso and liz cheney part of the team. trace? >> trace: thanks, mike. the u.s. military has eroded to a dangerous degree according to a new bipartisan report out tied and warns the u.s. might struggle to win or perhaps lose a war against china or russia. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reporting live in the pentagon. hi, jen. >> the 98 page report by this bipartisan commission outlines how china and russia are seeking to build up their military while the u.s...

Republican leader of the house quit and so there was nobody out there to create a republican message. so i think he probably helped more than hurt. but i think actually its the democrats here who so far we have shot ourselves in the foot here going overboard that actually provided republicans and your show with more talking points than you can imagine for the next three weeks. brian: we thank you for that lastly bernie sanders does an op-ed and he talks about single payer healthcare and how that...

To pakistan? they have struggles economically, right? >> i think its an important aspect, i think, for u.s./pakistan relations. incredibly the united states has given about $33 billion worth of aid to pakistan since the 9/11 attacks and that money is now ending. this, of course, is an issue for pakistan. this is a country thats heavily in debted to china, which invested heavily in pakistan to the tune of $62 billion. and so the united states is sending a very clear signal to pakistan that any fu...

Enough so far. the u.s. government believes pakistan is providing a safe haven for militants who plan to carry out attacks in afghanistan. that is backed by the afghan government that has always claimed the taliban has support pakistan. pakistan denies it. the u.s. has been giving aid to pakistan since 2002. over $33 billion. the funds are intended to encourage pakistan to cooperate with the u.s. to fight extremist groups. the insurgency in afghanistan has continued for almost 17 years. with mil...

After a long foreign trip is usually pretty quiet. today its especially quiet. we dont know if there will be a briefing today or not. the only event on president trumps calendar is closed to the press. it is possible we wont get any kind of on-camera statement from a white house official at all today. president trump has been active on twitter this morning started out by saying he had a great meeting with nato. they have paid $33 billion more and will pay hundreds of billions more in the future....

I think $33 billion more has been pledged towards the nato effort. thats very important as he goes into his meeting with mr. putin to stress how important nato is and our allies are to the united states. >> sandra: meanwhile back at home a significant amount of change occurring as well. democrats have drafted this bill to abolish ice and now they are saying they will vote against it? what is the latest on this, chairman? >> whats interesting is less than a year ago i put on the floor a bill to a...

Billion. this is how he phrased what he wants and now expects and believes hes got agreement from from those nato allies. >> people have stepped up today like theyve stepped up before and remember the word $33 billion theyre doing. theyre spending at a much faster clip. theyre going up to the 2% leve level. >> then we heard from jens stoltenberg, the nato secretary general, who was asked have nato allies agreed to any increase in speed? have they agreed to any increase in level of raising that 2...