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>> the government iran a $587 billion deficit last year. trump promises to do a lot more with less. on thursday he is planning to send his proposed budget to congress that could make lyrically painful cuts to domestic programs in order to move money and cut back on waste. >> when they need to spend money somewhere, they have to cut it from somewhere else. these are tough decisions but he is ready, willing and able to make the decisions. reporter: that would hit the epa and housing department, th...

>> the government iran a $587 billion deficit last year. trump promises to do a lot more with less. on thursday he is planning to send his proposed budget to congress that could make lyrically painful cuts to domestic programs in order to move money and cut back on waste. >> when they need to spend money somewhere, they have to cut it from somewhere else. these are tough decisions but he is ready, willing and able to make the decisions. reporter: that would hit the epa and housing department, th...

The budget director mike mulvaney says they plan cuts to the state department and the epa and department of education to help fund a big boost for the pentagon. laura blanchard joins us live with the latest on this. how difficult will it be for the president to get the republican-led congress on his side? >> the government ran a $587 billion deficit last year. now president trump promises to do a lot more with less. thursday hes planning to send his proposed budget to congress that could make po...

Of house feed o -- freedom cauls on week. arthel: thank you, garrett. >> on capitol hill, white house also set to formally layout a spending blueprint for the budget gear, there are democrats and republicans taking issue with some of the proposed cuts it would raise defense spending by $pou $pour billion -- $4 bil. and there would be large hits in other areas. reporter: government ran a $587 billion deficit last year, now president trump promises to do more with less. on thursday he is plans to ...

>> the government iran a $587 billion deficit last year. trump promises to do a lot more with less. on thursday he is planning to send his proposed budget to congress that could make lyrically painful cuts to domestic programs in order to move money and cut back on waste. >> when they need to spend money somewhere, they have to cut it from somewhere else. these are tough decisions but he is ready, willing and able to make the decisions. reporter: that would hit the epa and housing department, th...

Into syria. i think you are going to see that reflected this the vote. especially in the house. >> alisyn: congressman, you are on record with saying that you will not vote for military action in syria. so, given that the assad regime appears, given the evidence that we have seen to have used chemical weapons, what should be done? >> well, i think the number one thing we should do is not take our eye off of the two major problems we have got with our national defense right now. and the first one...

Bill: why not? >> i think, first of all, this rattling of sabers in syria takes our eye off iran. i think iran is loving the fact that were focusing on syria. secondly, i think that nobody can guarantee this is going to be just a two-day conflict as the presidents talked about. we could be locked in for years in a conflict in syria. i think our militarys been stretched too thin by this administration. theyve cut $587 billion out of national defense, and then on top of sequestration, i think its ...