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Violent clashes continued this week at colleges and and universities across the country as Police Departments from New York City to los angeles moved in to clear propalestinian encampments and Arrest Protesters in scenes reminiscent of the vietnam war era. After more than a week of silence, President Biden addressed the growing campus chaos on thursday. Theres the right to protest but not the the right the cause chaos with. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcin...

Mexico. china is a different situation. china is not going to give into the pressure. chinese situation is more important. 20% of the worlds population visits china. that is amazing. >> lets look at our biggest trade partners, china, $660 billion in a year. you looked out, $611 billion with mexico. the president says how hampering this could be to our economy, it is not as bad because we can buy products from other countries and cut out that country, impact mexico more than it impacts us but can...

Sixth nuclear test since 2006. it tested 15 missiles last year alone. right now, experts believe north korea has between 30 and 60 nuclear warheads. the u.s. has about 6,800 warheads, almost 3,000 of them are retired. north koreas got a military budget estimated at around $7.5 bm. the u.s. spent about $611 billion on the military last year alone. kelly cobiella is here to join me now. kelly, it seems like it was just a short time ago that president trump tweeted in part, quote, rocket man now wa...

Princess leia in star wars. president obama signed a defense bill authorizing $611 billion for the military in 2017. it provides a 2.1% pay hike as well as different benefits for personnel and their families. it keeps the military prison at guantanamo bay open. im patricia stark and now back to "the kelly file." you had hinted with megyn kelly on this program last week, maybe daily press briefings arent needed. are you going to do away with those? >> its not a question of getting rid of cert...

Committee, but thats double what we used to spend. why do we need as a country to spend $611 billion on national security? >> well, one because we face more significant national security threats around the world than we have ever faced before. two, our people costs are higher than they have ever been before, which is not a bad thing. as a matter of fact, one of the provisions of this bill sets up a new retirement system so that the 83% of the people who serve in the military and leave with nothi...

Bill. there have been a lot of concerns about the caps put on the defense bill because of spending limits. is that a concern to you or do you side step hose spending caps? >> well, the caps are a concern but we found a way to add to the overseas contingency account so that we in the house budget and the defense bill on the floor right now meet exactly the amount that the president last asked for. its $611.9 billion. and we meet it exactly. so there are differences in how some of those funds get ...

Discretionary spending is higher than $61 billion. >> im sorry, $611 billion. >> but its a small part of the budget. its one weak bit of the budget that people keep running over and over and over again. its sort of like clean i dont go you are house by continually cleaning out your hall closet. eventually your house isnt getting any cleaner, youre just keeping yourself occupied. shumer is right, if you want to do something real about the budget, you put other things like defense and tax expends ...