them. so if you go back ten or 20 years and add it all up, its massive amounts of money that the united states has paid and stuffed up like nobody. this has gone on for decades by the way, many presidents, but no other president brings it up like i brought it up. many have complained about it. many have singled out germany for criticism because they are an economic powerhouse. they accuse them of funneling billions of dollars to russia even though they saw protection from the military from us. president trump: billions and billions of dollars are being paid to the country that is supposed to be protecting you. everyone is talking about it all over the world. well we are supposed to be protecting her from russia but why are you paying billions of dollars to russia for energy? why are the countries in nato, mainly germany, having a large percentage of the energy paid to
russia and if you look at it, germany is the capital of russia. despite looking at the american team, they loo
so this may be investors saying, oh, maybe you are okay with ending some of these trade wars. we ll talk about this trade deal and what it means. let s get to the white house where right now the president and first lady are wrapping up a meeting with the president of kenya and his wife. geoff bennett joins me. i want to get back to senator mccain and the controversy over flags that are at half staff in congress and many other places in the country but not at the white house. they were at half staff and are now back to full staff. reporter: flags are lowered by presidential proclamation so it s the president who decides who receives that honor and the recent tradition for senators who die in office have been to have flags lowered in their honor from the day of death until their burial. so during president obama s time in office, he had four sitting senators die. there was ted kennedy, robert byrd, daniel inouhe. john mccain under president trump did not receive that
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closer to finding that out. well, collecting sounds as they strip away from other noises and segments, they will put some in the segments and pieces them into those signs each as symbols that are similar to the alphabet. and they found they made different parts. they speak differently too. in the meantime, that s it at 5:00. we ll see you back here at 6:00 for an hour of tonight, the battle for the white house intensifies. president biden visits america s war dead in france, reminding voters of donald trump s presidential past. every marine i know knows about the battle. trump today combative in nevada. nobody loves the military more than me. nobody. nobody respects it. nobody s treated it better. nobody s done as much for the military as i have. it s his first official campaign rally since his historic felony conviction. new cbs polling tonight on the state of the race. also tonight, fury and blood shed in gaza. new details about israel s daring and dea
Wets in movies. as of last year movie production added $95 billion to the u.s. economy employing more than 2 million people in the u.s. and when you add in all the other money spent around movie sets, it s a $64 billion business just in new york state. in the face of serious challenges, hollywood is betting big on two movies from two of the most successful franchises in movie history, that they ll bring customers back into darkened theaters. tom cruise with the latest installment of mission impossible and an 80-year-old harrison ford as indiana jones. joining me now, matt bellamy of puck news. the potential economic industry enormous. how much is hollywood banking on this summer. what are the stakes in the comeback of this very important industry? executives in hollywood see this summer as crucial for
We heard that from jerome powell just jyesterday. it s important to emphasize there s a difference between what s happening with bank stocks and deposits. deposits, according to officials, have stabilized. stocks not so much. well, the concern is these become self-fulfilling prophecies, right, because one thing can spark another thing. that is the concern. i do want to show you something and get your thoughts. in 2008 the banking crisis, 25 banks failed. the total value of those banks, $364 billion. in 2023 the three bank failures so far exceeds that, almost by, well, almost by almost double, $552 billion. different causes to these crises, of course, 2008 was a failure of mortgage-backed securities. this one a really a combination of not predicting or adjusting to higher interest rates. how do when i look at that i think goodness, we re in a similar danger zone.
Own medical decisions. and medication abortion is an option that people should have and it should be their decision, not the court, nor politicians. before we go, i want to ask you about a bill you proposed this week. i would argue a pretty bold bill. it is the people over pentagon act, which would cut the pentagon s budget by 100 billion dollars per year. you have suggested refocusing that money on other priorities like infrastructure, health care, and education. what is your message to those who think a cutting budget, or cutting the budget of defense spending makes us less safe, especially as the world becomes more dangerous with russia and china on the rise? you know what it does, cutting 100 billion, when you look at the defense budget over 850 billion compared to the budget which i shared on the committee on appropriations for the last 64 billion for development and diplomacy, come on. we ve got to have a balance
National security strategy. 100 billion, when you look at the waste, fraud, and abuse inherent in the pentagon budget that has not even passed an audit yet, when you look at the defense contractors misuse in tax dollars, scamming the system, you cannot tell me that 100 billion will pamper. we had military experts show us and make sure that we understood that that is not going to touch any effort that would harm our troops, it is not going to make a dent in our ability to share national security. but what it will do is begin to address the abuse of taxpayer dollars so that we can have the resources here in our own country for education, and housing, and health care, for the climate, for all of the issues that the american people so deserve. 100 billion out of 858 billion versus 64 billion for diplomacy, for preventing wars, come on. this is a modest measure.
Health care, and education. what is your message to those who think a cutting budget, or cutting the budget of defense spending makes us less safe, especially as the world becomes more dangerous with russia and china on the rise? you know what it does, cutting 100 billion, when you look at the defense budget over 850 billion compared to the budget which i shared on the committee on appropriations for the last 64 billion for development and diplomacy, come on. we ve got to have a balance national security strategy. 100 billion, when you look at the waste, fraud, and abuse inherent in the pentagon budget that has not even passed an audit yet, when you look at the defense contractors misuse in tax dollars, scamming the system, you cannot tell me that 100 billion will pamper. we had military experts show us and make sure that we understood that that is not going to touch any effort that would harm our troops, it is not going to make a dent in our ability to share
National security. but what it will do is begin to address the abuse of taxpayer dollars so that we can have the resources here in our own country for education, and housing, and health care, for the climate, for all of the issues that the american people so deserve. 100 billion out of 858 billion versus 64 billion for diplomacy, for preventing wars, come on. this is a modest measure. and i have been working on this not recently this has been for 25 years. and we are building support around the country for this, but it is not an issue around national security. it is an issue about misuse of taxpayer dollars. democratic congresswoman barbara lee of california, congresswoman thank you so much for your time, i always appreciate talking to you, thank you for coming back on the show. nice being with you. ahead, colorado secretary of state, janet griswold joins me to discuss the growing number
they refused to leave the chapel, but school officials moving to end the around-the-clock service due to overcrowding. public afternoon services will continue through tomorrow. starting on friday evening, services will be held off campus. walmart easily beating expectations for their fourth quarter sales and earnings. the retail giant reporting $164 billion in revenue. the company says it expects sales to rise by at least 2% this fiscal year. experts say walmart s grocery department played a key role in its solid showing. and take a look at this, police in alaska being praised for bringing home the bacon after this little pig escaped his owner s home. the swine who goes by the name elvis pigsley was founded in freezing temperatures before being taken in by officers.