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Thousands of pages of a massive $1.5 trillion bill to avert a government shut down on friday. it still is very important, bret. because it includes $1.6 billion in aid for ukraine. thats humanitarian and defense dollars with rare bipartisan support. the bill also will expand the u.s. defense budget here at home to $782 billion. thats a big jump, a $42 billion jump over fiscal year 2021. now, house democrats tried to move on a vote on this bill this morning but it was stalled by progressives. the...

To have a new gusher of spending, a new gusher of taxes and a new gusher of borrowing. >> a gusher of borrowing, which is what i just showed you he did. and thats not all. there are some ryan defenders who argue, well, part of that was compromising on policy in the obama era, and thats an argument but, again, lets just do the numbers. the clearest exposure of the ryan hypocrisy actually came just now in the last year because you had united republican government and ryan got one major bill passed...

Of the administration -- >> i want to hold you on the deficit because thats what he ran on. thats what paul ryan and other republicans -- take a look. lets show the economic fact. barack obama leaves with a $587 billion deficit that was decreasing. donald trump and the republicans come in, it jumped to $782 billion. now theyve lost control of the congress. is it wrong to run on something and then do the opposite? >> look, if thats the case, no politician would ever run for office. we see this fr...

Already donald trump exploding it, exploding it to $782 billion. do voters in the places that youre talking to, do they know that? does that matter? does the deficit and tax bill hurt or help donald trump and the republicans tuesday? >> hes learned that the more often he tells the lie, the more believable it becomes. and i think that -- no, i dont think most people understand that. not much time is spent on television talking economics. its boring television. so i think, yes, i think there is a ...

With all the growth plan. already donald trump exploding it to $782 billion. do voters in the places thaw are ta talking to, do they know that matters and does the deficit hurt or help donald trump and the republicans tuesday? >> hes learned that the more often he tells the lie, the more believable it becomes. i think -- i dont think most people understand that. not much time is spent on television talking economics. its boring television. i think there is a lack of understanding of this, but as...

>> isnt that wrong? >> yeah, thats wrong, but thats the hypocrisy of the swamp. >> but thats donald trump, the guy you like. let me put it up so voters can see. >> i appreciate you want to hold me accountable. >> here is barack obama. 587 billion when he was leaving office. donald trump runs saying deficits are a problem. kudlow is in charge, theyre growing the deficit to 782 billion. not just hypocritical but wrong. they promised the opposite. >> theres a number of layers to the question. the f...

Picture. despite economic growth, the budget deficit rose from 6$666 billion to $782 billion. it is the third con sesecutive increase since federal revenue essentially flat lined. tax revenue fell some 31% as companies took advantage of the new lower tax rates. government spending increased by an estimated 3%. lets turn to business for a moment. global markets were dragged down by china as the ongoing trade fight with the u.s. continues to stall its economy. what is the latest? >> so the chine...

>> greta: lots going on as you have been involved in your primary. i want to talk first about the economy. were still not soaring out of this recession. although vice president biden says we are. but the unemployment level is still rather grim. what are your thoughts about our economy and the direction we are headed? >> my thoughts are that their policies have been total disaster. you can talk about their argument, jobs created, jobs saves, this, that. the fundamental fact is they said if we pas...

>> greta: lots going on as you have been involved in your primary. i want to talk first about the economy. were still not soaring out of this recession. although vice president biden says we are. but the unemployment level is still rather grim. what are your thoughts about our economy and the direction we are headed? >> my thoughts are that their policies have been total disaster. you can talk about their argument, jobs created, jobs saves, this, that. the fundamental fact is they said if we pas...