Automatic Budget Cuts News Today

The next shutdown deadline approaches on November 17. A shutdown may be avoided, but markets will also assess the broader fiscal strategy of the U.S. government.

Tomorrow. this weekend hell be at mara l mar mar-a-lago. >> before he heads to mar-a-lago, the president will be in virginia giving a speech about military spending. you see him making that a priority for his budget, $54 billion in increased is his recommendation offset by $54 billion in cuts across domestic agencies, including the environmental protection agency. trump sees an opportunity to maybe bring the hawks and republican party who are very skeptical of him, privately and publicly, senato...

Next biggest threat it u.s. security and he had this warning about iran. >> iran will continue to influence across the region. if confirmed as chairman ill make sure that our leadership has a full range of military options to deal with iranian activity. >> reporter: his confirmation hearing to be the next joint chiefs chairman came on the very day the army announced it is cutting its force by 40,000 troops. going from 490,000 to 450,000 troops in the next two years. military bases and communitie...

Getting involved in syrias civil war. gregg: and rising floodwaters no match for automatic budget cuts. well tell you how those cuts are affecting some pretty vital equipment. >> you think youre okay because they tell you it has crested and everything and right away, within eight hours, overnight, here it was in my house up a-foot deep in the basement. [ male announcer ] lets say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. thats not much, you think. except its 2% every year. go to e-trade a...

When it comes to boosting the economy and creating jobs, gop leaders have stuck to one solution. cut spending. >> its time to cut spending. >> try and reduce the level of spending here in washington. >> our goal here is to cut spending. >> the sequester, it does cut spendi ing spending. >> cut spending. oh, sure, thatll fix everything, right? wrong. president obama repeatedly warned that last months automatic budget cuts would hurt our economy and slow down our recovery. >> my budget also replac...

They did emphasize the public was never in any imminent danger. the los angeles times, the tsa has delayed a plan allowing passengers to carry small pocket knives on to planes in a letter to employees yesterday, tsa chief john pistole said he planned to temporarily maintain a ban on knives after meeting with a security panel. >> thats good. >> the policy change was scheduled to take effect on thursday. >> willie, looks like those bayonets we were hoping to bring back -- >> thats a good call. >...

Daughters spring break. breitbart first gave the specific location are to the girls earlier this week. then congressman steve king went there in an interview on automatic budget cuts. >> we have the president doing these things. he sent the daughters to spring break in mexico a year ago and that was at our expense, too, and now to the bleepds most expensive places there, that is the wrong image to be coming out of the white house. >> and sean hannity made sure to mention. >> and he goes off to p...

Really didnt have a choice in. >> what the secret service is saying is no, they dont have a choice. this is something we have heard all along, throughout this entire debate over the forced budget cuts. that is from the white house. they say these cuts are u implemented in such a way that you cant really pick and choose. you cant rob peter to pay paul. thats whats so fascinating about this round of automatic budget cuts. theyre really unlike cuts we have seen in some time here in washington becau...

The cuts. that will stay staffed as it normally would be, and as for other events at the white house, you mentioned the children earlier. there still will be the easter egg roll. >> they have the easter egg roll, but everybody cant get the tours. i guess its tough when you have to pick what to cut. do you get the impression they really didnt have a choice? >> what the secret service is saying is no, they dont have a choice. this is something we have heard all along, throughout this entire debate...

You mentioned the children earlier. there still will be the easter egg roll. >> they have the easter egg roll, but everybody cant get the tours. i guess its tough when you have to pick what to cut. do you get the impression they really didnt have a choice? >> what the secret service is saying is no, they dont have a choice. this is something we have heard all along, throughout this entire debate over the forced budget cuts. that is from the white house. they say these cuts are implemented in suc...