Budget Pie News Today

good afternoon. im peter alexander in for chris jansing. as we come on the air, we are following that breaking news out of memphis. all five police officers involved this the fatal confrontation case of 29-year-old tyre nichols are behind bars. in a few hours, were expecting a live update from the shelby county da. former prosecutor paul butler is joining us. we have a reporter on the ground who is there. well the get to her in a moment too. paul, i want to walk tokes through what happ...

>> hello, lindsey graham. thre threatens to kick some you know what. he says, quote, we are screwing americas veterans with this budget. well hit that in a moment. to dana bash we go, our chief congressional correspondent. the vote here in the senate. this is not the absolute final vote. this was the procedural vote today on the budget. can we say this is pretty much a done deal here? >> yes, we can say its pretty much a done deal. the time vote is going to be tomorrow. based on the fact that a ...

Budget. is that enough to you? to get the thing off the ground? not even 1%, in cuts? >> well, as you know theres a lot of confusion, because, what the republicans are talking about, now, is they are focused on a very narrow piece of the budget pie. they are not considering the tax give aways to the oil and gas industry and we have --s. martha: they want to raise taxes in the the economy is in the process of recovering, and they have been clear on that. >> lets be very clear. gas prices at the p...

It will be more far reaching. the essential services, national security, those kinds of thins will continue. when it comes to the park service and department of agricultural services all of those thins will have to come to a halt. martha: democrats think they ought to cut more. i did the numbers on this. they are arguing about .6% of the federal budget. this is what you folks in washington cant get together on .6%. >> you raise a fair point its ridiculous were having to discussion. this is spend...

And to get those kind of cuts out of that small piece of the budget pie is going to mean some serious reductions, and community development block grants, community service block grants and a whole host of programs that are very important to people. so i think were going to see a lot of pain in the presidents budget, but were also going to see some important investments in the countrys future in terms of renewable energy, education, things they can make as competitive on the world stage >> but he...

Investment in infrastructure and schools, universities, research, et cetera, that we who are wealthy and upper income benefit from and we want a strong public sector and those of us doing well can aford to pay more and should. >> shepard: got it. youve said that that will end the debate with respect -- it wont end the debate. the argument is not going away. its older than you and i. the question is, will you be able to make this sell? and who is it particularly -- im curious tone in youre one, w...