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These men today? >> i want to know how well the budget request meets the security needs of the country. you look at two things. one we were just talking about. what are the threats were facing. secondly, whats the state of our military. i think president trump during the campaign promised exactly the right thing to rebuild our military, to make sure the men and women who fight have exactly what they need. im concerned, however, that the first budget that his folks have sent over do not keep that...

Allegiance under oath? think of it, i hardly know the man. no, i didnt say that and didnt say the other. >> if robert mueller wanted to speak with you -- >> i would be glad to tell him exactly what i told you. >> welcome back to "morning joe." its monday, june 12th. with us we have rick tyler, president of the council on foreign reellations, richard haass, kasie hunt, and chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," peter baker. >> kasie, fascinating news about jeff sessions, the at...

Election. >> why do they say they? >> something happens, overseas, given the case or here. >> are you afraid? >> it is what it is. >> whats going on with north korea and syria? >> just a lot of tension still. the president is talking about maybe sending people back to afghanistan. >> you guys really dont hear anything about that when youre here? >> we have no phones, no computers. >> our drill sergeant said whatever happens here, doesnt matter to us were in the no zone. >> reporter: in the no zo...

We are absolutely dead serious about the wall. in fact, after taking care of the national security, my guess its in the top three. i know for a fact it is. we made that very clear to the folks on the hill that while we did not get as much money as we wanted for border security and the 2017 on the best, many of you were here for the presentation i gave on that and we will see increased border security between today and the end of the calendar year. by the same token, we continue to press on. we d...

Knowledge and awareness of all the potential actors in a city like manchester, and you just cannot do that. you can put some greater standoff distance from crowds, but you also have concertgoers who were coming from the train station into the concert hall and do you scan them at the train station where theres another concentration of people out in the middle of the street, i mean these are incredibly complicated questions and they disrupt or freedoms and normal lives and you cannot do this every...

This country more secure. the departments basic discretionary budget has $32.4 billion. we can never invest too much the security of our citizens and community is, in my opinion, we will be able to both sustain our border security operations and make improvements that will make us all safer. that includes hiring i.c.e. agents, improving cybersecurity, funding grants that support state and local communities, and funding the coast guard operations at $344 million above the fy 17 budget request. as...

>> negotiations are critical but have to be part of a broader strategy than just thrown out on a tweet saying hey, lets get together and see if we can get along and come up with some sort of a deal. that doesnt work. >> clinton praised james mattis for supporting u.s. foreign aid funding despite a budget request to cut the funding. >> jon: trace gallagher, things. ahead, the ceo of united airlines in the hot seat. thats next.

Effective corporate tax rate is 27%, not really 35%. but of bringing that down to 15%, do you think that will actually spur economic growth in the way that the white house and treasury secretary mnuchin and your colleague, andy harris, all say it will? >> i think theres going to be debate about the debailtails. i think broadly there is an opportunity to reduce rates and simplify the tax code to drive investment here in the united states rather than having it happen overseas. the reality is thoug...

Yes, he won the republicans and republicans from the border states are against the border wall and nobody knows if it makes sense, how effective it would be and what we would be getting into and before we stick it in a last-minute budget request then we tuite know a little bit more about what it means. you wont get one democratic vote for that. >> theres talk of a breakthrough on health care. have the white house or have any of your colleagues and republicans reached out to you or any of your de...

Remain on the same page, especially when it comes to financing. >> so what is the position in syria right now? you know as of a week ago, haley saying one thing, tillerson another, nothing from trump. then you send in 59 tomahawk missiles, now we seem to be trying to find a middle. so whats the policy? >> you realize you ask the budget guy that question. >> you said it, theyre all on the same page. so i figure you know what that page is, though. >> my guess is that you are much better off talkin...