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About the decision to not charge clinton in the investigation to her use of a private server and fbi director james comey speaking out about that in very stark terms tonight. Justice Correspondent Evan Perez joins me now with late details and lets talk about this exchange between clinton and powell. What does it is a, exactly . Anderson, it helps to put some context here. Remember this was back in 2009 and President Obama had to get special permission to use a blackberry issued the by the nsa he...

Special permission to use a blackberry issued the by the nsa and mrs. Clinton was asking colin powell for advice on using her blackberry. Colin what was your restriction on using a blackberry . Ive been told that Diplomatic Security personnel knew that you had one and used it, but no one fesses up to knowing how you used it. President obama has struck a blow for berry addicts like us. I have to figure out how to bring along the State Department and colin powell responds. I didnt have a blackberr...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with President Joe Biden this week as Republicans push for a deal pairing spending cuts with a debt ceiling increase, while the Congressional Budget Office will release new economic projections that could make it easier – or harder – for lawmakers to write a new farm bill. 

One we just keep spending as it is and raise the debt ceiling, or we make actual budgetary changes to lower spending or control the rate of spending over time and we raise the debt ceiling. the last time we controlled the rate of growth was budget sequestration about a decade ago when barack obama was president. he might remember that or im not sure what he remembers that these days. he was vice president of the united states. the president is wrong. he is gas lighting the american people becaus...

Has depleted our military. the presidents budget burps up defense spending not by enough says mccain. in one has done more to harm our readiness than budget sequestration. do your job, pass the 2018 budget in a timely manner to prevent harm to the military by more cuts. we have now been at war since right after 9/11 16 years in afghanistan and secretary mattis says the taliban is now winning. >> do you agree that we are not winning in afghanistan? >> sir, i understand the urgency. i understand i...

>> martha, thats true. dont forget where we are. this is after many years of budget sequestration, their barges have been quite dumb at caught radically. >> martha: the defense budget has been cut radically, nothing else. >> no, it was all non-defense budgets were cut other than the entitlement programs. the programs have been cut really deeply already for many years. now, this is going to go below the bone and into real muscle. >> martha: how can that be? we have more tax dollars going into the...

>> martha, thats true. dont forget where we are. this is after many years of budget sequestration, their barges have been quite dumb at caught radically. >> martha: the defense budget has been cut radically, nothing else. >> no, it was all non-defense budgets were cut other than the entitlement programs. the programs have been cut really deeply already for many years. now, this is going to go below the bone and into real muscle. >> martha: how can that be? we have more tax dollars going into the...

Capability to get out what they kale the first island chain or the inner island chain along the eastern coast. japan has a very big coastguard as they call it and increasingly even larger sea going ships, as well. the stakes are high and japan looks at these sea linings of communication as its lifeline. if china can control them. japan is at chinas mercy and i dont think they will let that happen. >> we learned from the talk lands, you can come to blows. would this result in that? >> we hope not...

Pentagon today announced off camera briefing its begun preparing for sequest race, and the harm it would do to national security. >> the white house said the mood should not be read as change in commitment to reach an agreement. >> this is act in response. that were is in stark contrast to the defense contractors in october. midst of the presidential campaign to hold off on issuing a 60-day notice of potential layoffs to workers required by law. >> for to us have gone this long a period of time,...