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First one. you had a budget in place when president bush addressed congress. >> a detailed tax plan out, serious budget outline. this is a very vague set of commitments he talked about that are impossible to put together. you cant have the spending, no tax increases, no entitlements, and cut domestic discretionary spending massively. thats not going to work in congress. so the outlines are not working for people like ryan to put together the details. >> what about the messaging the steve bannon/...

Not get that close on the first round? how can you do it on the third? >> well, 12 votes of a candidate backed out which would get him to 1.5, and two abstention, and they vote, they could go with keith ellison and then some defections from perez who made a promise on the first round, but not the second. >> you have been in these kinds of rooms in the convention and the platform committee and what is going on right now, the ellison campaign doing to try to get the votes? >> well, look, they have...

Opposition. the race appears to be split between two names, minnesota congressman, and tom perez. there is a dark horse candidate making waves, the mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg. he joins me now. mayor pete, we had the chance to spend time together last week. you are starting quite a wave of support. last night, i saw batman, michael keaton towing his support behind y. theres a lot of enthusiasm. when we get down to numbers, ellison and perez have enough commitments from dnc membe...

>> we as democrats must move forward with courage, confidence, and optimism. and stay focussed on the elections we must win this year and next. let resistance, plus persistence equal progress for our party and our country. >> all right, you can call this the biggest little election in the country. there are fewer than 1,000 votes that are going to decide this, but the winner in many ways, the public face of the democratic party. the chair of the democratic national committee. the election as we ...

Credit is imof him. well move the embassy to jerusalem, gets asked about it the other day, he says well were thinking about it and id kind of like to do and well let you know. lot of his commitments seem to be written on water, and become vapor really, so it depends on the mood hes in. >> youve got congressional republicans and it seems to me that where things are going to re h a tough pass is over the budget which is coming uhm pret up pretty soon. the white house budget folks talking about 3.2...

Follow-through. we need to follow-up to make sure the commitments on the phone and in person. >> reporter: dhs memo and immigration efforts cost money and hiring more agents. you believe it will be sufficient? >> press secretary spicer: i think ice and dhs, are looking at what it is going to cost and putting a request together and figured how much can be handled through reallocation and also work with congress. >> reporter: there was an election record report out today that the president raise a...

Country and why he is going to enact the policies he is going to enact. john, george im sorry. >> thanks sean. let me ask you about the vice presidents european trip. >> yes. >> im curious whether he received any commitments from our european allies to commit more in terms of their financial contributions to nato? >> i think several of them, i saw chancellor merkels comments previous to that noting that they understand that the u.s. is asking for that commitment. look, we are one of the only cou...

Through on it. >> is it an ongoing process? >> of course. we need to follow up to ensure that the commitments they are making are followed up. dave. >> sean, thanks. the dhs memos today, obviously, these immigration enforcement efforts cost money, hiring more agents. >> right. >> do you indicate that the current budget is sufficient? >> right now i.c.e. and dhs in particular as well as cvp are looking at what this is going to cost and how much and putting a request together and figuring out how ...

Are willing to follow through on it. >> is it an ongoing process? >> of course it is. we need to follow up to make sure the commitments theyre making in person or to the vice president are being followed up on. >> dhs memos today. obviously these immigration enforcementments cost money. hiring more agents. >> right. >> do you envision that the current budget is sufficient? >> i think right now ice and dhs are looking at what this is going to cost and how much in putting a request together, then ...

The vice president was an incredible representative for our nation and the president during his time where he reit it are aed our support for european allies and unified pursuit of the noble ideas of freedom, democracy, and justice and the rule of law in discussing how to do more to encourage all nato allies to meet their financial obligations and commitments. during his speech before the munich security council on saturday, the vice president conveyed the administrations unwavering commitment t...