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Were talking with each of the agencies and departments about how to walk through the budget in a way that ensures they can continue to do the core functions that they want while finding ways to reduce waste and get rid of duplicity. thats a washington way of looking at a problem when you say, lets look at how much we spend as a measure of how much we care or how much well get done. the president has been clear as to what his priorities on the budget are and the outcomes that we expect from every...

Acting attorney general has made democrats here on capitol hill a little feisty. >> what are democrats saying about these delay tactics? we just heard from sean spicer. he said senate democrats are trying to stall core functions of our government. what are the dems saying? >> reporter: democrats are essentially recognizing they dont appear to have the votes to defeat any of these cabinet nominees so their strategy appears to be to delay. a top senate democrat essentially said theyre using the ru...

>> i will tell you that the cyber issue is a different kettle of fish. i think we are moving into an arena now in which the ability at a fairly low cost for not just state actors like russia or china but also non-state actors to penetrate core functions in our society whether its infrastructure, our financial systems, government and health records, that is moving faster than our defenses are moving and this is something that ive been aware of since i started. >> are we outmatched on that level? ...

Aggression. what the new defense guidelines and collective defense approach that prime minister abe is proposing simply upgrades our ability to carry out those core functions. we do share as people in countries around the world share a determination to eliminate the kind of barbaric terrorist acts perpetrated by organizations like isil that have resulted in the death of innocent citizens from the united states from japan, from other countries and most of all from muslim countries. thats why we h...

Guidelines and the collective defense approach that prime minister abes proposing, simply upgrades our ability to carry out those core functions. we do share as people and countries all around the world share, a determination to eliminate the kind of barbaric terrorist acts perpetrated by organizations like isil, that have resulted in the death of innocent citizens from the united states, from japan, from other countries and most of all, from muslim countries. and thats why we have a broad based...

Potential attack or aggression. and with the new defense guidelines and collective defense approach prime minister abe is proposing simply upgrades our ability to carry out those core functions. we do share as people and countries all around the world share, a determination to eliminate the barbaric terrorist acts perpetrated by organizations like isil that have resulted in the death of innocent citizens from the united states, from japan from other countries and most of all from muslim countrie...

Which was finesse the issue saying i agree with this part of the law. thats not how the law is supposed to work. and i think hes now gotten caught up in the fact that he didnt follow the law and now he has to apologize for it. >> eugene, you disagree. you think his powers as commander-in-chief trumps the statute. >> yes, i do. the constitution gives the president the responsibility of being commander-in-chief of the armed forces. what happened in this case is an exercise of the presidents core f...

Saying i agree with this part of the law. thats not how the law is supposed to work. and i think hes now gotten caught up in the fact that he didnt follow the law and now he has to apologize for it. >> eugene, you disagree. you think his powers as commander-in-chief trumps the statute. >> yes, i do. the constitution gives the president the responsibility of being commander-in-chief of the armed forces. what happened in this case is an exercise of the presidents core functions as commander-in-chi...

More on that. >> reporter: jenna, good afternoon. despite its image as monstrous beast with tentacles everywhere and countless means at its dispose aable to make your life miserable. the irs according to this report, agency overwhelmed by budget cuts, manpower challenge as execution of core functions. national taxpayer advocate nina olson says the irs could not answer 20 million of roughly 100 million calls it received. waiting times on hold averaged 18 minutes. and that even the agencys most fe...

That the president signed up for an individual bronze plan. he didnt do the signup himself. a staff membered signed him up. the white house citing the complicated nature of the presidents case. >> what people need to understand about how the website works, one of core functions is to confirm your identity. the way they confirm an individuals identity you submit your personal information and they check that personal information against a variety of government databases. the presidents personal in...