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Funding bill. we begin with john roberts live at the white house. hi, john. >> good morning, to you. the president is expected to leave the white house in about an hour headed for his christmas vacation at mar-a-lago. yesterday we were told the president may have a full blown press conference today but that wouldnt leave a lot of time between now and his departure for the press to get together and ask questions of the president. im told that he may stop and talk to the press on his way to the he...

Cuts? >> yeah, sure, no, that would be the last thing we want to do. there are two things necessary for getting the debt and deficit under control. spending control. getting spending under control. reforming entitlements and cutting spending and growing the economy. so this is our plan to grow the economy. and we are convinced this will grow the economy. all say it will, its just a question of degree. >> it is without a doubt a question of degree. and what if theyre not as optimist optimistic? >...

Wash, so that youre not adding to the deficit at all because of this? >> nobody knows the answer to that question because thats in the future. in addition to getting the economy growing faster and getting people in higher paying jobs is we have to control our spending. that we have more work to do. >> reporter: so, control our spending can be a euphemism for a lot of things, craig. its clear that entitlement programs are something that this congress and this president are now saying they want to...

If im elected president, there will be no cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid." that is exactly what ryan has in mind and i challenge the president maybe for once in his life, keep the promises that you made, tell ryan and mitch mcconnell that you will veto any legislation that cuts social security, medicare and medicaid. its obscene to give tax breaks to billionaires and then cut these programs that are life-and-death for the middle-class of this country. >> and the president as a ca...

And sustainable. so, look, i think we will make some improvements to ensure the long-term viability of these programs. >> to play devils advocate, youre going to say that to people about medicare and welfare and medicaid and the like just after you gave me and anderson cooper a huge tax break. >> yeah, im going to defend the proposition that tax reform should be about maximizing economic growth, and if we do that then we also, by the way, maximize revenue. and separately, no matter what you do, ...

Cuts to entitlement programs if they do it. so the way this was easier than obamacare -- not to take anything away from their accomplishment. this is their success. i dont mean to take anything away from their political accomplishment. they were able to use more creative accounting and things to get this done because they all agreed on what they wanted. then the wizards of the procedure and parliamentarian made a way to make it hang together. >> dana: its only the end of the presidents first yea...

Last night they were saying its going to be a lot more than $1.5 trillion added to the deficit. let me point out why i i think its going to be harder to have the bill win approval. it relates to deficits. if the republicans are going to turn around and say we have such large deficits in the country now, now we really need to reform the entitlement programs. in other words, we want to cut medicare and social security and were going to do that because we have these large deficits, that is not goin...

When you look at pass press department, they will have to deal with the debt issue. >> and we have lot of nonpartisan analyses that say this will increase the debt.>> nonpartisan analyses that say this will increase the debt. paul ryan said well turn to medicare and entitlement programs to bring down the debt. so i think republicans know that it will add to the debt. to say otherwise doesnt make any sense. >> so one thing ive heard myself even this morning is frankly some griping. there is frust...

Whether or not they could feel in the their pocketbook beginning in february they will and along the line theyre going to see an economy which is going to continue to grow. theyll see job opportunities come and we believe theyre also going to see an improvement in their own wages. that takes a little bit longer to happen, but were convinced it will. >> at the same time -- and i know youre a deficit hawk -- this tax plan comes with a price tag adding about maybe $1 trillion or $1.5 trillion to th...

Children and $600 for adults. that led the cbo to project that people wont buy health insurance in the millions. 13 million people will go without health insurance and cause premiums to rise by 10%. sarah huckabee sanders this afternoon said that is a much-needed fix in obamacare. listen here. >> we said all along our healthcare system is broken. it has to be fixed. its not sustainable. this is one step in the process. well continue moving forward and looking at the best ways to improve our heal...