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Has had such a political overtake on me. i believe that gun control and everything just needs to change. and i think put politics aside, students need to feel safe at school. this can never happen again and just it cant happen again. >> mayor, i want to ask you how people back in parkland are doing. we are going to hear from many students tonight at 9:00 in the ta town hall. and this is the beginning of a long process. >> yeah, it is. it is a very long process. and our community is still grievin...

Now the second year agenda will look toward bigger picture items that he can attract a fair amount of bipartisanship, the president is hoping. and on his laundry list are furtherering the creation of jobs, growing the economy, big infrastructure package, immigration, trade, national security. on infrastructure the president believes he can get bipartisan sports on they tout a plan between 1 trillion and 1.8 trillion depending who you listen to. the president said the other day 1.7 trillion. and ...

You can pretty much x that out. theres not a lot of appetite for that. that said, there are things they can do on obamacare they would like to consider. when will do those? how? they want to do them quickly. the question is, what the method or vehicle would be for doing those. the key here is in the month of january, they need to deal with must pass items early and quickly. formula one of those bigger picture items ever come to fru institution with such a slim majority in the senate and differen...

>> jeff zeleny at the white house, thank you. lets go to our congressional correspondent phil mattingly. phil, the house has now voted and its up to the senate to follow suit. >> reporter: thats right. right now it looks like the enthusiasm to go home is besting the enthusiasm to fight. the house passing republicans on their own had the votes to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government open through january 19th. the senate is now moving quickly as well and could try to speed up that p...

Sides of the aisle criticize the presidents comments. but lets talk what about this does for his ability to actually work with congress going forward, as long as theyre always consumed with these headlines. another week of headlines. how are they going to get anything done on the agenda in what is supposed to be a busy september? >> absolutely. this is definitely going to make the relationship between the white house and capitol hill and distract lawmakers from their long list when they get back...

Dispute that. his the six-month mark friday. obamacare will be the law of the land on friday. tax reform is nowhere in the legislative process. they is committee hearings but different disagreements between the white house approach and speaker ryans approach. infrastructure another big presidents priority. maybe not for other members of the republican party, certainly for president trump, it is nowhere. theres big questions whether hell get the money for his wall. back to that. the trump agenda ...

Are all important ielts. but heres the issue, and this a regular fight i get into with my republican staffer friends on the hill. your big picture items are what they are. you have control of all the levers of government right now. you promise to deliver on those things. you havent delivered on them yet. until they pass health care, until they work kind of thoroughly forward on tax reform, until they do something on infrastructure, those are the key promises. those havent been delivered on yet. ...

Nation because thats when he represents. >> as you put together this budget do you look back and say maybe i shouldnt have voted that way. >> no. i did the best job i could to represent the folks in south carolina and i think we put out a good budget. >> i want to wrap up with one final question, when will you be able to propose a budget? what year? >> its mid-may and well have the larger budget. >> the first term? >> i dont know yet. i honestly dont -- because we dont know what health care refo...

We dont know what health care reform will look like, tax reform, the infrastructure program. those are the really big picture items we wont know about for a couple of months. >> well have to leave it there. mick mulvaney, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. on health care president trump is working to get the republican support in the house and the plan to get through the house but the obamacare replacement faces tough on session in the senate as well. if all 48 senators vote no as ...

Special interests were not and this is a budget for the entire nation because thats when he represents. >> as you put together this budget do you look back and say maybe i shouldnt have voted that way. >> no. i always thought i did the best job i could to represent the folks in south carolina and i think we put out a good budget. >> i want to wrap up with one final question, when will you be able to propose a balanced budget? what year? >> its mid-may anwell have the larger budget. >> the first ...