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Says, domestic discretionary spending, what the administration proposes to cut to pay for increase in defense only accounts for 15% of spending and less than 5% of spending growth. its really social security and health spending on the other hand accounting for half of total spending and almost two-thirds of spending growth over the next decade. this is not different than what youve been saying that we need to take an ax to the entitlement programs. any opportunity to do that in this budget? >> s...

Yes, its good to give intention to the loss, its good to give the dignity battling through. you could see her looking up to draw strength from on high and talking to her husband. there are potential pitfalls in a move like this. that investigation of that operation isnt done yet. and you have to make sure that the desire to give it attention isnt to distract from figuring out what happened there. thats how you honor the legacy by making sure you know the facts and well do that. there are big plu...

A speech the president gave or something the president said previously. we are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars. so we will be spending less overseas and spending more back home. i forgot your second question. >> on entitlements. the biggest driver of spending. >> very unusual to -- this is a budget blueprint what some folks used to call a skinny budget and it would not be unusual for larger policy decisions including tax reform revenue projects not to be included. >> ...

Cut? >> foreign aid, that is the same answer i just gave. yes, fairly small part of the discretionary budget but still consistent with what the president said. when eusebius reductions come you can stay tying it back to words that he said, were taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars, so we will be spending less overseas and spending more back home. i forgot your second question. >> reporter: on entitlements, why not address them? >> this is a budget blueprint what some folks...

A speech the president gave or something the president has said previously. he simply will -- we are taking his words and turning them in to policies and dollars. we will be spending less overseas, and spending more back home. i forgot your second question. >> entitlements. >> entitlements. >> why not address entitlements, which is the biggest driver -- >> this is a budget blueprint, but some folks used to call it a skinny budget, and it would not be at all unusual for larger policy decisions, i...

Stay tying it back to words that he said, were taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars, so we will be spending less overseas and spending more back home. i forgot your second question. >> reporter: on entitlements, why not address them? >> this is a budget blueprint what some folks used to call a skinny budget, it would not be at all unusual for a larger policy decisions including tax reform, revenue projections not to be included in this budget. >> reporter: so down the line...

Pass obamacare. and the question i have is do you see the same kind of grass roots activism here? do you think this is at all equivalent to what the tea party was doing back then? >> i think theres certainly a lot of anger, and the base is activated. thats something republicans should watch, absolutely. i think the tea party stood for something, there were principles. im not sure, this seems to be more of a movement thats standing against trump instead of standing for something specifically. but...

Pass obamacare. and the question i have is do you see the same kind of grass roots activism here? do you think this is at all equivalent to what the tea party was doing back then? >> i think theres certainly a lot of anger, and the base is activated. thats something republicans should watch, absolutely. i think the tea party stood for something, there were principles. im not sure, this seems to be more of a movement thats standing against trump instead of standing for something specifically. but...

President obama was trying to pass obamacare. and the question i have is do you see the same kind of grass roots activism here? do you think this is at all equivalent to what the tea party was doing back then? >> i think theres certainly a lot of anger, and the base is activated. thats something republicans should watch, absolutely. i think the tea party stood for something, there were principles. im not sure, this seems to be more of a movement thats standing against trump instead of standing f...

And policies change as a result of elections but democracy in yours. the things that im seeing that are really problematic are the attack on pillars of democracy like the media, the independent judiciary which donald trump called so-called justices and insinuated he would blame them when the terror attack happens, the violation of ethics rules. all of these things are anti-democratic, democratic with a small d. this is something thats deeply troubling where its not just about the ebbs and flows ...