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Its an enormous privilege. even the tough days are good days. >> you had an enormously charismatic and popular president who didnt seem to understand how to move the levers of government. >> bill clinton came into office with some bad news. turned out the deficit was much worse than they thought. he had to figure out a way to get us out of a recession. the 1993 budget was an attempt to do that. >> i had hoped to invest in your future by creating jobs, expanding education, reforming healthcare an...

What we see in terms of program cuts? the democrats are already saying there goes meals on wheels. there goes efforts to save -- >> they are taking away a lot of deductions that the highest earners typically enjoy. thats one of the issues --in >> sean: juan is worried hesha going to get hurt. >> taking away without the estate tax? all of a sudden -- >> sean: it you already pay taxes on that. ive got to run. >> i think people like sean hannity, i dont think we should put money in his pocket. >> s...

15% break. thats a huge cost to the federal budget. what we see in terms of program cuts? the democrats are already saying there goes meals on wheels meals on wheels. >> they are taking away a lot of deductions that the highest earners typically enjoy. thats one of the issues -- >> sean: juan is worried hes going to get hurt. >> taking away without the estate tax? all of a sudden -- >> sean: it you already pay taxes on that. ive got to run. >> i think people like sean hannity, i dont think we sh...

Interests or lobbyists or many members of congress, this is a national budget from a national representative and a former president. were very pleased with the way it turned out. spoon its interesting to say that, democrats including senator schumers office, putting out a series of headlines, many trump voters would feel program cuts and budget proposal, trumps budget could hurt manufacturing and innovation, trumps budget cuts could hit his base, rule voters. they are making the case that the bu...

Members of congress, this is a national budget from a national representative and a former president. were very pleased with the way it turned out. spoon its interesting to say that, democrats including senator schumers office, putting out a series of headlines, many trump voters would feel program cuts and budget proposal, trumps budget could hurt manufacturing and innovation, trumps budget cuts could hit his base, rule voters. they are making the case that the budget as written now as proposed...

Vehicle slammed into the embers of a school band as the gulf shores mardi gras parade was beginning. officials say a 73-year-old man was driving the suv. they say they do not believe the act was intentional and that so far there was no sign of drugs or alcohol. fox 32 in chicago. public school officials say the academic year will end early unless the state provides enough funds to close a deficit and provide teacher pension fund relief. the governor has vetoed a bill to put $215 million into pen...

Protection agency. i know donald trump doesnt like it and the head of the e.p.a. doesnt like it, but americans like that rule companies cant dump stuff in your water. >> it could be a gray area. because the e.p.a. is important and the title, environmental protection agency doesnt mean theres not fat to cut. >> theres fat all over the government to cut. >> its low level nondefense programs. we have had budget fights and big deficits and its impossible to cut medicare and social security. the mili...

For some of the program cuts. president obama borrowed money from s.n.a.p. to pay for a portion of the first ladys anti-obesity campaign and he was perhaps naively counting on congress to refund the money he took away. cnns rosa flores has more. >> reporter: it sounded like a great idea when it was launched. a program aimed in part at making school lunches healthier. >> were determined to finally take on one of the most serious threats to their future and thats the epidemic of childhood obesity....

Boehner during their effort at the grand bargain. one thing republicans were demanding, put it on paper. cant just be in private conversation, at least this part of it the president will be putting on paper when he released the budget on wednesday. >> todays jobs numbers came out. fairly abuss mall and the labor participation is now as low as the jimmy carter levels. never a good comparison. might those numbers add a sense of urgency to the negotiation? >> yeah. i think they could. and i think t...

Then you put it over to payroll. the president could fix it, but so far hes chosen not to. >> gretchen: this is a big deal for 800,000 people, most civilians at the pentagon. its furloughed one day every week, cut of 20%. interesting e-mails we received since we talked about this at 6:00 oclock from viewers, they say that during this time employees will be unable to take another job due to federal restrictions. so it seems like theyre going to be in a tough spot. i wonder how many calls will be ...