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Interactions, but it is very few and far in between. >> we also hear is he a prolific reader. we also know the president has proposed a budget that would cut almost 30% of the money from the secretary of states budget. there are still a lot of positions under him that have been left unfilled. whats going on there? >> well, i think there is a lot of concern that secretary tillerson is not really fighting back for those cuts. he has said that he thought he wants to see it as kind of a glide path t...

And so long as the president and others are talking about repeal and replace, you probably are not going to get much cooperation. if you want to talk about restructuring, fixing, making better and stop some of the vitreal, then you may get cooperation. infrastructure, housing, they may want to put some dollars back in the cbdt line item that the presidents budget zeros out completely. so, you know, you introduce a budget that is devastating to cities and mayors all across the country. and then s...

Would the same voter bs happy with them? the freedom kau caucaucus, i wo argue probably not. they dont need to be at war with one another this early on in his administration. its not going to help the freedom caucus. its not going to help the trump administration. its not going to help paul ryan or the republican renos on capitol hill. they better get on the same team and do it quickly. >> bernie sanders was at a boston rally last night and had harsh words for hillary clintons campaign. take a l...

Fueled this takeover phenomena. >> we romanticize these characters, but these are fat cats, first cousins to the financial manipulators, the robber barons of the late 19th century. >> theyre trying to make a buck by doing nothing and putting people out of work. >> economists agree that some up employment, some hardship is unavoidable in making the united states lean and mean again. but the takeover specialists call corporate restructuring. >> corporate america needs some kick now and then to bec...

Big increases in hard power, big cuts to soft power. lets take a first look at some of those big ticket hard power items. $54 billion increase in defense spending, that breaks down into 52 billion for the pentagon and 2 billion to be given to other agencies who are involved in defense. homeland security ops the budget by $3 billion, veterans affairs gets a little more than $4 billion. also, $1.5 billion for beginning construction of the wall, as well. massive cuts on the other side to some of th...

Part, it was the president said that he wanted a hard power budget and he got a hard power budget. the omb director said today and yesterday in a background briefing that what the omb didnt put in the budget, they listened to every promise the president made and created a budget policy around that. thats why youre seeing major cuts at the state department in terms of the foreign aid budget. i asked the omb director how much of the 10.1 billion, the 28% being cut from the state department budget ...

On the political spectrum being you might have found the sweet spot. >> governor, does he have a point of neither side gets everything at once? >> no, ohio is disagreeing, asa hutchins is disagreeing. governor after governor who has expanded medicaid thinks this is the craziest plan anyone has ever come up with. the difference is the gentleman is not listening. and thats a kind of a mallady that -- governors on both sides really want to gut that program. eye been listening and watching the show ...

Just 21 votes. republicans can only afford to lose two of 51 members. moderates have been looming of attacks on how many people the bill will cover. something sources tell cnn the congressional budget office told gop leaders will likely fall far short of obamacares projections. what matter cents were lowering the cost of health care and giving people access to affordable health care plans. the government will always win the war. if we mandate people buy what we say that have to buy. the governme...

Everything he says matters. >> for his own sake, which is what matters to him. >> for our sake. >> he doesnt care about that. >> its more dangerous than dynamite. >> two very quick points. first of all, hes not going to change. hes 70 years old, this is going to go on as long as hes in the office. theres a fair amount of danger in the world. second of all, im not that worried about the domestic situation. the truth is theres always a small number of americans that believe in conspiracy theories ...

And as you know, youve been covering that specific point. the restructuring of medicaid. makes many republicans very nervous. especially those republicans from the medicaid expansion states. kate? >> medicaid expansion. tax credit. a real issue there. sunlen serfaty. great to see you. my panel, mark preston is here with me. gut check. greg walden, kevin brady, they think its great. they think its -- they have -- probably didnt say perfect but this is what theyve got. here is the big replacemen...