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You previously appropriated. congress then has 45 days, congress, both the house and senate, have 45 days to approve this rescission proposal from the president, otherwise the money must be spent as originally appropriated. at this point, theres probably not enough time for congress to deal with this before the 45 days runs out. >> how could the president be furious about this? he signed it. >> you remember, he was fuming, he almost didnt sign it -- >> but heres the thing. it doesnt matter if he...

You being with us. you put together that exemption for mexico and for canada. you get to 25% of the imported steel into the united states is now exempt from these tariffs. are you okay with that? youre for the tariffs. are you okay with the carve-outs? >> yes, canada and mexico are our allies and i trust the judgment of wilbur ross and the trade ambassador. the big problem here is china has with its government-owned steel companies has overproduced for 20 or 30 years and conducted a trade war ag...

Tariffs. lets see. none of us have a crystal ball with whats going on inside his head. but trump as the american president is not a supreme leader that gets to make all the decisions, the way xi jinping or putin are. that constrains the ultimate decisions. >> im sure you saw wilbur ross this weekend. lets listen to a sound bite from him. >> as to the idea of retaliation, sure they may well be some sort of retaliation. but the amounts that theyre talking about are also pretty trivial. it is some ...

The president talked about a cost estimate of $4 billion last year. a billion dollars worked its way into the deal. in washington its considered a rounding error. well do a little more digging. >> sandra: john roberts. thank you. >> bill: at big story. an hour from now one of the presidents closest aides, communication director hope hicks will testify behind closed doors for the house intelligence committee. one of those inside the room is with me now democratic congressman eric swalwell is here...

>> if he cares about money, if you care about money, congressman, is anything a rounding error, $20 million, who cares we are already running up the debt so much? >> when you have the kind of insolvency risk america faces, everything is important, and you have to prioritize, would you rather spend that on ammunition or weapons for soldiers risking their eyes or rather spend it on parade. personally i would rather spend it on the things that help train our soldiers, make them better war fighters ...

Went? if you could let $9 million leave the campaign and not know where its going, you should not be running the campaign. they know, they are lying by the. if you know where $9 million that goes to a law firm is going. thats not a rounding error. jesse: podesta told the senate committee he had no idea. it looks like the doj is starting to turn the screws on this. if this fake dossier paid for by the clintons was used as the base to fact inquiry wiretaps, to create the narrative there was this c...

Went? if you could let $9 million leave the campaign and not know where its going, you should not be running the campaign. they know, they are lying by the. if you know where $9 million that goes to a law firm is going. thats not a rounding error. jesse: podesta told the senate committee he had no idea. it looks like the doj is starting to turn the screws on this. if this fake dossier paid for by the clintons was used as the base to fact inquiry wiretaps, to create the narrative there was this c...

Went? if you could let $9 million leave the campaign and not know where its going, you should not be running the campaign. they know, they are lying by the. if you know where $9 million that goes to a law firm is going. thats not a rounding error. jesse: podesta told the senate committee he had no idea. it looks like the doj is starting to turn the screws on this. if this fake dossier paid for by the clintons was used as the base to fact inquiry wiretaps, to create the narrative there was this c...

With hillary clinton. thats the uranium one deal. steve: um-huh. ainsley: there is also another scandal we have been talking about at fusion gps. the dirty dogs yea. this is the new information. many are wondering if she broke the law if she and the dnc broke the law. the campaign legal center has filed a complaint with the federal election commission. they are aaccusing hillarys campaign and the dnc breaking campaign finance laws because they did not disclose the money that they spent. brian: j...

Money you save would be a rounding error in the u.s. budget. it is baffling. given all the challenges the united states faces around the world from north korea to ukraine to iran, given the need for nonstop consultations with allies and others, i truly find it baffling why this or any secretary of state would make reorganization and downsizing the department a priority. if anything, we ought to be expanding it, resourcing it properly. diplomacy is one of our essential tools. we do not want to en...