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airports. more than 2,000 flights canceled and 4,000 delayed already today aa cross the country -- across the country, merely 6,000 canceled yesterday -- nearly 6,000 canceled yesterday. icy and treacherous roads, in ohio at least 3 people were killed in a 46-car pile-up. here's governor mike dewine. >> the roads is are going to be very, very, very dangerous and very, very difficult. the obvious recommendation to everyone is stay home. rich: fox news team coverage, max gourden in western -- max gorden, charles watson on atlanta at the nation's busiest airport, but first alexis mcadam...

Congress to fund the government, you've got every advocacy inside the beltway and out who are pushing for something of theirs to be put into this, their voice to be heard -- >> sure. rich: do you feel like policymakers at this time of year were listening to you? >> yeah. well, you know, in the last 20 the years the v.a.'s budget has increased from, i think, $45 billion in 2001 to about $338 billion in the most recent appropriations bill, so congress, you know, is generally very supportive of veterans and veteran policy issues. you know, my contention though is that suicide prevention needs to ...

The trump administration are throwing around of $200 billion are totally inadequate. i think it's also important to remember we have to place this in the context of the administration's budget. what we see when we look at the budget is they're actually talking about some enormous cuts to core federal infrastructure programs. they want at least $200 billion out of discretionary nondefense. that includes things like new starts, amtrak, other programs, as well as a cut of $138 billion to the highway trust fund. and if we add that all up, what we see is the administration is calling for $338 billi...

So the expectation is earnings will catch up. if those earnings do not catch up that's when the disappointment will come in with prices. i think it's normal to expect there would be a correction. whether or not something goes wrong in the economy or not. you cannot keep growing to the sky without those earnings coming in. if the fed makes money tighter, it will be more difficult. >>paul: that apple news this week is indicative of a lot of money coming back. >> that's right. there's about $338 billion that's going to come back in taxes. while apple is doing that, who is leading the dow jones in...

Because of the higher costs. that means the government doesn't have to pay for them, and it comes up to $338 billion to help fund the tax plan. it doesn't go all the way. in fact, another sticking point that they are going to be squabbling over is what is the deficit addition going to be, about $1.4 trillion over the next ten years is what the cbo estimates and it's going to be paid for by the exploding economic growth, but there's no guarantee it will explode and there's a debate on how you claw back the tax cuts if the economy is not doing well, and so it's a real conundrum from an economics...