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Latest with where things stand right now. >> mike: there was complaints today about price tag and process but it is one hurdle down and one to go. facing a friday night deadline, the house and senate $1.3 trillion package to the senate for consideration after this pitch from the house speaker. >> vote yes for our military. vote yes for the safety and the security of this country. vote yes. >> mike: the spending package includes almost $655 billion for national defense. nearly $48 billion for homeland security, $21 billion for infrastructure projects, and almost $1.6 billion for barriers and te...

Night. nobody knows what is in this legislation. >> trace: still nancy pelosi voted to pass the bill and now it's the senate's turn. the chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live with more. hi, mike. >> good afternoon to you, trace. there were some complaints about price tag and process. plenty of votes to pass it in the house and now it's on to the senate. what is in it, what is being called the largest investment in our national security in 15 years or so, about 655 billion for that. securing our homeland, about $48 billion for homeland security. $1.6 billion for physical barriers ...

Spending traditionally coming in the billions between november and december, $633 billion spent in 2016, 655 billion in 2017, and $678 billion will be spent. this is good news for the economy and vendors who own stores but not necessarily for individuals that have the money to spend and using creditors for something. >> that spending amount is tremendous and that is a boost to the economy. you can be saving, investing money in your future for your children's college education or giving to charity so the holiday season is a great time to think about how to make our

Tweeting this. president obama said he thinks he would have won against me. he should say that but you i say no way. jobs leaving, isis, obamacare. trump taking aim at the united nations and the wake of the anti-israel resolution. united nations has great potential, but right now it's just a club for people to get together talk and have a good time. so sad. >> there's more. trump also taking credit for the busy holiday shopping season. saying the world was gloomy before i won. now hope. now the market is up nearly 10% and christmas spending over $1 trillion. we think he got that $1 trillion nu...

People to talk and have a good time. so sad. and trump taking credit for the holiday shopping season. the world was gloomy before i won. christmas spending is over $1 trillion. no sourcing for that number. the national retail federation projects spending closer to $655 billion. a good year, but not in line with trump's tweet. >> trump defending the charity foundation after announcing desire to dissolve it. i raised and received millions more and all given to charity and media won't report. trump hasn't donated to the foundation since 2008. according to the foundation tax records. then the non ...