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That my staff was in charge of answering, we believe we answered those. you don't know what else will happen. there's ongoing investigations on the backside of what we did. a warrant and all those things unrelated to what russia did. >> dana: right. we know that the inspector general at the justice department is also looking at those things. i guess it will have endless opportunities to talk about that. let's move on to another topic. one that's very important, i know, near and dear to your heart and certainly from where i grew up, very important one. that is the farm bill. the congressional b...

On. it's something his constituents in the military expect. you also have a situation where just a few years ago in 2011, the budget cap that kept the defense spending of $568 billion, those were lifted in order to get the government running again just months ago and that is when congress went to work to try and find money to rebuild the military that was been hurt so much of the last two years and that's where you about this figure of $700 billion. it's a large amount but that is because the defense budget had been cut so severely as a result of those budget caps. >> harris: you know interest...

And women in military with the budgets they've been getting. we lost seven of our troops in a helicopter crash in western iraq. this is because of training and accidents because of our military budget. the military has been hollowed out the last eight years. >> the defense budget will reach $700 billion this year if this omni bus spending bill passes by midnight friday night. it's a huge increase from the $568 billion cap pentagon spending from just a few years ago. >> dana: jennifer, you asked the speaker about robert mueller as well. what did he say? >> i pressed him on who had assured him t...

Up ahead, inside the search for the serial bomber who is terrorizing austin, texas. we'll have the latest on the hunt for clues. but first, here's contessa brewer with the cnbc market wrap. hello, contessa. >> hello, chuck. u.s. stocks climbing as the federal reserve starts a two-day monetary policy meeting. the dow up 116 points, the s&p rose 4 points, and the nasdaq picked up 20 points. bitcoin prices bounced back following productive discussions at a g-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank ministers in argentina. bitcoin prices jumped towards $9,000 after the press conference. ...

There are more americans paying zero percent in taxes this year than before. there are people paying lower bracket percentages. if you have the child care tax deduction, it got doubled. $1,600 of it is permanent. don't do that. >> they just have to google the analysis and they'll hear the numbers i just reported. >> let's google the analysis. let's not look at economic reports. >> i'm going to take it from you? you represent the white house. but on immigration, immigration is what's on mentinext. they just got a promise from mcdonnell. do you believe the president will do anything for the d.r....