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The president, when you're working with the democratic congress, ultimately they got to a deal and this was steve manu chen's deal that he cut. it's easy to get to a top line deal if both sides are spending a lot. the real explainers are the deficit hawks. those that worry about the side of the debt and worry about detectives to gdp ratios and servicing that debt. but when you keep spending like this, you can see how the president got to yes with speaker pelosi because he gave in on 12 weeks paid maternity leave as well, and he gave -- and he gave in on some other issues. but he did get a lo...

>> the president met defense secretary mattis and armed services chairmen for lunch last week and reports leaked out the white house was seeking $750 billion for the 2020 pentagon budget. a shocking figure when just last week the president said $700 billion was his top line. weeks before the president demanded a 5% cut from all government agencies. it's been to rebuild the military after years of budget cuts and caps. this year's defense budget is $716 billion. the pentagon was hoping for $733 billion for the 2020 budget. some political insiders have argued the president's choice of $750 billi...