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Treasury department show washington ran a $208 billion deficit last month, up 41% from the year before. the deficit year-to-date, $739 billion. now, the deficit ballooned as the government spent more on the military, veterans affairs, social security, and medicare. you typically see deficits decrease in a strong economy. job growth has been strong, wages are rising. however, the treasury is taking in less money because of tax cuts for corporations and individuals led by that 2017 republican tax reform. an aging american population will drive up medicare and social security spending sharply in ...

On immigration. moments ago telling cnbc that his tariff threat sped up the deal. did it really? "the new york times" is reporting parts of the mexico deal were hammered out months ago. the president adamantly denies that reporting, now hinting on twitter that another, quote, very important part of the deal will be revealed in the not-too-disabout the future. >> our next guest, the mayor of el paso, texas, mayor dee margo. when you look with how important trade with mexico is, your city alone, $108 billion of imports and exports going over those six bridges from mexico to the u.s. is relieved ...

Who had had their licenses taken away because they couldn't pay the fines and fees. i got funding for $2.2 billion. the bridge tunnel is being expanded between hampden and norfolk. that's a $308 billion package. i know how to get things done. we're moving forward and good things are happening in virginia. what we're focused on right now, kasie, are these lives that were lost in virginia beach, four that are fighting for their lives and a thousand that lost their lives last year. enough is enough. we need to put common sense gun legislation on the table, and it needs to get passed, and we need ...

As iran. in the last six months since i took off the horrible iran nuclear deal as they called it, one of the dumbest deals ever made -- as an example, why didn't they take care of yemen in the deal? why didn't they take care of syria in the deal? you know what kerry said the reason? it was too complicated. we are giving $150 billion, we paid $108 billion in cash. this room would be filled with $100 bills, and you probably would need five rooms like this. why didn't we take care of yemen and syria. he said because it was too complicated. well, you just gave all of your cards. you gave them $15...

Because the coastal shelf is shallow, we are expecting to see 25 to 30-foot seas closer to the coast because of the shallow. shallow doesn't get as high as 83 that you heard at the center. i guess that was reported yesterday. >> reid hawkins from the national weather service in wilmington, north carolina. stay safe. keep us posted. >> thank you. >> hurricane florence as the potential to be the most expensive to hit the united states. nearly 759,000 homes in the carolinas and virginia are in the dangerous path of the storm. that is early analysis from core logic. more than $170 billion to rebui...