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The president is always saying how great the economy is but he never says this. that the u.s. deficit has risen $779 billion in just this past one fiscal year. this is the highest level we've seen in six years. notice the headline from "the new york times" noting how republicans' deficit focus, it's going the way of the vuvuzela. what is the view sue sauvuzela? it's the horn they banned. no conservatives want to talk about fiscal responsibility. why? trump. for those not cowed into quiet, why should you care? we haven't seen this since the recession in 2008 when we were swimming in all the gif...

President trump has actubo y established an incredible feat. senior political analyst john avalon is here to tell us why. >> we will do the math. the good news is the economy is booming, but the bad news is the deficit is booming as well. up 17% to $779 billion this year. those things aren't supposed to happen at the same time. when the trump team promised that, despite dire projections, tax cuts would pay for themselves. but lately the trump administration has retreated from that promise because the facts don't add up. president trump blamed bigger deficits on everything from taking care of o...

During his fairly short period of years, he's doubled our national debt. doubled it. >> so that's the record. it's all out in public. republican politicians insisting they'd address this deficit problem if they got power. and here's what happened. new numbers out today show the budget deficit exploding to $779 billion in 2018 under trump. that is a six-year high. what you see on your screen gives lie to every promise you just heard on your screen. so what do they say about it? well, mitch mcconnell was pressed and he claims the real problem now is something else. not the new tax cuts, but the ...

Supreme court justice brett kavanagh. the senator's husband, their dog and parts of their home were quarantined while the crime lab inspected the premises. while t the fbi and police say the letter does not pose a threat to public safety. collins issued a statement saying we are grateful for the assistance that we received. our friends and neighbors have been incredibly kind and have even offered to open their homes to us. the federal budget deficit swelled to $779 billion in the 2018 fiscal year according to new figures from the treasury department. the deficit rose 70% since 2017. it is th...

Owners of the home will be on "new day" later this morning. the federal government is racking up the bills. spending so much more than it takes in. it is running the largest budget deficit in six years. a sign that tax cuts are curbing how much the u.s. collects. into the treasury coffers. the u.s. deficit rose 17% this year to $779 billion. that's the highest since 2012 when the country was spending big to stimulate a struggling economy. 2018 is different. it's not struggling. the economy is strong and growing. typically deficits shrink during boom times. government collects more from taxpa...