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Msnbc's ali velshi is here, too. we know the big headlines coming out of there are more money to defense, less money to domestic programs here at home. i want you to dig into the nil y -- nitty gritty. >> do me one favor, don't call it a skinny budget. it's a budget proposal, that's why they call it a skinny budget. veterans affairs. these are the gainers, veterans affairs, about $4.4 balance, school vouchers, we know betsy devos is into these and all of the candidates talked about opioid treatment, $550 million more into that. that all comes out of somewhere. this is the epa, 2.5 million, a t...

We have to cover the other big story that broke this morning, the budget. president trump's outline for the budget. it includes big cuts. i want to get details from ali velshi. >> this is the first budget request. some call it a skinny budget. it makes me feel badly about my physique. what we have is three departments getting an increase in spending, 17 that are getting decreases. let me show you how that breaks down. $46.4 billion in cuts to 17 different agencies. $59.5 billion in expansion across three agencies. you can see the deficit effect is fairly small. let's talk about where the money...

$4.5 billion for veterans affairs. $1.4 billion for school vouchers, and $500 million for something all the republican candidates talked about opiod, heroin overdoses. these are the big gainers in this budge. when you rise by $64 billion you have got to cut somewhere else. here you have the losers, $2.5 billion or one third coming out of the varietial protection agency. we sort of knew that was coming. health and human services losing $15 million. the department of education. vouch remembers getting a jump, but the rest of the deputy is getting cut by 14%. and the department of transportation ...

All right. we are own a couple minutes away from the closing bell o wall street. right now the dow is down around 40 point after the record setting highs. for more, ali velshi. she's been following the markets all day today. what are you seeing? >> well, you know, it's taking a breather. no particular reason it's down or up, but the market these days is driven by some event. remember, a lot of the gain after donald trump was elected were in the early days. and one of the biggest gainers of all, not only one, in the dow it's actually the biggest gainer, is dow jones. and i'm sorry, goldman sach...

A day. critics are clslamming the dela because the president made the argument that the national security requirement is to pass it quickly. 56 minutes past the hour. let's get a check on cnn money stream. the dow cracking 21,000. look at this move. the dow up 2,000 points in the last month. it has dropped three days since the start of february. a stellar rally. president trump's speech is a positive. optimism the fed will raise rates in two weeks. raising rates means banks make more money. look at this. jpmorgan chase. goldman sachs. they were among the big winners on the dow yesterday. boe...