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Our veterans. everybody puts their ribbons on and says we support the troops, if you talk to the iava, any groups that represents veterans, they talk about stuff like this all the time. >> chris -- >> they don't care about us at home. this is an ugly example of that. >> chris, i completely agree. this -- our veterans should be right up there with emergency funding, such as zika or what's going on in flint. protecting our veterans from harm is certainly our top priority and they didn't get treated as our top priority. this is very regrettable, but i'm telling you that we need to get over any ki...

From california to british columbia. the numbers are staggering. more than 67,000 drivers use this bridge every day. an accident could cost at least $45 million a week in economic impact to the region. and washington's governor says, what? well, it would cost $15 million to fix the bridge, but thanks to the republicans and the austerity philosophy, there's just not money to go around in the budget to fix it. >> so, at this point, under current fiscal constraints, there is no intent at this point to rebuild the entire bridge. >> aha-ha. actually, they need a few more sections to fall down first...

Altar of deep cuts and an austerity philosophy. >> i want to bring the panel in because you know, the congressman talks about making smart cuts now. what's in it for democrats to do any grand bargaining at all. any savings that would be applied in cutting the budget, would not be applied to their priorities. it's not as if you're going to reduce government spending on x and spend it more on the poor, spend it more on things democrats care b. why are democrats arguing for a budget at all? >> you and i don't agree on this, joanne. i think long-term, as congressman van holland says, you have to c...