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I'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is monday, may 1st, may day. good morning, everyone! a new month and new week for you. it's 4:00 a.m. exactly in the east. breaking overnight, negotiators of both parties reaching a deal on a huge spending bill that, if approved, will fund the government through september. the deal includes several significant wins for democrats. it would add billions for the pentagon and border security, but nothing for president trump's promised wall along the mexican border. democrats rejected border wall spending as premature since the president has not de...

A deal to fund the government is in place, but many of the president's priorities are not included. we'll show you what made the cut in a critical spending bill. and this -- why did the president invite a foreign leader accused of killing his own people to the white house? the administration pushing back on mounting criticism on that invitation to the philippines president. we'll explain all that. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it is may 1st, if you can believe it. >> wow. >> 31 minutes past the hour. breaking overnight, negotiators from both parties...

But nothing for president trump's promised wall along the mexican border. democrats rejected border wall spending as premature, since the president has not detailed plans for building the multibillion dollar barrier, which he has vowed mexico will at some point pay for. >> also, the bill has no money for a deportation force or federal cuts to sanctuary cities. there's no funding cut for planned parenthood. and there is a $2 billion increase for the national institutes of health. votes in the house and senate are expected by the end of the week. no response to the agreement yet from the white h...

>> by reasonable, do you mean one that does not include funding for the border wall? are you willing to shut down the government over that issue? >> well, i think we are. i know director mulvaney said earlier today that he was offering $1 of border wall spending for $1 in health care spending, the cost sharing reductions that we think are important. that would be somewhere between $7 billion and $10 billion for the wall. that's not -- that's far more than they even requested in their own budget. i think -- >> but is that a compromise you could -- is that a nonstarter you could potentially get ...