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Is trying to figure out how to speak trump. how much of him is him raising an issue and then backing off or hyp hyp hyperbole. there are going to be 28 or 29 leaders here, if you include macedonia. they'll get a chance to get -- just to hear donald trump in their own words. >> hans, don't worry, sometimes you just don't know how people are going to react, especially with donald trump, because he is so different than what foreign leaders are used to coming out of america. hans, appreciate it. back in washington, there's growing outrage over the budget that is prompting leading democrats and t...

Here they're saying the tax cut doesn't cost anything so we get that money on top of it. it's a pure double count. they had no reasonable explanation for why they did that, but the reason they did it, they wanted to say it was a balanced budget. >> do they just want to say that or do they believe it? do they not know what's in the plan? is this politics? >> i don't think donald trump knows what's in the plan. >> do the folks actually writing this bill? >> i think mick mulvaney knows what's in it but he wanted deep cuts that wanted the things proposed here. the enormous cuts to medicaid that wo...

People, and give it to the wealthy in a tax cut. it's not that complicated. >> henry, jump in. >> yeah. thank you. well, this is certainly not about taking anything from anybody. we need to remember that the money that's in the budget comes from taxpayers, people like me, people like you who pay your taxes. and i think what the country voted for in november has changed, and i think with $20 trillion more or less of debt in the country, this is an opportunity to get to a balanced budget, move us in the right direction. it's a long process, and there can be a debate, and there will be a debate. ...

Families who will go hungry if the president's cuts to food and aid are enacted. fasting in solidarity. talk to me about your message. >> first of all, let me just say this budget is a disaster. it's cruel and heartless. specifically with regard to food assistance, the president cuts $190 billion. 47% of those receiving s.n.a.p. benefits are children. he eliminates the food for peace program, our international food assistance program. also, let me just say why -- another reason why i think this is such a cruel budget. he actually zeros out all of our programs as it relates to the special olymp...

Home, we would call it an increase. in washington, we call it a cut. sticker trump budget proposal for 2017 was $4.062 trillion. the president and his team are calling for spending increase of $32 billion for fiscal year 2018 to 4.094 trillion. mulvaney has taken some heat. >> will the president's budget mean medicaid gets $1.3 trillion less then it would otherwise? >> the cbo baseline score, the answer is yes. it will spend more money a personal year over the previous year with the exception i've mentioned. sticker democrats are bowing to protect some of their priorities like medicaid and foo...