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Guard troops on the border to support, advice. assist the border patrol and some of their activities. the other would be trying to use military funding that was put through in this latest omnibus spending to actually build the wall. either way, actually, you're taking money that's earmarked for the military and spending it on the border. i understand the line that border security is national security but this comes at a time when we've had four, count them four major military aviation accidents in the past week, 50% of our planes can't fly and fight tonight if they needed to. every dollar that...

On. it's something his constituents in the military expect. you also have a situation where just a few years ago in 2011, the budget cap that kept the defense spending of $568 billion, those were lifted in order to get the government running again just months ago and that is when congress went to work to try and find money to rebuild the military that was been hurt so much of the last two years and that's where you about this figure of $700 billion. it's a large amount but that is because the defense budget had been cut so severely as a result of those budget caps. >> harris: you know interest...

Analyst general always a pleasure good to see you sir. >> great to be here maria. maria: we talked a lot about these budget requirements and what needed to be done, going into this budget deal. your thoughts on what we just saw? >> well this is very significant , so i already understand we have not had a budget increase like this in defense spending since the early years of the reagan administration in the 1980s. that is how significant this is. in 2018, the plus up from the ceiling on the budget caps is $80 billion over what that budget cap was, and now, we can begin to make a down payment on...

Government is spending too much money. with four and a half hours left, not much time for government to get this through. s sunlen is on capitol hill. could there be a shutdown? where there could be. that still remains true. but the problem is right now on this hold up. where tle ahey are is they need 100 senators to go through. because they are facing that midnight deadline. as of now one senator, rand paul is standing in the way of that going forward. he does not agree with this bill. he's a no on this bill. but notably trying to push an amendment to restore the budget cap in the deal. of co...

Country. we are on the verge of a debt crisis. our debt, it's already bigger than our economy. our debt, it's a sign of overreach. it's a sign that the federal government is doing too much. >> the national debt threat pens our way of life. the democrat spending spree has brought us to the brink of an econom economical amity. who proposes more spending to a debt crisis. >> mitch mcconnell and paul ryan do, senator. the numbers here, 84% in borrowing in the first fiscal year of the trump administration. 50% again expected this year. budget cap gone. sequester gone. $300 billion in la digsal spen...