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Democrats and republicans, a value to that. democrat chris coons said this. >> this is not the time for us to splash developments in diplomacy around the world. the initial budgetary proposals from the trump administration suggests that a nearly 30% cut to the state department. this is exactly the moment where we need to be leading with diplomacy. >> bret: does he have a point? are you worried about cuts? >> i am worried about cuts longer term. we have undertaken a budget exercise to accommodate as best we can the president's objective to reduce the cost of what we do over here at the state de...

Long history with this young leader, only about five years. so we recognize that we are dealing with a relative level of unknown and uncertainty. that is part of the risk that the president has been willing to make in this approach. >> yet the senators over to the white house for that briefing. there were a few democrats like tammy duckworth who said she thought it was a dog and pony show, but most of them, democrats and republicans, a value to that. democrat chris coons said this. >> this is not the time for us to splash developments in diplomacy around the world. the initial budgetary propos...

Democrats and republicans, a value to that. democrat chris coons said this. >> this is not the time for us to splash developments in diplomacy around the world. the initial budgetary proposals from the trump administration suggests that a nearly 30% stat. this is exactly the moment where we need to be leading with diplomacy. >> bret: does he have a point? are you worried about cuts? >> i am worried about cuts longer term. we have undertaken a budget exercise to accommodate as best we can the president's objective to reduce the cost of what we do over here at the state department, and we'll be ...

Bloomberg is calling for more leadership from the white house. >> i think the mistake that was made here is we let congress write the health care bill so that it's just a collection of special interests. you got yours. he got his. and i voted for both of those because i got mine. and it doesn't make any sense. nobody's ever read the bill. it's just not going to work. the same thing is true with dodd/frank. congress shouldn't be writing specific laws. the president should send to congress the specific law that was created by people who are experts in the field and then sell it to them. they may...

Blackwater. and blackwater implicating a character from south park in the latest thing that they've been caught doing. it is all coming up this hour. but we begin tonight with an effort to clear up a big, fat embarrassing political lie. >> democrats have already decided on this so-called nuclear option, a reconciliation process. >> this would be the nuclear option. and i think it would be a terrible mistake. >> reconciliation, that sounds real nice and gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. it's the nuclear option. >> no, it's not, actually. it's not the nuclear option. this is the last-ditch, last...