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When we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. furthermore, on this back and forth, this was mick mulvaney, the president's acting chief of staff on friday on that issue. >> democrats have simply shut down the discussions. they did not even counter us. we went back to them by the way after the second $1.3 billion and picked a number less than 5. so actually came off of our a $5 billion slightly. they instead of coming up from their $1.3 billion left. sandra: perhaps you can use this as a message to democrats. where is the president willing to give on these issues? is it on a d...

Overseas. the corporate tax rate went from 35 to 21%, it has spurte spurreo much growth. the job seekers, job holders, job creators have all benefited on the trump economy. he will do what it takes to keep the economy fortified. sandra: it's grea great to havu here. one other subject. on syria, the president has said, he has defended his decision to pull troops out of syria. what has been done by this administration to ease the concerns of our allies in the wake of that decision? >> well, the president told me just yesterday that he had a terrific closed door meeting in iraq when he and the fi...

Us to a higher growth platform. sandra: there's been a lot of talk about the president's open criticism of the federal reserve and i just -- i know you just mentioned the risk to the markets that the federal reserve poses with these interest rate hikes. the president's been critical of the hikes, saying the only problem our economy has is the fed. and he's been critical since he took office. it was a couple years ago, he said th fed is obviously not independent. how does that open criticism from the u.s. president, how does that affect markets? >> it's certainly unusual. i think even the fed i...

Strong holiday sales and concerns over the future of the fed chair. we'll make sense of the recent market volatility with an economist. plus deaths on the border, two children in just over two weeks. >> certainly this is an absolutely tragic situation. sandra: what changes need to come to care for the thousands of minors showing up at you our southern border. and -- >> our presence in syria was not open-ended and was never intended to be permanent. sandra: president trump defends his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. we'll ask our sunday panel about the pushback to bring them home, ...

Understood, judging from what we've heard from the president of the new york fed. and then second, the fed has to realize that it cannot keep a really important policy tool on automatic pilot. that it needs to be more sensitive to what's happening. and i think that the fed can regain control and we can stop the self-inflicted wounds. sandra: do you think the president's criticism of jerome powell and his actions as the federal reserve chairman, are they warranted? >> no, i think the president has a point in saying fed, get a feel for what's going onioned the strict narrow domestic economy. i t...