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Dramatically on buying a new car, or building another house, or expanding. they are spending would have to be cut back, how was that good? >> one of the things it does is it doubles the standard deduction, or nearly doubles at $224,000 from the current level. that helps offset some of those losses. and let's remember, too, for the vast majority, about 80% of the people who benefit from the deductions of state and local income deductions, that might impact some folks in some high tax states and high-cost states. on the other side, you also have to turn around and look what to the state where i ...

Find the sweet spot, trying to find the balance and take into consideration all the different perspectives and come up with a bill that we think we can get on the president's desk, this thing gets rid of mandates, gets rid of taxes, and stabilizes the insurance markets, makes the coverage more affordable for more americans, that is a win. >> shannon: do you think that you can even proceed to the vote and then actually get to the bill, it just seems like an awful lot to get done, we hear about the august recess being extended or to being cut back, but essentially, you have this many other thing...

Television it is somewhat nonsensical. many of the reporters use anonymous sources and right of things, and yet i can make an equal argument that that does not sound like news to me. we report very robustly. the briefing is one small part of what the extensive staff doe does. >> jon: well, it is a question. he used to get big ratings for his on camera briefings, white house press secretary sean spicer there. now they are being cut back, the televised versions at least. he will hold an on camera briefing and a couple of hours, it is audio only. we might not be allowed to take it live. and it mi...

And meals on wheels exists thanks to individual donations. >> 10% of the funding comes from the government. we privately raise the remaining 90%. >> every dollar donated goes to meals, not overhead. and the financial need is growing quickly. >> the senior population is the fastest growing population in this country. it will be doubled across the country by the year 2050. the program needs to grow. >> this is the president's fy-2018 budget. >> there was outrage after the trump administration announced it may make cuts to programs like meals on wheels. >> we can't spend money on programs because...

Average. this will be the president's seventh weekend at his mar-a-lago resort costing taxpayers another $3 million for travel and security. as we reported, palm beach county where mar-a-lago is spends over $60,000 per day the president is in town. and while trump is aware of the strain, it is apparently not enough to influence a cut back in these weekend trips for a president who ran on a promise of stopping wasteful spending. that wraps things up for me this hour. i am katy tur. you can follow me on both facebook and twitter. do you see that? throws my handles. kate snow picks this up now. ...