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President trump and secretary mattis. we saw two more planes fall out of the sky last night, we finally restored air superiority in this field. given our troops a pay raise. there are tremendous president trump republican priorities in this bill. >> laura: i've got to get in on this sequester cap. i know this was considered a very high make harsh measure. when the sequester caps were in, he didn't decrease spending, they decreased the rate of increase in spending, crazy washington speak. there were cutbacks, but the cutbacks are across-the-board. in the budget deficit under obama, and for a fe...

In. how is it affecting the economy overall. how does it affect in terms of jobs, thousands of jobs costing the economy a billion dollars, how does that happen? >> if you have a 300% interest rate on a loan, your personal expenses are now increasing. your customer spending has now dropped. your consumption has dropped. you can't go out and afford to spend money. we lost about $700 million decrease spending and also an uptick 55,000 bankruptcies because of these loans. >> heather: what is being done about it? there is 33 states that currently allow payday loans but 15 have banned them. some of ...

Thrown back into a recession. credit card interest rates will be going up. the fact of the matter is, the progress we have made on the economy will be lost. failing to negotiate fair and balanced way where the sacrifice is shared and not born by the middle class. one other thing, look at eric cantor who quit on the economy, quit on the talks. he's the number two guy. eric cantor is the number two guy in the house of representatives. he quit on the talks and on the economy. that tells me everything i need to know about their negotiating. >> it doesn't sound like you are ready to sign on to sena...

We have to start talking about cutting here. has that reality really set in with many americans? >> not quite yet. i think you do see it in the area of defense, as you pointed out, as many want to increase as decrease spending right now. that's a big shift, twice as many wanted to increase in 2009. in other areas not so much and in the area of social security and medicare, hill appetite for cuts. >> these are the really big ones that need to be cut. even so, people seem to be in a frame of mind to listen and to think about this. so does that make things easier for the politicians? >> well, it'...

>> if that's not a red flag to the american people. i don't know what it. what this congress has done is not what the american people want. none of these things are helping job creation. that's what american people want. we need to get back on track, decrease spending, create jobs and move the economy in the right direction. >> thank you very much. we've told you the passing of former senator ted stevens. we've got a remark from former president george w. bush, laura and i are saddened about the death of ted stevens and those who crashed. he served our country with distinction. we send our c...