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This past week, secretary of defense James Madison and Joseph Dunford testified on the 2018 budget request for the pentagon. U. S. Were also asked about strategy in afghanistan. Well, good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets to receive testimony on the department of defenses fullyear 20 budget request. We welcome secretary matus, general dunford, thank you for your leadership of our minimum and in uniform. Before we begin, we all want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Eric howe, Sergeant William baze, and corporal dylan aldrich. These three soldiers were kille...

Diplomatic efforts coming out. Now showing a negative vote then. The dow, s p and not fractionally lower this morning. We will talk about it. Plus m a on wall street. Bigger deals including energy sector. Details on the move to acquirer encore. As you can see, markets also opening under pressure. Part of that is the global tensions and central bank discussions. Taking a look at asia, mixed action there. As you can see the nikkei down by 4 . Hang seng in shanghai composite. Kospi down fractionally. Here at home, rethinking the war in afghanistan. President trump set to address the nation tonigh...

Weekend between Colin Mcgregor and Floyd Mayweather well talk about the big business of the big fight, massive fight. You are watching. Ill definitely be watching that i dont know about either sport. It will be a spectacle for sure. But you do it yourself or no . No. I wasnt clear here id probably ends up in the heavyweights category and i would be destroyed. I was beginning to see that im kidding. Yes, you would. No, i wouldnt. Joining our Closing Bell Exchange today to knock things around, we have chris constantino, jonathan le the futures turn over by nine point, whats going on there . No m...

Next is a press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders. This is 25 minutes. Good afternoon. Its good to be back. You guys dont seem nearly as excited. I thought for sure there would be balloons will say that for next time. Earlier this week the president delivered his first primetime address to the nation. The president s strategies based on conditions on the ground that are but cherry timetables. They will ensure that they never use afghanistan again as a terrorist state. Theyve given extraordinary sacrifices to this longest war in history. The president recognize the sacrifices on monday during hi...

Secretary, the va is set to fix the broken va system. Finally, before i open it up to take your questions, as youre all very well aware, oddly, we have quite a few of them going on. Major garrett, happy birthday. But even more importantly, im pretty lucky. I think i have two of the best parents in the world. Its my dads birthday, so happy birthday, dad. And its my nieces birthday. I get to knock out a lot of stuff today. My only niece caroline turned 4 today. So with that, i will take your questions sarah, there seems to be acrimoniy between the president and congressional leadership. How do y...