october of 2020, you had a record deficit in this country, there was a public printed republican administration and money, some of that was necessary emergency spending for covid-19 crisis. but it also incorporated the fact that a huge tax cut as a result revenues of the federal government were described as they had been previously so there s a lot of blame to go around for the deficit and the overall debt. then i think very interestingly eric this debate over the government funding and these two big spending packages, and it s all happening at the same time. it is an enormous load up on congress. we ll have to see whether or not they re able to muscle through this week. eric: john always good heavy of thank you. arthel: while millions of americans could be getting another shot after the cdc recommends pfizer vaccines, up
interview. do you worry that this bickering and feuding gets in the way of your agenda? no, and sometimes it helps to be honest with you. we will see what happens in the end. but i think actually sometimes it helps. sometimes it gets people to do what they are supposed to be doing. and you know, that s the way it is. i just want what s right. i think for the most part they want what s right too. arthel: for more on this now we re joined by editor-in-chief at the hill. hi, bob. hey arthel. arthel: what s on the agenda? will there be some fence-mending or will they get right down to business? i mean it could be a little awkward because trump has gone after republican senators including jeff flake and bob corker but i think it is a good move to have the meeting. they have to pass tax reform. they didn t get healthcare reform. i don t think there will be one democrat that will support tax
michael flynn gave as recognition earlier this week in a second pic by admiral robert haar were turned down the offer and david petraeus is also out of the running. live from west palm beach with more. what can you tell us in terms of the list, krysta? reporter: hey arthel. over the last hour we have a new name, last two hours i should say a new name is added to the shortlist of candidates to replace general michael flynn. i just want to run you through it right now because white house press secretary sean spicer said president trump is going to be meeting with a lot of them that mar-a-lago tomorrow. the top of list the list you have west point superintendent lieutenant general robert kaplan. he s good to meet with residents along with acting national security advisor general keith kellogg former u.n. ambassador john bolton and lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster and spicer says there may be more
bill: and we re at 9.4 today, stu. that s correct. so come the election, the incumbent president obama is looking at an 8 percent plus unemployment rate, having spent at least a trillion dollars in the early part of his presidency, and you still have got over 8 percent unemployment. that s clearly an economic problem, it is clearly also a political problem. bill: stuart, thank you. see you at 9:20, stuart varney. from fbn. arthel, what s coming up? arthel: coming up republicans promised 100 billion to get our spending cuts under control but rand paul says he wants to cut $500 billion. we re going to take a closer look at his plan and why it may not sit well with members of either party. bill he wants to do that this year, now. a desperate search underway for a mother in michigan, last seen on monday dropping her kids off at school. what her husband is now saying about her disappearance. arthel: and a controversial story out of rhode island, a mother is told she can t home school
arthel: do you have any suspects, any person or persons of interest at this point? we do not, actually we have a voluntary missing person. what we have and that is the way the investigation is being conducted at the present time. arthel: i understand. i understand we read that the husband is saying that amy s purse, wallet, i.d. in the house. what does that tell investigators? you know, it could be various different things. it could be because she walked out the door and pulled the door shut, which it locked and could have meant that she forgot it somehow or another. could have meant she intentionally left it there, for some reason we re not aware of. there are various different things that that could mean, we re really not sure on now. arthel: and the husband said she did not have actions cess to a . what does that mean. means to us if she left, she left with someone. arthel: lieutenant, there are