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That goes toward enforcement activities as a stand in, at least temporarily, for the border wall. this is going to be something that i think is going to be up for debate this week. how firm are they going to be on a physical wall. there are a lot of republicans in congress who are support border security but don't support spend iing money on a wall. and the question is will the president stand firm. this is one of those things that e he promised his supporters during the campaign. and it will be really challenging for him to walk that back so quickly. especially at a pivotal moment when he's m...

>> that's a good question. we did a study at the center for american progress and the institute for policy studies, former assistant secretary of defense was on the board with me. we showed how if you cut national security spending, ed, not just the pentagon, but everything across the board, va, does you can cut a trillion dollars out and still bring us back to 2007, 2007 level spending in inflation-adjusted dollars. for 13 years now, we have been increasing the defense budget. you could easily cut -- to hear this man talk about what secretary gates was recommending, but to the point to increa...

So people want to make a change. they didn't propose a budget so republicans have the start mid-year in search of savings but are determined nonetheless. >> we know that there are hundreds of programs that are going to need to be cut. >> agriculture subsidies are outrageous. ethanol is a joke. multi-billion spend iing. all ag subsidiaries, sugar subsidiaries. >> one noted urgency when greenspan said there is 50/50 chance the u.s. will have a debt crisis in two or three years. >> we cannot continue what we are doing. it will be a defining moment for the presidency tomorrow night whether he can ...