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Shutdown of the federal government that would happen tonight, by the way. senate leaders say they have a deal on a two-year budget proposal. it would add half a trillion dollars in spending. suzanne malveaux is live on capitol hill with the details. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, chris. well, this big budget deal could be a huge victory for democrats and republicans. you're talking about two years here. it has goodies for both sides. it is designed so law makeers will not say no to this deal. we're talking $160 billion in defense spending. $128 billion for nondefense. $128 for non...

To care. they can get their teeth cleaned, they can get services that they couldn't with a provider. >> even for substance abuse programs which i understand are in great demand here because of the problems of substance abuse. >> absolutely. we have a huge opioid epidemic here as we have across the nation, and the affordable care act has really helped us be able to take care of patients in a really dramatic way. >> so when you talk to people about -- you may not talk to them, you're busy trying to provide them with services. but the question is, as we talked to people, people said they didn't w...

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. i suggest to the president and the vice president, look at our secure america plant which calls for the hiring of 50,000 police officers trained in community policing, supporting funding for the dea and fbi and u.s. marshals and u.s. attorneys to give the attorney general direct action to take cases against individuals with gun crimes and then invest in domestic violence and substance abuse programs as well as early childhood education and we reduced crime rate by half. we can do that again with smart policies also tough but we ought to maintain ou...

Charge of spending more than the congress actually appropriates every year. by that i mean, the part of the budget that we appropriate and which is under pretty good control, which is the part that has national defense, the national institutes of health, national parks and national laboratories over the last several years and for the next several years, that part is rising at about the rate of inflation. it's not adding to the budget. it's about one-third of the total amount of federal government spending. but it's a little less than the amount that's in your department every year. most of whi...

Have got a problem, some other issue, alcohol abuse, substance abuse programs but pilots are not convinced that the system will not turn around and cost them their career. so that they do not report on a consistent basis on the serious issues. >> miles, is that reason enough not to figure out a way to fix it? is self-reporting as it stands right now enough to detect possible issues with mental health or other kinds of health for pilots? >> it is but it goes after an issue which is a little easier to address than simply having a flight attendant walk into the cockpit when a pilot leaves the fli...