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Went down. for the second year in a row, the u.s. treasury will have to borrow at least $1 trillion to pay for the growing budget deficit. why is the deficit growing? the government spends more than it takes in. it increased the deficit by $300 billion. the u.s. deficit rose 17% to $779 billion last year. the highest since 2012. the u.s. treasury is borrowing to make up that shortfall. the highest borrowing since 2010 and a sharp spike from the $546 billion it borrowed in 2017. don't forget, the u.s. is currently waging a trade war with china. china held $1.1 trillion u.s. treasury bonds. an...

And i think he took a big risk and 64% of americans supported it. so, it was a risk but, politically i think it will be effective for him. >> heather: what do you think of the timing of all of this? >> it is suspicious. the president said immigration would be a top policy priority on the campaign trail in '08 and yet we're almost four years into his term and are first having a full conversation about it. and the problem is, he's trying to have a quick fix before november but there are real lives at stake and people looking for a clear path to citizenship and we haven't really dealt with compre...