at the white house as a last minute deal, this $85 billion, essentially agencies on both the defense and non-defense would be allowed to prioritze. what are the worst programs and cut those first. martha: yeah. it would force their hand on something that we've heard the scalpel was going to come to the agencies. perhaps this forces their hand that is the proposal we'll talk to. we'll talk to senator inhofe about the proposal a little later in the show. bret, thank you so much. we'll see you tomorrow. >> sure, martha. bill: here is a note. the white house new head of the ftc, federal trade commission. he will replace the previous commissioner jon leibowitz. ramirez has been there since 2010. known as a antitrust expert. miss ramirez was a partner at a los angeles law firm where she handled business litigation. martha: we have new developments in the war in syria. a significant policy shift. the obama administration now says it will provide rebel fighters with $60 million in