american strength, security, and resolve. >> bret: kevin corke in the white house briefing room. thank you. let's get some insight on the budget blueprint for joining us is the white house budget chief mick mulvaney. >> thanks for having me. >> bret: if you are to explain to somebody in an elevator with this was and you have 30 seconds, what would you tell them? >> topline number, your family sits down and says here's what we're going to spend this year on three or four large line items. that's what this was today. we broke out the numbers for the defense discretionary budget and the nondefense discretionary budget. just over a trillion dollars parade this does not address things like mandatory spending, entitlement spending, tax policies. it's the top line budget on what were going to try and spend this year. >> bret: you've seen the criticism already coming from capitol hill. on one side, you have senator john mccain and max thornberry saying $54 billion