kimberly? awesome. okay, baby. no graphic and no support. [laughing]. according to the national retail federation, easter spending is expected to total 18.2-billion dollars this year. second highest level on record. thank president trump for making easter profitable again. [laughing]. candy tops the list of planned percents followed by good, gifts, clothing and greeting card. we have should peeps here from the candy man. there you go. excellent. watters world an easter sneak peek. oh, dear. i don t shop. you don t shop? no. i think you mean blacked
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bro culture that s come under fire because it manifests sometimes in sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the workplace. but it s more than that. critics say the male dominated tech world makes it harder for women to actually raise the money that s needed when they want to start and grow new businesses. in fact, there s a new report that actually documents how few women get the fraction of the venture capital funding when you compare them to men. and this report says that women s share of funding is not actually growing. believe it or not, it s shrinking. if you want to start a business, you need cash. more often than not, that cash comes from venture capitalists. but it s a well documented fact that most of this money is given to companies run by men. and the numbers back it up. it s bad. in 2016, venture capitalists invested $58.2 billion in companies with all-male
$54 billion boost for defense spending. he pledged to beef up law enforcement. he did not provide details. he renewed the call for the infrastructure build. the states would have to help out with that. he wants to cut government programs. the president will target foreign aid. the environmental protection agency is preparing for a very deep cut. that agency runs on an $8.2 billion budget. funding to the state department could be cut from 50 billion dollars it operates now. more than 120 retired generals urging the white house not to cut state department funding. they say the operation of the state department is critical to keeping america safe. three-star generals have sent a letter to the president saying that undermines our security. republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare running into stumbling blocks this morning.
something families all across the country have had to learn to do. they had to learn to do it. reporter: the white house cautions the full proposal from the budget will not be out until may. dave and christine. thank you. president trump wants to craft a budget to put america first. here are the things he wants to spend more on. jim mentioned the $54 billion boost to defense. the president pledged to beef up law enforcement. renewed the call for infrastructure build, but said the states have to help pay for that. defense boost is cutting government programs elsewhere. the president will target foreign aid which totals $35 billion. the environmental protection agency is preparing for deep cuts. that agency runs on an $8.2 billion budget. the state department funding could be cut from the $50 billion budget right now.