nearly $1 trillion in 2019, up 26% in just the last year. the treasury department made the announcement on friday, that the deficit has now reached $984 billion, and that is the highest it has been since 2012, and now, during trump s time in office, the deficit is up nearly 50%, due in large part to the president s endorsement of big spending policies. the current state of the u.s. economy, largely copt dicts the president s campaign promise, to eliminate the federal date within eight years. treasury secretary steve mnuchin commented on the new deficit figure on friday saying quote, in order to truly put america on a sustainable financial path, we must enact proposals like the president s 2020 budget plan to cut wasteful and irresponsible spending. breaking this morning, european ambassadors have agreed on an additional brexit extension to january 2020. julianna is joining us from london. good morning to you. it seems as this extension is likely to be approveed so what
third quarter fundraising, an improvement for the klobuchar campaign from second quarter numbers when she raised 3.9 million but short of her hall in the first quarter of 2019 when she brought in 5.2 million. by comparison, in the third quarters bernie and is easy and elizabeth warren raised 25.3 and 24.6 million if the was enough to put her over the threshold for the debate in november. in the past three months the minnesota s campaign raised money. they show the government is spending so much more than it takes in, the budget deficit is now just under a trillion dollars. here are the numbers. the deficit estimated at $984 billion, the highest since 2012 and it comes to almost 5% of gdp. how did we get here? more spending on medicare,
and it s my moment so i just gotta say nothing is everything skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches or coughs, or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. nothing is everything ask your dermatologist about skyrizi. all right. brand new numbers from the congressional budget office on the deficit. remember, candidate trump promised to get rid of the national debt in eight years. doesn t look like that s happening based on the numbers we re seeing just this morning. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans with that. you can t do that when you ve got budget buster numbers from the congressional budget office. the budget deficit approaching a trillion dollars for the year, $984 billion for 2019.
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started. beijing has been buying up american soybeans again. some of the largest purchases in more than a year. soybean sales are often seen as a barometer of the health of the u.s. china trading relationship. storing the numbers on the federal budget deficit from the congressional budget office. the cbo projecting the deficit for 2019 to hit $984 billion, up 26% from last year. experts say the main drivers of the automatic spending programs, medicare, medicaid, and social security. protesters mark one year since justice brett kavanaugh s confirmation to the supreme court by demanding his impeachment. [inaudible] shannon: what is really going on? coauthor of the best selling justice on trial about the camera confirmation battle, carrie severino joins us live next. ti man 1: .caused liver damage. vo: epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c.