hundreds of millions of dollars set aside for planned parenthood. white house officials say yep, it s a bitter pill to swallow, but a necessary one says the president. we looked at a veto. i looked very seriously at the veto. i was thinking about doing the veto, but because of the incredible gains that we ve been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our any of our thinking. criticism obviously from the right in particular, rick, for not fully funding a border wall separating the u.s. and mexico, but again, they say the money, the 1.6 billion is more or less a down payment. this will be more payments as they try to fund that southern border barrier. meanwhile, planned parenthood still getting over about a half billion dollars, 500 million dollars in this particular budget. they say they do not use federal funds to fund abortion services, but critics still wonder why
the white house and a lot of people are upset about this, planned parenthood, the president ran on this idea that look, stop giving taxpayer money to planned parenthood. they can fund themselves. other people can help fund them. well the government will still give them 500 million dollars. although planned parenthood says they never use any government funds for abortion services. that said, it is still a very difficult pill to swallow for a great many of the president s supporters. i should also point this out, eric, while we have a moment, the president did make a point to listen to his military leaders in signing an important memorandum as to the case of transgender individuals hoping to serve in the u.s. military. you and i have talked about this previously. the courts obviously getting involved in this. ultimately the senior leaders at the pentagon have made a determination that while transgender troops in the service today can still serve, they are limiting the scope of their serv
they are getting 500 million dollars. rick? kevin, there was a late friday night decision on transgender troops that apparently restrict many who currently serve and ban others who might. can you tell us about that policy? listen, here s what happened. the senior military at the pentagon have been advising the president throughout in this circumstance and they are telling him listen you have to listen to us. we know what s best on the ground. effectively what this does rick is it means if you are transgender and you are in the service, you can still serve. you will be limited however given what you can do to serve your country. others who hope to join the military who happen to be transgender, the road to join the u.s. services just got a whole lot tougher. let me share a bit of a statement from the defense secretary. he said this in my professional judgment these policy wills place the department of defense these policies will place the department of defense in the strongest pos
unemployment is down at 4%. hispanic and black unemployment are at lows going back many, many years. you have 1.5 trillion dollars being kept in the economy over the next ten years because of a tax bill, which, by the way, 500,000 people are now getting 500 million dollars because of it and then let s throw in the mandate, that stupid, silly mandate that hurt the people that make $50,000 or less most. that s going by the wayside. and i m a happy camper with all of this and i hope it continues. my one big worry, debt and deficits foisted on the public the last 20 years, they may come home to roost one day. lauren: so the economy overall is trump s biggest accomplishment in 2017 says gary. what say you, david? i say that s an inherited economy. nothing to do with donald trump. lauren: whoa. and that being, you know, the one nothing? well, the one accomplishment they will speak to is the tax cut that was just passed.
straw today. she s in santa clara, california. i m a lucky girl. the sun is just rising here at levi stadium, but i tell you something that s already been up. that is the excitement and soon 75,000 fans will fill those stadium seats behind me. all of those fans pulling for their favorite team, the panthers, the broncos for them to take home the big prize. but the san francisco area already a big winner, an estimated windfall between 3 and 500 million dollars a boost for just hosting the super bowl all saying to the fans spending their hard-earned money and for people who didn t get tickets to the big game, there have been all things going on. the nfl experience, super bowl city and celebrity filled parties to tell you about. it s not all fun and games. not for the people who are here to keep everyone safe.