During us from capitol hill is nancy, senior Congressional Correspondent for bloomberg. Tell us about what the president requested for 2018 and what were his Top Priorities. The president stuck with the overall number in the loss, the budget control act, requesting that basically a little bit over a trillion dollars, 1. 1 trillion as the law allows for but with in and that number we really parted from the budget control act numbers and he requested a lot more for defense programs about 54 billion for securityrelated programs and covers that with an equal amount of cuts in nondefense spending, 54 billion. Thats a violation of the budget control act there but more than that its a very politically unpopular. Yes, members really like the defense number increase but they dont like taking it out of defense programs, agriculture, cut more than 20 . Transportation, federal housing programs, cut 15 . Labor, health, education rams, cut similarly. State department programs, cut tremendously. Cong
Looks like they stood up for them. To be motivated by a resentment to be put upon. In he will stick it to them. Idle think that was actually true 30 years ago. Is always part of the politics but almost exclusively as a motivating factor with truly committed republicans since democrats. Host i dont think in the africanamerican has been there as long as you have now you have bush 43 and obama years through the prism of what is important with Race Relations and a half to ask when you first arrived at the white house cuddy you imagine you would be the first to cover . Guest never. In my home we had pictures of kennedy growing up. And we have an unsuccessful attempts and i have heard from many people people who do not want to say this but obama was a special kind of genius. Summiteers say that i have covered the first black president. Host timing is everything and you first met him as the senator . What happened . Guest we all gathered outside to come out of the west wing door tuesday and a
Schumer delaying Donald Trumps impeachment trial. Its now going to start the web of february 8th which is roughly the timeline Mitch Mcconnell wanted. Mccon nell wants trump gone. Reporting dozens of republicans are lobbying p ing mcconnell to to convict trump. Mitch said to me, he wants trump done. Its political interest to have him gone. Its in the gop interest to have him gone. The question is, how do we get there . Well, its not going to be easy. Mcconnell has to get 17 republicans on board to convict trump and bury him for his actions against the United States and there are very loud voices in the Republican Party who are Still Standing firmly behind the former president. Josh hawley, first and foremost. Remember that photograph with his fist in the air. Telling cnn, he has no regrets for answering trumps call to try to overturn the election. Listen to his exchange with manu. We saw on january 6th. No. I was representing my constituents. I did what i said i was going to do. I gave
And also talk about facebook targeting sexual assaults also the tax reform build this week but can they get the job done is a the end of President Trump . With the a coup to overthrow the president . All that and mortar fire was taking money from big business to screw Small Business we have that shocking story pearl we have a packed show tonight was so much going on you dont want to miss any of that but first to be issued that fuels the populist revolution the forgotten Men And Women left behind that made the rich richer and half of the country pour. New numbers came out on friday and more good news we were told. 220,000 new jobs the lowest unemployment in 17 years in the tax bill will make things even better that is the pitch to the way but especially the senators who represents the states that President Trump won its 16th day did not feel they were in peril if they opposed it but there are too many experts making the argument that the estimates are to hold little not trickledown to
Into some shocking comments and also talk about facebook targeting sexual assaults also the tax reform build this week but can they get the job done is a the end of President Trump . With the a coup to overthrow the president . All that and mortar fire was taking money from big business to screw Small Business we have that shocking story pearl we have a packed show tonight was so much going on you dont want to miss any of that but first to be issued that fuels the populist revolution the forgotten men and women left behind that made the rich richer and half of the country pour. New numbers came out on friday and more good news we were told. 220,000 new jobs the lowest unemployment in 17 years in the tax bill will make things even better that is the pitch to the way but 3 Percent Economic Growth with an extra 4,000 per year for the average worker. But not quite as simple as that. We will give you the truth on jobs and you volunteered this anywhere else but first let me be clear. I am fu