bret: john roberts, thank you. we should point out we are awaiting live remarks from president trump at a reception at the white house in the east room, and they are the annual st. patrick s day reception. when he steps to the microphones, we will bring it to you. when it comes to money matters, most of us understand the importance of paying attention to the bills. with the national debt on the rise and the debt ceiling deadline that s come and gone, why does it seem that elected leaders are dragging their feet when it comes to dealing with the debt? tonight to look at it matters in this two-part series. debt rising. the debt clock keeps ticking, each second moving closer to a total national debt of $20 trillion. that comes out to about $61,000 of debt for every american citizen. those seem like scary numbers,
one way or another the administration still hasn t got its act together. they ve struggled from day one on a variety of fronts and this is another example. we don t know where this is going to end but it s one more nick in their she have a cumulative effect of the competency. we talked specifically about the travel ban, a signature promise of the campaign, which evolved from a muslim ban into seven countries, majority muslim countries. now we ll see if they can defend it in the court. does it affect the broader momentum the president with 60-plus days in? we re going to talk about the health care battle. we re going to talk about the president s first budget which is a pretty dramatic statement about priorities. we know that he lost the popular vote but won the election. he s been in a tough spot from the outset. does this hurt or help or i m sorry, the president of the united states speaking now at the annual st. patrick s day
we re back. it s an early st. patrick s day here in washington. this morning vice president biden hosted irish prime minister kenny for the annual st. patrick s day breakfast he held, which i was happy to attend. then kenny went to the white house to be with president obama and exchanged shamrocks there, a tradition that began under president truman. after that, house speaker john boehner hosted the president, the vice president and the prime minister from ireland at the speaker s annual friends of ireland luncheon, which was started by my old boss, tip o neill. it was ronald reagan who helped break the ice in many cases back in the 80s between them, even though they fought most of the time, they were able to cut some deals that wouldn t have been possible if it wasn t for that personal bond. if you look back through history, you could say the irish -eom-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu?sf=
much. you re a long way from london, in the middle of nowhere really. and to think, i ve got to spend the next four years here is intense. william and kate attended art history lectures in this building. the first year it was a tough one for william, struggling with the pressures of his work and being far from friends and family. he almost quit. he went home for christmas after the first semester and said to his father, i don t know if this is for me. friends say it was kate who convinced william to stay, and as soon as he returned from christmas break, everything changed. the turning point really came when william watched kate in that now infamous charity fashion show. it was march 2002, the annual st. andrews charity fashion show. and on the catwalk, kate. i remember that specific night very well.
i m not sure he s enjoying this much. you re a long way from london, in the middle of nowhere really. and to think, i ve got to spend the next four years here is intense. william and kate attended art history lectures in this building. the first year it was a tough one for william, struggling with the pressures of his work and being far from friends and family. he almost quit. he went home for christmas after the first semester and said to his father, i don t know if this is for me. friends say it was kate who convinced william to stay, and as soon as he returned from christmas break, everything changed. the turning point really came when william watched kate in that now infamous charity fashion show. it was march 2002, the annual st. andrews charity fashion show. and on the catwalk, kate. i remember that specific