Now on cspan a. Review of the 2018 federal budget from the money the president requested to what congress, who holds the purse strings, ultimately decides. Joining us from capital gal nancy, senior correspondental now correspondentent for bloomberg. Nancy, tell us what the president requested for 2018, and what were his Top Priorities . The president stuck with the overall number in the law, the budget control act, requesting basically a little bit over 1 trillion. 1. 1 trillion as the law allows for. Within that number he really departed from the budget control act numbers, and he requested a lot more for defense programs. About 54 billion for security related programs. And covers that with an equal amount of cuts in nondefense spending, 54 billion. So thats a violation of the budget control act there. But more than that, its very politically unpopular. Yes, numbers really members really like the defense spending increase, but they dont like taking it out of nondefense programs agricu
Now on cspan a. Review of the 2018 federal budget from the money the president requested to what congress, who holds the purse strings, ultimately decides. Joining us from capital gal nancy, senior correspondental now correspondentent for bloomberg. Nancy, tell us what the president requested for 2018, and what were his Top Priorities . The president stuck with the overall number in the law, the budget control act, requesting basically a little bit over 1 trillion. 1. 1 trillion as the law allows for. Within that number he really departed from the budget control act numbers, and he requested a lot more for defense programs. About 54 billion for security related programs. And covers that with an equal amount of cuts in nondefense spending, 54 billion. So thats a violation of the budget control act there. But more than that, its very politically unpopular. Yes, numbers really members really like the defense spending increase, but they dont like taking it out of nondefense programs agricu
Now on cspan a. Review of the 2018 federal budget from the money the president requested to what congress, who holds the purse strings, ultimately decides. Joining us from capital gal nancy, senior correspondental now correspondentent for bloomberg. Nancy, tell us what the president requested for 2018, and what were his Top Priorities . The president stuck with the overall number in the law, the budget control act, requesting basically a little bit over 1 trillion. 1. 1 trillion as the law allows for. Within that number he really departed from the budget control act numbers, and he requested a lot more for defense programs. About 54 billion for security related programs. And covers that with an equal amount of cuts in nondefense spending, 54 billion. So thats a violation of the budget control act there. But more than that, its very politically unpopular. Yes, numbers really members really like the defense spending increase, but they dont like taking it out of nondefense programs agricu
Gap between chinas onshore and offshore currency has widened to a record after they cut again rates for a seventh straight day. The offshore saying thats going to a fiveyear low. That is the weakest level since april 2011. Lets take look at the markets. Closed for the lunch break, here is how they were trading in the morning session. The hang seng down close to 1 . Afternoon they say this is the picture in singapore, tokyo, red. Ubai all seeing some north korea confirming this nuclear test. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Coming up, we will look at the big news coming out of this years consumer electronic show. Plus, the worlds most valuable company, a little less valuable today. Sellers take a bite out of apples stock price and the company is cutting back iphone production. Virtualreality about to become a real reality for consumers. We will preview the developments for 2016. First, the lead. Cars that can drive themselves and speak to your home devices. A vehicle tha
Ebola patient in dallas and had some contact with family members. Lou the first cotexas fire chief made the confirmation minutes after centers for Disease Control tom frieden claimed he had no information whatsoever about a second possible victim. And frieden telling america how little control he believes the centers for Disease Control has in the prevention effort against ebola. Dr. Frieden said quote only frieden has ever raised the issue of zero risk or perfection, if you will. The cdc directors comments come after his explanation of a new screening procedure being enacted in just five u. S. Airports. Screening that dr. Frieden says will only apply to about 150 passengers a day. We take you thrive dallas, texas for a full report in just moments. Also tonight secretary of state john kerry and pentagon spokesperson rear admiral john kirby suggested the kurdish town of kobani is not a priority for this administration. The Syrian Border town of nearly 200,000 appears likely to fall to t