james rosen explores whether our ability to determine the number of americans depends on the numbers being tossed around on capitol hill today. through wars, booms, and panics, the census has presented a broadening picture of the nation. with 30 months to go before the constitutionally mandated count of every living soul in america, wilbur ross told lawmakers the bureau needs 15.6 billion to get it done. 3 billion more than the cost in 2010. ross cited declining responses, heightened privacy concerns, mistrust of government and the integration of new i.d. infrastructure. normally two months into my 10-year, the census bureau suddy announced 20% cost overrun in one component. namely of this census enterprise
sekulow has insisted the president was never involved in the writing of that statement or crafting of that. in fact, he didn t know about it. so today, the white house added some new information to this broadening picture. anderson, it s not just a news story, it s an investigation that s going on here. so as sarah huckabee sanders was trying to deflect, talking about the clintons, talking about russia, other things, they added some new information today acknowledging for the very first time the president indeed helped craft that statement. so he knew about that the shaping of that narrative about that all-important meeting on june 9 of 2016 in trump tower between his three top campaign officials and the russians. so that was a big development today, anderson. right now, the white house said hey, he weighed in. the washington post said based on their sources that he dictated it. i mean, i m just trying to imagine like in a meeting when the president of the united states says oh,
in the writing of that statement. he didn t know about it. so the white house added some new information to this broadening picture. it s not just a news story. it s an investigation going on here. i think as sarah huck aeb sanders was trying to deflect, talking about russia, clintons, other things. they acknowledged for the first time the president indeed helped craft that statement. so he knew about that shifting shaping of that narrative about that all important meeting on june 9th of 2016 between his three top campaign officials and the ru z russians. the white house said he weighed in. the washington post said based on their sources that he dictated it. i m trying to imagine when the president of the united states throws his ideas into the group think of the meeting, i would think his ideas tend to dominate