Like the room did last night divided. Although there was no olive branch to the other side, there was a demand. Work together or americas future will be at stake. The time for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us. We just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. Every problem can be solved and every hurting family can find healing and hope. We have got our teams fanned out across the country and outside the beltway as well as in d. C. Lets go to Kelly Odonnell whos inside the white house. Talk to me about how the white house is planning on following up with what was largely accepted to be a wellreceived speech . Reporter well, trying to give some room for those good reviews to sort of settle in and to try to maximize what they believe was a good night for the president , where he was able to lay out a vision that they think matches what many of his supporters want. And also believing th
Immigration reform, but top priority repealing and replacing obamacare something that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell made clear with martha maccallul last night. We hope to act within the next month and six weeks. We won the election and with winning the election comes a responsibility to producing results. We feel that obamacare is a disaster and needs to be changed. This comes after breaking that attorney general had two contacts with russias embassador during campaign, something he denied during confirmation hearing prompting House Minority leader nancy pelosi even to call for resignation. The attorney general issued this statement to fox news saying, quote, i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false. Finally, guys, hhs secretary tom price are taking plan of action later on the road today heading for ohio to meet with business leaders. Busy day. Heather thank you, griff. Ben carson, reme
At the top of this hour of 360, the ax man cometh. More on this from gjim acosta. Reporter President Trumps message to washington, get ready for the budget ax. Were going to do more with less and make the government lean and accountable to the people. Reporter Officials Say the president plans to ask for a staggering 54 billion increase in defense spending, offset for cuts in nondefense programs, including foreign aid. It eclipses what the federal government spends at the state department and epa. We are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars. Reporter the peak of the president s budget comes as the white house is still grappling with questions about the Trump Campaigns contacts with russians. Over the weekend, darrell issa supported a special prosecutor may be necessary to put the matter to rest. Youre right that you cannot have somebody, a friend of mine, jeff sessions, who was on the campaign and who was an appointee. Youre going to need to use the special prose
In his hour long speech to a joint session of congress. It is a message deeply delivered from my heart. Off the top the president condemning the surge in hate crimes since he took office. Recent Threats Targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last weeks shooting in kansas city remind us that while we may be a nation divided in policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. Spending much of his speech laying out a very ambitious agenda. Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. His solution, an echo from his Campaign America first. Buy american and hire american. Once again using National Security as the basis for his proposed border wall with mexico. We want all americans to suck seesz but that cant happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border. We are removing gang members, drug dealers and cri