Affairs, and Homeland Security would see the largest increases. This portion of the White House Briefing is 25 minutes. Mr. Mulvaney thanks very much, good afternoon and happy day before st. Patricks day, also known as budget day. Most of you heard me talk about the budget before, im not going to say too many things in opening before we get to your questions. We will remind you this is what were calling the America First budget. We had an America First candidate, we now have an America First president and it shouldnt surprise anyone that we have an America First budget. Youve seen the details as we talked about last week, 54 billion of additional defense spend, we have more details today on where that money is going. We are seeing increases at the v. A. , increases at the department of justice, increases within the department of Homeland Security for things that include Border Security and immigration control. Increases within the department of energy. To deal with nuclear triad. And t
At post 9. Also today, the president and ceo of the aspen institute, walter isaacson. Walter, good to see you again this morning. Good to be back with you. Our top story today, one weve been following pretty much all week. That is the moment of truth that social media is going through following Donald Trumps president ial win one week ago. In the last 24 hours, twitter has suspended a number of accounts associated with the altright Movement Just as it announced a new effort to crack down on hate speech. And in the fight against fake news on social media, tech executives from alphabet to linkedin say mistakes were made and the valley has to do more. At google, weve always cared about bringing the most relevant and accurate systems to users and thats where almost all of our work goes at the end of the day. When i look at it, its important to remember, we get billions every day. There have been a couple of instances where its been pointed out and we clearly did not get it right, and so it
Well talk with the former head of the intelligence agency. General Keith Alexander is with us as we look at mm mm. For more on the trump transition, with me, newt gingrich, former speaker of the house, and a fux news contributor. Thanks for joining us. Its great to be back with you. Broadly speaking, how would you characterize the transition so far . We had a great conversation last week with Steve Mnuchin and wilbur ross who seems focused on tax reform, rolling back regulations, but broadly characterize what we have seen so far . President elect trump first of all has been very methodical and looked at absolutely first class people and has picked people who will be tough and intelligent and have a lot of experience. His choice of betsy devos for education is remarkably powerful because she spent years of her life fighting for the right of poor children in neighborhoods with bad schools, to have the choice of going to a better school. Shes spent a great deal of her own personal money i
Board considering clawing about for stumpf. An alltime high for amazon up more than 50 in the last year. Is it too late to get in on the amazon parade . Well explore that coming up a little bit here. Model and entrepreneur tyra banks gives us her take on the Business Climate and the new mba class she is teaching. She will be ringing the nasdaq bell from San Francisco and will join us live coming up. I love tyra banks. Really great lady. It was an historic night last night as nominees donald trump and Hillary Clinton took the stage in their very first oneonone president ial debate. While a number of jabs were thrown by both sides they also hit on important Economic Issues like trade and jobs and the fed. Listen. We have to renegotiate our trade deals and we have to stop these countries from stealing our companies and our jobs. We need to have smart, fair trade deals. We also, though, need to have a tax system that rewards work and not just financial transactions. And the kind of plan th
For scotland if it votes for independence. Fedael mckee monitors the as its twoday meeting gets underway. We begin with Phil Mattingly as the u. S. Ramps up its response to the ebola crisis. What is the president going to be talking about today in atlanta . Tope is at the cdc with his security and health officials. A push today is theres going to be a new surgeon resources. There is a recognition the administration at this situation has spun out of control. You will see about 3000 u. S. Troops sent over there, a staging area to expedite the process of sending supplies and have a supply center in monrovia. By u. S. General. Someoal is to try to get someones of control over the situation. Some African Leaders have gone as far as to contact president obama, saying they need more of a u. S. Commitment. But why the surge now . Right now youre hearing theres a anyone concerned that this is a National Security issue. Not only is the Health Infrastructure not in place but you are looking at a