Thanking them for their service to our country. Both have served our country in various capacities for a long time. Not an easy thing to do. I respect and appreciate that work. I look forward to continuing to work with you. The good news i want to start with is unlike last year we have a budget agreement. And last year we spent a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Now, last year we were off by i dont know 3. 5 months, Something Like that, but thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get Appropriations Bills and an authorizing bill done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department. I think thats important. This year we hope to come a little bit closer to october 1st. Certainly on the authorizing bill, but also in the appropriations bill. Most importantly, we have a budget number. And hopefully we can get that pre
Sort of like its always a different set of rules when you go to the extremes whether its a laughter the right there is a different set of rules for us well yeah i mean you can do that to other people because you cant do it and thats where i think youre going to fall into a lot of ideological problems and philosophical problems with real conservatives who actually are conservative in government yeah yeah i mean heres what big business is like the pro capital side of the conservatives the you know that and of the country that really buys into this you know capitalism or nothing in that teeny tiny part and you know a little bit later. There are kind of thing falls into what for a mention them early what forbes contributor Bruce Weinstein declares and he said in a free society businesses have a right to create policies that are consistent with their values as long as those values are themselves consistent with the law you know which is basically the argument the. Sellers do not have a righ
Wouldnt even try. That wall, the president is referring to, and arguing about, the dollar amount he wants to build it, is the reason the federal government remains partially shut down right now. With hundreds of thousands of american federal workers wondering when they are going to see their next paycheck. Its been eight days. The new year is about to start. But theres no realistic end to the shutdown in view. And the president of the United States right now is out of sight. Inside the white house. Tweeting that democrats are to blame. When kids at the border die. Lets go to cnns sara westwood, she is at the white house, sara, the president , his political opponent, they pointed fingers a lot, back and forth, but weve never heard anyone, we never heard the president specifically blame anyone directly for the deaths of children. This appears to be New Territory for this president. Thats right, ryan. President trump appears to be weighing in for the first time on the deaths of these two
Boris sanchez joins me from the white house where President Trump will remain until the new year. Boris, the president just tweeted on the whole shutdown. What did he say . Reporter thats right, martin, we were waiting for it, anticipating the tweets that come when he is here at the white house alone. As you know, the president deciding to spend the holiday here not with his family, the first lady melania is in palm beach for new years eve. The president tweeted a few moments ago about the shutdown. He writes, quote, i am in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what i hear, theyre spending so much time on president ial harassment that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military. Two quick points there. The incoming acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney spoke with reporters at the white house, he was asked if there was a plan for democrats to visit the white house, he said they were not invited. H
Major crisis. Dozens remain missing. The number of stormrelated deaths has climbed to 19 people. Recovery could last well into november as survivors of the storm just begin to assess the extensive damage to their homes. The president is dealing with very serious issue abroad. Earlier, Turkish Police arrived at the saudi consulate in istanbul to begin a joint investigation into the suspected murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a wellknown critic of saudi arabia. The president said he would send u. S. Secretary of state, mike pompeo immediately to meet with the leader of saudi arabia, but for now, trump is stopping short of putting direct blame on the saudis, mentioning after a conversation with saudi king, it sounded like maybe these could have been rogue killers. Lets go to hallie jackson. The president has two things going on. He is down there in the gulf of mexico in the florida panhandle, taking a look at the damage that is certainly more serious than we expected it to be before that storm c