pieces of information, but they haven t actually received that information yet. so he s essentially going on the word of these intelligence community officials. chris. kasie from capitol hill, thank you for that. thanks to all of you for watching this hour of msnbc live. i m chris jansing. right now, andrea mitchell reports. thank you, chris, right across the table from me. develops over diplomacy, a day before president trump makes his first address to the first session of congress. a big boost for defense and homeland security, drastic cuts in environmental protection, diplomacy and foreign aid. this budget will be a public safety and national security budget very much based on those two with plenty of other things but very strong. and it will include an historic increase in defense spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america at
perspective, under the john kennedy, defense spending was 10% of gdp. we are about at a third of that level and we are in dire need rn rising, of correcting. bret: mccain released a statement in which he says president trump intends to submit a budget that is 3% over obama s defense budget which has left the military underfunded, undersized, not ready to confront threats to our national security. america cannot secure peace through strength but we must do better. the reagan buildup which essentially won the cold war for us, didn t happen overnight either. it took a decade and this will
burr, the republican from north carolina, over the weekend, there had been very strong corporation on the senate side in this inquiry. we ll see if it continues to hold. chuck schumer said today that senator burr is on notice, steve. all right, kasie hunt on capitol hill, thanks for that. there is also another major story coming out of the nation s capitol. this involved new priorities and the rebuke by the president of conservative orthodoxy. the trump administration today laying out it s blueprint for how much money the governmt should be spending and what it should be spending that money on. and top of the list for trump, a new defense build-up. this budget will be a public safety and national security budget. very much based on those two, plenty of other things, but very strong. and it will include a historic increase in defense spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america at
military of the united states of america at a time we most need it. [ applause ] this defense spending increase will be offis the and paid for by finding greater savings and efficiencies across the federal government. we re going to do more with less. all that, as the chair of the house intelligence committee, you re looking at him now, late this morning responded to darrell issa s call for a special prosecutor to investigate russia s role in the campaign. kasie hunt on the hill, hallie jackson at the white house. hallie let me start with you. let s talk about thi budget guidance basically that president trump has put up. what does it basically show about his priorities? reporter: what you need to know coming out of this, the president wants to spend a lot more money on defense, military and homeland security spending. take a look here, $54 billion is