He was looking for. Defense b budgete at 25 billion dollars inin 2016 and for the democrats, it puts the nondefense side of the budget to an equal amount. There is about 8 billion in oka oko funding. Likeke the ryan murray deal of t yearago, this increaseses the budget cap but itonot by much, increases it by 15 billion for defense. Funding into 2017. Nzie, itke enzi ma took enormous efforts to get to there w a barn cleaning as you called it for paul ryan as the new speaker and a lot of republicans didnt go for it. What does this tell us about how republicans are going to behave . Makenzie it is very scarwhen they will getw progress and movement to get the two parties together. Both parties are hoping for the expectation that when the white house flips, whether the white hohouse is taken by a democrat r republican, lets just hope it is someone who is a centrist and a deal cutter to make this progressss. Otherwise, the house wilstay in republican hands at least for the next x more years,
I want to start by noting that the committee has been particularly supportive as the staff and the oversight investigation subcommittee for their work on this issue and their work with our agency we consider it to be a Real Partnership and we are very grateful for this committees support. We have received a number of referrals from this committee and we appreciate your confidence and ability to work with the employees that your office refers. So thats one thing. Its already happening. We are doing everything that we possibly can. Weve set up a priority system and we free allocated staff to handle the va employee claims. But as the numbers increase its a very hard to keep up. We were at capacity before. In the retaliation cases now it exceeds 130, and the number as i mentioned continues to increase pretty much daily. We are an agency that has 120 employees more or less. We have jurisdiction for the statute for the reemployment rights act and we are working now on a demonstration for the
Breaking news. The nfl finally sounding off. Saying they are looking into things. Over the past several days, only 40 interviews have been conducted. The statement also saying that they will be looking at video electronic information gathering. The coach and quarterback have denied any knowledge of anything happening. Lets bring in john lonski. Portfolio manager steve nicholas. Big news breaking. I want to get your reaction here. The nfl has physical evidence that they are reviewing. Yes. I think this is a sad commentary. It shows the lack of integrity. Cheryl this goes to the integrity of the game. This goes to the super bowl. They won the game with these walls. As we know this is cheating. 15 deflation, you can feel it. It will be a little bit disruptive. We had this thing that we are investigating. This is really bad for the patriots and the nfl. This is good for marketers. A lot of them are using tweet hash tags and tweeting and Marketing Mix that have to do with the scandal. This
Fluctuating, rotating flopping chopping and most of all confusing leadership, it makes it unfathomable where the dow sneaks up 20 points. Nasdaq declined. 05 percent. Whats hard to understand . Mainly mainly, today we seem to give up on the exact stocks we loved yesterday and vice versa. The inconsistency i find it maddening but it has to do with fund flows scroll around as Portfolio Managers try to grab stocks and flee from others in an ever changing. Right now weve come to realize there is weakness in this country and its not abating. Industrial products capacity utilize nation and Consumer Confidence numbers today that were disappointing. But the companies to sell overseas they arent hamstrung. Thats why they shares vaeld so hard yesterday while companies that do business domestically saw their stocks get pummelled today we got a predictable backlash. Costco and coals just plain overdone. Will todays retail strikes back rally continues . To find out we have got to look at the game p
Wants to do it. Gwen a breakthrough or a breakdown . Another Senate Debate over who gets to prosecute military members accused of Sexual Assault. We must remove the conflict of interest in the current system. The system in which commanders can sweep his own crime or the crime of a decorated soldier or a friend under the rug. Gwen and a turning point in afghanistan. But in which direction . Will we ever leave . Lets be clear. The war in afghanistan will end next year. As the president has promised. The combat mission will be over. Gwen plus, one half century after an american president was assassinated. The lingering shock. The enduring legacy. And a day of remembrance. Covering the week, susan davis of usa today. Martha raddatz of abc news. James kitfield of national journal. And Michael Duffy of time magazine. Awardwinning reporting and analysis. Covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Wee