hundreds of millions of dollars set aside for planned parenthood. white house officials say yep, it s a bitter pill to swallow, but a necessary one says the president. we looked at a veto. i looked very seriously at the veto. i was thinking about doing the veto, but because of the incredible gains that we ve been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our any of our thinking. criticism obviously from the right in particular, rick, for not fully funding a border wall separating the u.s. and mexico, but again, they say the money, the 1.6 billion is more or less a down payment. this will be more payments as they try to fund that southern border barrier. meanwhile, planned parenthood still getting over about a half billion dollars, 500 million dollars in this particular budget. they say they do not use federal funds to fund abortion services, but critics still wonder why
nics and sign them into law. i think you ll find this important, additionally on friday, the department of justice issued a rule to ban bump stocks that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns. now, this has been a very busy couple of days over at the white house, obviously. we ve talked a great deal, my friend not just about this particular march upcoming, but staff changes and of course the ominous bill, 1.3 trillion dollars that gets things done for the next six months. and a lot of talk has to do with what s happening with the military, but the president said despite that positive aspect of this massive bill, this is the last time he s going to sign one like it. look at a veto. i look very seriously at the veto. i was thinking about doing the veto, but because of the incredible gains that we ve been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our
again. we looked at a veto. i looked very seriously at the veto. i was thinking about doing the veto. but because of the incredible gains that we have been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our thinking. but i say to congress, i will never sign another bill like this again. i m not going to do it again. nobody read it. eric: he s calling for changes in the process and for what s coming next. kevin cork live in west palm beach now near mar-a-lago with the details. good evening. always nice to talk to you. listen, this is what leadership looks like; right? second guessing and monday morning quarterbacking and plenty of criticism to go around, not just for the president for signing this, a lot of people felt like he should have towed the line and forced congress to come back with something better. but even more criticism today for congressional lawmakers, the
veto. i was thinking about doing the veto. but because of the incredible gains we ve been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our thinking. how concerned are you about tariffs with the stock market? i think the stock market will be great. when i came into office, the stock market was from a different planet. it s way up. china is going to end up treating us fairly. for many years they had free rein, they don t have free rein anymore. we re very friendly with china. we have great relationship with china. it s time. it s time. last year we lost $500 billion on trade with china. we can t let that happen. thank you all very much. are they lying about the affair? there you have it. the president signs into law the 1.3 trilli$1.3 trillion spendin even though he doesn t like it.
bill. i looked very seriously at the veto. i was thinking about do the veto. because of the incredible gains we ve been able to make for the military, that overrode any of our thinking. reporter: the bill includes huge increases in domestic and military spending that trump had lobbied for. shipments, planes, helicopters, submarines. we have submarines the likes which of there is nothing being built anywhere in the world. reporter: but the $25 billion the president asked for. not happy with 1.6 billion. but it does start the wall and we will make $1.6 billion go very, very far. reporter: all this as the president is creating, with h.r. mcmast we are the more hawkish john bolton. making this his third national security adviser in 14 months.