they have reached an agreement on a top line budget that keeps the government funding for 2024 these are top line numbers. this is not a final deal yet and does not include the supplemental bill that would strengthen the southern border and provide money for israel and ukraine. president biden releasing a statement moments ago celebrating the announcement of this top line agreements the bipartisan funding framework for congressional leaders have reached moves us one step closer to preventing a needless government shutdown and protecting important national priorities. again eric, this bill is not done it will likely face opposition from conservatives in the house. then there is a mysterious illness that landed biden s defense secretary in the hospital. we still do not know the reason why. we just heard from secretary of state who joined the growing list of biden officials who say they did not know austin was in the hospital. i was not aware of his
american strength, security, and resolve. bret: kevin corke in the white house briefing room. thank you. let s get some insight on the budget blueprint for joining us is the white house budget chief mick mulvaney. thanks for having me. bret: if you are to explain to somebody in an elevator with this was and you have 30 seconds, what would you tell them? topline number, your family sits down and says here s what we re going to spend this year on three or four large line items. that s what this was today. we broke out the numbers for the defense discretionary budget and the nondefense discretionary budget. just over a trillion dollars parade this does not address things like mandatory spending, entitlement spending, tax policies. it s the top line budget on what were going to try and spend this year. bret: you ve seen the criticism already coming from capitol hill. on one side, you have senator john mccain and max thornberry saying $54 billion
american strength, security, and resolve. bret: kevin corke in the white house briefing room. thank you. let s get some insight on the budget blueprint for joining us is the white house budget chief mick mulvaney. thanks for having me. bret: if you are to explain to somebody in an elevator with this was and you have 30 seconds, what would you tell them? topline number, your family sits down and says here s what we re going to spend this year on three or four large line items. that s what this was today. we broke out the numbers for the defense discretionary budget and the nondefense discretionary budget. just over a trillion dollars parade this does not address things like mandatory spending, entitlement spending, tax policies. it s the top line budget on what were going to try and spend this year. bret: you ve seen the criticism already coming from capitol hill. on one side, you have senator john mccain and max thornberry saying $54 billion