Different things. I think you are going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Good day. Im Chris Jansing in washington. There is no shortage here of big news the track this hour. We will get to it all and we expect to hear from the president as well this hour. Speaking at the annual friends of ireland luncheon on capitol hill. This was him earlier with the Prime Minister of ireland there in the oval office. Well go live when he starts with remarks. Lets first go to our team. Andrea mitchell is covering secretary tillerson. And peter alexander, pete williams, and casey hunt. Andrea, a big emphasis as you know on hard power, the Defense Budget big in this. But one of the big losers, massive proposed cuts to the state department. From what i just heard tough from secretary tillerson, hes putting a kind of positive spin on it during his press conference. What can you tell us. Reporter exactly. That was the press conference we covered in tokyo before flying here very late tonight my time. The bottom line is he is saying they can do this, that he welcomes thele change willingly to spend less. This is the first secretary of state ever in my memory to say he wants less money to spend for the state department. He says they can do this because there will be fewer military conflicts in the future, his words, under donald trump, and because he thinks that the rest of the world will willingly jump in to spend foreign aid and global document and make up for what the u. S. Will no longer do. Because he is basically saying america has done enough. And he says the state department can be more efficient. All of these things not very realistic according to most experts. And certainly according to the state Department Work force, already demoralized and battered by the firings, the resignations, forced resignations of top diplomats. This is a terrible message to the work force. But he is right in line with what donald trump wants, with what the white house is a 29 cut overall between the state department and u. S. A. I. D. , and it sends a different message to the world about the posture of america. Ithout a doubt. One other thing. He wasn tokyo, just very qukly, he was in tokyo, of course, the first stop, talking to Prime Minister abe, talking to the foreign minister, and the main focus is north korea, the threat from the north trying to pull japan and south korea and put pressure on china to do more. He says that there has been a classal failure in 20 years, decades of both republican and democratic administrations in trying to turn north korea from going nuclear. He is certainly right about that. They have gone nuclear, nothing has worked. He says they have a new strategy but didnt say what that strategy is. This budget proposal. 21 cuts to the labor and agriculture department. Over 30 cuts to the epaa. Bold move from the white house but it is, as we heard from Mick Mulvaney what the president wanted. Already pushback from both democrats and republicans. How are the senior staff and the budget director going to sell this . How are they going to defend it. We will hear from the budget director two hours from now. Already this morning in interviews he is making it clear that what he has been doing with this budget is trying to put into policy what the president campaigned on, the promises he made over the course of the 2016 campaign season. Thats why you are seeing these big investments, additional spending. 54 billion in defense spending, also a lot of investment in enforcing the immigration at the borders. The impact, and what you will see ultimately is the nonmilitary work force something shrunk dramatically, they include after School Programs that would be impacted. Eliminating federal money, 1. 2 billion over the course of the next years. That affects problems like the shine and york pennsylvania where they say this could have a dramatic quakt on the children. There are 1. 6 million paper children who benefit from these programs. The white house says we cant justify some of the spending for the people across the country that are paying the tax dollars into it. We just saw the president arriving at the luncheon, the eye lish luncheon. The green tie. The wearing of the green, the day before stpds. Katie, is this budget dee dead on arrival in wrong . Why a word, yes. Its not you have heard Lindsey Graham and other members of congress say it. Mick mulvaney says if congress has a better idea feel free. But this is going to be a protracted negotiation. So many cuts, especially to the state department, which gotten up backs on capitol hill. I think republicans even acknowledge that there is a valuable role for them to play in the state department. Mitch mcconnell has said no way. Casey, so much going on across capitol hill today, including republicans on the House Budget Committee clearing another health care hurdle. We heard from speaker ryan who is right there now at that luncheon this morning. He really showed, i would say, a lot of love for the president. He did. He was talking about what the president is doing as he tries to push his Health Care Bill, the Health Care Bill that you know, the president publicly says he is on board with through congress. But the reality is it has hit some hurdles here even in the house where we thought the path was going to be easier. I think we have some of what ryan said earlier today about the state of play both in his conversations with the president and for this bill. Take a look. I got tell you, i am very pleased and very excited, and i have got to tell you, its something i havent seen in a long time. This president is getting deeply involved. He is helping bridge gaps in our conference. He is making it easier and better for us to pass health care. The president , his involvement and thinks engagement, his listening d s negotiating skills are bringing people together. What ryan went on to say is that the goal here is to get a bill that can pass. He said that over and over again. He threw it out there like this was obvious of course this was their goal all along but the reality is thats not what they were saying last week. They started voting votes yesterday. I think it became evident that the votes were not there. Now its like okay how do we get there before next week. It went flew the Budget Committee hurdle. Still has to go through the rules committee. Well see if it gets to the floor. Pete, lets tornado to the revised travel ban. Two federal judges throwing up a big judicial roadblock. What was their explanation . Lay of the out for us . What reaction are we expecting from the Justice Department. They both agree on one point. They think the challenges are likely to succeed when the courts finally rule on the constitutionality of the revised executive order. The challengers say it violates the ban on religious discrimination. What both judges say is we cant just go by whats in the four corners of the document itself. These are the two judges that issued rulings last night in hawaii and maryland. The hawaii ruling came less than six hours. It was first, before the executive order was to take effect. And they both say we have to look beyond the document itself at what the intent was of the president. And they cite repeatedly what donald trump said on the campaign about how he wanted a muslim ban, how during the campaign that became a regional instead of muslim ban but that the president kept saying that the muslim ban was in essence the guiding principle here and that his subordinates and surrogates have delivered much the same message. They said that the argument in the executive order, that its necessary to protect National Security by limiting the issue of visas from these countries. Thats the pretext, the window dressing to justify what they say is fundamentally, looks like to be a muslim ban n. Answer to your second question, the Justice Department is saying the government will fight this. They will go to go to two courts of appeal. The hawaii ruling will go to the 9th Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco which upheld the ban on the First Executive order. And then to the 1th Circuit Court of appeals in maryland. Undoubtedly the government will ask for that to happen on an expedited basis. Then they will have to decide whether the government loses whether they go to the Supreme Court. And then an interesting question, who gets to the Supreme Court first, the governments appeal or if hes confirmed neil gorsuch. Assuming there is a chance we might hear again or you would ask some questions of secretary erson, whats on your radar in terms of the budget and other issues that you are wating . First of all on the budget, lets just be clear. This budget cuts deeply into the discretionary spending. Thats only 30 of the federal budget. It doesnt cut into entitlements and leaves defense and Homeland Security sacrosanct. Its not cutting into what is driving the federal definite simpson. Its areally dealing with just a sliver of it. Not making the tough decisions and cutting to the bone by zeroing out many programs, public broadcasting, arts and humanities, way down. And programs like meals on wheels and programs that really hit people where they are hurting. Andrea, i know we will see and hear from you later. Thank you for that. Pete, peter, casey, thanks to you guys. I want to break this down with New York Times political reporter nick comp story. Big picture, you have a budget that is dead on arrival. In the last 24 hours we have two federal judges blocking President Trump on immigration. You have republican lawmakers saying they wont support the Health Care Bill he endorsed of the the republican chairman of the House Committee says the president s tweet on wiretapping is wrong if taken literally. This morning on morning joe his u. N. Ambassador had a hard time defending him. I guess maybe the overarching question is when you listen to him as we did last night in front of a rally, he was pretty defiant. Im going to get to you on the other side of the president. We are going to see what he has to say right now at that luncheon that includes the Prime Minister of ireland. Obviously, we saw speaker paul ryan. This is an annual event there on capitol hill. There was a meeting earlier in the oval office between the president and Prime Minister. Lets take a listen. Thank you speaker ryan for that wonderful toast. Although ive heard better jokes. [ laughter ] and thank you to all of our friends and distinguished members of congress for joining us here today. Great honor. And a really great honor to be with you, Vice President pence. You have been terrific. [ applause ] and all of our friends welcoming t shook, thats my new friend. My new friend. Great guy. And fiola. You know, you are something very special. We sat, we talked, and i think well were friends now too, right . Its really an honor. Thank you. Thank you. [ applause ] thanks finola, appreciate. Also the delegation members. Very, very special. Weve spent some time together. And we are going to have a very, very great long term relationship, as we would with ireland anyway. But this is a very special group, so i very much appreciate it. Were here today to celebrate americas commitment to ireland, and the tremendous contributions and i know it well the irish immigrants and their descendants have made right here in the United States and throughout the world. The very first st. Patricks day parade was held in my home town, new york city on march 17th, 1762. With each subsequent year the irish people marched, passed another accomplishment, and celebrated another very hard earned success. And they have had tremendous success all over the world. But in this country they have had tremendous success. Over the years they marched past the beautiful st. Patricks cathedral, now an immortal monument to the faith of Irish Catholics in america. They celebrated their shared success in American Society with the election of john f. Kennedy. [ applause ] they fought for america in war and combat. And their battlefield courage has earned admiration and acclaim throughout the world. They have great courage. The proud tradition that started in 1762 has flourished and is now celebrated by americans of all faiths and backgrounds, all across our very beautiful and very special land. As we stand together with our irish friends, im reminded of that proverb and this is a good one. This is one i like. I have heard it for many many years and i love it. Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue. But never forget to remember those that have stuck by you. We know that. Politically speaking, a lot of us know that. We know it well. Thats a great phrase. The people of ireland and the people of the United States have stuck together through good times and bad times over many centuries. We have built a bond that thri inpire, and endures. With us its goin to be closer than ever before. I can tell you that. [ applause ] so as we celebrate our shared history and our enduring friendship, let us commit ourselves to working together, as we will, to build on that bond to the benefit of our citizens for many more generations to come. Thank you. God bless you. And may god always bless our deep and lasting friendship and relationship. We love ireland, and we love the people of ireland. Thank you very much for being here. [ applause ] very short remarks by the president at that luncheon, touching on the history and the long standing relationship between the u. S. And ireland. Nick, very different than what we heard last night. There was the president sticking to script, very tightly scripted remarks. Yesterday, he was going after every single thing that you and i touched on at the beginning. And i guess the question is, when you have the federal judges blocking immigration, when you have him constantly having to defend his unsubstantiated claims, when you have republicans coming out and saying inside nothing to prove what he id when you have them really scrambling to find a way to back up this president , where does thatly him . You know, its been a hard week for the president , i think. And the tell for that, i think, is the trip to michigan which was a real shift in focus. Right . When the president is having a bad time his aides want to get him in front of a crowd to get him pumped and juiced up and the things he wants to talk about and kind of win on is jobs and job creation and bringing factories back. That subject change i think is a bit of a tale tell that they are looking for a way to get ho joe back for the president. I will point out, chris, two of those problems that you mentioned are problems with twitter basically. If twitter wasnt invented its not clear he would be in the hole he is receipt now, with the immigration order and the wiretapping. What you see is those judges actually tracking what the administration has said publicly to push back against the ban and say its actually a muslim ban. I mean, its judges. Its members of congress. Its members of his cabinet who seem to be trying to hold him to account for what he says, and especially what he tweets. Having said that, if you listened to his interview last night he basically said im not going to get it right all of the time. Well, look, its important to get the important things right. If you are going the talk about accusing the former president of a felony, the worst scandal since watergate you should have some evidence in hand and be on top of the facts. He quoted a times story. You see him fuzzing in the carlson interview to talk about there is wiretapping here and there and different kinds of wiretapping. You see an he have to fuzz out the topic and get away from the fact that he made a claim for which there is no evidence. You mentioned, nick, that michigan appearance yesterday. There was a moment in a photoon with the president , secretary chou, gary schneider. Take a look and different. Come on governor. Even though you didnt endorse me, come on in. Not forgotten. I never forget. Just to repeat that, the governor, who didnt endorse him gets a clear message from the president , i never forget. What did you make of that moment . Im told i wasnt there but there was some reporting by people who were around that it was lets say an uncomfortable moment for some of the people who witnessed it. The president is not a guy who forgets. He is a guy who bears grudges. He recalls his climb to the nomination who was with him or against him. He is it rankels him and so he is going to get digs in sometimes if he can. Nick, thank you so much. Its going to be a huge day on capitol hill on monday. Judge neil gore such will be there. And james comey facing tough post potentially even hostile questions. The long awaited appearance by the fbi director who may finally provide clarity on two topics, alleged russia ties by the Trump Campaign and the wiretapping claims. We are joined boy a congressman. You are going to be in the hearing with director comey. Are you confident that the American People are going to be getting answers to the questions we have been asking for weeks. Or will we hear the word classified early and often . I think you are going to hear the word classified early and often. What i hope happens is that i hope director comey takes this moment to clear up the question of whether barack Obama Wiretapped donald trump. He clearly, if news reports are to be believed wants to clear that up. This is of course a pretty good opportunity. Now to the larger issue that you were talking about, all of the very many connections between trumps people, whether its manafort or lewandowski or flynn, the many connections to russia, the president s behavior to russia, the wiretap, almost by definition