higher taxes proposed for big companies and high earners. that revenue would fund a big federal pay raise and the largest peacetime military budget ever. republicans quick to say the proposal is a progressive pipe dream that is going nowhere fast. the president claims his plan will actually cut $3 trillion from the federal deficit. critics are saying that expiring covid-19 payments are probably to thank for that. mcconnell called it a wish list. thank goodness the house is republican. more reaction from senate republicans here. i think that what we ll be seeing is their aspirational budget if they were king of the world and could wave a magic wand, this is what they would want. they think you should give all your money and freedom in washington because they, the biden administration, knows better who you to spend it than you do. i don t agree with that. i don t suspect that we ll pay any attention to president biden s budget. julie: charles payne is here to break it dow
threatening the united states. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning to you at home. today s hearing comes amid growing threats as mexican cartels hold control along the southern border. friday s kidnapping of four americans in mexico the latest example of growing threats and deadly danger. two of the four americans were found dead, two survived and are now back in the u.s. being treated in a brownsville, texas hospital. the white house yesterday calling cartel violence a top priority. americans are being slaughtered, would president biden take the same approach if it was al qaeda or isis operating just across the border from an american city. the president takes this very seriously issue the fbi and other agents have been on top of this from day one. that is what he will continue to do. would president biden consider using the u.s. military to disrupt cartel operations? i will not get into the military a
hostages on the wrong side of the border. on a desolate road outside of matamoras, mexico a convoy of vehicles carries victim s friday s attack. police found the two alive in a small house, their friends brown and woodward dead in a field nearby. [siren] at the border an ambulance took the two survivors to a brownsville, texas hospital. the deceased for now remain in mexico. attacks on u.s. citizens are unacceptable, no matter where or under what circumstances they happen. some on capitol hill want the u.s. military to go after the cartels with or without mexico s permission. i recommend we take the fight to the cartel and use extreme prejudice, extreme prejudice because they are killing americans. attorney general merrick garland spoke today without addressing that issue. the cartels are responsible for the deaths of americans and we are fighting as hard as possible. mexican president lopez observe door says one man is in custody while they look for others. mex
a very good thursday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. janet yellen is going to be on the hill where she is going to be talking about the budget, and there is going to be plenty of questions about the budget and she is going to need a calm tone where she tells americans that their deposits are safe. we will bring that to you live. and the moment when a russian jet collided with a american drone causing it to crash into the ocean. we will show you how. we rebbring you to the statf the u.s. economy now. matt egan is joining us, and everybody is paying attention to the secretary this morning and the words, and she is getting out ahead of this a little bit with the words telling americans to be calm and their money is safe. yes, this is a big moment for the treasury secretary and she knows that confidence is a fragile thing, and she knows that it has been shaken by the failures, and she wants the americans to know that the money in the bank is safe, a
might flee or be dangerous, you would arrest them. but i think in the case of donald trump where everybody knows where this is coming, his lawyer would get a call, saying he s been indicted, when can he come in the next couple of days but he does have to get booked that has toby done, so i imagine it could be done with secret service present. that s msnbc legal analyst barb mcquade laying out what could happen if donald trump is indicted by the manhattan district attorney. it comes as trump s former fixer gives testimony to a grand jury and the woman he s accused of paying off meet with prosecutors. meanwhile there s also new reporting out of georgia on another phone call that the former president made to an election official there in the aftermath of the 2020 election and also ahead the latest on the american drone that was damaged by russian jets over the black sea. it appears the aggressive action was approved by the kremlin. good morning and welcome to way too ea