involved when a budget like this gets unveiled. it s a policy document. it shows what the president wants generally but not likely to get passed. to get to your specific question some of the issues that would affect middle class and poor americans, cuts proposed in food stamps, cuts proposed on medicare and medicaid. and the spending reductions come at the same time that the tax cuts have been implemented. the government is getting less revenue from taxes while also reducing spending and that will hurt the deficit and debt over the next few years. jeff mason live in washington, d.c. stick around for us. we ll see you on morning joe . vice president mike pence met with dick cheney during a private gathering on sunday. according to the transcript obtained by the washington post their discussion turned into a vigorous back and forth over trump s foreign policy. at the closed door retreat
treasury secretary mnuchin set an arbitrary 50% rule. that is if deripaska went below 50% of the shares, he no longer exercised control. it s very ironic, indeed hypocritical, that his paid lobbyist has pointed in other documents to effective control of rusal by a company that only owns 48%. so, yes, he may have less than 50% of the shares. but given the kind of brother-in-law, sister-in-law, ex-wife, family foundation, he is exercising influence. but, you know, that s what we wanted to explore. we wanted the congresswoman s committee, the intelligence committee, to have an opportunity to do an assessment, hear from the intelligence agencies as to whether there was effective control by gathering on sunday and putting out this lifting of sanctions. putin got a favor, but the american people did not. okay. listen, this is taking place against a backdrop of u.s. intelligence agencies today saying russia is still