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Inside the west wing, but hopefully we ll have more of these briefings and we ll get more answers out of the white house press office. something we haven t had in quite some time. this is wonderful and we welcome them. jim, thank you. stand by. dana, on the news of this budget that the president has given to congress today, this whole piece about the 8.6 billion for construction of the border wall. my question to you really is why is he bringing this up again? is is it to put up this big 20 fight? does he need the money? is it krrk, all of the above. all of the above. does he need the money? he wants the money and he wants to make a point on not just the wall, which obviously is the thing his aides describe as the policy extension of himself at this point even though it started out in the campaign as a rhetorical political tool. it s morphed into something much bigger in the president s eyes. but even more broadly as jim said, it is always a political ....
About the fact that you know, he could do it fast and specifically, he said in 2016 that he could do it in eight years. when i say it, i mean balance the budget and according to this document that he s going to put forward, it would be 15 years. and even that is done with nonpartisan experts. a whole bunch of statistics that are pie in the sky according to a lot of people to even get to that point. one more, looking ahead this week, we know the senate will take the resolution, they re going to be voting on that to block trump s emergency declaration. a move that unlocks more money for the wall. what s noteworthy is more and more republicans have been defect frg the side of the white house saying they will vote against this, including rand paul. right. and rand paul put this resolution in the yes it s going to pass column. the question is going to be ....
Ethiopian. how long do you think before they figure this out? within the week. within the week, they will have the first data, excuse me, the recorders are not damageded. within the week, they will have the first data from the flight data recorders and the cockpit voice recorders. ten days max. that will tell them whether it was somehow related to this end class system. this safety protective system that boeing has put in the planes that was the responsible or primary cause of lion air. the really, the you know trk question you haven t asked and that question i can t answer, is the plane safe. if i was flying, if i was in an airport tonight and was expecting to get on a max 8 plane would you do it? the chinese have grounded the fleet. ....
Have done when they had the same opportunity. so i want to be very clear. you re not answering the question. is there a reason? i believe i answered it twice. didn t say yes or no. does he believe democrats hate jews. ? you ought to ask the democrats. paul manafort goes for the second half of his sentences. why hasn t the president ruled out a pardon? the president has made his position on that clear. he ll make a decision when he s ready. last week, the president tweeted that michael cohen quote, directly asked me for a pardon. when did that happen? was that when cohen was here at the white house and came into the oval office and asked the president for a pardon? did it happen on the phone? do you have a date? i m not going to get into specifics of things that are currently under review by the oversight committee and other committees. what i can tell you is that cohen s own attorney stated and contradicted his client when he ....
Said he was aware those conversations had taken place. we know michael cohen lied to congress prior to his testimony, most recently. we know he s lied at least twice in that hearing. i think that it s time to stop giving him a platform. let him go on to serve his time and let s move forward. my budget question, just to put it on the record because a lot of people want to know, is there anything in the president s 2020 question that has mexico play iing for the wa? as the president has stated a number of times, through the u.s. mca trade deal, that we look forward to get ipassed soo, that will be part of how that takes place. john. thank you, sarah. two brief questions. following up on john s personnel question. does the president have full confidence in secretary acosta or is the labor sector possibly leaving? i m not aware of any personnel changes, but again, those things are currently under review. when we have an update, i ll let ....