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we ll look at some presidential errors. also, unreal and overoptimistic. for the nhs and welfare state if britain leaves the eu without a trade deal. that s the opinion of the former prime minister sirjohn major. and the greek economic crisis it goes from bad to worse, we ll speak to the former greek finance minister yanis va roufakis. i m katty kay in washington christian fraser s in london. big increases in defence spending offset by cuts to domestic agencies and the state department that s what president trump wants from his first budget. he s promised one of the greatest military build ups in american history , and briefings by the white house suggest the increase could be more than 9%. also today, the defence secretaryjim mattis is due to deliver his plan for defeating the self styled islamic state group. this is what donald trump had to say earlier about the military. we must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter ....
iphone 7 is here headphone jack is out, what else is in? good afternoon, everyone. we re going to begin today with our politics lead. peace through strength. that is how donald trump started a majoruation national security speech. immediately after taking office, the g.o.p. says they will have 30 days to quickly defeat isis. those of you paying attention know that the claim is at odd odds with previous trump pronouncements. he says he knows about isis than the generals do and a foolproof plan to destroy the terrorist group. in june trump said the generals don t know much and now the generals have to come up with a new plan. did mr. trump elaborate at all on how, under a trump administration he would destroy isis? not with too much specificity other than the call for generals to come up with a new plan within 30 days of him taking over. he say it s will require cyber, financial, and side ideological efforts. she is trigger happy and unstable. whether we like ....
photos show nuclear sites, they are falling apart. it s a national security nightmare. how did the u.s. government happen? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. donald trump is trying to bolster his image as the potential commander in krechief promising to beef up his military might. there s growing pressure to release his tax returns as his running mate prepares to go public with his i.r.s. forms. trump has said for months he can t release the tax information because he s under audit. now trump is suggesting that he would share his tax returns if hillary clinton agreed to an unlikely deal and released thousands of her controversial e-mails. another story we re following. new photos reveal extensive damage at america s nuclear sites. a national security risk that the next president will face. the images released by congress shows some decades over facilities. they are leaking and the ....
Deficit spending. i don t think the president has necessarily influenced ryan or talked him into a different philosophy on budgeteering. but the fact is you have a president, who from the campaign trail, referred to himself as the king of debt. from the campaign trail said he was not going to touch entitlements, the entitlements that ryan has spent a better part of a decade trying to rework. at the very least, there is some calculation there that at least in that sense, this party is republican leaders are moving closer to their leader of the party in the white house. one argument they do have working in favor of getting votes is the military argument. republicans were part of the deal that imposed the military sequester as michael mentioned on the pentagon. capital spending there as well. now they want to take that off and say, listen to your defense secretary. ....
Ending the military sequester is a good idea? great idea. the sequester goes back 5 or 6 years, threats now are very different. the sequester was automatic cuts they didn t allow us to prioritize or long-term plan for what we need 5 or 10 years or 30 years from now so that will make us safer, this is the 21st-century version of the peace through strength. it have been in place to begin with? probably not. a swamp being unable to come to a compromise or agreement on spending. this was the result of politicians unable to get things done, the budget control act passed in 2011 in response to the white house and congress not being able to come up with a budget so we have to look at how our politicians are not able to figure out a way to come up with a consensus for the american people when it comes to ....