workers are not getting a pay increase. the president promised a $4,000 pay increase. 4% are getting a modest pay increase a bonus. mostly one-time bonuses. and then the costs. you care a lot about the deficit. i care about the deficit. many of you viewers care about it. the cost has ballooned to $2 trillion. it was originally 1.5 trillion. it s totally unpaid for. what do we have going on today in the house? the budget committee is debating cutting medicare, medicaid, social security neil: you raised a lot of very good points. i want to go through a couple of them. i m not a fan of every aspect of the tax cut but we have seen a pickup in growth. the last 12 months we ve had a running average of growth of 2%. we never saw that.
the same. but her life to a large part was destroyed. right. bill clinton s wasn t. we can agree on that. thank you, stephanie. i hear your points, and they re well received here. thank you, eugene. i think i was too tough on clinton. any way, eugene scott, thank you. up next, according to the washington post, president trump says something that isn t true more than five times a day. it s a stunning figure tough a running average like that. but he s not alone. trump s top officials have shown time and again they have little interest in telling the truth. you re watching hardball. ht. perfect fit. santa needs an f-150. that s ford, america s best selling brand. hurry in today for 0% financing for 72 months across the full line of ford cars, trucks and suvs! and just announced. get 0 % apr for 72 months plus $1000 cash back! take advantage of these exclusive holiday offers during the ford year end sales event.
in terms of hurricane fuel than it normally would be this late in august? i think it s just about where it normally would be. we re in the middle of hurricane season. we re right in the heart of hurricane season. we know from experience when hurricanes are in the gulf right in the heart of hurricane season, that s when they can get the strongest. i will say that there were observations of a little bit of above average temperatures in the western gulf. not way above average. but that did contribute a little bit to the rapid intensification of this storm. i know we lose precision as we go days and weeks out. what can you tell us about this hurricane season which is, i guess, in terms of big storms, is it running average, is it higher than average, what? well, i think with hurricane harvey, and its strong
tracking poll, three day running average, 49% for obama. he was at 67% in the polls four years ago. 18-point decline from that. when operating is not designed to make it more popular and bring the country together. bill: now, one of the people that is thought to be a competitor to the democrats in the next presidential election is governor chris christie of new jersey. recently nra took out an ad saying president obama was a hypocrite because he sends his children to school protected by armed guards and that he doesn t want armed guards in other schools. christie didn t like that ad by the nra and said this. don t be dragging peoples children into this. it s wrong z i think it s a means that makes them less of a valid, trusted source of
ratings. today gallup, three-day running average, 46% approval, lowest in six months. eliot, your proposal, essentially tax reform, something the deficit commission has talked about. it s clearly a way out of this. i think, you know, the problem in that solution is the american public doesn t want to lose its home mortgage deductions or its charitable deductions, and you know, so maybe there s a way to skew that toward the wealthy and the wealthy would lose their deductions since they itemize. you know, there might be a solution there. but right now there s such bad blood they just have to get past the debt ceiling. i think you re both exactly right. the political lines are rigid. the conceptual framework is there, only if you have chemistry between the parties and each brings a willingness to compromise. david, social security is off the table on both sides.