this is through bureaucratic naming -- >> we'll leave this discussion here and go live to the white house for today's briefing, here is the spokesperson sarah sanders. >> this bill achieves our top priority a much needed increase and funding for national defense. this is increasing budget caps and provides certainty for the next two years. defense spending will match the request by the pentagon and reflects what the president signed into law with the national defense authorization act. thanks to president trump we can have the strongest military we've ever had. it increases the debt ceiling and moves us away from crisis to crisis budgeting. and e building america's crumbing infrastructure and tackling the opioid epidemic and taking care of our veterans. we have secretary mattis here with us today. will come up to make a brief statement and take a few questions on funding our armed forces and i will be back up after him to answer questions on news today.

back up rex tillerson policy efforts and viable military options. but thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. >> thank you mr. secretary. due to timing and tight time lines, we will jump into questions for today with no further statements. >> nancy pelosi -- is that something that the president would like to see the budget deal. >> we made clear that the budget deal should be the bunlt deal and members of congress like nancy pelosi should not hold the military hostage over a separate issue. we laid out what we would like to see -- hopefully we can get the budget deal done and the immigration bill done. >> so this march 5th deadline for daca or is he going to extend it. >> we're hopeful. our goal is to get something done. we don't want to keep kicking the can down to road and we'd like to see a solution. we made a plan that addressing everybody concerns. >> will the president find the budget agreement that was laid out by the senate -- >> look, we applaud the steps forward they've...

after him to answer questions on news today. thank you. >> so good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for taking time out of your schedules to be here today. i spent the last day and a half on capital hill briefing the numbers of congress on the national defense strategy. congress recognizes the effect on america military and the men and women providing for our nation's defense. two days from now i will visit our nation's first security force at ford bedding. as they declare to deploy to afghanistan. to advance the security of our nation these trops are putting themselves in harms way, signing a blank check payable to the american people with their lives. our military operating under debilitating continuing resolutions for more than 1,000 days during the last decade. during last weeks state of the union address president trump said weakness is the surest path to conflict. no room for complacency. failure to implement or fund the strategy will leave us with a force that can...