education department run by betsy devos.ecial olympics is, frankly, a treasured event in sports and in the american education system, and betsy devos said as much at that dinner d.c. that she went to just a few days after she was put in charge of the u.s. department of education. she told the special olympians who were there, quote, i'm proud to stand beside you as a partner and support special olympics, an important program that promotes leadership and empowers students to be agents of change. the very next day a group of school kids involved with the special olympics went to the capital to meet with lawmakers and advocate for federal funding. being the one in charge of that federal funding, betsy devos was there too, offering her support. and it wasn't just photo ops. betsy devos comes from extraordinary personal wealth. when she became education secretary, she loudly announced that she would donate her whole government salary to charity. a big chunk of it that first year specifically to the special olympics. you put all t

education department run by betsy devos. special olympics is, frankly, a treasured event in sports and in the american education system, and betsy devos said as much at that dinner d.c. that she went to just a few days after she was put in charge of the u.s. department of education. she told the special olympians who were there, quote, i'm proud to stand beside you as a partner and support special olympics, an important program that promotes leadership and empowers students to be agents of change. the very next day a group of school kids involved with the special olympics went to the capital to meet with lawmakers and advocate for federal funding. being the one in charge of that federal funding, betsy devos was there too, offering her support. and it wasn't just photo ops. betsy devos comes from extraordinary personal wealth. when she became education secretary, she loudly announced that she would donate her whole government salary to charity. a big chunk of it that first year specifically to the special olympics. you put al

betsy? where are you, betsy? hi, betsy.ecretary of health and human services, who has done a really great job. we have prescription drug prices coming down first time in 51 years, so alex azar. thank you very much, alex. [applause] president trump: most importantly, let me thank all of the college students and recent graduates here with me on stage. incredible young people. these courageous americans have stood up for to the forces of political indoctrinations, and they really stood up to it, too, like very few people have been able to. censorship and coercion. you refused to be silenced by powerful institutions and closed-minded critics, of which there are many. you faced down intimidation, pressure and abuse. you did it because you love your country and you believe in truth, justice, and freedom. and i want to thank you all, everybody in the room, including a lot of folks in the audience. charlie. a lot of folks. you've fought bravely for your rights and now you have a president who is also fighting for you. i'm with you

shawna thomas and betsy woodrough are joining us as well.e it is notable that the former vice president addressed head on confronted head on even before announcing his candidacy, the hearings, this is not the first time he's done that. give us context. >> yeah. that's right. it's interesting. he spoke about this at length a year ago and even more recently last september in an interview with craig melvin. an interview that took place in the middle of the kavanaugh hearings. what stands out as different right now is the timing. also the fact that he's doing so proactively, trying to do so on his terms. it's interesting. if joe biden runs for president, and i still do use the word if for now. obviously one of his selling points is going to be his 44 years in public office as a senator and as vice president. but if a potential drawback for him is the fact that he was in public office for 44 years as a senator and the vice president. for every positive he can point to on the foreign relation committee his critics can say you also voted for the ir

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i'm feel frg betsy devos today.ns of the secretary. >> you said today that you were not the person that proposed this funding change. can you explain who in your administration did? madame secretary, have you spoken to the president about this at all? if there is some misunderstanding, this is the opportunity to explain it to us. >> it's really uncomfortable to watch. you specialize in communication. you are very good at it. that's why i love having you on. is that how you recommend handling this? >> actually, i would. it's not unusual for members of congress to ignore the reporters who are running around the halls and asking them questions. it happens in both parties. it happens all the time. in this case, a lot like the federal budget, you is seen it. it's always a big production when it is on a pallet. it is about the size of an old phone book. so many decisions are made at a bureaucratic level. when they get the broad discretion to say cut the budget by this or do that, to know every line of the budget proposals

education secretary betsy devos has been under fire over budget cuts that would eliminate funding for the program. but on thursday, a surprising 180 from the president himself. halle jackson has the story. >> reporter: new reaction to a rare reversal this morning, after an unexpected and emphatic about face. >> why cut money for the special olympics? why would you cut funding for that? >> i've been to the special olympics. i think it's incredible, and i just authorized a funding. i heard about it this morning. i have overwritten my people. >> reporter: even the special olympics seemed surprise, with a top official saying, i didn't see this coming at all. they've had this position for three straight years now, adding it says a lot about the white house, hearing the stories of our athletes and supporters. >> i want to thank the president to responding for your voices. that's how democracy is supposed to work, and it worked because of you. >> reporter: those athletes and advocates using their voices. >> i was so sad and i was worried about not cutting the funding. >> reporter: as educati

betsy, you have done a lot of reporting on manafort and who he is, who is paul manafort?t are we talking about when he's accused of these sorts of crim crimes? >> i have been in close contact with dear friends of manafort over the last week or so leading up to or subsequent to his sentencing. they say he's basically a pretty simple person. they say to understand paul manafort, you have to know one thing. he really loves money and he likes to make as much as possible. he was not scrupulous of how he got it or who he got it from. that's the organizing principles of his career. he worked for a host of dicta dictators and tyrants across the globe all the way to the philippines who stole billions of dollars from his people. paul manafort worked for all of those people because they had a lot of money and because they could afford to pay him. that was how he decided what to do with his life and how to use it. what we are seeing is manafort essentially have to pay for a small priece for the fact that e has to break the law to make money. >> to hide money. >> kim, talk to me about

secretary of education, betsy devos. [applause] >> those names were definitely announced in the wrong order. took a pleasure to have secretary devos. she is from michigan. as she puts it, she went away to school to grand rapids at calvin college. dick got married. he is a member of our board. they have been involved in education for decades as philanthropists, reformers, and political warriors. i'm glad you are ed secretary. [applause] i'm glad you are education secretary, are you? >> i am, indeed. most days i am. >> did you ever think you would be secretary? you were in the trenches so long, and here you are at the levers of power. or dreamr had a goal about being education secretary. when the opportunity arose, i could not say no. i have been involved in , advocating for education freedom and school choice for more than three decades. this is a natural extension of what i have been doing all those years. summit, andn ideas you have big ideas, one of which is education freedom scholarships. sounds good. what is it? educ

betsy devos called it a "awesome organization" but said it doesn't need government funds.e's chip reid. >> reporter: for 50 years the special olympics has helped countless americans with disabilities feel special. >> special olympics means the world to me. >> reporter: dustin plunkett has played half a dozen different sports and says that's why the bullies now leave him alone. >> it helped me find my voice and stand up for myself and put an end to the bullies. but i wish they could see me today. >> reporter: most of the special olympics budget comes from private sources, but about $18 million a year comes from the federal government. in its new budget, the trump administration proposes eliminating that funding. education secretary betsy devos: >> we had to make some difficult decisions with this budget. >> reporter: that left some democrats fuming. >> i still can't understand why you would go after disabled children in your budget. you zero that out. it's appalling. >> do you know how many kids are going to be affected by that cut, madam secretary? >> i don't know the numb

secretary of education betsy devos comes back to capitol hill to face growing outrage over her department's proposal to cut all federal funding to the special olympics. >> did you personally approve this? i think a yes or no will do, the $18 million cut to the funding for special olympics. >> no, i didn't personally get involved with that. >> whoever came up at that idea gets a special gold medal for insensitivity. >>> and bad medicine. republicans warn president trump not to kill obamacare until the courts without a plan to replace it. as democrats see an opportunity. >> the trump administration radically expanded its war on america's health care this week. hard to explain, but who knows? >>> good day, i'm kasie hunt in for andrea in washington where president trump is getting ready to take his total exoneration message on the road. traveling to michigan this afternoon for his first prime time rally since attorney general william barr released his 4-page summer of the more than 300-page mueller report. the fbi director who the president fired back in 2017 tells lester holt in an exclusive

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he said, has anybody checked on betsy devos to see that she's still under the bus that the presidentt threw her under? >> the president does not like when his cabinet officials attract negative p.r. he's somebody who doesn't follow the detail-t dday operations of his cabinet agencies but he does pay attention whe cabinet secretaries appear in hearings on capitol hill that are televised. he certainly was aware of those uncomfortable exchanges that devos had on capitol hill this week and was not particularly them.d with >> thanks, everybody, for another good conversation. our conversation will continue as eshr on the "gton week" extra, available on our website, facebook or youtube, every friday after 8:30 p.m. while you're there, take our election 2020 survey on the home page. i'm robert costa. have a great weekend! ♪[music] >> corporate funding is provided by... ♪[music] >> babble. a language program that teaches real life conversations in a new language, such as spanish, french, german, italian and mo. babble's 10- to 15-minute lessons are available as an app ornline. more informatio

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this wasn't a good day for the education secretary, betsy devos. she was on the hill, this time before senate appropriations. members demanding why her department planned to zero out government funding for the special olympics, of all thing, after a barrage of negative headlines. then, we got this today from the president -- >> why cut money for the special olympics? why would you cut funding for that? >> the special olympics will be funded. i just told my people, i want to fund the special olympics. i had overridden my people. we're funding the special olympics. >> his people. devos defended herself and the administration's change, writing this -- i'm pleased and grateful the president and i see eye-to-eye on the issue and he has decided to fund our special olympics grant. this is funding i have fought for behind the scenes over the last several years. while the folks at deadspin weren't having it. they put it, betsy devos who wants to defund the special olympic, smiles dumbly, gets thrown under the bus and then lies. the uproar started tuesday, w

. >>> backlash tonight over the special olympics, secretary of education betsy devos proposes cutting funding robert, i bet a lot of people not happy with the secretary's remarks. >> reporter: it is not going over too well. in a little over a months, may fourth, the special olympic spring games will be held here. as we have been hearing for the future of special olympics in schools, there is more at stake than winning medals. >> stephanie is proud of winning her medals. the 35-year-old cupertino woman talking about what special olympics does for 130,000 northern california students throughout the schools. betsy devos who she met at an event proposed cutting funding for all special olympics in school. >> i was so sad. and i am really worried about not cutting all of the funding and all the money out. because we need all of that stuff because it is for our transportation. >> reporter: special olympic officials point out that olympic money also leads to matching n funds. allowing students with and without disability to mix. >> we are not just talking about playing sports. we are talking

betsy devos said that she was working behind the scenes to protect that funding. the president overruled his people to guarantee that funding. if not betsy devos and not the president, who exactly was pushing to defund the special olympics? >> keep in mind, debates like this happen every single day in washington, d.c., about various policies. we have disagreements all the time about policy. i would hope folks appreciate the fact that we're having critical review of how we spend government money. what you saw this week is the way the system is supposed to work. the president made the final decision. he actually listened to the public, the public said, you know what, mr. president, we don't like that proposal. in your budget. he said, you're right, i'll change it. this is how the process is supposed to work. this is the president's budget. it's not the omb budget. it's the president's budget. keep in mind, the budget is $1.3 trillion, of which special olympics is about 17 of 1 million 300,000. the system worked like it's supposed to. the president made the decision.

you, hello betsy.nd secretary of health and human services, who is done a great job, what do prescription drug prices coming down, first time in 51 years. thank you very much alex. >> most importantly let me think all the college students and recent graduates here, with me on stage, incredible young people, these courageous americans have stood up for the forces of political indoctrination's and they really stood up to it, like very few people have been able to. censorship and coercion. you refuse to be silenced by powerful institutions and close minded critics of which there are many. you facedown intimidation, pressure and abuse. you did it because you love your country and you believe in truth, justice and freedom and i want to thank you all, everyone in the room including a lot of folks and the audience. a lot of folks. >>> you been listening to president trump, about to sign the executive order, the president responding to a loud voice from conservatives especially young conservatives who say thei

. >> education secretary betsy devos defends the administration's cuts to the special olympics only to reverse course after president trump said he had overridden the decision. >> good friday morning to you. it's friday, march 29th. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside david gura. president trump held a campaign rally in michigan last night. he began with a profane en enunciation of the russian probe. >> after three years of lies and smears and slander, the russia hoax is finally dead. [ cheers and applause ] the collusion delusion is over. total exoneration. complete vindication. you know, it's interesting, robert mueller was a god to the democrats, was a god to them until he said there was no collusion. they don't like him so much right now. the russia witch-hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent americans, many of them. they suffered. with an elaborate hoax. the democrats have to now decide whether they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bull [ bleep ] >> wow. >> incredible. >> but i don't necessarily not sur

betsy devos, u.s.tary of education:we had to make some difficult decisions with this budget.united states secretary of education betsy devos defended her proposal to completely slash federal funding for the special olympics in the department's 2020 budget.the drama continued in a senate budget hearing with illinois senator dick durbin attacking the cuts...senator dick durbin, d/il i want to tell you whoever came up with - whoever came up with that idea gets a special olympic gold medal for insensitivity.outside the hearings rhode island congressman david cicilline and congressman joe kennedy iii...whose great aunt eunice shriver founded the special olympics...kept the pressure on on devos...congressman david cicilline, d/ri she seemed to be saying i support special olympics and yet she was advocating for a budget that zeroed out funding and i think her testimony was really appalling to listen to. congressman joe kennedy iii, d/ma it's cruel, it's misguided and it's outrageous. in the end..the campaign

that followed days of defending the proposal on capitol hill by education secretary, betsy devos.ying she and the president see eye to eye on the issue. >>> residents in south carolina gathered to remember a young girl that died in a school fight. two vigils were held last night in memory of her. the 10-year-old passed away after an incident that authorities are investigating. her body is scheduled for an autopsy today. there's growing anger over a lack of answers about her death. abc's, steve osunsami reports. >> reporter: at an emergency school board meetings, families that came to hear answers did not get them and were furious. >> due to the ongoing investigation and the student privacy laws, we cannot share specific details at this time. >> reporter: the school district an hour west of charleston, did have thoughts and prayers for the 10-year-old that died after a fight with another fifth grader. >> it's awful because they don't speculate and start rumors but they are not telling us anything. >> reporter: the family is planning a funeral. police say the fight on monday did not

. >>> also betsy devos is fighting back. how she is now defending her decision calling for funding cuts to the special olympics? >>> and some news just in about the fate of the british prime minister, theresa may, why she just offered to leave her post as p.m. early? this is cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. and elbow grease. the official truck of getting to work, and getting to work. of late nights, and date nights. it's the official truck of homecoming, and coming home. the all new chevy silverado. the strongest, most advanced silverado ever. it's the official truck of real people. with retirement planning and advice for what you need today and tomorrow. because when you're with fidelity, there's nothing to stop you from moving forward. because when you're with fidelity, my lineage was the vecchios and zuccolis. through ancestry, through dna i found out that i was only 16% italian. he was 34% eastern european. so i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors we thought was italian was eastern european. this is my anc

betsy woodruff is an msnbc contributor, she's also a politics reporter for the daily beast. barrett, i'll start with you. judge jackson, do we suspect she's going to buy the apology from paul manafort? >> it's like i tell my kids, are you sorry or sorry because you got caught? she's going to be able to assess the sincerity of this apology. it's not just a matter of saying the magic words. she's naught onot only going to what he said in court but all the lying to the special counsel's office, blowing up his cooperation deal. i'm not sure how much weight he'll put in his apology today. >> based on what you know about her as a judge, where would you suspect she would fall on the spectrum of a possible sentence here? >> yeah, one thing we haven't seen today from the sentencing is she's not going to be going in this, you know, going from the gut and saying i think you're a terrible person. she's walking through the guidelines. i think her sentence is going to be grounded in law. she's going to make the enhancements she finds appropriate. i think we would expect to see a sentence

betsy woodrough, former chief of staff. former chief counsel, ron klain at the table, and mimi rocah is back. i have to tastart with you, fra figliuzzi because we talk so much, we talk on this show all the time about what mueller knows, what the southern district of new york knows. the answer is mountains and mountains and mountains of things that we don't know about yet. >> let's continue with the mountain theme and switch it to a frozen mountain, an iceberg. let's say that once again, nicol nico nicolle, we're getting increasing glimpses of the submerged part of the iceberg, the part we haven't seen yet. as that becomes more and more transparent to us, we learned today, this is what popped out at me, that remember what mueller's all about. he starts as a counterintelligence, russian counterintelligence investigation, we know from andy mccabe that mccabe had added an obstruction element in there involving the president and that gets handed off to mueller and what does mueller do? he targets cohen and cohen's records and e-

betsy declosevos said she was s eye-to-eye. earlier, she was trying to plain to frustrated democrats why she was recommending this cut to special olympics. >> thank you. >>> at n about 15 minutes, we could have confirmation about who will be the next archbishop in washington. >> megan mcgth is outside of chi chillum with more on this. >> it could happen if it happens today, in a couple of minutes. but the catholic news agency is reporting that pope francis expected to apoint archbishop wilton gregory. the vatican makess announcement around 6:00 our time. gregory is in atlanta. he served as the conference of catholic bishops. during his tenure, the church wa deali with a sexual abuse scandal. at this point, it's not known if gregor wil accept the possession. he's 71 years old. he has t tire by 75. >> a long-rumored candidate for washington, has been archbishop wilton grhiory. i he will be a transitional figure. >> reporter: and the archdiocese of washington released a statement saying, we are awaiting an announcement from the ho

. >>> and betsy devos not under the bus in d.c. but sitting on stage with that interviewer speaking maybe now for the first time about her boss's abrupt about face on a decision she defended for days. we're monitoring this and talking about why the president is pulling a 180. the chairman of the special olympics tim shriver joins me live in a minute. first breaking overseas. parliament protests with british lawmakers set to vote this hour on the latest brexit deal. that decision could make or break it all. and we're going to have it live on this show. our team is covering all of this from across the country and around the world on this very busy friday. and we're keeping an eye on that stage in washington where secretary devos is speaking publicly for the first time since president trump told me that nothing would happen to federal funding for the special olympics. you can see her right there. we also want to talk about president trump, where he is, waking up in florida today. a state he needs to hold onto in 2020. along with michi

of manhattan, where the manafort case has moved and the daly beast's betsy woodruff. hi, everybody. nick, what do you think? >> i think things are going to go along just as i would expect. i assume we're going to see more indictments before this is over. congress is doing what sit's supposed to be doing. they've put out lots of document requests. they're going to get those documents, decide where they're going to put their resources. i'm sure they're coordinating this with the mueller office, so that they're not impinging on any of the investigations that are going on. they have been very careful to stay away from certain areas, such as, you know, with michael cohen's testimony. they've been very careful on that. so i don't see that there's going to be anything other than, let's see what -- i mean, i'm expecting an indictment. in terms of the mueller report, we've seen the mueller report now in many iterations. i mean, it is an ongoing report in installments. we've had a number of indictments of russians, of trump associates, trump high echelon appointments. and i think we're going

he's overridden betsy devos, one of the most loyal members of his cabinet.ch into the health care issue in such a way that his own republicans are running scared from it. take mitch mcconnell, for example. he's also now declared that he'll close the border with mexico. those are all acts of someone who really has a sense of i'm in charge here, i'm completely in charge. i'm going to do what i want, i don't give a darn what other people think. and there's a certain arrogance about this that i think is going to in the long run cost him a lot. >> this is a hubris we've seen this week. i'm not totally sure that we see different actions from the president in the wake of that hubris because the splits and the undercutting of the cabinet members is something we've seen before. there are those that wonder, david, if whether or not he treats it as sort of a public float. he doesn't care splitting with his own administration if he doesn't see the approval for some of the policies that he wants to out there. >> no, and i think that's right. i think he values sending a m

that was education secretary betsy devos early today in washington.e defended the trump administration's plan to eliminate all federal funding for the special olympics. every dollar. and yesterday faced a grilling from illinois senator dick durbin. >> did you personally approve -- i think a yes or no will do, the $18 million cut of the funding for special olympics? >> no, i didn't personally get involved in that. >> i want to tell you, whoever came up with that idea at omb gets a gold medal for insensitivity. >> let's not use disabled children in a twisted way for your political narrative. that is just disgusting and shameful. >> what? a few hours later president trump seemingly pulled the rug out from her with this major 180. >> the special olympics will be funded. i heard about it this morning. i have overridden my people. we're funding the special olympics. >> i'm overriding my people. in a statement released just minutes after the president spoke, devos came back with this. watch this line. i am pleased and grateful the president and i see eye-to-

betsy de vos wants to cut billions of dollars from the federal education budget.explaining why. overall she asking for $7 billion less in funding, she got an ear full of push back from democrats, but they're not the only ones criticizing her request. her cuts were called sho short-sited. these cuts are about 12% of the overall budget if eliminates a $2 billion grant program for teacher professional development replacing it with a voucher program, one of almost 30 programs that are slated for elimination including programs that asis native alaskans, hawaiians, as well as a gifted and talented program. she also seeks to end several federal aide programs including lone forgiveness for people that work in the public sector and cutting funding in half for work study programs popular at many colleges. much of what the secretary proposes cutting are programs that help minority students, kids from poor communities, and families trying to afford the cost of college. but something that she wants to ad back, a $5 billion tax credit to help students attend private schools whi

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the turn-about comes after his education cretary, betsy devos, faced a blistering backlash on capitol hill. our hallie jackson has late tails. to reporter: that controversial proposal called ofght. >> why cut money for the special olympics? why would yocut funding for that? >> the special olympics will be funded. i've been to the special blympics. i think it's incre and i just authorized a funding. ini heard about it this mo i have overridden my people. >> reporter: the president announcing an about-face after secretary betsy devos came under fire yet again today for proposed across-the-board cuts to the education department, cl ing more than $17 million from the special olympics. >> whoever came up with that idea ought to get a special olympic gold medal for insensitivity. let's not use disabled children in a twisted way for ol yourical narrative. that is just disgusting and 's shameful. >> reporter: devos, after days of publicly defendinthe proposed cuts, now says she's pleased and grateful adding, this is funding i have fought for behind the scenes over the last several years. keep

liberal crowds, conservative crowds and i defend betsy devos.people think of her. i know her to be a very compassionate and passionate person for kids that have been left behind. >> one of the things that happened that contributes to that is she's on 60 minutes. you talk about the schools you visited. she was asked whether she had visited a low performing public school and she said i hadn't thought about that. >> have you seen the really bad schools maybe try to figure out what they're doing? >> i have not. i have not. i have not intentionally visited schools that are under performing. >> maybe you should. >> maybe i should. >> she got off to a bad start. we'll leave it at that. i think she's done a good job. i'm going to be loyal to her because i know she would be loyal to me. >>> up next. >> when an executive committee member of the texas republican party spouts out white supremacy, pound him. ahh, new h? well, you should definitely see how geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. nice tip. i'll give you two bucks for the chair. two?

it's appalling. >> reporter: on capitol hill, education secretary betsy devos under fire. asked how many young athletes would be impacted -- >> we had to make some difficult decisions with this budget. >> again, this is a question on how many kids, not about the budget. >> i don't know the number of kids. >> it's 272,000 kids. >> let me just say i think special olympics is an awesome organization, one that is well supported by the philanthropic sector as well. >> reporter: the $17.6 million the games receive from the government is a tiny fraction of trump's proposed $4.75 trillion budget proposal. but it represents a significant chk of t scial o annual revenue. and some charities did get federal support from this administration. the jack nicklaus children's hospital in miami would get $20 million. nicklaus is a golfing buddy of the president's. >> terry, tonight, lawmakers from both parties are making it clear, the special olympics will not lose its federal funding? >> reporter: absolutely. leaders in both parties are saying this funding won't get eliminated. partly becaus

we expect betsy devos to take serious questions. you can't find a republican or democrat on capitol hill who agrees with the president's decision as it relates to the special olympics. >> joining me now to discuss all of this cnn political analyst and washington bureau chief for the daily beast. good to have you on this morning. so what's behind this? what do you have to gain particularly after passing a big tax cut that princebly benefitted wealthier americans? and that is a point that senator bernie sanders made in his response to this. what is to gain even if it doesn't end up in the final budget by pushing this kind of cut? >> it's really unclear why they would do this. it's almost comical except we are talking about real money, why you would go after a program that is so universally beloved including by the head of the subcommittee that oversees the funding for the department of education. there is reporting he was actually at the world games for the special olympics recently. the funding isn't going anywhere. the budget docume

it was painful to see betsy devos' reaction after the president said he overrode this because she was trying to indicate she had been for full funding of this all along. this is the cost of working in the trump administration, no question, and i was fascinated to see that the small business administration secretary is planning to step down and go back to the private sector. people know that this is a short-term and frustrating experience and that's why there is so much turnover in this white house. >> are we going back to jeremy diamond at the white house? let's go back to jeremy diamond at the white house. jeremy, you have some news. tell us. >> we can now confirm with a source familiar with her plans that olivia mcmann, head of the small business administration, does plan to leave her position. she does plan to resign. we're told that resignation, that announcement, could come as early as today. that is just coming through right now, brianna. as you know, she is one of the few women in the president's cabinet. she's also one of the wealthiest members of the president's cabinet. she

. >>> next to the battle over funding the special olympics, education secretary betsy devos taking heat on capitol hill again today for cutting the games from her budget. president trump feeling the heat as well. late today, overriding the second say secretary saying the program will get its money. here's abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: facing growing outrage over his move to slash funding from the special olympics, tonight president trump with an abrupt about face. >> i've been to the special olympics. i think it's incredible. >> reporter: the administration called for cutting all federal money for the special olympics, $17.6 million. a tiny fraction of the president's $4.75 trillion budget. but a significant chunk of funding for the games which give people with intellectual disabilities a chance to compete on the global stage. during two days of hearings on capitol hill trump's education secretary, betsy devos, has been skewered. >> i still can't understand why you would go after disabled children in your budget. you zero that out! it's appalling. >> did you personally approve -- i thi

education secretary betsy devos saying it's not a federal program. but some members of congress call the move appalling. here's abc's senior national correspondent terry moran. >> reporter: for more than 50 years, the special olympics have been part of a revolutionary movement, putting people with intellectual disabilities front and center, in a new light on the world stage. for decades, the government supported the games. but now the trump administration wants to eliminate all federal funding. >> i still can't understand why you would go after disabled children in your budget. you zero that out. it's appalling. >> reporter: on capitol hill, education secretary betsy devos under fire. asked how many young athletes would be impacted -- >> we had to make some difficult decisions with this budget. >> again, this is a question on how many kids, not about the budget. >> i don't know the number of kids. >> no problem. it's 272,000 kids. >> let me just say i think special olympics is an awesome organization, one that is well supported by the philanthropic s

today secretary of education betsy devos proposed cutting all the money for special olympics, and it's igniting a firestorm, especially in the bay area. nbc bay area's robert handa has more. >> reporter: stephanie ching is proud of her special olympics medals and for becoming an ambassador, or global messenger, for the organization. the 35-year-old cupertino woman appeared on abc bay area's asian pacific america talking about what special olympics does for 130,000 northern california students throughout 500 schools. so ching was stunned to hear education secretary betsy devos, whom ching met at an event in washington, d.c., proposed cutting all federal funding for special olympics in schools, about $18 million a year. >> the special olympics -- >> that are affected -- >> -- is an awesome organization, one that is well supported by the philanthropic sector as well. >> i was so sad and i'm really worried about not cutting the funding, all that money out. because we need -- we need all that stuff because it's for transportation. >> reporter: special olympics officials point out federal mo

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family that have done such good work i don't understand it it did it made really bad headlines for betsy device an ad republicans and you know frankly made them seem heartless i hope she reconsiders and i hope there's enough blowback that as they say that that this this gets rolled back david the president says the mullahs reporters a complete and total exoneration of him and his campaign against clues in an obstruction is it. no it's an initial and it's an historic victory it takes in my judgment larry impeachment off the table the democrats going to have to be trump at the ballot box which is better i think for the country in many ways and that's what nancy pelosi has been implying if not saying look it's an initial victory but remember moeller was in the dilemma as follows he couldn't subpoena the president because i would take forever going up to the supreme court he couldn't indict him according to department of justice standards and he couldn't exceed that standard of reasonable doubt so what does he do remember there's bad stuff in that report he had a hard time calling obstructio

i have overridden my people. >> reporter: the president announcing an about-face after secretary betsy devos came under fire yet again today for proposed across-the-board cuts to the education department, including more than $17 million from the special olympics. >> whoever came up with that idea ought to get a special olympic gold medal for insensitivity. >> let's not use disabled children in a twisted way for your political narrative. that is just disgusting and it's shameful. >> reporter: devos, after days of publicly defending the proposed cuts, now says she's pleased and grateful adding, this is funding i have fought for behind the scenes over the last several years. keep in mind the private organization never really seemed at risk of losing its federal funding, since it's up to lawmakers to make that call, and they didn't want to make the cut. but a top official at the special olympics points out the symbolic significance of this reversal, telling me tonight this move is pretty amazing, lester? >> hallie jackson at the white house. >>> and that wasn't the only drama in washington