the house next week takes up the annual defense authorization bill, we are joined by joe gould who is defense whose congressional reporter, tell us about some of the key programs and policies in this annual authorization bill. >> sure. earlier this month, the services committee marked up its version of the national defense authorization act, which is the annual policy bill, this year, adheres to the top line that was negotiated as part of the two-year budget deal, so it is $716 billion, which is a -- an increase from 2018, which is 700 billion. the mech there is a number of policy provisions, that also lays out the hardware and what kinds of numbers will be provided to the military, there is some 77 f 35's in the bill, to virginia class submarines, there is a 2.6% pay raise, an additional 16,000 troops, and there are some policy provisions in there as well. supportive of the administrations nuclear posture reviews, and it includes house chairman max thornberry's proposal to cut 25% from certain military support agencies, the so-called for the state, additionally, viewers may have hear

we are joined by joe gould, "defense news" congressional reporter. tell us about key programs and policies in this annual authorization bill. joe: earlier this month, the house armed services committee marked up its version of the national defense authorization act, which is the annual defense policy bill. this year it hews to the top line of the two-year budget deal, so it is a 716 billion dollars, an increase from 2018, which was $700 billion. there is a number of policy provisions which also layout what sorts of hardware and what kind of numbers would be provided to the military. there is some 77 f-35's in the bill, to virginia-class submarines. there is a 2.6% pay raise, an additional 16,000 troops, and there are policy provisions in there as well. it is supportive of the administration's nuclear posture review. it includes mac thornberry's proposal to cut 25% from certain military support agencies, the so-called fourth estate. additionally, viewers may have heard of problems with military aviation. well, there is a bipartisan push for a commissio