without further do, a warm welcome to steve balmer. [applause] steve ballmer: thanks to the governor. she understated the amount that we have in common. yes, i started my career at procter & gamble but i am also almost a native of toledo, ohio and i grew up in north toledo, called detroit, michigan for some. and, i, too, am an ice cream guy. the governor may have started cold stone creamery but i am a good customer and i love ice cream. i am also a numbers guy. i would say when i retired from microsoft three years ago, one of the sources, what will i say, of energy that i missed was the numbers aspect. , myshortly after i retired wife, who has been running our philanthropic activities for years, very focused in on child welfare issues and now more broadly we are focused in on opportunities for children born in the u.s. who may not have any other shot at the american dream. it is a real issue. after i retired, i couldn't get too focused on that. she said, come on, let's get your brain and engaged on some of the issues of children. i said

without further do, a warm welcome to steve balmer. [applause] steve ballmer: thanks to the governor. she understated the amount that we have in common. yes, i started my career at procter & gamble but i am also almost a native of toledo, ohio and i grew up in north toledo, called detroit, michigan for some. and, i, too, am an ice cream guy. the governor may have started cold stone creamery but i am a good customer and i love ice cream. i am also a numbers guy. i would say when i retired from microsoft three years ago, one of the sources, what will i say, of energy that i missed was the numbers aspect. , myshortly after i retired wife, who has been running our philanthropic activities for years, very focused in on child welfare issues and now more broadly we are focused in on opportunities for children born in the u.s. who may not have any other shot at the american dream. it is a real issue. after i retired, i couldn't get too focused on that. she said, come on, let's get your brain and engaged on some of the issues of children. i said

steve balmer shows where you're spending your money. >>> i'm scott wapner coming up on "the halftimeeport," upgrading snap right before a crucial moment for the company. >>> plus, shares of target are jumping today after the company surprises wall street. is this the moment to take a big risk on retail we are covering president trump's paris news conference live and the big meeting with gop leadership over the health care bill as the stakes rise in that battle as well jon, see you in a few. >>> details on the new senate health care bill coming out and the cbo score on president trump's budget just a few minutes ago. for more on the budget, let's go to washington and ylan mui >> under president trump's budget, it would be 1.9%, which is less than the 3% forecast that translates to 3.6 trillion in revenue over the next decade and one of the reasons why the cbo says that the president's budget does not balance. it would reduce the budget by a third over the next ten years but doesn't eliminate it entirely in 2027, the deficit will still be 720 billion it also estimated that the debt to

steve, thank you did you see balmer nothing that we do matters i mean, like the government does this,re government, less government, more entitlements, it's -- that's what he said. >> i don't think that's right at all. >> no, you said that many times before though that -- >> for what? >> obamacare didn't hurt lower taxes doesn't help -- >> steady line -- >> oh, no i've not said that at all, joe >> that's why you're -- >> i've not said that the all. i believe it matters a lot what government does and i believe the size of government should be limited and allocate that to government -- >> but the same size as -- >> so even under the obama years -- >> you're missing one of the things on health care joe which is one of the problems with health care is keeping the government controlled portion of the economy to a certain limit so there's still big parts of the economy that are subject to gains in productivity, that's the economic concept for the concern about the growth of government controlled health care is that you keep it tied to productivity >> now you are preaching -- >> yeah, well -