medicare program and this reveals that and so many of the states can put them back in the programs and that would make it more for the state and federal budget. i have seen no evidence among republicans that they somehow want to reverse that and keep them in the program so i think that is true in the mechanics of the repeal part and when they get to the reauthorization any higher price tag is bad news. >> absolutely makes i it makes t much more challenging. >> in terms of the budget, one thing i want to try to clarify its debt it is a block grant entitlements so that congress must tim reauthorized as a fixed number so while there might be the introduction of changes in the affordable care act they would have to change that. in other words if the dollar didn't go up and it's a fiscally conservative mood it does mean that there will be less dollars for children that are eligible for that is the complication. >> the interaction is there is a maintenance effort and if you don't give the states the money they need to step back and think about what they want from this program to get it right. >> i won't speak to the budget elements but from the pr

where it takes away though is in the department of state, particularly the foreign aid budget. that's going to be cut across the board. state department by 21%. that's a little more than $10 billion. the epa will also get cut by 31%. and there are plans to eliminate 3200 positions there. then the health and human services department will get cut by about 17.5% with a dramatic restructuring of the national institutes of health as part of that. it also proposes to eliminate some independent agencies including the national endowment for the arts and the corporation for public broadcasting. here's what the omb director said about those two agencies this morning. listen. >> i think the president finally got to the point where he said, do i really want to make the coal miner in west, the autoworker in ohio trb single mom in detroit pay for the national endowment for the arts? the answer is no. >> reporter: this budget also proposes to eliminate the $3 billion in funding for the community block grant program and housing and urban development. that's dr. ben carson's new portfolio. part

virginia or others or the same in every state would be getting a select amount of money and if the people like this caller's medical care costs, the rest has to come from the state budget or if it doesn't come from the state budget, then it doesn't come at all and then it becomes incumbent to pay for whatever their they need. that is a different way of working and different way that our medicare program has worked going back to 1965. while we are looking for fiscal balance and while it is important we have efficient programs, the medicare program is highly efficient and the people who are dependent on it don't have a lot of choices. it's not like they are saying we could spend this money that i could use for some other purpose. so we know that people live on the edge or fear of a big medical bill and not cheap when and people like the caller have and the medicaid program has been able to be both efficient and effective. i think we'll hit millions of people and make health care more expensive for millions of people. what's happening on the other end there is a $600 billion tax cut. people who are making over $250,000 a year. the ghost insurance companies, pharmaceutical

the state budget start to pickton mid-summer so they need to know where the money is sitting. down in september the issue really is the current debate we have a very short attention and time frame in washington. unless you're within 30 days of losing the program, people don't get their attention focused on it and the idea th were worried about that will expire in september, is not reall resonating. i will report that we've had great activity by republicans and democrats for chip. by its popular five-part untreated bipartisan and we don't expect. se, but it won't go forward. the devils and the details and what that is and what the funding changes might be. >> i was going to -- i think the congressman earlier today that there's a lot on the platter that has to be done. today we hit the statutory debt limit rescheduling of that. we are running on a continuing resolution from april of 28, i would argue that given the state budget and the way that their formulated that this might be something that organizations has put out a proposal to expand for four years. i would say that when

next, white house budget director mick mulvaney answering reportest' questions on the president's proposed budget. the e.p.a. and state department would see the largest cuts, while the defense department, veterans afairs and homeland security would see the largest increases. this portion of the white house briefing is 25 minutes. >> thanks very much, good afternoon and happy day before st. patrick's day, also known as budget day. most of you heard me talk about the budget before, i'm not going to say too many things in opening before we get to your questions. we will remind you this is what we're calling the america first budget, we had an america first candidate, we now have an america first president and it shouldn't surprise anyone that we have an america first budget. you've seen the details as we talked about last week, $54 billion of additional defense spend, we have more details today on where that money is going. we have increases at the v.a., increases at the department of justice, increases within the department of homeland security for things that include border security and immigration control. increases w

the state department cut by 28%. the defense department's budget would increase by 10% equal to $54 billion more. the biggest boost for the military since the 1980s. the house minority leader doesn't think this budget will fly. >> we understand and respect our responsibility to protect and defend the american people and to have a smart and strong defense budget. not a budget and actions that are reckless and rash. >> reporter: the los angeles times says the budget would deliver a painful financial blow to california. federal money makes up about one-third of the state's budget. the proposal could lead to cuts in health care, and initiatives for the poor. an effort to restore the san francisco bay is on the chopping block. this is the white house wish list. it's up to congress to decide where the money goes. abc 7 news. >>> president trump is facing a new challenge to his revised travel ban. a second federal judge has blocked his executive order. that was calling for refugees and citizens predominantly muslim countries doct from coming to the u.s. t

the state budget, it's, you know, always a problem every year. d republicans seem to be sobering to the idea that filling a huge budget deficit, which they estimate at nearly $3 billion through half of next year, is extremely difficult. who would've known how complicated it is, right? now, a report on pennlive suggests that even though the gop in harrisburg vows it would be a last resort, tax hikes may -- may -- somehow enter the picture, and you remember, governor wolf, back in his first budget, his first proposed budget, had proposed an increase in the state income tax in 2014. it was shot down completely, and he's not even really offering, you know, a state income tax hikes, for one thing, in his proposed budget for this year. so, val, i guess maybe this somewhat vindicates that first budget that was so maligned back in 2014, that you have to pay the piper at some point down the line. >> well, it really leaves you scratching your head as to what governor wolf's vision is for the commonwealth of pennsylvania. you know, he started out as the most

looking to implement the program this year and start phasing it in as monies are available in the state budget. >> throwing money at the problem is not going to solve it. >> republican critics like rocky chavez should consider other education models. >> we look at technology. if we look at transferring and if we look at sufficiencies that is done at the private universities. we can lower the costs and insure students get out a year- and-a-half earlier and that would safe them fifty to one hundred thousand dollars. students like monique will be paying out thousands. >>> we are faced with debt instead of going after our dream. >> changes are coming to yahoo. up next. what to expect after the deal with verizon going through including the fate of marissa meyer. >>> a suspect's action with a fire hose and shot and killed by police. why southern officers are saying their actions were completely justified. >>> he was making a threat with the gas can at one point. he actually poured some gas on to a rag. >>> no more. we don't want anymore! keep calm. the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cabl

the first draft budget. it proposed some massive cost. 1% less to epa and 29% to the state department. defense department and homeland security could see more money. mick null4mulvaney is the white adviser. good morning. >> good morning. >> does it also dismanhattan tl? >> a little bit. we rewrote the budget by going through the president's speeches and finding out what his priorities were. we took those word, policies, and turned them into numbers. >> did you consult with anybody? >> the president. >> you didn't consult with agency? >> oh, sure. during the process we talked to all the cabinet secretaries, all through program by program. we gave them a lot of flexibility. we'll coto do so in how these agencies will get cuts or in the case of defense department, homeland security, how they get increases. >> clearly people say if you want to know the pry yorlts of somebody, look at their budget, period, whether it's family or whether it's the government. the question comes, it's also a political decision. we can talk about all the numbers in the world, but you've got republican senators

the deep cuts amount to about $20 billion in funding. a whopping 37% cut to the budget for the statement and the u.s. agency for international development which provides humanitarian assistance worldwide. funding for the u.n. peace keeping and development assistance cut nearly in half. payments to other international groups dramatically reduced. >> the budget takes the policies that president trump laid out on the campaign trail and turns them into numbers. that's it. that's all it does. what did the president say on the campaign trail? i'm going to spend more money on defense. i'm going to spend more money on forcing the border. >> reporter: president trump forewarned deep cuts to foreign aid at a conference of conservatives last month. >> this is the united states of america that i'm representing. i'm not representing the globe. i'm representing your country. >> reporter: and his new ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, says the error of the u.s. shouldering the burden is over. >> we contribute 22% of the u.n.'s budget. far more than any other country. we have to start encouraging

the state department to maintain their core diplomatic functions. keep in mind a lot of the farn aid is in the state department budget. a lot of the money for climate research, climate change work is in the state department budget. that's one of the reasons you see such a large reduction there. to the larger point about diplomacy and defense department, this is a hard power budget. no question about it. what the president wanted. >> back to charlie's point, stiff opposition from key republican players. what do you intend to do, mr. mulvaney, to get them to see what you see? >> send a message, what this is really about. what is the message to congress in this budget? the president wants more money for defense, more money for border enforcement. more money for law enforcement generally. we increased that part of the department of justice. he wants more money for veterans and for things like school choice. he wants to do that without adding to the deficit this year. that's the message that we want to send to congress. >> president trump also said on the campaign trail he wants to eliminate all disease. yet in this budget

the president represents every. his budget is driven by that. with regard to the state department we're absolutely confident there's more than enough money in the budget to allow the state department to maintain their core diplomatic functions. keep in mind a lot of the foreign aid is in the state department budget. a lot of the climate change work in the state department budget. that's one of the reasons you see such a large reduction there. but to a large extent, this is a high-powered budget, there's no question about it. >> you have a lot of opposition from some very key republican players. what do you plan to do, mr. mulvaney, to get them on the same page? >> send a message. what is the message? the president wants more money for defense, more money for border enforcement, in fact, more for law enforcement. he wants more money for veterans and things like school choice and he wants to do that without adding to the deaf set this year. >> president trump also said on the campaign trail he wants to eliminate all disease. yet in this budget you eliminate 20%, $6 billio

. >>> today, delaware governor john carney will spell out his prescription to fix the state's budget shortfall. the spending plan is for the fiscal 84 that starts july 1. according to various reports the state is short by more than $340 million. >>> will to camden county where the anti-defamation league and the naacp are commending the cherry hill school district for how it handled the recent controversy over how it handled a school production of a musical. civil rights organization applauded cherry hill for turning the production into an educational opportunity about racism. >>> down the shore, folks are waste nothing time making plans for summer. real estate agents in ocean city tell us that summer bookings are up about 20%, compared to this time last year. they believe warm weather during the weekend lured people to the shore. however, there's also slightly less inventory because more homeowners have decided not to rent out their places. >>> in wildwood, they're trying to lure tourists with a new slogan. the tourism authority unveiled as wild as you want to be campaign. it's design

the state is ready to legalize recreational mayor. but another state official thinks weed could solve some of the state's budget problems by bringing inax dollars and saving on arrests. randy gyllenhaal is live in allentown and the governor is not on board with legal pot. >> reporter: he is not, but earlier this weerks the stak th auditor threw out an aggressive plan. but we caught up with the governor here in lehigh county, and he quickly batted down the idea. >> i don't think pennsylvania is ready for it. >> reporter: governor wolf putting the brakes on any talk of legal raek aeecreational potg there are hurdles. >> how do you regulate it, who can buy it, how do you tax it? >> reporter: but other states like colorado, washington and oregon are seeing green, the lemm marijuana industry funding millions in much needed tax revenue. >> the regulation and taxation of marijuana train has rumbled out of the station across the united states. >> reporter: pennsylvania's auditor general arguing p.a. should follow that path predicting predicting 00 2 oold in would each year to help close deficits. >> the question is whether pennsylvania will m

of dollars to help the state's budget issues, plus the move would create jobs and save in arrest and prgs costs if pennsylvania doesn't cash in on pot. other states will. >> the regulation and taxation of marijuana train has rumbled out of the station across the united states. the question is whether pennsylvania is going to miss its stop. >> the state of colorado brought in $129 million in tax revenue last year from pot sales. >> investigators in wilmington are trying to figure out what caused this row home fire that left 12 people homeless. it happened late sunday afternoon on east 22nd street. investigators believe the fire started in a vacant home and then spread to adjacent vacant homes before getting to the occupied ones. one family lost everything but this little kitten here in the fire. >> new at six for the first time we are hearing the 911 call that has one south jersey community calling a 7-year-old a hero. we were the first to tell you about him on friday when his mother couldn't breathe. he knew exactly what to do. >> i almost cried because i was so nervous and scared. >>

reporter: on the president's budget, some of your republican colleagues have voiced serious concerns about potential cuts to the state department. even the president's own defense secretary. are you concerned about the consequences of slashing the state department budget? the speaker: i haven't looked at the budget function -- that's function 150. i haven't looked at what they are proposing at function 150. this is the beginning of the budget process. this is the thing i have immersed myself in for two decades. when a president smits the budget. that's the beginning of the process. then it goes to the budget committees. then it goes to the appropriation committees. and we'll have a full hearing about how priorities will be met. t do i think we can cut spending and get waste out of government? solutely. where and how and what numbers, that's something we'll be figuring out as time goes on. this is just the very beginning of that process. thank you. reporter: pass the health care bill? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsib

first of all, the state department, its budget is going to go down 28%. are cutting $10.1 billion from the state department budget. e.p.a. will see a 31% decrease, which will include the eventual elimination of 3200 jobs. hhs will see a 15.1 billion-dollars reduction that's 17.9%. that will include a dramatic reorganization of the national institutes of health. the president also proposes to end funding for the national endowment for the arts and corporation for public broadcasting among other agencies. and then as well other doubts funding, the global climate change initiative will go away and united states will end payments to the u.n. green climate fund. the omb director mick mulvaney said it's what the president ran on and what the president got elected on and what they are delivering today. here he is. >> you had an america first candidate. america first president and now america first budget. more money to defend the country. more money to enforce the laws and secure the borders. more money to take care of our vets. more money for school choice and

now we migrate over to a serious discussion about the damage to budgets. no one knows the state it as an ambassador. is at the kennedy school and joins us. he has steam coming out of his ears this morning. you are at school and you want to go to the state department and there is a massive process through counselor to be a young officer of the state department. can you tell a kid at harvard, a kid at wellesley high school today that they should work in this budget reduced state department? nicholas: i would still tell that young woman or man to go to the state department because i think the budget which would decimate the state department, it's going to be dead on arrival on capitol hill. -- most the severus vociferous opposition has come from republicans. tom: give one example of the mike rowe expense. you are in athens with some danger to public service. you've got a 28-year-old kid in the state department. expense that person has at the president needs to understand needs to be there? nicholas: we are all about personal. the station -- state department aircraft carriers. you h

. >>> today delaware governor john carney will spell out his prescription to address the state budget'sending plan is for the fiscal year that starts july 1st. >>> new research shows that having just a few drinks a week may lower the risk of some type the best way to protect your heart. british researchers found moderate drinkers had a lower risk of developing angina, heart disease, and stroke. increased risk of heart failure, cardiac arrest, and stroke. experts say exercisingand quitting smoking are safer and more effective ways to protect against heart disease. >>> alec baldwin says he may be hanging his president trump impersonation soon. it looks like he is already training his replacement. baldwin showed a young boy how to imitate president trump. gestures to facial expressions. >>> coming up, northeast high school's favorite former teacher is back. next up, we'll catch up with tony out. just a light breeze. a big improvement. that's the view from center city. blue sky today, but i am tracking showers for tomorrow w weather as well. ten-day on 10 when we come back. this is todd har

. >> reporter: tillerson met with prime minister abe today and asked about the state department's proposed 29% budget cut according to the white house this morning. he said the current spending level is not sustainable and he accepts the challenge of

peace issues around the world, is about to be defunded under the -- under president trump's budget, along with about 30-plus percent of the state department's budget. all of these are part of the peace operations, the soft diplomacy or the soft power of the united states government. so, yes, while we do not have a department of peace, we do have various organizations, including the peace corps, of which my wife and i were members way back when. all of these are very important, soft power organizations that the federal government does sponsor and it does have an impact around the world and it is something that really must be preserved. host: brian from fairfax, virginia, an afghanistan vet joining us. go ahead. caller: hey. how's it going? i was in afghanistan a couple years ago. i was a platoon leader. i would say the seven months i was there was the biggest waste of time we could possibly imagine. walked in circles on patrol waiting to get shot at or step on an i.e.d. anytime we took contact and pursued the enemy, it wasn't the taliban. it was a bunch of farmers or guys -- we have been in their country 14 years. it's better to

the deal he cut with iraq. this budget protects that core of the state department. it so much happens that the foreign aid that the president talked about, much of the money goes to climate research, green energy, are in the state department budget. if the line items were in the department of commerce, you would see the department commerce having gone down by a similarly large percentage. the answer to your question is, most of the cuts in the state department focus on foreign aid. yes, sir. >> yes. the budget showed a .8% decrease for nasa. but you've also talked about in the administration using private companies like space x for more of that. so does this show -- some of this, is it going to be shifted to the private sector and does this show a commitment on the administration's part for its science and nasa? >> if you do what we do, go back to the president's speeches, the interviews in talking to him, we tried to identify his priorities. one of the things he told us, i'll sometime looking at america being involved in space exploration. the overall top line numbe

we talked about the state department budget and how he decides to allocate that. it may be there are some embassies that don't need a lot more security and some that do, so we give him the flexibility to do that. the gentleman in the back had a question. >> many countries around are worried president trump will cut countries getting u.s. aid, with u.s. supporting targets against u.s. and not working with u.s. how did president trump feel about that? will they continue aid because u.s. taxpayers are asking we don't have to spend on those countries who are against the u.s.? >> again, i come back to what the president said on the campaign, which is that he's going to spend less money overseas. to your question because this came up the other day which is the hard power versus soft power. there's a very deliberate attempt to send a message to our allies and friends, such as india, our adversaries, this is a hard power budget. this administration tends to change course from a soft power budget to a hard power budget. that's a message our adversaries and our allies would

the white house. this is a hard-power budget, not a soft-power budget. stateepartment spending goes to the projection of soft power. this is an america-first budget as the president defines it. it will be a political statement but not be translated into actual policy. >> john, thank you. >> you bet. >> john harwood in washington. >>> moving on to the top global market story, the dutch election, steve sedgwick joins us from the hague with the results. >> reporter: i think the first thing to say is for once the pollsters got it right. you know how bad the pollsters got it on brexit. sara, you know how bad the pollsters got it on mr. trump and how bad they got it wrong over the renzi constitutional vote. the pollsters got this one right. plus the fact there was a big turnout. it means a much needed victory is in the can for mainstream european politicians. mark rutte will get the first chance to build a government but it will be complicated. because in this country everything is complicated. because he got 36%, he needs other parties, the cda, the d-66 and one ot

are hearing a secretary tillerson is on board with president trump's vision of cutting the state department budget. the state department is pushing back on a 30% cut to the department, especially the state department's that would be devastating. he does want a leaner, meaner department that would focus on what trump leaves is the core foreign policy mission, the american first strategy. then also a focus on allies in nato and dispensing some of the that hadr initiatives blossomed a bit under the obama administration. have had limited interaction with the secretary. the acting spokesman for the department. what about folks who work in foggy bottom? what interaction are they having? guest: it has been a bit mixed. the secretary has gone around to the various bureaus and has been briefed by some of the bureaus. on the other hand what we are hearing is because secretary tillerson has dismissed a middle level and upper level of staff who were political and point -- political appointees and some it has created, this rupture where you send up policy guidelines or a request have a policyyou proposal you w

there is so much more room in the state budget. right now medicaid consumes about $65 billion of the state taxpayers budget, and out of a $152 billion budget, there are 19 million people in new york, 38 million people in california, and our budget is coming close to what the california budget is for a fraction of the population. >> these are the conversations that you have been having and have had this evening, correct? >> absolutely. i think, you know, we've been fighting for a deal. look, in a free market system that we don't really have in new york, we would have -- this bill is really not a full repeal. it's the best we can do in light of what's happening with the senate. but i'm pleased that we're getting somewhere, that we're actually going to provide some relief. i own a small business. i've had to look at people and say, we provided great insurance for you, my employees. and now, guess what, we have to comply with obamacare mandates. so we've had to lose employees. we've had to go to self-insurance. there's a lot of people h

the white house released blueprint for president's budget. here is the president previewing the budget yesterday. >> one of the most important responsibilities for the federal governnt is the budget of the united statesmy first budget will be submitted to the congress next month. this budget will be national safety budget based on two but strong. and it will include historic increase defense spending rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america at a time we most need it. this spending will be paid for by finding greater savings and efficiency across the government. we're going to do more with less. >> do the numbers add up. the committee told andrea mitchell she doesn't see how. watch this. >> if you're in a hole, stop digging. but the place he looking to pay for things are the smallest areas of the budget. so you cannot finance big increase in defense spending or what's on the books if you're going to look at tiny sli they are of the budget. >> do you think this senate could approve a budget that slashing state department funding? >> probably not. >> senator jack reid released this statement on the president's proposed cuts. it's short sided to slash cuts in diplomacy. president's f

while the caltrans budget has been getting smaller the state's budgets has been getting bigger.says it's time to get to work on the roads and he wants drivers to pay. the poll shows that's not going over. >> you know when you get older, you deteriorate more. did you know that? [ laughter ] >> you have to go to the doctor more often. you have to fix stuff. >> reporter: that was governor brown's pitch for a new round of taxes to repair the state's roads. his proposal would mean a 12- cent per gallon gas tax increase on an existing 18-cent tax on gas vehicle fees up an average of $48 based on the value of the car and electric cars would pay $100 extra every year since they don't pay gas taxes. to generate $5 billion annually for road repairs. >> you're going to hear a lot about taxes and a big amount of money. yes, you know, it's not chimp change. >> reporter: the average driver would pay $10 a month but our exclusive poll found that the public has ub especially about increasing the annual v

the truth is tenuous at best. the budget called the america first budget, slashes funding for foreign aid from the state departmenttch. >> this is what we're calling the america first budget. we had america first and america first candidate. we now have an america first president, and we have an america first budget. the president believes in diploma diplomacy, we believe this budget protects that core function of the state department. >> when the president's credibility is down, should the united states be retracting from its role abroad? i'm joined by the round table. former state department spokes american, mark jacob sell, senior fellow with the pell center. and normer secretary of defense. i don't really like the word america first, it has remnants and is receipt sent of the 1940s situation, people saying we're not going to fight hitler for all the wrong reasons. this fortress america mentality, which is not going to talk to the rest of the world. and it's scary when we're going to try to communicate with the world. no more diplomacy, no more students coming here, justus all alone surrounded by this moat of w

the budget would cut spending for the state department and usaid by 28% and cut billions of dollars in funding for the united nations. the office of budget and management director describes the proposal as an america first budget. the big winners are the military and the department of homeland security. trump is requesting a $2.8 billion increase in funding largely to pay for expanding the border wall and hiring 1500 new border patrol and ice agents. despite the fact for over a year, he said mexico would pay for that wall, which mexico has emily refused to do. the big losers are almost every other sector of government. the national institutes of health with the its funding cut by 20%. trump is proposing a 31% cut to the environmental protection agency and the elimination of 3200 jobs. if approved, the epa's budget would become the smallest it's been in 40 years. the budget calls to end funding for the clean power plan, international climate change programs, climate change research and related efforts. it also reduces superfund cleanup funding and eliminates funds to clean up the great

as for the source of funds that is up to the president and treasury and state department i'm the folks, we're guys at omb, gals a the omb take money in budget and allocate it and for somebody else to figure where it comes from. >> reimbursement state an local jails holding immigrants in the country. some. money goes to sanctuary cities. is that part of president's promise to with hold money from sanctuary cities? are there other elements intended to carry out the punishment the president talked about? >> honestly i'm not familiar with particular line eyent an deal with doj and increased in homeland deal with this topic. increase in homeland for increase in detention facilities. fairly increase in detention facilities president says he wants to stop the catch-and-release program. he signed an executive order to do just that. we fund that. we increase amount of money for detention facilities for folks come into the country. i give you a follow-up because i didn't answer your first question very well. >> cuts making to transportation and housing. you said those would be paid for later with other appropriations. you said this would be balanced.

he maintains a great record in conscription and thenteer and replenishing ranks and keeping the state budget intact and actually he is one of the few governors who would not make it to be field as much as the other new england governors and that think part of that was some health reasons as other commitments in new england. yet? >> as a follow-on to this gentleman's question -- can you describe a comment on the disloyal governors in the border states? dr. engle: the disloyal governors of the border states -- some interesting term. . am careful to say that ofead a tremendous number letters about whether he was or was not loyal. regardless of what kentuckians believed, regardless of what his colleagues believed in the colleagues of his believed him to be secretly working with the confederacy and jefferson davis and they believed in a conservative approach to find a way to maintain his power and use other operatives in kentucky for what in that state.do [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] dr. engle: i'm sorry? statejackson -- in that -- takes broader and more defined state -- steps and begins to

the state department currently doing that it's not going to do in the future? one of the ones -- one of the cuts that -- proposed cuts that puzzles me, there's something within the state department budget called oko, overseas contingency operations. it's a state department piece of what the military is doing in places like iraq and afghanistan, and this proposed cut of something like $8 billion, and i think that risks a misunderstanding what it's going to take to defeat the likes of the islamic state. you know, we'll be retaking territory from the islamic state, you know, militarily. in iraq sooner and syria later. defeating the islamic state, meaning, you know, eradicating their ability to recreate a califate somewhere relies on how will this govern? what kind of a rebuilding effort will be made in these countries in conflict, and that's the state department's challenge. i think while i understand the need to plus up military funding and homeland security funding. the state department has a large piece in this long-term effort as well, and so you're in essence robbing peter to pay paul. >> colonel, that -- relying on your military experience, how important is that piece of the state d

the budget first. the 26% cut in the states budget. id money, foreign aid, you believe in diplomacy, will this make diplomacy harder? >> well, i don't think it will really in the fallon analysis, charlie, i believe in diplomacy and i believe the state department should ought to have sufficient fund to conduct robust foreign si in the country. >> i also wear a treasury hat for four years as secretary of treasury and the biggest threat facing this country today is taking fiscal bonds of we are going to have to figure out ways to reduce that to cut our budget. you cannot get the necessary cuts from discretionary spending like the cutting the discretionary programs of the federal government sooner or later. if you want to get the budget in balance, you will have to take on entitlements politically. ronald reagan did it back in 1983, it can be done without political damage and that's something ultimately we are going to really have to do. >> mr. secretary, you are right, 40% of the budget is social security and medicare and trump does not to

it concerns the linkage between problems you are talking about and the defense budget of the united states. i don't know in listening to your argument if you see the importance of the defense budget as all that central. we are spending $600 billion a year. if we have a return to sequestration we would be at $550 or something. china's just under $200 billion a year by best estimates. russia now the deterioration of exchange rates and sanctions imposed after seizure of crimea is well under 100 billion. in terms of actual big picture one could argue because we have rich allies that we are in pretty good shape. do you think that the defense budget has much to do with deterring russia and china? is it more about sending a message of strength or more about the way we manage the specific regions that we are dealing with. carriers going through the south china sea. battalions and brigades or does the overall defense budget have something to do with it? >> my view of being what the united states needs to do more. i think you can't do that with the existing budget. it needs to be -- there needs to b

briefing that what the omb didn't put in the budget, they listened to every promise the president made and created a budget policy around that. that's why you're seeing major cuts at the state department in terms of the foreign aid budget. i asked the omb director how much of the 10.1 billion, the 28% being cut from the state department budget would come from the foreign aid program? he said most of it. they're also cutting payments to the united nations climate program as well. there would be big cuts in the environmental protection agency. 31% of its budget will be gone and the budget director yesterday indicated that they would be eliminating 3,200 positions. there would be a 17.6% cut to hhs and a dramatic restructuring to the national institutes of health, which this administration has gone a little off of its direction in terms of what it was intended to do. the budget director said you have to look at both sides here when cutting things like the block grant program from housing and urban development. some of the money goes to meals on wheels. you not only have to look at the recipients putting in. so very contentious here in terms of the budget. contentious in terms

currently with the state budget deficit and also federal challenges. in terms sanctuary city as we know mayor lee reaffirmed the policy and the city attorney herrera filed a lawsuit execute the executive order calling for uninstitutional and from the state level the coordinated initiative and efforts for ihss there have been updates and the california directors of welfare of california and other advocates the governor's proposal and end the program and return to the counties as negotiating with the counties. at the local level as well there have been an announcement between mai lee and mayor liccardo in san jose and assemblyman david chiu that automated speed enforcement legislation will be proposed at the state level. seniors and people with disabilities are disproportionality affected in terms of injuries and deaths and pedestrians and deaths in san francisco from vehicle collisions and this legislation would look to give localities power to implement automated speed enforcement cameras in san francisco and the city and county. i don't want to go on t

just to pull back one second, he's proposing a $54 billion is more than the entire state's department budget and the foreign aid budget combined. so what he's doing is robbing peter to pay paul. as secretary mattis say, i have to pay more ammunition because we are more at risk. this is money to go to our security. >> heidi prybyla, after healthcare, this goes up next. what happens if the trump tower does not win one or two along the way >> first of all, it is going to be hard to get anything done, this or tax reform or anything if they're not able to get obamacare done. i do think that both of these programs are showing that they are an expression, healthcare and this budget of where the president's values and commitments are to those forgotten workers. brian, the healthcare analysis that are coming out showed that those trump districts and trump states are some of the hardest hit of obamacare subsidies and the same thing is going to go in those budgets of the programs that i just outlined. those people are hard hit by the budget and the obamacare. >> rich stengel and heidi przybyla, thank y

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he talked about the state department budget and how he decides to allocate that. there are some embassies that don't need as much security and some that do. >> the gentleman in the back. >> president trump -- will cut the corner because many getting u.s. aid -- how does president trump feel about. [ inaudible ] u.s. taxpayers to be asking that we don't have to spend on those countries who are against the u.s.? >> again, i come back to what the president said on the campaign which is he is going to spend less money overseas. this came up the other day, hard power versus soft power. there's a very deliberate attempt to send a message to allies, india and other countries that this is a hard power budget, this administration intends to change course from a soft power budget to a hard power budget. one more. yes, ma'am. >> can you explain more about what message the president is trying to send by eliminating a lot of funding for science and climate change research and just a follow-up later. >> sure. a couple different messages when we talk about science and climate cha

if congress passes the budget as delivered it would be -- the budget would cut the epa's funding by 31%. trump's proposal would take -- usiad and state"the washington post." it would also cut the state department's budget by almost 6%. that includes eliminating the departments that funds innovative energy technologies. the energy department is of course run by rick perry now. in a 2011 primary debate. perry couldn't even remember the name of the energy department when listing the departments he would eliminate if elected. my next guest was perry's predecessor as energy secretary. eric mones was instrumental in negotiating the iran nuclear deal and the paris climate agreement. you're a scientist, you've seen these models and these predictions, in the last few years, have you been more sure in the feeling that, yes, the data is now confirming all these predictions about climate change and about human activity causing climate change? >> the answer is yes, although i want to emphasize, it's not me, it's the entire scientific community that has over these last couple of decades gone to stronger and stronger statements about the impacts an

so regardless of the state budget, the district budget, we'll be able to have a program that carriesse who viewed the little home were impressed.kids build this and use the money to build another one, develop their survival skills, skills they might use in an occupation, it's a good idea. the cooperative efforts in the construction meant another valuable lesson all high school students aspire to. about twenty kids you don't know build a house together you become good friends with them you know.i'm proud of it. it looks good, came out really good.at concord high school jeff pierce kron four news (jr stone) still ahead... the "repeal and replace" of obamacare has now been called into question......but president donald trump claims lawmakers can still reform the affordable care act. we'll explain... and after the break... democratic leader nancy pelosi and congresswoman jackie speier held a town hall meeting to hear san francisco voters concerns... the controversial topics they touched on, next. (jr stone) now at 10:30... san francisco voters got a chance to hear from their congressiona

so regardless of the state budget, the district budget, we'll be able to have a program that carriesewed the little home were impressed.kids build this and use the money to build another one, develop their survival skills, skills they might use in an occupation, it's a good idea. the cooperative efforts in the construction meant another valuable lesson all high school students aspire to. about twenty kids you don't know build a house together you become good friends with them you know.i'm proud of it. it looks good, came out really good.at concord high school jeff pierce kron four news (jr stone) this morning an east bay high school's sports program is getting thousands of dollars... and it's all thanks to a super bowl champion. before playing in the n-f-l... robert turbin was a star football player at fremont's irvington high school. kron four's will tran has a story you'll only see her on kron 4. most of us... after graduation.. have never returned to our high school. most of us...also don't have our jersey hanging in the school gym either(robert turbin/indianapolis colts running b