>> director mulvaney: i missed it. my 17-year-old son james had a walk-off grand slam last night to win his baseball game in south carolina. pretty proud dad and thanks for letting me say something about it. >> chris: thank you. we will try to keep up with everything you're doing this week. it will be busy. coming up, a growing list of g.o.p. lawmakers are putting some distance between themselves and president trump. we will ask for republican senator james lankford why he's adding his name to that list. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what we do every night is like something out of a strange dream. except that the next morning... it all makes sense. fedex powers global e-commerce... with networks built over 40 years... that are massive... far-reaching..

mulvaney: let's look at it this way. this is not just a critical juncture in this administration, but in washington dc. the next four days will tell you a lot about the next four years. we have oil this negotiation down to something we have wanted very badly that the democrats do not like, and that is the border wall. at the same time, there is very badlyhey want that we do not want, the cost chair reductions to obamacare payments. be theily, this would basis upon which a negotiated resolution could be achieved. the question is how much of our stuffed we have to get, how much of their stuff are they willing to take? that is the way it should work. that is the way we hope that it works. we offer them one dollar cfr payments for one dollar of wall payments. that should form the fundamental understanding that gets us to a bipartisan agreement. if the democrats come back to us and say look, we cannot do that what do this, that is a good sign, not only in the short term but the long-term. if they walk away and choose to not p

. >> the president's budget advisor, former conservative south carolina congressman mulvaney who you talked to earlier wants to up the ante even further. mulvaney wants congressional publicans to make sure the next budget includes language restricting federal funding for sanctuary cities. the move was meant to placate the freedom caucus, the same lawmakers who cleared the g.o.p.

coming up in about ten minutes treasury secretary steven mnuchin and white house budget director mick mulvaney will speak at the institute of international finance policy summit in washington d.c. we will take you there live when it starts. but first a look at the freshman class of the 115th congress. >> trey hollingsworth represent the ninth district of indiana, a republican. what did you do before coming to congress? >> always been in business. i renovated and reposition old manufacturing facilities, so taking decrepit old facilities and turn them around, repositioning them, making them functional again, cleaned them up and helping manufacturers and distributors are right in america versus going overseas. i did that for about ten years and moved into owning some of those businesses themselves trying to figure at how we can create more opportunities not only in the marketplace but also fofrom place the one to come on board. >> how did you get involved with that work? >> i always knew i wanted be in business and back in 2004, 2005, 2006 it was all the rage to go overseas all the rage to go ove

on that note, join me in thanking rector mulvaney -- director mulvaney. [applause] thank you very much. it is a delight to see you. >> thank you. >> the board has never been the same since you left. i never thought of you as a government guy. public sector, how's the transition gone? >> the missions are similar. the private sector is trying to serve its clients and trying to achieve its objectives and its goal, and the public sector is doing the same thing. we are trying to achieve our ission and our goal, but it a lot more difficult to get there in the process is a lot slower. i am adapting to the slower process. >> i see you as someone who likes to execute quickly and well. let's just start with the hundred thousand foot level and that is your policy, your questions, your priorities and what you want to achieve. you're close to 100 day mark. lots of expectations. i think there is something of a bad rep. it's stuff to do things quickly as you said so tell me where we are at the 100 day mark and what your agenda and what you see the next few months. >> th

so this wall, i thought they would kick the can down the road until i heard mulvaney. he said no, this is a big deal to us. fred: i thought they kicked the can down the road, too. it's definitely a big thing to donald trump. democrats will raise a lot of stink about it. i think they can be beaten back eventually. what they ought to realize is the path to comprehensive immigration reform which democrats want is paved with the wall. the on thing that will convince a majority of americans and most republicans that the border is secure is if the wall is being built. you get that, and it opens the door for serious immigration reform. and democrats want that. but they will fight the wall. tom: if there is a shutdown, who gets hurt? >> well, you know the history here. you ought to hear majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said no matter who provokes it, republicans get blamed. it will be democrats who will be the ones forcing the shutdown. it might be hard to blame republicans this time, but no doubt the media will try. tom: i don't know if you are a betting man, if you are ha

that's the kind of redundancy that mick mulvaney wants to end. it may be pretty unpopular in the swamp as you might imagine. the director joins us in the white house next. plus rumors and intrigue surround president trump's chief strategist. once thought indispensable as reports suggest that stephen bannon may have a foot out the door at the white house. is that true? former term deputy campaign manager who produced six films with stephen bannon joins us with his thoughts. >> he gets a lot of opinions and ideas and policy shifts that help guide his ultimate help guide his ultimate decision-making. various: (shouting) heigh! ho! ( ♪ ) it's off to work we go! woman: on the gulf coast, new exxonmobil projects are expected to create over 45,000 jobs. and each job created by the energy industry supports two others in the community. altogether, the industry supports over 9 million jobs nationwide. these are jobs that natural gas is helping make happen, all while reducing america's emissions. energy lives here. >> i want the entire corrupt washington

. >> woodruff: white house budget director mick mulvaney joins me to explain the administration's tax reform proposal and president trump's plan to get a spending bill passed. also ahead, a look at president trump's first 100 days in office-- the progress and setbacks on the domestic front for the new administration. then, a wall keeping people and wildlife out. how a political divide could endanger animals living along the u.s.-mexico border. >> long-term, this could be a division of genetical populations, where a group of animals from one side cannot reproduce with another group of animals. the survival of the species is at risk. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supp

that's the kind of redundancy that mick mulvaney wants to end. it may be pretty unpopular in the swamp as you might imagine. the director joins us in the white house next. plus rumors and intrigue surround president trump's chief strategist. once thought indispensable as reports suggest that stephen bannon may have a foot out the door at the white house. is that true? former term deputy campaign manager who produced six films with stephen bannon joins us with his thoughts. >> he gets a lot of opinions and ideas and policy shifts that help guide his ultimate decision-making. to retirement. at fidelity, you get a retirement score in just 60 seconds. and we'll help you make decisions for your plan... to keep you on track. it's your retirement. know where you stand. at red lobster's lobsterfestime. any of these 9 lobster dishes could be yours. so don't resist delicious new lobster mix and match or lobsterfest surf and turf because you won't have this chance for long. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to y

( laughter ) now, a lot of people say that mulvaney is being cruel to old people. that's not fair. he's also being cruel to young people. ( laughter ) because here's the deal: this budget also cuts after school lunch programs for poor kids, but again, for a very good reason. >> they're supposed to be educational programs, right? that's what they're supposed to do, they're supposed to help kids who can't-- who don't get fed at home, get fed so they do better in school. guess what? there's no demonstrable evidence they're actually doing that. there's no demonstrable evidence that they're actually helping results, helping kids do better in school. >> colbert: yes, why feed children if they aren't doing better in school? take the food away, and maybe they'll be hungry for knowledge. ( laughter ) and remember, mulvaney's not doing this to be mean, he's looking out for taxpayers. >> i think it's fairly compassionate to go to them and say, look, we're not going to ask you for your hard-earned money, anymore. single mom of two in detroit, okay? >> colbert: good point, mick. i, for one, wou

i understand mick mulvaney and others of doing things. is he calling members? i see anything on his schedule for this week. our members coming over? what is -- >> he will be involved. the legislative team has been giving him updates as needed. >> no phone calls? he has talked that >> ps talk to members of course. center mccain, graham. he has a discussions with members at various times. we are not ready a position now where he is actively engaging on the way he was at the end of health care. as his team tells him that he needs phone calls that she has been giving updates by the senior team working with him. >> phone calls talking about his priorities -- >> his priorities are crystal clear. remember, starting in the first , director mulvaney engaged with appropriate or's on the house -- health side. this has been an ongoing discussion now for eight weeks. >> on the second issue, the 100 days, as someone mentioned the president tweeted that it was ridiculous -- a ridiculous timetable. wife the white house doing so ?uch this week you have indicated these activitie

now let's bring in the director of the office of managementing and budget, mick mulvaney. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thanks. good morning. chris: president trump has talked about a number of items he'd like to see in this government funding bill, which are so important that he's willing to see the government shut down if he doesn't get them? >> i don't think anybody's trying to get to the a shutdown. it's not a desired end, a tool, something we want to have. we want our priorities funded, and one of the biggest priorities during the campaign was border security, keeping americans safe. and part of that was a border wall. and we don't understand why the democrats are so wholeheartedly against it. they voted for it in 2006. then-senator obama voted for it, senator schumer, senator clinton, so we don't understand why democrats are playing politics just because donald trump is in office. chris: i want to ask you a direct question, sir. >> sure. chris: will he sign a government funding bill that does not include funding for the border wall? >> i new -- i think you saw his

mulvaney fought it as a house member. no more. >> we did talk about the xm bank because i was a fairly significant critic of that in my time on the house and i'm very comfortable with where we got with the export import bank. i believe i have a commitment from this president, he issed on putting people in there are who are informers in making sure they don't experience the mission creep that many of the critics have seen up. secondly he's given me and gary cohn permission to talk to other export credit facilities around the world to see if we can lower the level of government interference in the marketplace from all sides. one of the cases -- >> but xm is going to continue to exist. >> yeah. it will continue to exist. >> now, this former member of the house freedom caucus is in the middle of the policy storm of the administration and he doesn't mind that one bit, guys. >> john, it's david. interesting to hear him on tax reform, particularly on the individual and the corporate have to go together. now the president on anot

budget director, mick mulvaney is confident they'll get a deal. but he threw a wrench into the deal, saying democrats need to agree to fund some of president trump's top priorities, including a down payment on a border wall and hiring of additional immigration agents. senate minority leaders office, if the administration would drop their 11th hour demand for a wall, democratics in a good number oppose, they could quickly reach a deal. asked after mulvaney's remarks after the wall funding is a budget deal breaker, counselor kellyanne conway played it safe. >> i'll let others address that but we're confident that the government will not be shut down next week. >> conway's circumspection. >> saying they want obama care payments into this funding bill, so republicans aren't going like it. there is certainly some brinkman ship going on and this will take some twists and turns, but at the end of the day, i think they will get a deal done. >> indeed, late today, mulvaney offered that, and even cost sharing reductions for a border wall. >> we finally boil

. >> c-span's special program continues with mick mulvaney. he was announced december 16 and confirmed 51-49 on february 16. director mulvaney served three terms of the republican representing south carolina's fifth district and was a member of the republican study committee, the freedom caucus, and the tea party caucus. mr. mulvaney served as a south carolina state senator and representative. this portion includes his opening statement and questions from vermont senator bernie sanders. mr. mulvaney: you deserve the truth about budget matters, as to the american people. it is a director's responsibility to tell you the truth, even from time to time when that might be hard to hear. one truth is this, for the first time in america's history, the next generation could be less prosperous than previous. it is unacceptable to me. we can turn the country around but it will take difficult decisions today. the debt has increased almost $20 trillion, so large it almost defies description. i look at it through the lens of the ordinary american family. if

here is mick mulvaney on "fox news sunday." >> shut down is not a desired end. not a tool, not something we want to have. we want our priorities funded in one of the biggest priorities during the campaign was border security. keeping americans safe, and part of that was a border wall. >> reporter: democrats say that any funding for a border wall is a deal breaker and republicans argue it's not worth a government shutdown to fulfill a campaign promise. >> it's a fight worth having and a debate worth having for 2018. if we can do some of that now, it would be great. we cannot shut down the government right now. >> i hope the president would back off to. think he would consider shutting down the government of the united states of america over this outlandish proposal of a border wall, which we can't pay for at this point, and is opposed by democrats and republicans all along the border, that could be the height of irresponsibility. >> reporter: so what we're seeing is really a high-stakes game of chicken. who will swerve first? the president on his most famous camp

including as you said, the omb director, mick mulvaney. they are there. dr. tom price, though i don't know author of how many bills, but it's time to get behind the president and follow his leadership and do so straightforwardly. >> on the first healthcare legislation through reconciliation, it wasn't being driven by the white house for the most part. that was a strategic mistake. it was mostly given to paul ryan. lou: that's what half of the conference is doing instead of saying paul ryan, grow up, be a leader or get the hell out of the way. >> the trump populist conservative agenda is what's popular in the country. it's not libertarian. libertarianism did not win the election on november 8. that's not what won. that's not to cast aspersions on libertarians. but they had their people and they didn't win. repeal and replace, the border wall. you have got to stay true to what your principles are and i hope there are some real progress tonight. but i have concerns on what i'm hearing so far. lou: they have a man in the white house who showed them how to win. no

budget director mick mulvaney said they were layout the principles, but the full plan would not be ready for a couple of months. the u.s. treasury secretary steven mnuchin says the imf outlook is "a little conservative." he repeated the administration's goal of 3% or more. the fun reiterated its forecast that the u.s. would grow at 2.3%, but mnuchin says the u.s. is positioned to expand faster and help the wider global economy. >> soothe sustained economic growth is good for global growth. if we can grow the u.s. economy, that is not just good for the u.s. worker, that is good for international growth and creates opportunities, so that is what we are focused on, and if we do a good job, it will carry over in the spillover. north korea may be suffering a fuel shortage. unusually long queues are seen that gas stations in pyongyang, where signs and say supplies a restricted to diplomats or international organizations. prices are said to be rising rapidly. on china forelies fuel, and china has cut

mulvaney: it's completely premature to make any type of deficit estimates. that's what they ask us to do at the white house, ( steve ) san francisco congresswoma n nancy pelosi clearly is not impressed by the trump tax plan. she says quote "instead of focusing on hard-working families as he promised, president trump's tax outline is a wish list for billionaires. what few details are here overwhelmingl y cut taxes for the richest and do little for middle class americans and those trying to get there." ( pam ) the stock market initially liked the president's tax plan... but the rally quickly faded. by the time the closing bell rang... all the gains earlier in the day had been wiped out. weighing on investors minds ... how would the white house keep the deficit from growing with a steep corporate tax rate cut. ( pam ) the dow jones closed down 21 -points. the nasdaq was off by less than a point. the s-and-p 500 lost a point .... after briefly reaching a record high earlier in the day. a live look outside right now... (pam) let's get our first loo

i will say i was in a meeting this morning with director mulvaney and other people. the president is working hard to keep the government open and addressing various issues. >> can you tell us what the sanctions actually do and what is different today than yesterday? sec. mnuchin: the sanctions on -- are enormously important. by identifying 271 additional people, the sanctions, as you know, will freeze assets if there are assets here, and prevent u.s. entities from doing business, as well as of the sanctions have enormous impact with all of our partners around the world to work with us on these issues. >> the administration isn't -- is trying to grapple with the climate agreement. do you support staying in paris? secretary mnuchin: we are having discussions on that. and that is where i will go on that. [indiscernible] >> the president said last week there would be a tax proposal wednesday. secretary mnuchin: he did indeed. >> what can we expect? secretary mnuchin: first, i have been working with the president for over last year on his economic plan in regards to creat

president trump's budget director, mick mulvaney, has a simple answer. the white house is taking charge on tax reform and other top issues. >> it's a message across the board from the health care, the fact we've not been able to pass health care yet, you'll see the white house take more leadership on issues, on tax reform, on infrastructure, on funding. you'll see a much more policy-assertive white house going forward. >> that's going to slow down tax reform, because the house had been preparing to move their bill. now they're waiting to hear from you. that's going to slow them down. >> the house can do what they want to do. we're going to formulate our own policies. >> we should not assume that the plan you put forward is going to resemble the house tax bill? >> i think it's too early to say. >> because in the beginning of the year, they assumed you were going to sign onto their bill. now it seems like that's not having. >> again, i think you'll see the white house have its own white house law, with different modules, you can plug in this rate or that r

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. >> c-span's special program continues with mick mulvaney. he was announced december 16 and confirmed 51-49 on february 16. director mullaney served three terms of the republican representing south carolina's fifth district and was a member of the republican study committee, the freedom caucus, and the tea party caucus. mr. mulvaney served as a south carolina senator and representative. this portion includes his opening statement and questions from vermont senator bernie sanders. mr. mulvaney: you deserve the truth about budget matters, as to the american people. is a director's responsibility to tell you the truth, even from time to time when that might be hard to hear. one truth is this, for the rest -- the first time in america's history, the next generation could be less prosperous than previous. me.- it is unacceptable to we can turn the country around but it will take difficult situations -- decisions today. the debt has increased almost $20 trillion, so large it almost defies description. i look at it through the lens of the normal ame

let's listen to what the budget director, mick mulvaney, told us on friday. bill cannot be as good as it otherwise would be. by that, i mean it cannot be as dramatic, as powerful. if you have not dealt with health care first. also you have to take into consideration political momentum. we think we get a better tax asl, one the president wants opposed to one he has to settle for, if we get health care first. trump twittingt he wants tax reform by wednesday, budget director saying they want health care, then tax reform. david: kevin cirilli joining us from capitol hill. scheduled to meet with lawmakers to discs xes soon. swdown is loomingwe president trump in congress. hanging in the bounce the potential government shutdown. trump applied pressure for lock makers to make -- to make money to invest in the ball on the u.s.-mexico voter. it's a democratic dealbreaker -- dealbreaker. what wet me ask you, have heard from the white house about the prospects for a shutdown. kevin, they are laying this out of the agenda. what is the white house saying? the doubling dow

it appears to be in reference to comments by nick mulvaney on a proposal that would put $1 of funding toward obamacare for every dollar toward building the border wall. but democrats are pushing back on this and other proposals today. >> it is a political stunt and session for the president that should not shut down our government. that is the height of irresponsibility. he would not want that to define his first 100 days. >> republicans have the votes in the house and the senate and the white house to keep government open. the burden to keep it open is on the republicans. >> meanwhile, on issue of so-called dreamers being deported, it appears one administration official is at odds with another. >> let's take a listen. >> >> would tell the illegal migrant community, if you are simply here illegally, we don't really have the time to go after you. we're looking for bad men and women. >> there is no doubt the president has sympathy for young people who were brought here the early ages. >> so they could rest easy? >> well, we'll see, i believe that anyone who enters the country unlawfully

>> mister mulvaney will be here later and he'll have his very strong views on deficits. >> you take your big deficit question for him. that said, we have a legislative process to go through in tax reform. part of that we figured out. we would like to have permanent taxes. when corporate, they are making long-term capital decisions, people are deciding to move this to the united states and a factory and make big capital investments, they need some permanence of the tax code. so the more permanent we can make the tax code, the more extensive. >> roughly a big deficit in the tax code would potentially make it not permanent. that said if secretary mnuchin said, i'll say it, using dynamic scoring they allow us to get to me place, we would like a permanent solution but again, we have to do what we need to do to drive job creation and drive the economy and we're committed to driving the economy. >> you are talking about infrastructure backstage in the panel, discussing i know it's an important issue, i was making a joke about every time i go to new york, on amtrak, it's a harrowing experience.

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coming up, david westin will speak to omb director mick mulvaney coming up at 2:30 p.m. eastern time. ♪ scarlet: taking on taxes. this hour, the president physics -- is expected to sign an executive order. we will bring you that live. and the fight over future terrorism overshadows the countdown tool -- until the next election, and -- good afternoon everyone. this is a bloomberg special edition of blue and -- bloomberg tv from the spring meeting. we have a bit of breaking news. >> from the associated press, this is the president saying we will see tax plans and sometime next week. we are seeing that across the bloomberg. much more on that through the course of the day. of course, front and center of the united states

his budget director, mick mulvaney, over the weekend making clear -- well, talking a lot about the 100 days and what it actually means. listen to this. >> what i think folks don't realize is that we've signed more legislation into law in the first 100 days than anybody in the last 50 years. you add justice gorsuch, no president has ever had a supreme court justice confirmed in the 100 days, and we're talking about historic accomplishments by this administration in the first 100 days, but all anybody wants to talk about is health care. >> there are a couple of things to this, but the last bit right there gets directly at what you're talking about. mulvaney saying there is a whole lot that they've gotten done, but the only thing anybody wants to talk about is health care. but the white house only wanted to talk about health care for a while and made a strategic decision to do that. >> and how about making mick mulvaney a spokesperson on it? i think that's the last time americans tuned in to this guy, the budget director. he was out there every day pushing to get health care reform passed

mick mulvaney says they expect to lay out the administration principles but admitted the full plan would not be ready for a couple of months. secretary steven mnuchin says the ins outlook for the american economy is a little conservative as he repeated the goal of 3% growth or more. last week the fund reiterated the forecasted that the u.s. would grow 2.3% this year. world'suchin says the biggest economy is well-positioned to expand faster and that will help the wider global economy. >> sustained u.s. economic growth is good for global growth. if we can grow the u.s. economy, that is not just good for the u.s. worker, that is good for wellnternational growth as and creates opportunities. ont is what we're focused and i think if we do a good job it will carry over in the spillover. ana: mario draghi may take faster route to monetary policy normalization than previously thought. while no policy changes are expected thursday's meeting, most at bloomberg's survey say the president will provide forward guidance is as soon as june. sooner than an earlier poll. an estimate from how long it will

melissa: president trump meeting with budget director mick mulvaney at the white house right now. mulvaney is expected to send a federal agency next week ordering them to become smaller and less costly. mulvaney will tend a meeting tomorrow between some of the biggest american ceos and president trump to talk infrastructure. james, i will start with you, i mean this trillion dollar public/private infrastructure package, seems like way down on the list of important things right now but it is something that a lot of people would get behind. >> well, i think the infrastructure piece is something you use to tie into a tax-cutting plan if it's a way to get democrats on board. it is just, in a vacuum, it is not the way to he grow the econ. government-directed investment will not be how we get to the 3, 4% growth we need. they realize in the administration after the march jobs report being not obama is not enough. he has to enact some of these growth policies. melissa: liz, cutting the size of government is exactly what voted him into office but now as he arrives, it is painful and tough

i thought with goodwill, i dealt with director mulvaney. and then, he said he was going -- he said i was going to shut down the government. first of all, i do not have the power. i would not have done it. it is not in my value system. i have bailed them out a number of time so they did not shut down the government. he of all people talking about shutting down government -- he was one of the ringleaders of shutting down government when it was shut down for 17 days. he was one of the ringleaders and the scores of republicans that voted to keep government shutdown after this 17 days and the public outcry was such that speaker boehner brought the measure to the floor. and we supported the number is that they had to open up government. and so, he has been a champion on shutting down and keeping government shutdown and not honoring the -- of the united states of america. but, nonetheless, we had a pleasant conversation. i thought we had an understanding. you asked about the white house. and then i will have to go. usn they say something about , t

we will your from the white house budget director nick mulvaney. the let's look at where averages stand. abigail: very small declines for the major averages heading into the close. all down slightly. this is basically on a quiet day. and been down about .5%. try ton we saw stocks climb higher after president trump said he would be revealing a tax plan next week some consolidation. it we are at gains for the major averages. interesting in contradiction. move before the 10 year yield. row,ll six weeks in a telling as bonds were rallying with price in verse. and we have yield, the 10 year yield down six weeks in a row. ahead, of course, of the french presidential election in. pretty interesting to take a look at that. this is g #btv 7985. the 50 day moving average. in yellow, the 200 day moving average. time of theound the brexit, the s&p 500 slices the 50 day moving average. something similar happened around the time of the u.s. election. have it recently, we back below the 50 day moving average suggesting a move down to the 50 day moving average. co