Top of the Hour: Budget Fight Begins, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

The federal deficit is $1.4 trillion. The national debt registers $14 trillion. Republicans believe they were elected to cut spending and to do that immediately. But what will they choose to cut from the budget? We take a look.

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