would create a rift between the legislators that we need to build common ground with. i ve spoken to legislators on both sides of the issue, both in florida and in washington, d.c. there s a lot we agree on. there s a lot more we agree on than we disagree on. very quickly, who do you see on both sides as the deal makers? the 17 families of the victims, we came together and we wrote a letter to chuck schumer, to senator mcconnell, speaker ryan and representative pelosi asking them to pass the stop school violence act and the fix knicks bill to include those in the omni bus spending bill that was just passed and signed into law by president trump last week. those are just an example of a
now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. the northeast hunkers down for another snowstorm. schools are closed in new york city. the port authority is warning travel in the area will be severely limited. as much as a foot of snow is expected before this is all over. the storm also shutting businesses and schools from washington d.c. all the way to maine. thousands of flights are also cancelled at major eastern airports impacting air traffic nationwide. despite the storm closing down most of capitol hill, lawmakers from both parties are hard at work and about to finalize the details of the omni bus spending bill. let s bring in a chairman of the american conservative union, matt schlapp and marie harp and
with to keep the government funded in this omni bus spending bill. now they need to convince president trump to sign it even though there s so little of the money for a border wall. dana? dana: thanks, peter. the investigation into a series of deadly bombings in austin, texas continues hours after the suspect killed himself when police closed. officials say mark anthony conditt blew himself up this morning. we don t know where the suspect has spent his last 24 hours. therefore, we still need to remain vigilant to ensure that no other packages or devices have been left through the community. if you see something that looks suspicious, if you see something that is out of place, if you see something that gives you concern, call 911. jonathan hunt is live in round rock where that fatal confrontation took place.
and women in military with the budgets they ve been getting. we lost seven of our troops in a helicopter crash in western iraq. this is because of training and accidents because of our military budget. the military has been hollowed out the last eight years. the defense budget will reach $700 billion this year if this omni bus spending bill passes by midnight friday night. it s a huge increase from the $568 billion cap pentagon spending from just a few years ago. dana: jennifer, you asked the speaker about robert mueller as well. what did he say? i pressed him on who had assured him that special counsel bob mueller wouldn t be fired. you said today that you had assurances that special counsel mueller would not be fired. i ll leave it at the administration. did the president i want to keep private conversations private.
brought against any of the people responsible for taking those actions, ronan. kristen welker, thank you for that update. obviously we ll be watching closely to see if there are current shake-ups at the cia in the wake of this. there s another big piece of news in washington today, though. the $1.1 trillion omni bus spending bill. that bill aims to avoid a government shutdown. it funds every government agency except the department of homeland security, all the way through september 30th of next year. here s what some house leaders had to say on that. they did, frankly, a marvelous job. i wish had been done last week, but it wasn t. and here we are, i m proud of the work they ve done, look forward to it passing with bipartisan majorities in the house and senate in the coming days. and it finally sets up a battle in a few weeks on the president on immigration and his attempt at a legal action. the vote s expected in the house as early as tomorrow. kelly o donnell, this is our n