Affairs, and Homeland Security would see the largest increases. This portion of the White House Briefing is 25 minutes. Mr. Mulvaney thanks very much, good afternoon and happy day before st. Patricks day, also known as budget day. Most of you heard me talk about the budget before, im not going to say too many things in opening before we get to your questions. We will remind you this is what were calling the America First budget. We had an America First candidate, we now have an America First president and it shouldnt surprise anyone that we have an America First budget. Youve 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 are seeing 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 within the department of energy. To deal with nuclear triad. And t
Union and, of course, immigration. As you know, President Trump and chancellor merkel are polar opposites on that issue. As it relates to here inside the east room of the white house as we await these two, keep in mind that this is a press conference, so if tradition holds here in the early months of the trump administration, we do expect some questions from both american media, german media, and that could open up the door for a whole other host of issues, among them the president s travel ban, how thats been put on hold, the claims about wiretapping, where that stands, what his feelings are at this moment amongst a whole slew of others, trish. We i wait here in the await here in the east room of the white house. Trish all right, blake we areman, thank you. Joining he for his thoughts and whether or not we can see germany and the u. S. Get along here is the former leader of the u. K. , thy gel farage. Good to have you nigel farage. Good to have you at a very important time. Angela mer
Ivanica trump. A surprise guest. Appearance amid well publicized between her and her father. Prf a message praef daring a e blap er escape. Dramatic caught on camera. Pa a man hunt for the suspect under way. No shower. A train barreling into a station after the massive blizzard. The last waiting passengers with a giant wall of snow making. Thats the worst commute ever today thursday march 16th rks 17 you imagine youre get ready to go to work and that happens . Youre like, i know im having a bad hair day now. If you turn up the audio enough, you can almost hear the engineer on that train laughing like crazy. Im sure he didnt do that on purpose. I dont know whats worse. Getting hit with snow, or when a taxi goes through a puddle after a rainy day in the stay. That looks pretty bad. Lets start with the flurry of activity around the white house. The president s travel ban, blocked by a judge just hours before its supposed to take effect. The budgets proposal, just being unveiled to congres
Tonight. The full forecast is coming up shortly. Dan . Spencer, thanks. Viewer stephanie tweeted us this video showing us rain in oakland today. We want to see what the weather looks like where you live. Just post videos and pictures on hoo line. A sideshow on the bay bridge happened last night. These dirt bike riders may have thought they got away, but the california Highway Patrol caught up with them in the end. Jonathan bloom has a block at this flying command post and where the chp says its better than giving chase on the ground, new at 6 00. Reporter its not every day you see dirt bikes and atvs popping wheelies on the bay bridge. They are giving me so much anxiety. Reporter alex morandez short sh video. A motorcycle cop watched this from behind. Theres no reason to pursue them. Its a danger for the public and to our officers we dont need to take when we have an eye in the sky. Reporter this airplane is the chps newest counterterrori Crime Fighting tool. While the pilot is up fron
Today brought most of the bay area cloudy, rainy, windy weather, but a change of what weve seen recently. Abc7 news was in martinez today where people had their umbrellas up at lunchtime. Spencer christian is here with whats ahead in the forecast. People have sung songs about spring showers and theres going to be a lot of sing thing week. Heres live doppler 7. You can see weve got showers scattered across much of the bay area and some pockets of heavy downpours in the east bay, moving from berkeley eastward, at around walnut creek, danville getting little downpours, further east near bay point and brentwood. Heavy downpours in that area. Heres look at our storm impact scale. Tonights storm rates one, windy conditions along the coast. For the evening rush, exercise caution, because these scattered showers will produce slick roadways, especially as it gets dark. Forecast animation starting at 7 00. Well continue to see areas of showers and the areas of rainfall will become more expansive