reporter: authorities here also went on to say the two victims from sunday night s explosion, two college age men, they believe were riding bikes or pushing bikes past the package left on the side of the residential street. that is why they believe a possible trip wire was used in the explosion. those two victims taken to a local hospital where they are treated. the injuries appear not to be life threatening as this point. it is interesting that just a few hours before this latest explosion, the authorities in austin came out to raise the reward to $115,000. the police chief made a direct plea to the person or persons behind the attacks urging whoever the culprits are to get in touch with them. they believe there is a message they are trying to send with the explosions and they want whoever is behind this to reach out to them so they can speak with them to understand what they are
hurt us in the long term if his signature is on it? haley byrd, thank you very much. thank you. and on a collision course with environmentalists as well as some governors. opening us coastal waters open to drilling. we need to know facts before we allow deep water drilling to continue. this prompted president obama to resend plans to open parts of the gulf and the atlantic to drilling. averaged a six month moratorium on deepwater drilling. the six months became seven years and on thursday, president trump torpedoed the legacy. this is a dramatic departure from previous policy. overturning 33 is a policy that he opens both coasts to drilling. we have the strongest energy policy and become the strongest energy superpower. to achieve that, the initiation was open 47 new areas for leasing. each represents thousands of acres.
signature is on it? haley byrd, thank you very much. thank you. and on a collision course with environmentalists as well as some governors. opening us coastal waters open to drilling. we need to know facts before we allow deep water drilling to continue. this prompted president obama to resend plans to open parts of the gulf and the atlantic to drilling. averaged a six month moratorium on deepwater drilling. the six months became seven years and on thursday, president trump torpedoed the legacy. this is a dramatic departure from previous policy. overturning 33 is a policy that he opens both coasts to drilling. we have the strongest energy policy and become the strongest energy superpower. to achieve that, the initiation was open 47 new areas for leasing. each represents thousands of acres. if approved, companies can
wall which is what trump has been demanding. so that s where the contention is. let me ask you about the spending bill that you brought up because i know they want to tackle that today. and there s also the government shutdown that is sort of looming over everything in washington these days. what are the key points for each time getting the spending bill done? so, as i mentioned earlier, daca is an issue for democrats. but republicans are trying to increase defense spending in doing so they would be busting these budget control caps. and asking for control of increase in amount of discretionary spending. generally, you re going to see a demand for dollar for dollar increase but i don t think republicans are going to go for that. and that s what this meeting today is going to address. haley byrd, thank you for joining us, thank you. turning to iran and white house sarah huckabee sanders
and he won the presidency with this being a front and center issue. while lawmakers appear divided on daca an increasing number of americans feel congress should keep the program in place. a recent nbc news/ wall street journal poll reveals that 62 of those questioned want lawmakers to continue daca up from 53%. 19% want no action. it does end with 23% down from the previous poll. 83% of democrats want to keep daca going, 55% of independents say continue the program. 39% of republicans say the program should remain in place. back with us from washington reporter from the weekly standard, haley byrd. haley, good to talk to you again. as ayman was reading the numbers shows people want daca to remain. what s the deal for daca? the deal is whether democrats are going to push for it this