Started, lets get your latest News Headlines ray. News headlines with ray. Cheers. Nana 3 01. Our top stories this hour. Power cuts have left thousands without electricity across ireland as storm kathleen brings strong winds, dozens of flights have also been cancelled due to gusts of up to 70mph in Northern Ireland and the west of britain, around 70 flights have been called off so far. A yellow weather warning for wind is in effect until 10 00 tonight and covers cornwall, much of wales, parts of lancashire, cumbria up into Central Scotland and Northern Ireland. Two hour wind swept Northern Ireland reporter Dougie Beattie is in county down. It hit cork , waterford and it hit cork, waterford and kerry. There it has done substructure damage and power outages. The storm has now basically surrounded the coastal areas of the island of ireland. It is now making its way towards galway , mayo and donegal and it galway, mayo and donegal and it has come up the irish sea into the east coast here a
The president urges democrats to adhere to the socalled schumer role and that holds the government hostage in an attempt to advance a radical, political agenda. We must fully fund our military and make sure our brave men and women in the uniform have what they need. Theyre always there for our country and we must not let partisan bickering getting in of taking care of them. The president wants a clean funding bill that takes care of our military and keeps our people safe. I will take your questions. The president said he not only lost his job, but steve bannon also lost his mind. Does he regret hiring him . Sanders i think the president s statement is pretty clear on what his opinion of steve bannon is and i do not think there is anything to add. Closey had a long and working relationship. Is there a sense of betrayal . Ms. Sanders once again i think the present posse statement fully addressed his position. April. Question, is the president now blocking cspan from calling his cell phon
Things are not true. I cant speak to what the authors comments art i can only speak for the white house. Reporter does the white house have a copy of the book . Sec. Sanders i believe they are making some individuals that do. The president statement suggests that this deed that steve bannon had little influence in the white house. The president elevated him to this game to the same level as secretary. I would not sec. Sanders i would not say that he elevated him to the same level as chief of staff. The president was clear they did not have influence on him or the decisionmaking process throughout his time at the white house. Usorter many of [indiscernible] know he was here. Who gave him access to the white house . What was he here for . Can you explain any of that . Sec. Sanders so far, from what i can tell of the roughly over a dozen interactions that he had with officials at the white were, i think close to 95 done so at the request of mr. Bannon. Say it cameu would from steve bannon
With a set up of a fiery press briefing a lot for Sarah Sanders to talk about in a few minutes. All of washington inside the white house and beyond has been talking about the revelations in this new book by Michael Wolff about the first year of the trump presidency. He describes that meeting as having been treasonous and said the fbi should have been called immediately rather than having that meeting in trump tower. He also said he thought the chances were zero that donald jr. Did not take those russians to see his father. Now all of that raises potentially Serious Problems for the president himself in terms of his knowledge of what was going on during the probe that bob mueller and the special counsel was not continuing on. The white house responded sharply with a statement from President Trump in which he said steve bannon has nothing to do with my presidency, he said that when he lost his job, was fired last summer, he lost his mind. Hes been peddling false information to the news m
Criticizing steve bannon. Discussed include north korea and immigration policy. Ms. Sanders good afternoon. Ande speak, Mick Mulvaney mark short are on capitol hill producing in ongoing budget negotiations with congressional leaders. The president urges democrats to adhere to the socalled schumer ule and not hold the government hostage in an attempt to advance a radical, political agenda. We must fully fund our military and make sure our brave men and women in the uniform have what they need. Theyre always there for our country and we must not let partisan bickering getting in the way of taking care of them. The president wants a clean funding bill that takes care of our military and keeps our people safe. I will take your questions. The president said he not only lost his job, but steve bannon also lost his mind. Does he regret hiring him . Ms. Sanders i think the president s statement is pretty clear on what his opinion of steve bannon is and i do not think there is anything to add.