12 billion and 15 billion. They didnt say if they expect much to pay the cost as the president said. There say showdown there, the president of mexico has canceled his trip to the white house. John rawlins is now live at the loews hotel. We expect him here in the next few minutes, we dont know exactly. They dont go out and give you information on exact arr timeshere. Th and parquet that is the macys building here. And a metal border is put up and behind it the protesters this is not the main group of protesters we are talking about on the other side of city o dozen Police Officers at this point. Its doubtful the president will see the protesters its doubtful that the protesters will see the president because of the longs and inart because of these trash trucks pulled acrosmarket street this is a safety measure against any motorized threat in a post nice post berlin wooo drld. 200 blocknstling now its tt heeels et w auncheoetime him escorts the guard ofesident coming in down on 12th str
Hell is going on . Democrats. As speeches go it was vintage donald trump an address that ranged over multiple topics sometimes more than one. From his reading of local Crime Statistics to pipelines made off local steel. And obama care. And saving family from the catastrophic rise of premiums and loss of choice. And remember this, this room in particular. Obama care is a disaster and the democrats are putting up signs like its wonderful. Its a disaster. Speaker ryan was questioned earlier today about if he is on the same page with the president on the major issues of the day and they are on the same page and in touch with the white house on a regular basis. Back to the Crime Statistics in philadelphia. Well have a link ott our website put out by the police department. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. All right john thank you. Lets take a look from the sky, the aerial view of the increased security in place for the event. Chopper 6 hd was flying of the barricades this morning with he
Border wall. And now mark is leaving his post and now President Trump plans to pay for the wall by taxing imports from mexico by 20 . And now more protests in center city and the traffic troubles caused for commuters. And john rawlins live. Reporter im at 13th and market where this place was jammed with protesters but they are on the move on snare else in the city. As far as the speech. Mr. Trump touched on many regulations he wants to repeal and abortion. Its great to be if philadelphia and president touched on local crime to pipelines that must now be built with u. S. Steel. Some of the worded directed at obama care which he says is financially unsustainable. Obama care is a disaster, democrats put up signs like its wonderful. Also a disaster, nafta a trade deal that hurt american workers, in addition to fixing the health well start new deals that create opportunities for new workers bringing back the magnificent words, made in the usa. We used to have that. Trump pledged to rebuild
And market on the other side of a metal barrier, on the other side scores of Police Officers at this point. Everything louder and more vocal than ever, getting to the speech and the statement about the murder rate, you can easy say a lot of folks didnt see it coming. About 20 minutes into his speech after mr. Trump talked about obama care and trade. He said the following. Here in philadelphia the murder rate has been steady let me just terribly increasing and then you look at chicago, what is going on in chicago . According to the citys crime statistics, philadelphias homicide rate has gone up and down but trending lower over the decade but the year to date homicide has spiked this year. Mayor kenney called his statements false and an insult to the men and women of philadelphia police, they worked tirelessly with great vowed to withhold some federal funds with sanctuary cities like philadelphia. Its time to help americans protect their jobs and their hopes and dreams for a much better
Takeover in delaware. And a man is facing a list of charges following a vandalism spree. And the big story is the says nation of President Trumps security adviser. Michael flynn is out. After his contact with a top russian dep matt. Kenneth moton is joining us live with more now. Reporter rick, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will step up to the mike in an hour and facing tough questions and President Trump has remained mostly silent about one of his most trusted advisers. President Trumps National security adviser, michael flynn, out. This morning at the white house the president ignored shouted questions about flynn and late last night the resignation letter. He said he was resigning because he misled Vice President pence and other advisers. Pence repeated the false information on national tv. It turns out the department knew about the lie and alerted the white house three weeks ago but did the the president know. I cant review who in the white house knew or didnt know. The r