which brought down that country s president. hello, and welcome to bbc world news. one of president trump s signature policies has hit the buffers. his plan to build a wall along the mexican border. mr trump says he accepts he ll have to wait until at least september to get the taxpayers‘ money he needs to start construction. that cash was part of federal spending plans which democrats in congress are blocking. if it s not removed from the draft budget, that may lead to a government shutdown, coinciding with his 100th day in office. our north america editor jon sopel has more details. reporter: mr president, are you going to insist on border funding? donald trump made his fortune as a builder. now the president is staking a huge amount of political capital on the most controversial construction project of his life, a 2,000 mile long wall to separate the us from its southern neighbour, mexico. and no one can say it has come out of the blue. it was almost his campaign theme t
lifted immediately while a full legal case was heard. the government is expected to launch a rapid appeal. at new york s kennedy airport, peers and press and protests. inside the terminal, the mood was less a sombre. this iraqi interpreter that worked with the us marines has finally arrived to his new home. his family were removed from the plane last week following trump‘s immigration order. they were free to travel after they were exempt. immigration order. they were free to travel after they were exemptlj immigration order. they were free to travel after they were exempt. i am feeling blessed. there are other people who are waiting to come over here. i m feeling blessed. but this new development could mean thousands more are free to come to the united states. in the most significant legal challenge yet to the trump administration, a federal jumped legal challenge yet to the trump administration, a federaljumped in seattle has issued a nationwide block on the matter
objections from government lawyers and said the restrictions could be lifted immediately while a full legal case was heard. the government is expected to launch a rapid appeal. in the past hour, us customs and border protection have told airlines to board travellers affected by president trump s ban. greg dawson reports: at new york s kennedy airport, prayers protests at donald trump s order to stop admissions from seven muslim majority countries. inside the terminal, the mood was less a sombre. munther alaskry, an iraqi interpreter that worked with the us marines, has finally arrived to his new home. his family were removed from their plane last week following trump s immigration order. after the administration ruled interpreters who helped the military were exempt, they were free to travel. actualy, i m feeling blessed to be in the united states, really. there are a lot of people who are waiting to come over here. but i m feeling blessed. but this new development could mean
on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. the judge in seattle dismissed objections from government lawyers and said the restrictions could be lifted immediately while a full legal case was heard. the government is expected to launch a rapid appeal. in the past hour, us customs and border protection have told airlines to board travellers affected by president trump s ban. the white house says it will appeal what it describes as an outrageous ruling. greg dawson reports: at new york s kennedy airport, prayers protests at donald trump s order to stop admissions from seven muslim majority countries. inside the terminal, the mood was less a sombre. munther alaskry, an iraqi interpreter that worked with the us marines, has finally arrived to his new home. his family were removed from their plane last week following trump s immigration order. after the administration ruled interpreters who helped the military were exempt, they were free to travel. actually, i m feeling bles
from seven mainly muslim countries. the white house says it will appeal against the decision. in the meantime us customs and border protection have told airlines to board travellers affected by president trump s ban. greg dawson reports. in america s east coast, and other day of prayer and protest at kennedy airport as people protest donald trump s executive order. washington state s attorney general said that he expects the government to obey thejudge‘s ruling. judge robart‘s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump s unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. i want to repeat, it puts a stop to it immediately. but the white house says it will fight the order. sean spicer says a. in the meantime, us customs and border protection has told airlines they can now bought those passengers previously affected by the ban. hours before the court ruling, the president was once again defending his policy in his weekly address to the natio