Botch botched award. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening to our viewers in the west. Like a team trying to put more points on the board before the quarter ends. The Trump White House is trying to put many issues on the agenda before next weekend. The president finds himself behind his own schedule on delivering on some of his Biggest Campaign promises. Now, tonight his game plan is running up against the threat of a possible Government Shutdown. Kristen welker has details. With the president s first 100 days in office fast approaching this saturday. The government is set to run out of money midnight friday. Could shut down and potentially cloud his first major milestone. His press secretary sounded confident but offered no guarantees. Can you guarantee there will not be a Government Shutdown . I cant guarantee but i feel very confident that that wont happen. Reporter the biggest sticking point, the president insisting he wants the spending bill to include funding for the border
Frances role on the world stage. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Its monday, april 24th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. A big countdown clock faces lawmakers as they return to washington with only a few days to strike a budget deal. The orders from trump is clear, avoid a Government Shutdown when spendling runs out at the end of this week. Its true that the message coming from the president s top aides is muddled. More on that in a moment. But senior white house and republican Officials Say the president has made it clear the government will not shutdown. The most likely scenario, will be a bandaid deal for a week or so, until a deal can be reached. Much of the debate hinges on President Trumps border wall and how exactly to fund it. How far is the president prepared to go to get that funding . It depends on who you ask. And the wall is one item for the agenda for the week. With everything the white house has cooking, one key policy item has moved to the back burn
White house lunch with ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council, President Trump spoke about the threat from north korea and about what he sees as a chance for a new beginning for the United Nations. The mission of the United Nations and the u. N. Security council is to maintain International Peace and security. These are important aims and shared interests. But as we look around the world, its clear that theres much work for you to achieve. Youre going to be very busy people i suspect over the coming months and years. Our nation faces serious and growing threats and many of them stem from problems that have been unaddressed for far too long. In fact, the United Nations doesnt like taking on certainly problems, but i have a feeling the people in this room and i know for a fact that nikki feels very strong about taking on problems that people steered away from. I encourage the Security Council to come together and take action to counter all of these many threats. On syria, t
Homeland security secretary john kelly the answer to that question is yes. The president has been pretty straightforward about his desire and the need for a boarder wall. So i would suspect hell do the right thing for sure, but i will suspect he will be insisting on the funding. Insistent on the funding. Democrats say they will not play ball. The democratic leader Chuck Schumer calls the wall a pointless waste of taxpayer money. Today on that point, taxpayer funded, this simple but important question from our jim acosta. Reporter on the wall, why is there even discussion about shutting down the government over paying for the wall . Isnt mexico supposed to pay for the wall . I think that the presint is clear initially we needed to get the funding going and there would be several mechanicsms to make sure it happens. That is a promise the president made during the campaign. I understand. Reporter now were having a discussion that the government might shut down over the wall and who is goi
Office, were in day 95 today. One key policy item moved to the back Burner Health care. With a vote not actually expected before the end of the week despite another push by the republicans. Boy, he has a tall task today. Cnn politics reporter eugene scott joining us to somehow attempt to break all of this down. Good morning. Happy monday. Like wise. We need about 45 minutes but get it in five. First, lets start with the funding for the border wall. Will that be part of a spending deal. Here is what Administration Officials said on sunday. I think it goes without saying that the president has been pretty straight forward about his desire and the need for a border wall. So, i would suspect hell do the right thing for sure, but i will suspect he will be insistent on the funding. We want our priorities funded. And one of the biggest priorities during the campaign was border security, keeping americans safe. Part of that was a border wall. Will he sign a government funding bill that does no