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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff much more for the military, much less for many diplomatic and domestic programs. Thats the upshot of President Trumps first budget, unveiled today. John yang begins our coverage, at the white house. Yang it runs just 53 pages, totals more than 1. 1 trillion, and embodies stark changes in federal spending priorities. Budget director Mick Mulvaney we had America First. An America First candidate. We now have an America First president. And it shouldnt surprise anybody that we have an America First budget. Yang the big winners in the white house budget request the pentagon, with a proposed 10 increase 54 billion. The department of homeland security, with a 7 hike, including 4 billion for the mexico border wall. And the department of veteran affairs, proposed to increase by 6 . Were 20 trillion in debt. Were going to spend money. Were going to spend a lot of money but were not going to spend it on programs that cannot show that they actually deliver promises they made to people. Yang the biggest losers would include the Environmental Protection agency with a proposed 31 cut, eliminating funding for international climatechange programs and for cleanup efforts in the Chesapeake Bay and great lakes. The state department would be cut 29 , mostly foreign aid and u. N. Peacekeeping. And the department of health and human services, is being asked to take an 18 cut. While the white house wants congress to cut Justice Department spending by 4 , it wants more money to target criminal organizations and hire immigration judges, at the expense of civil rights programs in tokyo, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said the proposed cuts in his budget are fine with him. I think clearly the level of spending the state department has been undertaking in the past, in particular this past year, is simply not sustainable. Yang President Trump tweeted that his budget request puts America First must make safety its number one priority. Overall, his plan represents the biggest military buildup since the 1980s and the most sweeping reductions in other programs since world war ii. Democrats immediately condemned the budget request. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said it takes from the middle class and gives to the rich. This budget is not a statement of values of anyone. President trump has shown that he does not value the future of our children and working families. This budget is really a slap in the face of the future. Yang the administration wants to eliminate funding for 19 agencies, including the National Endowment for the arts, americorps and the corporation for public broadcasting, a major funder for public radio and television. Other points of contention are likely to be calls to eliminate Community Development block grants, and, cut billions of dollars for teacher training, after school and summer programs and almost 100 million from the Rural Business and cooperative service. House Armed ServicesCommittee ChairmanMac Thornberry said today he wants even more money for the military. House Speaker Paul Ryan said the president s budget is just an opening bid. Well have a full hearing about how priorities will be met. But do i think we can cut spending and get waste out of government . Absolutely. Yang todays spending outline doesnt address taxes or entitlement programs like Social Security and medicare. Those are to come in another budget document in may. For the pbs newshour, im john yang at the white house. Woodruff a federal judge in maryland became the second in as many days to block President Trumps revised travel ban, nationwide. The other ruling came last night, in hawaii. Both judges found mr. Trumps public remarks suggest its still intended to be a muslim ban. The white house vowed to appeal. Well explore the court rulings, and what comes next, later in the program. Bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence committee are the latest to dismiss President Trumps claim that he was wiretapped by president obama. They said today theyve seen no indications of that. House Intelligence Leaders said much the same thing, yesterday. But press Secretary Sean Spicer argued today nothing is clear, until the Justice Department reports next week. The d. O. J. Asked for an additional week. The statement clearly says that at this time, that they dont believe that they have yet to go through the info. The d. O. J. Has not supplied this. Woodruff spicer also said the president still stands by his claim. The House Budget Committee narrowly approved the Republican Health care bill today. Three g. O. P. Conservatives voted no, putting dissent in republican ranks clearly on display. For the first time, house Speaker Paul Ryan acknowledged parts of the bill may have to change, to shore up support. Clearly the main parts of this bill are going to stay exactly as they are, but were making those improvements and refinements based on the feedback that were getting from our members, and the president of the United States is the one whos been mediating this, the president of the United States is the one whos been bringing people together, sitting around a table, hashing out our differences so that we can get to a consensus document. Woodruff in a fox news interview that aired last night, the president said of the bill a lot of things arent consistent. But these are going to be negotiated. European leaders congratulated dutch Prime Minister mark rutte today, after his victory over antimuslim lawmaker geert wilders. In a victory celebration last night, rutte called it a victory for stability and security. translated this is also a night when the netherlands after brexit, after american elections, has said stop to the wrong kind of populism. Woodruff Wilders Party finished second, but the other dutch parties have said they will not work with him or include him in a governing coalition. Pirates in somalia have released an oil tanker that they hijacked on monday. They say they were not paid any ransom. The release came hours after a gunfight between the pirates and local security forces. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson urged north korea today to abandon its nuclear and missile programs. Tillerson was in japan, starting his first asia trip. At a News Conference with his japanese counterpart, he called for a new strategy but offered no specifics. I think its important to recognize that the diplomatic and other efforts of the past 20 years to bring north korea to a point of denuclearization have failed. In the face of this ever escalating threat, it is clear that a different approach is required. Woodruff today was the first time tillerson had publicly fielded questions since assuming his post in early february. Back in this country the head of usa gymnastics, steve penny, resigned amid allegations that he ignored sexual abuse of girls training for the olympics. The organization faces a brace of lawsuits charging that a former team doctor groped and fondled girls in training. They say penny and other officials knew about it and did nothing. And on wall street, stocks ended the day with little change. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 15 points to close 20,934. The nasdaq rose a fraction of a point, and the s p 500 slipped nearly four. Still to come on the newshour Congress Weigh in on President Trumps budget priorities. Halted again whats next for the white house travel ban. Previewing tomorrows meeting between chancellor Angela Merkel and President Trump, and much more. Woodruff reaction from lawmakers to President Trumps America First budget ranged from strong support to tough criticism. We turn now to two members of congress with two very different views of the president s budget proposal. First up, democratic senator chris van hollen. Hes a member of the budget and appropriations committees and he joins us now from capitol hill. Well, this budget tells me that donald trump is already getting very out of touch with the american people. Its the kind of budget you might expect from somebody who jets off to maralago every other week, and by the way, that costs taxpayers 3 million each time, which is the amount usually in the budget for the meals on Wheels Program to help feed over two million elderly. He wipes that out of the budget. And if you look at the overall budget, it really is an attack on working people and on Educational Opportunity in the country. It is a recipe for dirtier air and contaminated water. Its really a bad deal for the american public. Woodruff the president tweeted, senator, you probably know, that this is a budget that puts America First. Its a budget that makes safety the prime consideration. Well, actually, it makes america last in terms of investing in our people, investing in our economy, investing in our national infrastructure, something that candidate trump talked a whole lot about, yet they cut the infrastructure budget here by over 13 . So a lot of what he talked about on the campaign trail is actually under attack in this budget, including, i have to say, Important Economic Development programs and infrastructure programs for rural america. He does dramatically increase pentagon spending, but he cuts the funding for the state department, and the state Department Funding is designed to help keep us out of wars and to save lives and money, and thats what secretary mattis, his own defense secretary, has had to say. So this does not help america. In fact, it really erodes american influence around the world. Woodruff well, what theyre saying is the pentagon budget, the defense spending in this country has been cut back so much that the United States is vulnerable and that this is a critical moment for the United States to restore the spending for defense that should have been there for the last number of years. Well, actually, thats just another alternative fact coming out of this administration. Weve had robust defense spending. I can support additional investment in our National Security, but we just saw a few months ago reports out of the pentagon about over 120 billion in wasteful spending. In fact, donald trump has talked about the huge cost overruns on pentagon projects. So wed be much better off managing those resources better than simply writing new checks to the pentagon, which, by the way, is the one federal Government Agency that has not been able to pass an audit. Im all for investing on National Security. We have to do it, but we also have to recognize our National Strength includes making sure our kids get a good education, and he cut the department of education by close to 15 . It includes making sure we have a healthy population, and he dramatically cut funding for medical research to help develop cures and treatments. So this is really something thats going to hurt most of the country, you know, the folks at the very top who just got a big tax cut as part of the trumpcare plan arent going to be hurt, but everybody else is. Woodruff senator, again, im sure you know, this but i heard the budget director making the argument today, he was pressed on these cuts, for example, education, he said the administration has looked very closely at so many of these domestic spending programs and he says where there is no evidence that people are actually being helped, these programs cannot continue. Well, we certainly should not be asking taxpayers to Fund Programs that dont help, but the reality is that the afterschool programs to make sure kids are in a productive environment after school hours and not out on the streets, that actually is an important program. Its been underfunded in the United States. There are other career and Training Programs that have shown good results, and theyre cutting them. The same is true with respect to some of our manufacturing programs. I mean, heres a president who says he wants to restore american manufacturing, and yet he cuts manufacturing extension program, which helps take innovations and make sure that theyre available to industry throughout the United States. So this is a very shortsighted budget. I have to say that donald trump said he was going to be there for the forgotten people. In this budget, he forgets those people. I mean, theyre not even an afterthought. Woodruff senator chris van hollen, a member of the Senate Budget committee. We thank you, sir. Thank you. Woodruff for an opposing view, we turn now to representative todd rokita, a republican from indiana and vice chairman of the House Budget Committee. Congressman rokita, welcome. I think you just heard at least part of what senator van hollen said, and that is in this budget proposal, the president is forgetting some of the very people he said he wanted to be elected to help. Yeah, i heard that, and chris is a friend from the House Budget Committee. He was Ranking Member when i was vice chairman there last congress, and i heard some of the same rhetoric. Hes a good man, but let me just say this the president with the budget that he put forward today, recognizing that its his request, its not the budget. We still have our article 1 powers under the constitution, and well use them as congressmen and women to reconcile different priorities and make sure that were marching forward for the american people. But i would say the forgotten man that President Trump campaigned for should be proud of what was done in the budget. First of all, the one thing, judy, that the federal government does constitutionally and does well is our National Defense, and i will quibble with mr. Van hollen if he says that our National Defense has been taken care of. It only makes up about 20 of our budget historically, but it took 50 of the sequester cuts. Fair is fair. Were getting back to rebalancing that. Otherwise, judy, this is a traditional, as you would see in a economic textbook of some kind, traditional guns versus butter argument. For eight years or so weve been doling out a lot of butter, a lot of domestic programs. What mr. Trump is suggesting here is that we rebalance and put a little bit more into our guns to make sure that were protected from a military standpoint, that were safe, and. Woodruff well, let me interrupt you there, if you dont mind, because i want to ask you about that. We did hear senator van hollen say, yes, its good to spend more on defense, but he said there are problems with defense spending. He said we havent even seen a serious audit. But i do want to ask you about some of the domestic cuts, education down 15 , medical research, major cut, a 20 some percent cut in the environment, 21 . What are these cuts . What is going to be cut . I have within in a Budget Hearing all day repealing and replacing obamacare, so, you know, i dont have all the details, and i didnt write the document. Like i said, well digest that all in the budget committee. From an overview perspective, what im seeing