Budget and health care. We begin with peter alexander. Reporter good morning to you. Happy st. Patricks day. President trump is pretty much alone on an island. Quickly consider all of the top officials, past and present who have denied it or said theres no proof. President obama, fbi director, james comey, privately, the House Speaker and the republican heads of the house and Senate Intelligence chit ommittees. Still, the president s team is not backing down. This morning, the white house facing a crisis of credibility. Press Secretary Sean Spicer defiant in his defense of the president. Even after the panel mr. Trump wanted to investigate his accusation of wiretapping claims against president obama, found no proof. Based on the Information Available to us, the top democrat and republican on the senate spell jeintelligence com wrote, we see no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance before or after the election of 2016. Spicer, backing up his boss, wouldnt give an inch. The investigation by the house and the senate, has not been provided all of the information. Reporter according to the committees democratic vice chairman, thats not true. Mark Warners Office saying, they would not make the statement they made without being briefed by the appropriate authorities. Both intel committees say, if theres evidence out there, we sure as heck havent seen it. Reporter a point punctuated by House Speaker paul ryan. Wiretapping, as you say or a court order. Reporter the white house insists the president will be vindicated and is redirecting blame at the media for headline. Ticking off eight minutes of news reports, based on Anonymous Sources they say support the claim. Lets go through what we do times reported that reporter spicer highlights a fox report that implied British Services survey trump. But that spy agency dismissed the ascension. A leading republican is calling for the out d on evidence that does or does not exist. Lindsey graham writing, i believe such a statement would serve the public well. Without an official answer, this issueil linger. The president may have to answer questions about this wiretapping claim. Theres a News Conference today, with Angela Merkel here at the white house. This could be an merkel. The president was critical of her in the past, specifically on immigration stances. And this afternoon, the president heads to his fifth tr. Lets talk about the start of the fight over the budget blueprint. It calls for 54efen spending ad deep cuts to programs, the epa, the state department, the departments of labor and velshi at how individuals can be impacted like this plan. And like any budget, theres winners and losers. And they speak about budget butter. This is guns. Its hard power, a lot less social services, in keeping with President Trump says. Lowincome families do suffer on this one. Theres major cuts to afterschool programs. Major to nutrition assist tonight, and low Income Home Energy assistant program, if you cant pay forths an area wherel suffer. You talk about a boost in spending. What about military families . The Veterans Affairs is going to get a big jump. Increase. Again, were talking about hard power here. And troop pay and benefits. If youre in the military, this budget has good things for you. Lets talk about rural e tal trump voters. They ended up on the wrong side of this budget. Regional airports, where its not commercially viable to fly into, di subsidies are going t end. Amtrak service, if youre between new york and boston, but they run long services. They will b if this budget goes through. And theres a lot of farm programs under way, including that commodities are at low prices. Some of tay, as well. A lot of guns, a lot of hard power, less social services. Ali, thank you so much. Matt, over to you. C john heilemann, and mark halperin. Theyre the cocreator s circus on showtime. Lets talk about mike mulvaneny talking to reporters saying, this should is not come as a surprise. Everything that trump does should surprise people. But so much is so undecembprece and shocking. But its what he said he would do been. Cuts at the epa, and 21 at the department of agriculture. Is this donald trump the businessman and the negotiator . Is this an opening bid . Its an opening bid. And its a strange Political Risk to take because it isnt going to happen. The headlines about the percentages, the specific programs. Theres a lot of pushback, not just from democrats but from republicans. This is what Business People think about washington, right . Programs are too big. Too departments fur was asked to , john. Do you or do they have n laj ogic. Up in a net ofthates led them i way from new york and washington, whether you think its a serious accusation. But do people care about this . Especially on a day when theyre learning more about pocketbook issues . I dont think people outside care as much about it. President ial words matter. This is one that divides people quite a bit. A lot of people who voted for the president say, i dont like when he says stuff like that. If the annals of strange chithi the president s done, this one stands out because of the starkness of what he said and the fact hes being repudiated by republicans. So many ways trump has split the country in two. This is one where democrats care a lot about this. And trump voters dont care at all. You have a new season of the circus. This is a political documentary coming up. I dont want to ask you, john, to have a false binary. On air force one, what was it like . Now, were covering trumps america. People are engaged on whether they like him. Were looking at the challenge the president has. He traveled to michigan and tennessee, to Sell Health Care and the rest of his agenda. But so much has come up this week. You see me at the congressional budget office. Those numbers were a big deal. But so is the president trying to balance russia, the Supreme Court hearings that start next week. Juggling act, part of the circus, the president and his team are engaged in. Two ring masters this morning. The new season of the circus, premieres sunday night on showtime. Breaking overnight, a dangerous situation playing out in the middle east. Syria launching missiles against israe israeli war planes. Richle engle with the latest. Good morning. Reporter there were two significant issues that happened overnight. Both in syria. The first one was israeli jets, crossed into syria. Theyve done this several times in the past. And they bomb targets in syria. They reportedly bombed hezbollah targets. As the jets were leaving syria, after they crossed back into israelicontrolled air space, syrian government, antiaircraft missiles fired. They fired towards those israeli jets. Thats a rare occurrence. The israeli army has confirmed this took place. But no Israeli Citizens or aircraft were in harms way. The other incident was more deadly. That involved an american air strike in northern syria, not far from the city of idlib. That air strike killed dozens of people. Activists are describing it as a massacre, in fact, on a mosque outside of idlib. The u. S. Officials, however, say that no mosque was hit. And that it was an al qaeda meeting that was targeted. U. S. Officials are investigating those reports of civilian casualties. A lot going on in that region. Richard engel, thank you. Were going to talk about that overnight fight against a massive inferno in raleigh, north carolina. Showed you this at the top of the snow. Flames and smoke, filling the skyline there. Our affiliate is there at the scene this morning. Mikya, good morning to you. Reporter one firefighter was injured in this fire, as a result of shattered glass. Aside from that, everyone else is okay. However, downtown raleigh has been impacted. Ten buildings have been impacted by the fire. Fave five of which have been severely damaged. This is one of the big et fires ive ever seen. Not only raleigh, but anywhere. Reporter overnight, a towering inferno, lighting up the night sky, over downtown raleigh, north carolina. Firefighters responding to a massive fivealarm blaze, tearing through an Apartment Building under construction. Theres no Fire Protection in place. And i have fire walking from one end of the block to the next. Reporter the fivestory structure that caught fire was near raleighs popular restaurant and bar district. The fire engolfed another highrise building next door. The flames shpreading to nearby complexes. I saw the fire. Its incredible, the amount of building that are burning over there. Theres cars exploding up in the parking deck. Cranes coming down. Cranes coming down. Reporter a crane collapsing under the heat of the flames. Theres ash, falling for miles around. Reporter some onlookers shared video of the fire, streaming from facebook live. Large pieces, causing smaller fires. One just started here in front of a church. Pieces of ash. Hitting me as im walking. Reporter rescue personnel evacuated residents. This morning, the cause of the massive fire is under investigation. The red cross and a local shelter have come together to provide aid to these residents that have been impacted. Matt and savannah . Mikaya thank you very much. Now, to a seen of devastation. This one in rockville, maryland. A house just leveled by a fiery explosion overnight. The blast so powerful, it was felt more than two miles away. Flying debris damaged a nearby homes. Neighbors told fire officials that one man lived alone in that house. They dont know if he was there at the time of the explosion. The cause is under investigation. Got al, with a chilly forecast for st. Patricks day here in the east. Thats right. We start with incredible video. This is from peru, where they had massive flooding. If you look in the middle of the debris, a woman has survived the mudslide. But shes coated in mud. Rescuers are there to try to help pull her out. Really incredible. And look at this truck pulled over on its side. Washed away. The truck driver gets out in time, without being injured, just before that truck. 8,000 homes have been lost. Thousands and thousands of acres completely under water. Well, as we look closer to home, we have a little bit of a clipper coming across. Some snow from northern minnesota, all the way to chicago. Thats going to move through pretty quickly. And then, as the morning wears on, we look for snow moving into detroit, into cleveland, this afternoon. Pittsburgh, you start to see some snow late tonight. Then, another area, low pressure develops off the hocoast. Late saturday, into sunday, throwing snow into new york, parts of new england, and long island, from boston to new york city. Again, we dont look for this to be a big snowmaker. From long island to southeastern massachusetts this could be upwards of six inches of heavy, wet snow. But if the low pressure system develops closer to the coast, we could look at heavier snow throughout a wider area. Matts looking at me right now hes giving you the stink eye. Im so over this. I still got to say got to get to your local good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Clear and cold to start with. With clear skies well see a lot of sunshine. Let the melting continue. Winds below 10 miles an hour for the suburbs, up to 40 degrees. Bright, sunny skies for new jersey. 45 inland. At the shore, temperatures will peak at 4 degrees. Sunshine all day long. For the Lehigh Valley, melting continues this afternoon, 42. Up to 44 for delaware. Have a great day. And that is your latest weather. 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Doubling on your drive time trip, southbound from woodhaven to the vine with speeds in the 20s. Watching 76 around Market Street and Gloucester City in jersey. No problems or delays if youre headed northbound toward the philadelphia area. Katy, back to you. Philadelphia police are investigating after a driver who stopped to check his minivan in overbrook found a dead man underneath the vehicle. That man had been shot. Police say the man hit the victim in an alley and dragged him about 100 feet. Crews in Burlington County have been working to put out this house fire in pemberton. Sky force 10 flew over the scene about an hour ago. There was a report of trapped. Were working to learn if anyone was hurt. Another update for you in about 25 minutes. [car engine failing to start] [clicking of ignition] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] welcome back, 7 30. Top of the morning to you. That is the iconic christ the redemer statue in reoio lit up green. We have a crowd on the plaza. Look at those ladies. Looking in for a smooch. Thats sweet. Everybody lining up to have a chance to go with that poster. Well kick our off st. Patricks day in a few moments. Firefighters in downtown raleigh are putting out hot spots at the scene of a huge fire there overnight. It broke out at the site of an Apartment Building under construction. At one point, the intense heat caused the crane to collapse. One firefighter was injured. The new York City Fire department is mourning a First Responder and mother of five who was killed after she was run over by a man driving her own ambulance. Ay arroyo and her partner were flagged down and when hay got out to help, a man jumped into the drivers seat, shifted into reverse and struck and grabbed arro arroyo. The subject was captured after crashing into several cars. He faces murder and drug charges. And a dire warning from secretary of state Rex Tillerson as he visited south korea this morning. He said preemptive military action against north korea is on the table, if the threat from its Nuclear WeaponsProgram Becomes too great. Now, to a frantic scene. It was all caught on camera at one of the most active volcanos of the world, italys mt. Etna. Journalists and scientists and tourists were moving in and a shower of molten rock and ash caught them. Iella cob morning. Reporter what a lucky eera rolling. Italys mt. Etna,e grnd them. Youre jus ct btured on r ca 1,800 degrees, even visible from space. Italian Scientists Say the lava flow hit a field of snow, superheating the water and causing an etna is is a lifetimes ambition to see ane of the most active volcanos in everyone down sa reporter will you go back tours on that part of mt. Etna today. Guys, back to you. Not for a long time. Kelly, thank you so much. Not today. Wont be back today. Lets not complain about the weather. Ooking at the temperatures. Trough. Temperatures of about 78e, 76. Thats 20 degrees above aver of. 44 for philadelphia. Winds below 10 miles an hour for the suburbs, up to 40 degrees. Bright, sunny skies for new jersey. 45 inland. At the shore, temperatures will peak at 42 degrees. For the Lehigh Valley, melting continues this afternoon, 42. Up to 44 for delaware. Have a day. And dont t forget, get you weather anytime you need it this weekend. Check out the Weather Channel on cable. Al, thank you. Coming up, a today exclusive. Breitba breitbarts editor in chief speaks out. He has interesting to thing about his controversial im phil mickelson, pro golfer. M