World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-04-09
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[0:02] K2 weather every hour [music] is brought
[0:04] to you by laser vision. Your vision for
[0:07] the future
[0:17] on World News Tonight. President Bush
[0:19] sends his budget to the Congress.
[0:20] [music] He upsets his adversaries and
[0:23] some of his friends as well. Mr. Bor
[0:26] still can't get the Navy crew back from
[0:28] China. [music] Today, the frustration is
[0:29] showing. With taxes due in a week, why
[0:32] is the IRS losing so much money it
[0:34] should be collecting and living up to
[0:37] the superlatives that is [music] Tiger
[0:39] Woods.
[0:43] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:46] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:50] Peter Jennings.
[0:51] Good evening everyone. We'll get to the
[0:52] frustration with China in a moment, but
[0:54] we're going to begin tonight with this.
[0:56] This is the federal budget which
[0:59] President Bush sent to the Congress
[1:00] today, though Congress just happens to
[1:02] be out of town. This is the analytical
[1:04] perspectives on the budget. And this
[1:06] little thing here is the citizens guide.
[1:09] But here are the details of how Mr. Bush
[1:11] would like to spend $1.9 trillion in the
[1:13] next fiscal year if he has his way. But
[1:17] it's a much more important documents
[1:19] because all of these numbers represent
[1:21] what the new president thinks about the
[1:23] size of government and the importance of
[1:25] what it does. In other words, it's also
[1:27] a very political document as well. We'll
[1:29] come at it from several ways tonight.
[1:31] We'll go first to the White House where
[1:32] ABC's Terry Moran is at his usual post.
[1:35] This budget is in many ways, is it not
[1:37] Terry, a portrait of Mr. Bush.
[1:40] It is, Peter. That massive document