meet dan and jonathan riordan. pair of 30 something-year-old brothers from linden, new jersey who began this trek eight days ago. jonathan is an audio visual guy by trade. dan is a glazier and they're going to spend time with nature and themselves. i asked them if they were used to spending this much quality time together, and they were like, no. >> no. [laughter] >> no, for the past five years, i've seen dan maybe once a week or maybe less traveling with my job. it's a big change. >> the riordan boys have been talking about making this trip together for years. they finally had the time and the money and the desire to check this off of their bucket list, and guess what? they picked a great time to get started. weather that's been bad here, it's bad in georgia, too. >> really? that stinks. >> chilly evening. >> we were expecting it, not this early. when we first started it was sunny and in the 70s. we both got sun burned. and now it's winter again. >> even though they've only just begun the hike, i asked what they'r

riordan: mr. president, good morning. my name is tom riordan. i'm the ceo of neenah enterprises. we're a casting and forging operation in wisconsin -- 145 years old. first products were plowshares back in the civil war. today most of our product are related to infrastructure in terms of street casting, sewer covers, and so on. the other half of our business is really tied to on/offload vehicles with folks like caterpillar and john deere. we're very much dependent upon your policies moving forward. president trump: good job. mr. magyari: nice to meet you. my name is doug magyari. i'm the ceo of immi, inc. we're a troy, michigan, company, suburb of detroit. and we're very much a leading-edge research and development company on advanced technologies, and in particular, we've built the most advanced augmented reality and virtual reality glasses in the world. and it's an extremely important technology that's going to affect not only everybody at this table, but really every facet of our lives. and there's military applications and all sorts of medical applications, as well as entertai

ray riordan.t bay mud and contra costa county. >>> well as we've been reporting president trump signed a new executive order on traffic and immigration order. sparked protest at airports around the country and last night activists showed their opposition to president trump's policies to fso. take a look at this. this is a display projected onto the building. it reads no ban, no wall. we talked to passengers there about this new executive order. >> there's mixed reaction from travelers at fso about the travel ban prohibiting people from entering from six countries. >> i've been through the ups and downs. i've been through 9/11 and i've seen what happens afterwards. >> syrian refugees were banned indefinitely in the first order. she's disappointed with the updated travel ban. >> this is still a muslim ban. we see this as the 2.0 version that is extremely discriminatory towards our communities. >> when the first travel ban was issued. as a precaution attorney jessica thurkleson spent the afternoon at

well there is a new person in charge of san jose's emergency services he is ray riordan.bay mud, and contra costa county. one of his main jobs will be to help plan for emergency and lead the response as something happens. >>> and trump signed a new executive order on travel and immigration yesterday. last night activists showed their opposition to president trump's policies. take a look at this. it's a display projected right onto a building at at international terminal. it reads no ban, no wall. we talked to the passengers about this new executive order. >> there's mixed reaction from travelers at fso about president trump's new travel ban. >> safety i believe every american people need safety first. >> i'm muslim. i've been through these things. i've been through the ups and downs. i've been through 9/11 and seen what happens afterward. >> it eliminates language that would give preference to religious minorities and would halt all refugees from coming to the u.s. for months. attorney in. >> while there's a few facial changes this is still a muslim ban that is extremely

we have special assistant for bush economic policy and brian riordan, and independent women's forum,fer. the president wants to reclaim the agenda. we know how the week started. good reception he got to his speech before congress and jeff sessions recusal and all the talk. you how is this ending, in your eyes? how do you see it wrapping up? >> i think this is going to be sort of good all around. we always want the media to investigate more. i was bothered by the last eight years when the media just sort of ignored all sorts of private meetings and conversations the obama administration had. i think sort of big picture this is a good thing, that we're a little bit more, we're taking some of this a little bit more seriously. but i do think this administrations going to learn, like every administration before them manage attention between things going on sort of negative in the media an things going on and that they want to push forward positive. educational freedom is a great thing lots of conservatives can get behind. we're talking about repealing and replacing obamacare. that is good

ray riordan has 25 years experience in the bay area. a city spokesman tells abc7 news his hire just after last week's flooding is purely coincidental. the city's last emergency services director left his post last november and there have been -- there's been a national search underway. assistant city manager dave sykes served for the city during the flooding. >>> happening today, san jose mayor sam liccardo will be back out in neighborhoods affected by last week's flooding to help clean up. today he will join volunteers in kelly park on center road. members from orchard supply hardware will help repair damaged areas with $30,000 worth of donated items and materials. the clean-up is from 9:00 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon. >>> a recent rains have caused a scary situation in a south bay neighborhood. a gas leak forced people to leave their homes near suncrest avenue just north of alum rock park. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo tells us it took pg&e crews 10 hours to finish the repair work. >> reporter: it was well after dark wh

ray riordan has 25 years experience in emergency management in the bay area. a city spokesman tells abc7 news his hire after last week's flooding is coincidental. the city's last emergency services director left his post last november and there's been a national search underway. assistant city manager dave sykes serve as emergency services director during the flooding. >>> happening today, san jose mayor sam liccardo will be back out in neighborhoods affected by last week's flooding to help clean up. he will join volunteers in kelly park. members from orchard supply hardware will help repair damaged areas with $30,000 worth of donated items and materials. the clean-up is from 9:00 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon. >>> recent rains have caused scary situation in a south bay neighborhood. a gas leak forced people to leave their homes near suncrest avenue just north of alum rock park. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo tells us it took pg&e crews 10 hours to repair the work. >> reporter: it was well after dark when pg&e crews finished repairing a gas leak on

san jose hired ray riordan to lead its emergency services office.ity is facing scrutiny for failing to warn or evacuate residents before floodwaters destroyed their homes. >>> it is 6:34 right now. let's get another check on weather. it's going to be a good day. >> not bad. we still have some rain dancing around the bay area in the far reaches and for the first time ever, since i worked here for almost 21 years, can i honestly say we don't need it. we don't need the rain, right? but we're going to see some more in the far reaches. i'm talking about the cloverdale area, also clearlake and lakeport. this is our live hi-def doppler radar. not any rain locally. but look in the far reaches. fort bragg and point arena ready to receive more rain showers and all this should sag south as far as ukiah and middleton. nothing in our area. hi-def doppler radar again this is an area of low pressure skimming the far north bay. santa rosa is currently cloudy and how about this? santa rosa on pace for the wettest water year on report dading back to el nino. i rememb

what does speaker riordan need?t them on board with his plan and freedom caucus members will be at the meet house later on to with trump as he makes a last-ditch appeal. tom: what will he say? will he give them a golf round at the mar-a-lago? what is the tip? that anhat i'm told is operation is in full force. state angle committee assignments and political promises. is a lack of communicative strategy. and a lack of long-term strategy. if they don't get through health care than they cannot get through tax reform. is: i have no clue what going on within our intelligence debate. what does james comey want this morning? what do the directors of the fbi want to get back in control of the trump-pressure investigation? kevin: the intelligence committee in the house of representatives is going to be much more political than james comey. decisionsy has faced -- has faced criticism for being too political. from texasdemocrat -- and the chairman you miss will increasingly being facing more skepticism because he provided cover

ben is introduced , the next sitting next to ben is francisco gonzales, he is the riordan senior associate professor of latin american studies at johns hopkins. he is an expert on latin america and will bring that sort of perspective. we have once again people from the private sector, from academia, different regions of the world so we can mix it up to have a good and interesting reflection and perspective on the issue of populism. sitting next to francisco is sheri berman, sherry is the professor of political science at barnardo college columbia university, her expertise is europe . she's written a lot on issues of populism and politics there. she will bring us that sort of perspective. all of them had wonderful comments this morning and hopefully we will glean that out this afternoon and finally our last panelist is christopher garman, christopher is a managing director at the eurasia group. he's in the country office of emerging markets and lead analyst on brazil. he worked with private sector clients, he's a practitioner as he's been and he will be bringing an interesting sort of emerg

but we are on track for april 13 graduation ceremony get it about riordan high school at 10 am. i am preparing as his hr is for the 100 to 22nd economy with a number of alternates selected for the last process that will move into the conditional phase. in addition, the backgrounds will be sent out to a larger applicant pool for some-for consideration for april although we have a number of people select slated for the april class but there will be some consideration for april but mostly for further academies including september academy. that is in progress at this time with hr. our internal hr and my office. so no one is received additional background but i expect them to be hearing very soon. i'm hoping by the end of the week certainly no later than the end of this month. on last friday on the 17th, it's always great and i know you're always supportive of internal promotional opportunities. we were able to an conjunction with the ems division and division of training,-they do phenomenal work it not only h-two academy but all kinds of different internal promotional opportunities

but we are on track for april 13 graduation ceremony get it about riordan high school at 10 am. i am preparing as his hr is for the 100 to 22nd economy with a number of alternates selected for the last process that will move into the conditional phase. in addition, the backgrounds will be sent out to a larger applicant pool for some-for consideration for april although we have a number of people select slated for the april class but there will be some consideration for april but mostly for further academies including september academy. that is in progress at this time with hr. our internal hr and my office. so no one is received additional background but i expect them to be hearing very soon. i'm hoping by the end of the week certainly no later than the end of this month. on last friday on the 17th, it's always great and i know you're always supportive of internal promotional opportunities. we were able to an conjunction with the ems division and division of training,-they do phenomenal work it not only h-two academy but all kinds of different internal promotional opportunities