bo facebook tout a tool for connecting the world. now admitting social media allows people to spread misinformation and corroding democracy. facebook has been criticized for letting trolls use the platform to meddle in the election. a lot of people say too late by many. >> big factor. >> thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. we pass the native-american talking stick to chris and alisyn. . the businessman dealmaker was awol. >> what the president did clearly worked. >> president trump claiming political victory saying he's eager to negotiate an

immigration deal. >> i do not trust him at all. >> the question now is will the majority leader honor that commitment, and i think he's under a lot of pressure to do so. a new report says fbi director wray threatened to quit. >> it's 100% donald trump will tell me one thing that's wrong. i don't get it. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." january 23rd, 6:00 in new york. here's our starting line. the shutdown is over for now. president trump signed a short-term spending bill reopening the u.s. government. hundreds of thousands of federal employees head back to work after their three-day hiatus. >> the senate will negotiate in the coming weeks.

they now face backlash from their liberal members. so what concession did democrats get to end the stalemate? >> they got a deal to make a deal maybe. the truth is the dems got spooked and the gop got a boost because the division that leads to a political shutdown is currency for them. they only funded the government for 16 days, meaning we're only that far away from more brinksmanship. the president's position for d.r.e.a.m.ers has put out that ad that makes them all look like terrorists. so is there a basis to trust he won't play his base and give them the minimums when it comes to d.r.e.a.m.ers. bombshell report. fbi director christopher wray threatened to resign because he felt pressured by the president. this is another case of

president overreach. we have it all. what do we know? >> well, good morning, chris. the government is back in business this morning after president trump signed a short-term spending bill here at the white house late last night. but there's little to suggest why the dynamics have changed. lawmakers could be set for another showdown in just three weeks. president trump touting the end of the government shutdown as a big win for republicans. in signaling a willingness to broker a deal on d.r.e.a.m.ers and border treaty, tweeting, see you at the negotiating table. he's eager to rebut criticism that he did little to help end the shutdown. >> the great deal-making president sat on the sidelines. >> aides say mr. trump's low profile was intentional, the white house insisting the president had an impact, but

offering little clarity about mr. trump's position about the path forward for d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> status versus pathway to citizenship or does that not matter to the president? >> i think that's part of the negotiating process. right now we want a permanent solution for the program. >> the chairman telling cnn mr. trump is key to any immigration solution succeeding in the house. >> his role will be an important one, and i expect that we'll be hearing from him early and often now once the discussions get under way. >> sources tell cnn the deal to reopen the government was due in part to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to hold a vote on immigration in the coming weeks. but minority leader schumer -- including the 16 democrats that voted against the short-term resolution. >> i do not trust him at all.

he has promised lindsey graham and susan collins, jeff flake, make promises and commitments he had not honored. >> distrust in washington is nothing new. it now extends to the fbi given president trump's public war with the top law enforcement agency. the fbi director christopher wray threatened to resign after feeling pressured by jeff sessions. president trump has repeatedly targeted mccabe over his handling of the hillary clinton investigation. suggesting mccabe is bias and questioning why sessions has not replaced him, the white house insisting in a statement the president supports director wray but saying they've tainted the fbi's reputation. now, chris, it's worth noting the president actually

interviewed christopher wray to be the fbi director back in may. we will see that. you can bet he'll be asked about all of this, chris. >> appreciate it. what happens next? the two sides pressed pause. what happens when they press play? we have a panel that's going to take on the issue of whether they want to create a path to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers, or will we be right back here or this time will the democrats be on the verge of giving trump his wall? we discuss next. with just one. aleve. all day strong.

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president trump taking a victory lap as more than 30 democratic senators joined republicans over a three-day shutdown. let's bring in reporter and editor at large and analyst. great to have both of you. what changed yesterday from friday that allowed democrats to get on board and stop the government shutdown. i think the reality of the shutdown resonating with the american people, people weren't buying the democrats' position. the exit ramp became really unclear. the deal came, look, can we live to fight another day, can we take health insurance off the table and call that a win and

trust mcconnell, big if. it's gamble on all sides. but for moderates, it was a way to support it. >> italians would say they got the nervous stomach. but now they're getting beaten up by the base and i don't know what the gop lost on this other than giving it a short window. they haven't made any real promise do anything on dreamers. this is just a deal to make a deal. >> chuck schumer said yesterday, you know, we've now extracted a promise for mitch mcconnell. he said, i must have missed the memo. again, mcconnell's intention was not, we will have this vote on "x" day on daca. now, let's say best-case scenario mcconnell is good to his word. he's made a great high-profile

play. it passes. they find something that passes. well, the house republicans didn't make any deal with senate democrats and neither did president trump. that to me is the problem. if all you needed to do was pass something through the senate for it to become law, this isn't a terrible deal for senate democrats because you're depending on mcconnell and trusting him. that's only one-third of the piece of the puzzle. >> so we're back here in exactly 16 days? >> mark your calendar. >> start the countdown clock right now. >> the anxiety will rise if they don't have a deal. >> they can't do what they always do which is the only way to get anything done is wait until the last minute and hope the pressure forces compromise. this is an anticipatable problem. this is something where there's been an outline of a big deal. maybe they can -- >> i think you're right. crying wolf won't work as well next time. >> no. >> it's fine. the government shuts down, and

they figure it out three days later. >> to chris's point, the house didn't sign onto this deal, that's a real problem. the far weleft is furious. there are folks furious about this. but if they can take that outline of grand bargain on the deal they had where border security gets funded, the drooerms get legal status if not citizenship -- >> that's the problem. the certainty is on the side of what the republicans want. you said some degree of protection for d.r.e.a.m.ers. if you're a d.r.e.a.m. e, that ain't putting you to sleep tonight. i have not heard that word come out of a gop mouth, certainly not from the president, chris. he ended this. he created a date certain. he said he wanted to help them.

he said bill of love and then turned around and put out an ad and say they're altherr rifts. >> sarah huckabee sanders refused to say when asked repeatedly. >> there you go. >> there's a commitment? not the case. the other part of this is donald trump's unpredictability. >> exactly. >> he's saying let's do comprehensive. we'll get daca done easily. then we have the thursday meeting, the tweets, tweets this morning where he says let's get to the negotiating. >> they can't say because they don't know. >> it's all over the place. you need a president to if not engage in the nitty-gritty, you need a president to say we're pushing in this broad direction

and not change that direction 180 degrees two days later. >> do you? we'll talk about that in a moment. john, chris, stick around. please stay with us. we'll look at the winners and losers of the government shutdown next. plus the bombshell report on christopher wray threatening to quit because he felt threatened to fire his deputy. what was that about. we'll talk about that too. (vo) pro plan bright mind

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the government shutdown is overish because we'll be back here in two weeks, but as the dust settles, who came out of this on the top, the bottom, and sideways. let's welcome back chris cillizza and john avlon. chris, what have you government first? >> i think mitch mcconnell wins

here. frankly, we talked in the last segment, i'm not totally sure what democrats got here. c.h.i.p. was already on the table when chuck schumer said, you know, we can't sep this, we're not going to accept the three-week shutdown, we need a three-week continuing resolution, we need more. i really don't understand what more they got. schumer, by the way, mademy loser's list. and i don't think lindsey graham, joe manchin, and susan collins get in the winner's circle for a certain reason. these people willing to get together in a relatively large group actually, 25 senators, and say let's figure it out. you saw dick durbin, the senate ranking democrat come out and say this is a model for what we can do going forward. i think that would be great.

i don't know if that's true, right? john made this point in the last segment. they're like a kid in college. they only do things when it's due the next day. sometimes they do it after it's due. so i don't know that there's going to be this new bipartisan coalition on everything going forward. but at least amis, keep hope alive. >> i want to put up your winners again. this is who chris thinks are the winners, mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham, 2018 democrats, moderates, and davos. >> when is davos not celebrating with a canape. look, it's true. red states facing tough re-elections. a protracted shutdown would have been bad for them. and democrats on the far left can protest all they want, but they've got to win beyond their base. that's the only path to a real majority. they were looking at the numbers and saw it was a bad deal.

i'm going to migrate now. they get the benefit of president trump, minus the first lady and a large entourage. >> look. i don't think they have to worry about this. look, yes. donald trump, either you like him or don't like him. he brings a whole heck of a lot of eyeballs. >> the first lady saying there's a scheduling problem and no longer attending, which is a loss for switzerland. >> i did not know that when i wrote it. >> well, there's a good defense. if we're going to delve into the external personalities, what do you make about the common law alleged lawsuit on the settlement with stormy daniels, the 140 grand, that that was a contribution in kind to the campaign and they're suing about it. >> it's an interesting way to go about it. >> we've seen it before, right? >> yes, we have. >> john edwards, real hunter?

>> and scuttled his campaign. >> yes. >> this is the dichs, the different world we're now in? the legal dynamic. >> look. let's pursue this by any means necessary. as bill kristol tweeted who among us hasn't paid off an llc right before a presidential election. >> to add to john's point, look. mike pence yesterday abroad said this is a false -- >> baseless. >> -- there was never any sexual relationship between the two of them. why did $130,000 go from president trump to stormy daniels in around llc that was set up to disguise both of their

entities? presumably donald trump didn't get rich by giving out $30,000. what is that for? i think you have to have an explanation. if the common cause is getting an explanation -- why was his lawyer giving out six-figure amounts to a porn star. >> i feel bad for the vice president who on higgs world tour is forced to say it's a baseless claim because the payoff itself is evidence that it's real folks, whatever you want to deny it. >> thank you very much for that spirited debate. coming up on "new day" we'll talk with mick mulvaney and others. >> we're also going to dig into what is next in this battle. tonight at 9:00 p.m. prime-time eastern, we'll take you through all the different options, where they come out well and where not

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axios is reporting that fbi director christopher wray threatened to quit because he felt pressured by attorney general jeff sessions and president trump to fire the fbi's deputy director andrew mccabe. joining us to talk about all of this and more phil mudd and cnn chief analyst jeffrey toobin. let me start with you. if he has made a frequent target, if they and ag sessions think that andrew mccabe is a partisan who lets other partisans have text messages about why they want to bring down trump, why wouldn't they want to pressure him to get rid of an drew mccabe. >> the question is does the fbi director work for the american

people, have independence, or is he an employee like the secretary of education, secretary of the interior? is there something different about the fbi director? traditionally one reason they had ten-year terms, they're supposed to be independent, they're supposed to operate with more of an interest in the law. obviously president trump thinks that the fbi director should be loyal to him. that's why he fired fbi director comey. >> you always have a layer that's relevant. this was attorney general jeff sessions reportedly getting involved with this when he's supposed to be recused from all things russia investigation. how does it smell to you? >> doesn't smell too good. if you're the fbi director, you had no option but to do this. if you're sitting in hoover headquarters on pennsylvania ave you -- i worked there for 4 1/2

years -- and the attorney general comes down and says i don't like one of your employees because he has -- i think, because i don't have any evidence that andrew mccabe is biased -- i think andrew mccabe is biased, you can't not investigate it because people don't like the political smell of it. if you enter the fbi, what do you do? if you're a republican, you can't participate in the investigation of hillary clinton. if you're a democrat, you can't participate in the investigation of president trump. how do we know he's a democrat? because his wife ran a democratic ticket? it doesn't tell me much. >> does it worry you the text messages, peter strzok, lisa

page, they're gone, missing, and the ones we do have show an anti-trump bias. does it worry you that these six months of text messages can't be found? >> not really. i'm sure there will going to be a bunch of conspiracy here. i tell you the dirty secret. when you work in large bureaucracies, and the fbi is about 35,000 people, somebody did something stupid or there's a policy that said we eliminate text messages after a certain number of month, a technology glitch, i guarantee you somebody wasn't sitting there thinking how can i eliminate thousands of messages and lo and be hold if they find out, somebody's going to be fired. >> alisyn, let me raise one point. >> yep. >> whether it shows political bias is an open question. i don't think that's resolved. >> the ones we've seen. >> you've heard one slice of one

text message, which in context does not portray a political bias. >> a we're being naive also. the idea that these human beings don't have ongoing political feelings -- >> of course. >> -- the question is whether or not it influences their work. hillary clinton and her people made the same argument to my face about the e-mail investigation, they don't like me, they never liked me, they don't like my husband. that's what they were saying. we've heard it before, jeffrey. >> what i think is interesting about the whole issue of the text messages, it shows how the house republicans who are pushing this issue are more interesting in investigating the investigation. >> look at the memo. the #releasethememo. this is such an odd situation. they show a memo with vfisa.

you have, one, president trump who has the most interest in undermining the intel jechbs agency of any president we've ever had and you get constitutional protection from members of congress. no matter what you say, you get immunity. they can read the memo and read it all in into the congressional record. >> and you talk about this secret memo. it's not a memo they found. it's a memo they wrote. >> yeah, they wrote it. >> i have to keep secret the memo i wrote. they wrote the memo. >> phil, very quickly, one group that's very interested in the memo being released are russians. they found there are all sorts of russian-linked accounts with #releasethememo. sad news. legendary neil diamond announcing he's retiring from touring because he has a serious

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all right. we're following breaking news. a tsunami warning has been expanded following a 7.9 earthquake off alaska's coast. nathanial moore posted this from kodiak. police are asking people to head to higher ground before waves crash ashore. a tsunami warning is in effect from british columbia to the islands. meanwhile a busy final day in israel for vice president mike presence. moments ago mike pence arrived at jerusalem's western wall. >> reporter: alisyn, vice president mike pence took a few steps behind me walking toward the west wall. earlier today he was at the

israeli holocaust museum. here he's givenen a short walk-around, a look at a few artifacts, look at the wall itself and put a personal prayer in the wall. it will look much like president trump's trip back in may. but it's so different. here the vice president is the first to be here to speak of it. that's significant not only for israel but the trump administration and the voter base. as for pence's message, talking about security and iran in statements that sound like they could have been written by benjamin netanyahu and pence focusing on peace, saying the president trump is still concerned about a peace process. he share thad message with the egyptians and jordanians as they try to get things back on the rails. >> thanks so much. time for ""cnn money,""

slapping tariffs. >> the top trade official for the u.s. says the trump administration will always defend american workers. the tariff hits south korean makes including lg, samsung. whirl poole has been accused of selling. the chinese commerce ministry blasted the move as aggravated the global environment. it could risk some american jobs in the u.s. most solar jobs involve installation, not manufacturing. so advocates say rising costs will make installation more expensive and could hurt some of the workers with lost business. >> thank you very much for that update. neil diamond announcing he's

retiring from touring after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease. ♪ sweet caroline good times never seemed so good ♪ >> look at how happy everybody is in the audience there. diamond releasing a statement apologizing to his fans who had purchased tickets to see him. he had been planning to travel to australia and new zealand as part of his 50th anniversary tour. h will continue writing and recording. he turns 77 tomorrow. look. even if you're not a diehard neil diamond fan, you know almost all of the words to his song. >> an incredible journey. touring through the '70s and all over the world. we wish him well. more than 100 people are giving impact statements at convicted predator larry nassar over sexual abuse.

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president trump gloating on twitter after congress threatened to to shut down the government. cnn anchor jake tapper received an e-mail trump campaign sent to supporters with the headline "democrats caved." joining us now is democrat congressman henry cuellar of texas. he voted yes on the spending deal. does that mean you caved, congressman? >> no, i've been a big believer since the republicans shut down the government in 2013. by the way, he did not gload. he said, let's get back to work. i don't believe you should shut down the government on any

issue. the republicans were wrong for trying to shut it down over health care in 2013 and this time it's the d.r.e.a.m.ers, which i'm very passionate about. terrorists don't shut down the government but congress has a way to do it every time. >> if you care about the dreamers, what did the democrats get in exchange for your votes yesterday that makes the dreamers better off? >> first of all, i've voted yes on friday. >> right, right, right, you're in the house, we get it. but yesterday was about the senate. >> let me finish. >> go ahead. >> so i voted yes on friday. i voted again. i don't think we ought to shut down the government for any reason. now, my suggestion has always been since back in september and i told this to kevin mccarthy was what we ought to do is do a c.r. i don't like c.r.s. you take a vote before. you don't leave it open the way the senate did it. you don't do it because there's no concrete agreement because

you've got have both the republican leaders and senate leaders agreeing to that. otherwise you're going to leave it open. that's not the way to negotiate. it's the path moving forward, but it's not the way i would negotiate this one. >> that's what pelosi would have been doing. do you think she would have made the same deal? >> i was the one that suggested that what we ought to do is do it that way. i've been saying this for a while. you get the c.r. and you take the vote before. in fact, i told kevin mccarthy this last week and i told him back last year, the same thing. look. if you want to put the goodlatte bill, put the goodlatte bill and then the bipartisan bill and then let the queen of the hill or the king of the hill see where the will of the house goes. and basically what one of those republicans -- it wasn't kevin mccarthy, they said, no, your bill is going to pass because you're probably going to get 30

republicans on board. i said, that's the will of the house. what are you afraid of. put both bills on the floor and see what passes. otherwise we're going to be back on september 8th doing another shutdown or threatening another shutdown. this is not the way to handle the business or the house. >> what do you think is going to happen now? do you think you're going get an up-and-down vote for the dreamers? do you think a pathway to citizenship is even possible? >> well, again, in our bill, there is a pathway, and again all i want is -- i don't want the republicans to be afraid of the will of the house. put goodlatte's bill, put our bill there, let's see what happens, and let the will of the house. but apparently they're afraid that their bill is not going to pass, our bill's going to pass with republicans, and that's what they're afraid of. they're prohibiting -- it's the same thing boehner did some years ago on immigration reform. he said he supported it, he

won't put it for a vote. he said he supports da kachlt put it to the vote. if it fails, it fails. i don't think it's going to fail. it will pass and they're afraid to put it to a vote. that's the bottom line. >> right. but you don't have any leverage. that takes us back to the senate situation. you're the minority. the only leverage you had were these votes the republicans need in the senate even if they get all of their people on board because of the filibuster rule. so now that you showed as democrats -- i know you're in the house, but you're all in the same party. that's why i made the point i made earlier, what is your leverage to get the gop to do anything they don't want to do with the dreamers when the president who was your bestial lie for a minute put out an ad basically saying they're all terrorists. >> the bottom line is you're right. we know he changes. let's go back to congress where we can work this out. we have still got to pass the

appropriation bill. the d.r.e.a.m. act is one issue. we've still got to get the top line numbers. we've still got to get how we divide the numbers. we still need that appropriations, otherwise we're going to continue to stay with the cr, and we have to get those numbers. the numbers and the appropriations is what the topline numbers are that are important and that's the leverage. >> look. i hear that from a lot of people in the house. maybe that's why in the end it was the democratic conclusion to separate the two issues, daca and the appropriations. nancy pelosi said the same thing, the minority leader yesterday, that the budget concerns loom even larger than the daca problem. henry cuellar, thank you so much. >> thank you so much. now to this story. more than 100 girls and young women have testified in the sentencing hearing of disgraced usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar. he's admitted to sexually

abusing them in his care. first let's get to jean casarez. what's the latest? >> reporter: the reason so many can speak in court is not only because the victims are allowed, parents are allowed, it's all because of the plea agreement and the plea agreement says other act witnesses, those young women filing reports who say they, too, were sexually assaulted by larry nassar. >> i have never wanted to hate someone in my life, but my hate toward you is uncontrollable. larry nassar, i hate you. >> a fifth day of emotional testimony filled with anger. >> what you have done is despicable. what you have done you can never erase. but i find more peace in knowing that one day you're going to die and when you do, your pain will not subside. >> and tears. >> i feel my own sense of guilt

because i was 16 years old and i should have stopped this monster from hurting other girls. >> dozens of survivors confronting disgraced former gymnasti gymnastics doctor, larry nassar. >> you molested a little girl who had just lost her father. was i not suffering enough? >> but outrage was not just directed atnas sar, many blames the institutions that employed the doctor, for not doing more to stop the abuse that went on for decades despite complaints. >> they certainly didn't stand up for us. they stood up for you. they stood behind you. they safeguarded you when people spoke out. >> reporter: and attorney for the victims calling on congress to investigate the usa olympic committee, usa gymnastics, and michigan state university where nassar was employed since 1997.

pressure now mounting on president simon to resign. simon denies any wrongdoing saying she supports the survivors, but 15-year-old emma ann miller says her family is still being billed by msu for appointments when she was abused. >> this is a burden i shouldn't have to bear. believe me, msu, bear i will. >> the university said she will not have to pay those bills. on monday, the chairman and two other top board members at usa gymnastics stepping down. the president saying she hopes new leadership will implement change. >> whether we were abused one time or 100 times, it's never okay. i will not stop speaking until i am heard, until we are heard. >> okay. joining us now are two athletes who plan to make statements about their experience with dr.

larry nassar. kaylee lawrence is a gymnast. and we have a diver. thank you so much. sterling, let me start with you. i understand you plan to make your victim impact statement tomorrow to the court. what do you plan to say directly to larry nassar? >> yes, that's correct. i'll be speaking tomorrow. you know, the whole purpose of this is really to explain our story, to tell our truth, reclaim our voice and just make sure the court and larry and all of his enabelers understand we're not standing for this. we're putting an end to this sexual abuse. >> kaylee, as i understand you were suctionually abused on your 13th birthday. what do you plan to say to him and to the court? >> you know, i would like the court and larry and everybody to

know how his actions have affected me since the time i was 13 and how this has affected my future. and going through this process of testifying in court, you know, being questioned by his defense attorneys, i want everyone to know how difficult it can be. >> kaylee, can you tell us? how did it affect your future? >> i have a hard time trusting anybody. knowing what's right and what's wrong. sometimes i question myself. i can't go to the doctor by myself anymore because i'm afraid that another doctor will betray me just like larry did because he made it us think he was our friend and got us to trefts from the very beginning. >> stir ling, this is such a great point.

hoe was trusted as a miracle worker because he could fix your bad back or bad knees or bad feet. how you do think it was possible he was able to perpetrate this against so many girls? i mean the count is now up to at least 144. >> he was a master manipulator. he was -- he groomed us. he groomed us to think that he was that saint, that miracle work e. he would give us gifts, talk to us like he was our best friend and he allowed us to trust him to make sure we could get back to training, get back to the sport we loved, and we were brainwashed. we were manipulated and brainwashed, and it's grooming

on a whole new level. >> kaylee, the chairman of usa gymnastics and two other high-level board members resigned. do you think they knew what was happening? >> you know, i think that there are certain people who knew. i don't think that there's any way that nobody knew what was going on. >> who do you think did know? >> you know, it's hard to pinpoint exactly who i think knew for sure. but i think that there's no way that this just went completely unknowing. there's just no way that that can be possible. >> sterling, what do you think? who do you think knew, and did you try to over the years tell anyone? >> you know, i did not tell

anyone. quite honestly, i didn't know it was a sexual assault until that report broke back in 2016. but when you look at the facts and the stories and the history of these women and stories they did tell, you know there were multiple people at michigan state who knew this was happening. we have reason to believe there were 14 people at michigan state who knew he was sexually abusing women and did nothing about it and they know there were women who reported to usag and they took weeks and months to communicate that and they never protected their athletes and the young women who were involved in the sport. so it really is -- it's a shame to think so many people were putting their understand substitution and their brand and reputation ahead of our lives. >> well, obviously they are forced to listen to your voices now. best of luck tomorrow when you give these victim impact statements, and we'll be

following your future. kaylee, sterling, thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. senators working together can resolve in positive action. >> there's no way. that i got a bretter deal than expected. >> what we're going to see is wasted time. >> people white-knuckled wondering when the democrats were going to grow up so we can reopen negotiations on what they say they care about, daca. >> he certainly was not there making a deal. >> he's going to be key to any solution going forward. a new report says jeff sessions has been pressuring the head of the fbi to take action against his deputy. >> here you have the current fbi director saying i'm not going to fire the deputy director, i