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>> woodruf congress is set tonight to send a compromise border security package president trump, and, he now plans to sign it. at ensures the government will stay open, but it may also ensure a different confrontation. congressional rrespondent lisa desjardins begins, with this report. >> desjardins: in the ranate today, ar for president trump. >> let's all pray the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesn't shutdown. >> desjardins: all eyes had been on the white house after leaders in congress agreed on a $330 billion spending deal. after hours of waiting, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell came to the floor. >> i've just had an opportunity to speak with president trump and he, as all my colleagues indicated, he is prepared to sign the bill.

>> desjardins: as for border barriers mcconell said president will take other action. >> he will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time, and i've indicated to him that i'm goinge tore-- i'm going to support the national emergency declaration.s: >> desjardinutes later came the official word from the white house. clear, the senate then moved l.ickly to pass the bi >> the yays are quay, the nighs are 16. >> i it provides $1.4 billion fr 55 miles of new bariers in texas' rio grande valley. mso funds 45,000 immigrant detention spaces ae than $1 billion for border technology, 600 new customs officers, and more immigtion judges. the al also prohibits barrie

in or near several parks, including the national butterfly center in south texas. the massive bill pund a 1.9% pay increase for federal workers, $6 billion for hiv/aids. but the drama over the shutd bill quickly shifted as hose speaker nancy pelosi addressed the next seeming face-off between >>ranches. et's look at what really is a national emergency. i'm not advocating for any president doing an end run around congress. i'm just saying that thes republicould have some dismay about the door that they are opening, the thr teshoy are crossing. >> this issue will go home with congress. hambers are scheduled for a holiday recess nextdr >> wf: and lisa joins me along with our white house correspondenyamiche alcindor. hello to both of you. how many nights in a row have we been sitting here talking about

this? yamiet's start with you. the president is saying, the white house is saying, he's gointo sign this, but they're also saying he is going to declare a national emergency. intois the thinking p all this? >> simply put, the president doesn't think republicans got enough out of this eal, and as a result, he's going almost outside of his party to say i'm goig to do more and i'm ng to declare a national emergency. there are some things the president likes and some thingid the prt doesn't like. i'm going to walk you through a little bit of those. the president likes the fact that there are 50 new immigration judges. he also lik there are six new customs officers. there will be an increase in border patrol. but the president doesn't limeke ther things that are really influencing him to make this decision on the national emergency. he doesn't like the fact he got $1.375 billion for the wall or barrier. it's also 55 miles of new physical barriers. he had initially said 2,000 miles. so that's a lot different. it's also $100 million r

border security technology. a white house official made the point to me toleday, whi everyone is talking about the wall, this is bigger than the wall for the president. the wall istill central, but they're laying out these things and saying the president has a lot on hid mind anesn't want just this deal to stand as it is. >> woodruff: lisa, what are democrats saying? first of all, what are they saying about the funding agreement? >> you notice in the bilcrl, the des got a lot of mitigation for the immigration detention they're worried about. let's look at that specifically. so democrats, whathey lie, there's an increase in nlternatives to detention. that's largelyle bracelets that keeps people out of holding cells and allows them to be monitored while they're waiting their processing out in the country. fasecond, there's mormily help. that includes support, like legal support. it also inludes things-- there's money in there for things like dieping and food and othing for some of thse families. buried in this bill, there is language-- and this is a bipartisan bill-- that addresses

those ice boxes and those cages we saw months ago. i want to read the language in it says, "of the customs and border protection facilities, if says those facilities should be equipped with appropriate temperature controls and avoid chain-link fence-type enclosures. cbp is encouraged to use a more appropriate blanket type thais currently used." this sounds like it's being very polite, but is is unual congressional speak to say they've gone too far and they need tor mprove theatment of people. >> woodruff: interesting. if that's what they're sayabg t the funding bill, what about the threat, the white house imposing a national emergency? what are people in both parties saying? >> it's fascinating. i just came from the capitol where there are sort of wide-eyed senators trying to fig outer what they thought as i walked up to them. for democrats, as a person, they think this ia terrible mistake. in many ways they think this is

unlawful. oke to senator kamala harris, she told me it's bldiculous. reans are split. they are trying to figure out where they stand. it's particularly interesting to watch republicans like senator john corhon of texas told me months ago he does not like this idea. toght he said, "we, i need to think about it." they're in a tricky spot. and, finally, the are some republicans, like senator susan collinof mane coming out strongly against it. she said she think this would be a mistake, that it is onlfor catastrophic events and thinks it might violate the constitution. all are worried about a court battle, which, of course, nancy pelosi has signaled she's ready to . woodruff: we heard her say that today. yamiche, finally, the president has been under a lot of iticism, a lot of pressure from figures, prominent figures in the conservative news media. how is what they are saying influencing hithinking here, you think? >> well, the president is taking advice from a lot of different people. but the two groups we should be

focusing on tonight are conservative media voices and white house lawyers.he ononservative media tip, i want to explain sean hannity's advice to the president because it's almost remarkabli he wrote opinion piece yesterday where he lays out what the white house should do. he says step one, sient deal. step two, find more money from tother places to ge more money for the wall. and then step three, declare a national emergency that's literally, judy, exactly what the white house did. so itha's remarkable sean hannity is writing this and the white house is taking these steps. the white house today and aides told me, these are friends. he gets advice from his friends. he's not follong sean hannity's advice but it's remarkable these two men are in this mine mel anne coulder said the national emergency won't help. it's over if he signs the bill. that's why you see the president tryi to declare a national emergency to try to at least give a little bit to a and the people she represents. the white house is saying the president is ready for this legal challenge. they've said to me for weeks the

president has been saying, "i might declare a national emergency." that means that white house lawyers have been looking to figure out how they can really look at this in court and how they can defend the president. so when we see nancy pelosidy saying she's ror a legal battle, we can also say that the white house is ready for a legbl le as well. >> woodruff: all right, there's so much to keep track of tonight. thank you. h probably see you bothere tomorrow notenight. yamiche alcindor, lisa desjardins, thank you bot es woodruff: we take a deeper look now at the ent's authority to declare a national emergency to fund the southern border wall with former se panetta. defense leon he was the director of the office of management and budgetm in the clintonistration and went on to serve as president clinton's chief of staff. he joins californiattonterey, secretary pa thank you for joining us. again, first of all, do you think the president has the constitutional authority to declare national emergency over this issue that he's concernedabout, the southern

border? >> well, there's no question that presidents have the authority to declare a national emergency, and when past usesidents hav that authority, both the house and the senate have gone along with it because they were legitimate national emergencies. in thisas ce, there's a lot of questions as to whether or not this constitutes a national emergency. if it was a national emergency, why didn't he declare it a national emergency last year whki he was tal about the need for a wall? this year, looking at all the statistics, the numbers of people coming across the border ne down. the enforcement has gone up. generally, it's a had case to make that it constitutes the kind of a natnaemergency that would be able to support the president's move here. woodruff: who makes th determination of whether it's a legitimate nationalrgency? where does that decision come

from? >> well, the fact is that congress has the first say. if there's a resolutiothat is raised in both the house and the senate to basically reject this declaration of emergency, then w congreld have the first say as to whether or not it really constitutes an emergency. but, ultimately, the courts will have to decide whether, indeed, the president has this kind of power. look, judy, we're operating under a conitution that provides checks and balances, and those checks and balances are aimed at trying to limit the power of the president, the power of the congress, power of the courts. that's why our ffathers created it. a president who now uses national emergency to bypass the will of congress with regards to funding for a wall basically rejecting an important check and

balance that was built into our constitution. >> woodruff: so you think that's what he's door, that he'u going congress, in effect? >> absolutely. there's nouestion about it. you know, this issue has beende fullated. it was debated by a republican house and senate last ye. the funds were not fully provided, according to the s esident's wishes. it was debated tear in the congress, both a democratic house now and a republican senate, fully debated. they agreed to come up with $1.3-- close to $1.4 billion for the wall, ad about 55 miles as opposed to the number of miles that the presint wanted. so congress has, through its legislative process, under the, constitutime up with what it agreed should be funded here. that's why congress has the power of the purse. our forefathers created a congress that has the right to apprriate funds. e president now has rejected

that and is trying to go aroundt uthority. i think that creates a major constutional test here as to whether or not the president has the power to do what he's trying to do. >> woodruff: let me jus you about the mechanics of this, though, secretary panetta. i mean, does the president have any power, purely executive power, to change- money, say, from the-- that's supposed to go to e defen department for another purpose, and move it to beefing up the southern border? >> there's no question that there'some authority to make transfers of funds. there's some authority to try to reprogram funds. during the time when i was secretary of defense, we made efforts to reprogram funds, but we went to the congressional committees for their approval order to be able to do that kind of reprogr p. thsident is talking about reprogramming and making

transfers withoutny kind of authority check th the congress of the united states. i think that does violate the separationf powers. secondly, the fact is that the president, in trying to exert this kind of auttyho is basically going to harm the very areas that he wants to support. he's talking about taking money from the defeensertment, the construction funds that have been designaend for the def department for our bases and for our men and women in uniform. to do that weakens his argument gards to our national defense.an furthermore, i think it hurts the defense department in terms of its role and what it's trying to do to basically create the kind of force that the president says we should have. >> woodruff: so are you saying that there's no current legitimate pot of money somewhere inhe government that

the president could-- could-- again, with his on executive authority-- take and turn that money to a different, but related use on the southern border in order to beef it up, make i more secure? >> well, thre's-- there are only three areas i can think of of. one is this rerogramming. the sergeant to transfer funds. the other is the possibility of using what are called forfeiture fund to be able to provide some. fu but those forfeiture funds are not going to provide the kind of money the preside wants in der to build a wall. look, our system of government s built on th president. if he wants appropriated funds, you go to the congress, and you ask for those appropriated funds. you have to convince the congress to give you the money thatou're out fo. but if you can't do it, if the congress rejects that, the president can't suddenly say, "well, i didn't gemy way, so i'm now going to go around the constitution to find ways to

futh it and get aroune power of the purse." i think the courts are not going to allowhis president to be able to bypass the constitution on this issue. >> woodruff: just very quicklyca and finallyyou think of another instance in your memory do a president trying to something liketh? >> it's-- it's pretty difficultl ough, president nixon, during the time he was in office, triedo impound monies that were appropriated by the congress, and ultimately, the courts rejected that use of the impoundment authority. as a matter of fact, congress then passed a lawk to mae clear that that should never happen again. so when presidents have tried to go after the power of the congress to approiate fuds, generally, the courts have supportedn the cogress with regards to the power of the purse. i think that's going to continue to be the case in theture.

>> woodruff: well, talking to somebody who has been in washington going back several administrations, former secretary of defense, former white house chief of staff, leoa panetta, you very much. >> thanks, judy. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, somber remembrances acrost the of florida marked the school massacre in parkland, one year ago. moments of silence, vigils and services honored the 14 students and three staff members killed at marjory stoneman dougs high school. we'll have an extensive look back at the shootings, and what's happened sincer in the program. the u.s. senate has confirmed president trump's pick for attorney general, william barr. today's final vote was 54 to 45, with all but one republicanti "yes," and all but three democrats voting "no." barr previously served asrn at general under former ngesident george h.w. bush. he now replaces acttorney general matt whitaker.

the united states lashed out at european allies today, for staying in the nuclear deal with iran. vice presidentence addressed a ddle east conference in poland, and accused britain, france and germany of subverting u.s. sanctions on iran. >> sadly, some of our leading european partners have not been nearly as cooperativ in fact, they have led the effort to create mechanisms to break up our sanctions. they call this scheme a "special purpose vehicle." we call it an effort to break american sanctions against iran's murderous revolutionary regime >> woodruff: separately, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo warned there can be no peace in the middle east without confronting iran. from warsaw, pompeo moved on to brussels to et with european union officials. president trump is under new pressure on the murder of saudi urnalist jamal khashoggi last

year. a top trump ally, senate foreign relations committee chair james risch, today demanded a report on who in the saudi government was behind the killing. other republicans on the committee joined him. so far, the administration has refused to submit a report on the killing. in syria, a kurdish-led force moved close today to clearing islamic state fighters from the last villages they controlled. the u.s.-backeforce focused on e baghouz region, near the iraqi border, where scores of isis militants surrendered ernight. meanwhile, in sochi, russia, mpresident vladimir putin with the leaders of turkey and iran. they called for syria's military to take over any areas where u.s. forces withdraw. british prime minister theresa may has suffered anotherefeat in her bid for a brexit deal. she wanted more time to work out changes in her agreement with the european union. but pro-brexit hard-liners in

may's ruling conservative party opposed any extension today. that leaves brexit just six weeks aw, with no deal in place. back in this country, heavy rain pounded california, touching off mudslides, floods and evacuations. north of san francisco, a wave of mud buried several homes in sausalito after five inches of rain. one woman had to be rescued from the wreckage. to the south, more than nine inches of rain fell in the last 48 hours, in the san bernardino mountains. washington said farewell today to john dingell, the man who served longer in the united states congress than anyone in history. the michigan democrat retired in 2015, after 59 years in the house.ed today, hunof mourners paid their respects, including many of dingell's congressional colleagues, and former president bill clinton. n dingell was just about the best doer in the history of american public life.

since 1955 that's a long time ago, until he left, he hand in just about every imrtant contribution to follow, that followed our founders' admonition to form a more perfect union. >> woodruff: dingell died sunday at the age of 92. he will be laid to rest tomorrow at arlington nationatery outside washington. meanwhile, t funeral for congressman walter jones was held this afternoon in greenville, north carolina. the long-time republican lawmaker was first elected in95 he died sunday on his 76th birthday, after suffering complications from a fall. the denver teachers strike has ended after three days. they went back to work today after negotiators reached a tentative deal overnight. it raises pay by up to 11%, witt built-in in f-living

adjustments. the deal still must be ratified by the teacher union'sand file. a federal watchdog is reporting extensive problems with how student loan accounts are handled. the education department's inspector general says companies and groups that service the loans are not giving borrowersed the help they it also says the offenders mostly get off with hely a slap onrist. student loan debt in the u.s.5 totals $illion. on wall after news that retail sales riipped in december. the dow jones indu average lost nearly 104 points to close at 25,439. the nasdaq rose six points, butl the s&p 500 fe seven. still to come on the newshour: the implications of form c trump campaiirman paul manafort lying to the special counsel investigation. how the community in parkland is copingne year later, and much more.

>> woodruff: there are new developments in the investigation into possible collusion between the trump presidential campaign and russia. john yang has the latest details. >> yang: judy, in an interview to be broadcast sunday on cbs's "60 minutes," former acting f.b.i. director andrew mccabe says that after meeting wi president trump about his firing of f.b.i. director james comey,e ecided to launch a special counsel's investigation in order to protect the inquiry's integrity. >> i was very concerned that ith was able to purussia case on absolutely solid ground in ae ble fashion that, were i removed quickly and reassigned, or firat the case could not be closed or vanish in theni t without a trace. i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground. and if someby came in behind

me and closed it and tried to walk away from it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they'd made that decision. >> yang: to talk about what else mccabe has to say, and other developments in the russia probe, we're joined by npr justice correspondent carrie johnson. carrie, thanks for being with>> us. hank you, john. >> yang: we should say mccabe is promoting his book, which is cominout next week. and according to pbs news, he also confirmed in thtt inerview a "new york times" report about justice department conoursations using the 25th amendment to declare the president-- presidential disability and have him removed. what more can you tell us about that? >> this was a remarkable period, eight days or so, inside the justice department, in the highest ranks of the f.b.i., after president trump fired jim comey in may 2017. and the sense of panic and alarm at the d.o.jand the.b.i., was so intense, according to andrew mccabe, that they discussed wiretapping someone to

go record the president of theun ed states about his intentns in firing comey, whether that was an effort to obstruct the russia envestigation and/or discuss the 25th amendment, t possibility of invoking the 25th amendment to remove thepr ident of the united states. now, the justice department put out a statement today from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who was in these meetings with mccabe. rosenstein said he never authorized anybody to war wiretap and he denies any discussion of the 25th amendment, but mccabe is standing by his account.g: >> ynd rosenstein says he said it sarcastically. >>osenstein's aides say he talked about wiretapping in a sarcastic matter. mccabe said it was not a joke,co ing to him. >> yang: and they were going to recruit members of the cabinet to help them declare a presidential disability. >> "the new york tious" talked the idea of getting other members of the cabinet, or head counts in the cabinet.

roseeb stein says none of thappt ed. >> yang: the president said, "disgraced f.b.i. acting director andrew mccabe pretends to be a 'poor little angel' when in figt he was a b part of the crooked hilary scandal and the russia hoax, a puppet for leakin' jes comey." and then senate judiciary committee chairman lindsey graham said it was imperative now that mccabe appear before the committeeo answer questions about what appears to be, now more than ever, bias against president trump. what is theresident and the president's defenders trying to do with this?as >>ically, they're raising questions about the integrity of the peopleho approved this ncvestigation into russian election interfeand trump associates. remember, john, that people like michael flynn, the forme national security adviser, michael cohen, the president's formerixer; george papadopoulos, a foreign policy aide; and others have pleaded guilty and have been convi ced

urts for lying about parts of this investigation or their financial dealings. and the president and lindsey graham and one of his maino allies in cngress are trying to discredit parts of this inveg:igation. >> yalk about lying and the investigation, a judge yesterday said that the preponderance of the evidence presented by the special counsel's office proved to her that paul manafort, the former chairman of the presidential campaign, lied, violated the plea agreement. and in one case in particular, misled investigators. whateas sort of th more important point that they say he lied about? >> the key takeay here is tht the judge determined paul manafort, the president's former campaign chairman, lied about his contact with the business associate named constantine kalimnick, wedo has been li to russian intelligence, and manafort met with and had conversations with kalinnick,

ngthroughout 2016, inclun august of 2016, when manafort cwas still thmpaign chairman, when authorities suggest they were talking with him about polling data and a ukrainian peace plan, which for russia was an important policy goal, foreign policy goal. >> yang: and they say the-- the special counsel's offices says that thesents a larger view of what we think is going on there, and what we think the motive is here. >> they haven't shared much more than that, but it's ver tantalizing. remember, the mission of the mueller investigatn is to investigate links or coordination 20 people from russia who attacked the election in the u.s. in 2016, and anyone in donald trump's orbit. we knopaul manafort was meeting with a figure of the f.b.i. linked to russian intelligence during that time. >> yang: and this judge is going to sentence paul manafort. what does her mindin for that sentencing? >> yeah, manafort is going to be sentenced on march 13.

she said prosecutors are no longer obligated to see leniency in the sentencing for manafort, because he did not coerate, and heould in fact get an enhancement and extra penalty for not taking responsility for his actions. >> yang: paul manafort is 69 years old. do this mean he could spend the rest of his life in prison. >>emember, he is suffering from severe, gout, depression, and anxiety, according to his own lawyers. manafort also faces punishment in a separate court in virginia after a jury there convicted him of eight counts of financial araud last year. >> yng: carrie johnson, thanks for walking us through this. >> thank you. >> woodruff: it was a six-minute shooting spree o year ago that forever changed the community of parkland, florida, and spurred a youth-led movement seeking an end to mass shootings and gun violence.

today was a moment to remember ae lives lost, the people injured, and to lowhat's changed since then. amna nawaz has our story. >> nawaz: in parkland, florida, a moment of silence for 17 lives lost. >> today is day we are calling a day of service and love to honor the victims. >> nawaz: at 10:17 this morning thousands of students across the state paused, heads bowed, in honor of those killed during last year's mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high stoneman douglas students were dismissed early, leaving school well before the hour of the attack. c somese not to attend at all, instead taking part in community rvice. in the year since 17 students and faculty were killed at the burban florida high school,pa land has become synonymous with a cultural and political movement. students, parents, and teachers became activists overnight, successfully pushing for some

gun control measures in notoriously gun-friendly florida. just weeks after the shooting, then-governor rick scott signed a new law, increasing the minimum purchase age to 21, and extending the waiting period to three ys. >> to the students of marjory stoneman douglas high school, you made your voices heard. you didn't let up. and, you fought until there was change. you helped change our ste, you made a difference.u yoould be proud. >> nawaz: the students sparked a nationwide movement to end mass shootings and enact meaningful gun control. their rallying cry of "never again" inspired people to take to the streets last spring in cities across the country. >> everyone who has been touched by the cold grip of gun violence understand. fight for your lives before it's someone else's job. >> nawaz: .and communities across the world. in the weeks following the shooting, the "march for our lives movement" galvanized gun control advocates. congress seemed poised to act. president trump said he'd

consider signing some sort of background check law.t day, a poll from pbs newshour, npr, and marist shows a different picture. a year ago, 71% of americans suppor d ws.icter gun sale today, that's drop 51%. last year, 52% of americans wanted congress to make guna controiority. today, that's dropped to 42%.as congress didthe "fix nics" bill, strengthening existing backgroundhecks, by rewarding states that successfully share information with the national database. in washington toy, the names of each victim were read on the senate floor. florida senator rick scott... >> one year ago today, these 17 souls were taken from us in a brutal act oviolence. not a day goes by that i don't think about that daynd the amazing people that were snuffed out by the deranged actions of a mad man. >> nawaz: 1,000 miles away in parkland, calls for actionpe ered the moments of grief and remembrance.

linda beigel shulman's son scott was a teacher at stoneman douglas. he was killed in the shooting. >> all of the families from stand with parklan we can talk, and we can explain, and we can have conversations. you have to listen to us, and you have to help us. >> nawaz: one year later, the survivors are still making their voices heard. just last week, they testified on capitol hill, as part of the >> i thought i was going to die. as i laid there, i begged god to please make it fast. let's hear now from a teacher id the parklaommunity. sarah lerner teaches english and journalism at marjory stoneman douglas high school. she edited a new bok called "parkland speaks: survivors from marjorie stoneman douglas share their stories," a collection of esays and poems written by over 40 students and teachers who survived the shooting last year. i spoke with her sterday about

what this past year has meant for her an her students. sarah lerner, welcome to the newshour. thank you for making the time. i want toegin by asking you about the fact that it's often said over time, some memories recede, some getget stronger. a year after you survived this shooting, what are some of theor strongest mes for you from that day? >> there are soer many. are the memories of givingi a z to my english students, and leaving hershey kisses on their desk while they were taking their quiz because we had joked that i was ruining valentine's day for them. the memory of hearing the gunshots outside, and running up to my classroom, having to text my husnd and myom that there was an active shooter on campus, and i was safen my room. when my son texted me, becauseat he wahe middle school next door, that he was scared, and he was on lockdown, and havtoin tell your 12-year-old that you're okay and you're not, shot

you know, it's things like that that just stay, you know, kind of embedded in your min>> awaz: you've written a lot about what the last year has been like for you, what you call your new normal, how you're processing. k u wrote a line that stith me. you said, "the person i was at 2:20 on februy 14, 2018, when the fire alarm went off"-- that's when th bgunshogan-- "isn't the same person i became at 2:25, even, when i got back my classroom. classroom." when you look back over the last year at everything that has happened since, at the way you have changed, what is different? how are you different a yer?ar la >> there are things that don't matter to me asmomuch any than they used to, and then there are things that matter more than anything in the world. i cherish time with my husband and my children and my famy. but i don't really sweat the small stuff as muchae did before. when my husband and i got married in 2004, i had this,

like, thck, thr-inch binder, and the rabbi laughed at me because this is what i went with to our appointment. but my son just had his barin mitzvaanuary, and i don't even know that i had everythingy together the of. it just all kind of happened.re so wh cared about things, you know, to such obsessive detail before, it just doeersn't ma anymore. things are going to work out or they're not and i'll, you know, wear makeup to school or i won't, and i'll teach ms leson or i won't. you know, it's-- it's the little things t- at-that matter in the big picture, and that-- thas something that i've realized over the year. >> nawaz: in an effort to make sure something like ths doesn't happen again, there was this huge state commission investigation, right, that looked into what hapned and what led up to the shooting. >> right. >> nawaz: could it he been preventeprevented in some way? i'm curious if you had a chance to go through it. they look back at some of the

things that were errors, right, things that were missed leadi up to the shooting and made some recommendations for what they think could help prevent something like that happening in the future. have you looked at it? what do you t ink abo? do you feel any more or less safe today? >> i have not watched the commission hearings, and i haven't read theanscripts. i... i just feel like it would be too much, and ittould jus bring it all back for me. i do feel safe atl, schnd i know that sounds kind of ridiculous, since tomorrow makes a year since there was a shooting at my school. but i do feelafe at school, and i feel safe sending my children to school. i... i know that there are recommendations that have been madeo arm teachers, and i think that isthe stupidest thing that i have ever heard in my life. me having a gun in my classroom would not have helped me that day. and for any of the teachers who

were in that building who goted ambuthere wouldn't have been time for them to access a gun. and a handgutis no mach for an ar-15. so f, you know, barely five foot tall me to have a gun in my classroom, it's asinine. and the money and the manpower thatould be invested into paying for things like that-- programs to train us and the weapons themselves-- could be put to better use idn aditional security at school, armed guards at school, you know, people who are military, former military, police officers. you know. >> went to college to become a teacher, to be an english teacher, not to be a bouncer or a police officer. and just like a police officer couldn't come in and do my job, i shouldn't be expected to go into my classroom and do theirs. >> nawaz: sarah, one of the

differences we sbeuld point out een you and the students who survived this is that they will move on. they will grathate. will leave the place at which this happened. you'll go back. you'll go back at one year. you'll go back at two, at three. have you thought about what that will feel likes the years go by? >> i think at some point it's going to be very odd. you know, it's funny that you ask this, becau shly after everything happened, some of my teacher friends and i were talking, and eventually, you know i'll be the only person in my room who was th dere thy. i'll be the only person in the room who, you know, fully understands what we went through and why we behave the way that we do. t i know that as the kids who are on campus graduate, there will be new groups of kids who still have a connection tot w happened. my son is in seventh grade. my daughter is in fourth. so for those of us who havesc

ol-aged children or for the students at my school who have younger siblings, you know cycling through our school, i think there will still be that understanding and that connection. it's just going to be different. and there was never a thought in my mind of going to teach anywhere else. this is my third school in 17 years of teaching. i'veeen at stoneman douglas-- this is my fifth year. but there's now else i want to go. i'm very happy with my school. i love my i love the community. ealove what i teach, and i love where i . >> nawaz: sarah, we should note we're speaking to you the day before the actual anniversary, and a lot of folks in the community wanted to spend the day dark, soo spak, off social media and not giving interviews. how are you gong to be spendingidate on the anniversary? >> i am going to be with some friends. i'm going to get a hot stone massage, and i'm going to get my nails done.

i am very big in sial media. i went offline, so to speak, off the grid on monday, and i'm not anning on going back on until saturday. so i am going to spend tomorrow during the day with friends, spend tomorrow evening with my husband, my children, my brother. you know, no vantine's day celebrations, but it's important to be surrounded by people who support me and love me and, you know, will help me through whatever difficult time i have tomorrow. >> nawaz: well, our twiughts will b you and with everyone there in the parkland community. sersarah lerner, of marjory stoneman douglas high school, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. >> thank you for ving me.

>> woodruff: today amazon announced that it would be canceling plans for a new headquarters in new york city after fierce local opposition there. our economics correspondent paul solman has more on the story. it's part of our weekly seriesak g sense." >> reporter: the decision was a stunning reversnc. amazon ann in a press release that it was scrapping plans for a second headquarter new york because "a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence." the mayor and the governor caved to the richest man on earth, and then handed the bill to each and evry new yorker. >> it was just a year ago when more than 230 reons were bidding for amazon hq2. >> hey, alex awhe should amazon locate hq2. >> in texas. >> and with lavish tax breaks.

in november, amazon announced thprize. its second headquarters would be split between northern virginia and new york, when offered nearly $3 billion in tax breaksh >> this is largest economic development initiative that has ever been done by the city or the state. >> amazon hoz got to go! e> reporter: but residents feared soaring and new york's successful bid drethe e of labor groups and politicians. earlier this month, governorpp cuomo warned ents that their protests would not result in better terms but in azon pulling the plug. >> for the state sene to oppose amazon was governmental malpractice. and if they stop amazon from coming to new york, they're going to hae the people of new york state to explain it to.

>> reporter: state senator michael jianaris, in whose district the new amazon facd ily wove been located, was one of those who opposed. but today, his ire was redirected to amazon. >> it looks like to me that amazon couldn't get itway, and when it couldn't get exactly what at the present timed exittly how it wante left because amazon believes it's more important than the governments of this country. >> reporter: amazon said todt did do plan to start a new search process. it will continue to build a major facility in northern virginia, and expand its operations in nashville, tennessee. for the pbs newshour,s this economics correspondent paul 's take a closer look at why this deal fell apart over corporate subsidies and incentives, anger overca gentrion and housing, and the politics around it. j. david goodman of the "new york times" has been covering this for months and joins me from the times's newsroom. >> so, david goodman, welcome to

the newshour. what was the main oppositionrk there in new yo what amazon was trying to do? >> well, it's interesting. the opposition never really coalesced around e set of issues. i mean, you had opponents who wem union mebers who said-- and union leaders-- who said the antiunion posture of amazon in general was offensive to new hayorkers. yo local activists in queens who was saying this was going touin the character of queens, it was going to gentrify that area more rapidly. h and then yd a lot of people that were skeptical of the size of the subsidy going to the richest man , the worand woivet most powerful companies in the world. so all of that sort of fueled a-- an opposition that, while the goals were differngt amo different members of that group, they did sort of come tog to say, you know, we don't like this deal. we weren't made a part of it early on, and we'd rather see it either remade or nixed." >> woodruff: when you put those different source of

opposition together, how do you think amscreen proposal created all that opposition? how did it forcet to bubble to the surface? >> it's really interesting. i mean, when amazon strted their search for a second headquarters in late 20 fan, the political landscape in western queens, where they ultimately ended up going was comety different. you had, in the span of a few months, the election it's primary election of alexander cortez, unseating a very powerful local party boss and a representative in joe crowley. and a few months later you had the state senate and new york state turn to democratic hands. the two political developments really inner jiedz an activist base and scared a lot of local elected officials and others who thought maybe the neighborhoods werehifting under their feet, and they didn't quite understand their voters. and you had the state senate now in democratic handand they had the ability to appoint to a key board a person who couldac ally veto this plan. and so all that happened in the span of a fethw mon and then the deal is announced

right after-- a few days after election day.m so it's aost as if the landscape changed under amazon's feet. they weren't prepared for it. even on some level, the governor and thsmayor didn'm to fully appreciate how much things were sort of fluid exphnging in that corner of queens. >> woodruff: and this was r-ride opposition to ove the fact that the public opinion polls were showing a large majority of people were in favor. >> that's right. that's what was amazing about this decision today and made it so unexpected. even though huopposition that was growing in streth and seemed to have scored a win last week when one of the main opponents in the local-- the ate senate, a local state senator was put on a bord that had veto power over the deal, you still had the sense, the governor who was very much in favor of it, and the mayor of new york city were going to find a way through the political impasse, that it wasn't too big a hurdle. land use deals in new york city are often fraught and take a long time to get thh rond

have vocal opposition, loud protests. amazon, as the people i have epoken to today have said, th executives were not expecting iis kind of negativity. they felt they weited to new york, and they uponned to be welcomed here, and they weren't prepared to wt aia follow year before the deal finally got approved at the state level andt f endure this negativity and this-- these attacks for that time. and so they decided late last night, we're told, to pull the plug. and then theyalled the governor and the mayor this morning, and said, "we're not going to come there after all." >> woodruff: and i hear you saying amazon was really not prepared to do what it was going to take to turn around-- to satisfy this opposition. >> yeah, i mean, they felt that they had been ibvieted here by the governor and by the way and, you know, in fact ciy was competing. it was one of many cities that were competg around the country to try win this sort of prize of 25,000-40,000 jobs-- actually, at the time people thought it was 50,000 efore they split it. they felt like that's what they were bringing to new york.

and thrsey didn't unnd once the announcement happened that they would have to do anything ely . in fact, tre very resistant to doing that. they made a couple of small concessions here and there but they weren't willing to negotiate. their posture was the deal was the deal they negotiated with the governor and the mayor,'rnd if not going to get that deal, if we're going to be made to renegotiate it with state senators or others in new york ty, we'll just pack up our bags and go somewhere glelingsf what is the lohat eye mean, is there agreement on what the loss of these 25,000 potential jobs is going to mean for new york? >> well, the governor and the mayor, both-- particularly the governor-- highlighted the fact that the $3 billion in incentives that were almost all tax subsidies foraving created the jobs, would have brought in nine times the amount in tax revenue to the area. they said abou.$27 billi so weuent see, that presumably. but new york city say big lace, and it adds, you know, many more-- at least in recent years-- it's added more than the

number of jobs that amazon would nomy.inging to its eco and so while the area of queens will be affect, and it's not clear what wilwgo there no. the city ha as a whole won't sea direct effect. what the business community has been saying in response to this is that is setos a hrrible precedent for new york city that, you know, a major company can't come here and can't sort of count on the promises and the deals that are being made the economic development level. it really calls into question that whole practice at least in the state. >> woodruff: a really surprising development today in new york. j. david goodman of "the new york times," thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: it's valentine'snd day,ere at the newshour we want to mark the occasion by m hearing frthew hussey, a dating coach who tonight offers e. his brief but spectacular take on modern l

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