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>> woodruff: congress is set toght to send a compromise border security package to president trump, and, he now plans to sign it. that ensures the government will stay open, butt may also ensure a different confrontation. congressional corresndent lisa desjardins begins, with this report. >> desjardins: in the senate today, a prayer 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 trumpy and he, as alllleagues indicated, he is prepared to sign the bill. >> desjardins: as for border

barriers mcconell said the president will take other action.e >>ll also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time, and i've indicated to him that i'm going to prepare-- i'm going to support the national emergency esclaration. >> desjardins: minater came the official word from the whuse. clear, the senate then moved quickly to pass the bill. >> the yays are quay, the neighs are 16. >> i it providesl $1.4 bilion fr 55 miles of new barriers in texas' rio grande valley. also funds 45,000 immigrant dention spaces and more th $1 billion for border technology, 600 new customs officers, and more immigration judges. the deal also prohibits barriers in or near several parks,

including the national butterfly center in south texas. the massive bill pund apa 1.9y increase for federal workers, $o billion hiv/aids. but the drama over the sh bill quilyck shifted as house speaker nancy pelosithddressed next seeming face-off between branches. >> let's look at what really is a nacytional emerg i'm not advocating for any president doing an end run i'm just saying that the republicans should have some dismay about the door tat they e opening, the threshold they are crossing. >> this issue will go home with congress. both chambers are scheduled for a holiday recess t >> woodruff: and lisa joins me along with our white hse correspondent yamiche alcindor. hello to both of you. how many nights in a row have we been sitting hre talking about this?

yamiche, let's start with you. the president is saying, the white house is saying, he's going to sign this, but they're also saying he is ti declare a national emergency. what is the thinking put into all this? >> simply put, the president doesn't think republicans got enough out of this deal, and as a result, he's going almostts e of his party to say i'm going to do more and i'm going to declare a national emerge cy. thare some things the president likes and some things the president doesn't like. i'm going to walk yo through a little bit of those. the president likes the fact that there are 50 new immigration judges. he also likes there are six new customs officers. there will be an increase ina borderrol. but the president doesn't like some other things that are really influencing himo make this decision on the national emergency. he doesn't like the fact he got $1.375 billion for the wall or barrier. f's also 55 miles new physical barriers. he had initially said 2,000 miles. so that's a lot different. it's also $100 million for border security technology. a white house official made the

while to me today everyone is talking about the wall, this is bigger than the wall for the president. the wall is stll central, but they're laying out these things and saying the president has a lot on his mind and doesn't want just this deal to stand as it is.s >> woodruff: what are democrats saying? first of all, what are they saying about the funding agreement? >> you notice in the bill, the democrats goa lot of mitigation for the immigration detention they're worried about. let's look atthat specifically. so democrats, what they like, there's an increase in alternatives to detention. that's largely ankle bracelets that keeps people out of holding cells and allows them to be monitored while they're waiting their processing out in the country. secondthere's more family help. that includes support, like legal support. it also includes things-- there's money in there for things like dieping and food and clothing for some of these. famili buried in this bill, there is language-- and this is a bipartisan bill-- that addresses those ice boxes and thesose cag

we saw months ago. i want to read the language in the itll. ays, "of the customs and border protection facilities, if says those facilities should be equipred with appte temperature controls and avoid chain-link fence-type enclosures. cbp is encouraged use a more appropriate blanket type than is currently used." this sounds like it's being very polite, but this isnusual congressional speak to say they've gone too far and they need to improve their treatment of people. >> woodruff: interesting. if that's what they're sayinge about nding bill, what about the threat, the white house imposing a national emergency? what are people in both pares 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 walkedp to them. for democrats, as a person, they think this is a terrible mistake. in many ways they think this is unlawful. i spoke to senator kamala

harrisshe told me it's ridiculous. republicans are split. they are trying to figure out where they stand. it's particularly interesting to watch republicans like senator john cornyn of texas who told me months ago he does not like this idea. tonight he sed, "well, i d to think about it." they're in a tricky spot. and, finally, there are some republicans, like senator susan collins of maine coming out strongly against it. she said she think this would be a mistake, that it is only for catastrophic events and thinks it might violate the constitution. all are worried about a court batt c, which, urse, nancy pelosi has signaled she's ready to do.uf >> woo we heard her say that today. yamiche, finally, the president has been under a lot ofm, critic lot of pressure from figures, prominent figures in the conservative news media. how is whey are saying influencing his thinking here, do you think? >> well, the president is taking advice from a lot of different people. but the two groups we should be oocusing on tonight are conservative mediaices and

white house lawyers. on the conservative media tip, i want to explain sean hannity's advice to the presidentecause it's almost remarkable. he wrote this opinion piece yesterday where he lays ouwhat the white house should do. he says step one, sient deal. step two, find more money from other aces to get me money for the wall. and then step three, declare a naonal emergency. that's literally, judy, exactly what the white house did. so it remarkable that sen hannity is writing this and the white house is taking theseep the white house today and aides told me, these are friends. he gets advice from his friends. he's not following sean hannity's advice but it'she remarkable t two men are in this mine meld. anne coulder said the national emergency won't help. it's over if he signs the bill. that's why you see the president trying to declare a national stergency to try to at lea give a little bit to ann coulter and the people she represents.is the white housaying the president is ready for this legal challenge. they've said to me for weekshe president has been saying, "i might declare a national

emergency." thit means that 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 pelosi lesaying she's ready for al battle, we can also say that the white house is ready for a legal battle as well. >> woodruff: all right, there's souch to keep track of tonight. thank you. probably see you both here tomorrow notenight. yamich lalcindoa desjardins, thank you both. >> woodruff: we take a deeper ok now at the president' authority to declare a national emergency to fund the southern border wall with former secretary ofneefense leon a. he was the director of the office of management and budget in the clinton administration and went on to serve as president clinton's chief of staff. he joins us now from monterey, california. secretary panetta, thank you for joining us. again, first of alk do you the president has the constitutional authority to declare a national emergency over this issue that hes concernedabout, the southernrd ? >> well, there's no question

that presidents have the authority to declare a natlio emergency, and when past presidents have used that authority, both the house and the senate have gone along with it becauy were legitimate national emergencies. in thise, cashere's a lot of questions as to whether or not this constitutes a national emergency. if it was a national emdrgency, why n't he declare it a national emergency last year when he was talking about the need for a wall? this year, looking at all the statistics, the numbers of people coming across the border. has gone d the enforcement has gone up. generally, it's a hard case to make that it constitutes the kind of a natncional emer that would be able to support the president's move here. >> woodruf who makes the determination of whether it's a legitimate national emergency? where does that decision come

from? t> well, the fact is tha congress has the first say. if there's a resolution that s raised in both the house and tht senabasically reject this veclaration of emergency, then congress would hthe first say as to whether or not it really constitutes an emrgency. but, ultimately, the courts will have to decthide whe, indeed, the president has this kind of power. look, judy, we're operating under an onstitutat provides checks and balances, and those checks and balances are aimed at trying to limit the power of the pesident, the power of the congress, power of the courts. that's why our forfathers created i a president who now uses a national emergency to bypass thi of congress with regards to funding for a wall is baically rejecting an important check and balance that was built into our

constitution. >> woodruff: so you think grat's what he's door, that he's going around cos, in effect? >> absolutely. there's no questn abou it. you know, this issue has been fully debated. it was debated by a r house and senate last year. the funds were not fully provided, according to the president's wishes. it as debated this year e 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, and about 55 miles as opposed to the number of miles that the president wanted. so congress has, through its legislative process, under the constitution, come uh what it agreed should be funded heres thhy congress has the power of the purse. our forefathers created a congress that has the right to appropriate fuidds. the prt now has rejected that and is trying to go around

that authority. i think that creates a major constitutional test here as to whether or not the presidentas the power to do what he's trying to do. >> woodruff: let me just aabout yoout the mechanics of this, though, secretary panetta. i e an, does resident have any power, purely executive power, to change-- to netake say, from the-- that's supposed to go to the defense department for another purpose, and move it to beefing up the southern border?re >> th no question that there's some authority to make transfers of funds. there's some authority to try to reprogram funds. during the time when i was secrety of defense, we made efforts to reprogram funds, but we went to the congressional committees for their approval in order to be able to do that kind of reprogram. this president is talking about reprogramming and making transfers without any kind of

authority check with the congress of the united states. i think that does violate the separation of power secondly, the fact is that the president, in trying to exert this kind of authority, is basically going to harm the very areas that he wants to support. 's talking about taking money from the defense department, the construction funds that have been designated for th defense department for our bases and for our men and women in uniform. to do that weakens his argument regard our national defense. and furthermore, i think it hurts the defen 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 in the gornment that the president could-- could--

again, with his own excutive authority-- take and turn that money to a different, but uthernd use on the s border in order to beef it up, make it more secure? >> well, there's-- there are only three areas i can thk of of. one is thisgr repming. the sergeant to transfer funds. the other is the possibility of ing what are called forfeiture fund to be able to provide some funds. but those forfeiture funds are not going to provide the kind of money the president wants in order to build a wall. look, our system of government was built on the president. ifpe wants apropriated funds, you go to the congress, and you ask for those appropriate funds. you have to convince the congress to give you the money that you're out for. but if you can't do it, if the congress retjectt, the president can't suddenly say, "well, i didn't get my way, so i'm now going to go around the constitution to find ways to fund it and get around the power of the purse."

i nink the courts aret going to allow this president to be able to bypass the constitution on this issue. >> woodruff: just very quickly and finally, can youk of another instance in your memory of a president trying to do >> it's-- it's pretty difficult. although, president nixon, during theime he was in office, tried to impound monies that were apropriated by the congress, and ultimately, the courts rejected that use of the impoundment authority. as a matter of fact, congress then passed a law t make clear that that should never happen again. so when presidents have tried to go after the power of the congress to appropriate funds, gerally, the courts have supported the congress with regards to the power of the purse. i think that's going to continue to be the case in the fue. >> woodruff: well, talking to

somebody who has been in washington going back several administrations, former cretary of defense, former erite house chief of staff, leon panetta, thank youmuch. >> thanks, judy. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, somber remembrances across the state 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 douglas high school. we'll have an extensive look back at the shootings, and happened since, later i the program. the u.s. senate has confirmed president trump's pick f wtorney general, william barr. today's final vo 54 to 45, with all but one republican voting "yes," and all but three democrats voting "no." barr previously served asal attorney gennder former president george h.w. bush. heyow replaces acting attor general matt whitaker.

the united states lashed out at european allies today, for staying in the nuclear deal with iran. vice president pence addressed a middle east conference in poland, and cused britain, france and germany of subverting u.s. sanctions on iran. >> sadly, some of our leading european partners have not been nearly as cooperative. in fact, they have l 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 meet with european union officials. president trump is under new pressure on the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi last year. a top trump ally, senate foreige

tions committee chair james risch, today demanded a report on who in the saudi government was behind the killing. ther republicans committee joined him. so far, the administration has refused to submit a llport on the g. in syria, a kurdish-led force rsved close today to clearing islamic state fighrom the last villages they controlled. the u.s.-backed force focused on the baghouz region, near the iraqi border, where scores of isis militants surrendered overnight. meanwhile, in sochi, russia, presidt vladimir putin met with the leaders of turkey and iran. they called for syria's military to take over any areas where u.s. forces withdraw. british pre minister theresa may has suffered another defeat in her bid for a brexit deal. rkshe wanted more time to ut 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 brexitust six weeks away, 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. mshington said farewell today to john dingell, t who served longer in the united states congress than anyone in history.an the michemocrat retired in 2015, after 59 years in th use. today, hundreds of mourners paii respects, including many of dingell's congressional colleagues, and former president bill clinton. >> john dingell was just about the best doer in the history of americanublic life.s

since 1955 thalong time ago, until he left, he had a hand in just about every important contribution to follow, that followed our founders' admonition to form a more perfect union. >> woodruff: dgell died sunday at the age of 92. he will be laid to rest torrow at arlington national cemetery outside washington. meanwhile, the funeral for congressman walter jones was held this afternoon greenville, north carolina. the long-time republican lawmaker was first elected in 1995. 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 ter negotiators reached a tentative deal overnight. it raises pay by up to 11%, with built-in in cost-of-living adjustments. the deal still must be ratified

by the teacher union's rank and file.wa a federahdog is reporting extensive problems with how student loan accounts are handled.pa the education ment's inspector general says companies angroups that service the loans are not giving borrowers the help they need. also says the offenders mostly get off with only a slap on the wrist. studenloan debt in the u.s. totals $1.5 trillion. on wall street, stocks struggled after news that retail sales slipped in december. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 104 points tclose at 25,439. the nasdaq rose six points, but, the s&p 500 fell seven.to stilome on the newshour: the implications of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort lying to the special counsel investigation. how the community in parkland is coping one year later, and much more.

>> woodruff: there are new developments in the investigation into possible collusion between the trump presidential campaign and russia.ha john yanthe latest details. >> yg: 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 with president trump about his firing of,.b.i. director james com he decided to launch a special counsel's investigation in order to protect the iy.uiry's integr >> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that, were i reved quickly and reassign or fired, that the case could not be closeor vanish in the night without a trace. i wanted to make sure thatsour case was od ground. and if somebody came in behind me and closed it andwaried to

walkfrom it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they'dn made that deci >> yang: to talk about what else mcca 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. >> thank you, john. >> yang: we should say mccabe is promoting his book, which is coming out next week. and according to pb hs newe also confirmed in that interview a "new york mes" report about justice department conversations about using the 25th amenent to declare the president-- presidential disability and have him reoved. what more can you tell us about that? >> this was a remarkable period, eight days or so, inside th justice department, in the highest ranks of the f.b.i., after president trump fired m comey in may 2017. and the sense of panic andrm ala at the d.o.j. and the f.b.i., was so intense, accordingo andrew mccabe, that they die ussed wiretapping some go record the president of the united states about his

intentions in firing comey, whether that was an effort to obstruct the rusia investigation and/or discuss the 25th amendment, the possibility of invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president of the united states. now, the justice depa out a statement today from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who was in these meetings with mccabe. rosetein said he never authorized anybody to wear wiretap and he denies any scussion of the 25th amendment, but mccabe is standing by his account. >> yang: and rosenstein says he said it sarcastically. >> rosenstein's aides say he talked about wiretapping in a sarcastic matter. mccabe said it was not a joke, according to him. >> yang: and they were going to recruit members of the cabinet to help them declare a presidential disability. >> "the new york times" talked about the idea of getting other members of the cabinet, or head counts in the cabinet. roseeb stein says none of that

happened >> yang: the president said, "disgraced f.b.i. acting direct andrew mccabe pretends to be a 'poor little angel' when in fact he ws a big part of the crooked hilary scandal and the russia hoax, a puppetor leakin' james comey." and then senate juditiciary coe chairman lindsey graham said it was imperative now that mccabe appear fore the committee to answer questions about what appears to be, now more than ever, bias against president trump. what is the presidenand the president's defenders trying to do with this? >> basically, they're raising questions about the integrity of the people who approved this investigation into russian elution interference and mp associates. remember, john, that people like michael flynn, the former national security adviser, michael cohen, the prsident's former fixer; georg papadopoulos, a foreign policy aide; and others have pleaded guilty and have been convicted in courts for lying about parts of this investigation or their

finaanial dealings. the president and lindsey graham and one of his main allies in congre trying to discredit parts of this investigation. >> yang: talk about lying and the investigation, jud yesterday said that the preponderance of the evidence presented thepecial counsel's office proved to her that pauorl man the former chairman of the presintial campaign, lied, violated the plea agreement. and in one case in particular, misled investigators. what was sort of the more important point that they say he lied about? >> the key takeaway here is that the judge ultermined manafort, the president's former campaign chairman, lied aboutt his contth the business asciate named constantine kalimnick, who has ben linked to russian intelligence, and manafort met with and hadsa convons with kalinnick, througho 2016, including in

august of 2016, when manafort was still the campaign chairman, when authoties suggest they were talking with him about flling data and a ukrainian peace plan, whir russia was an important policy goal, foreig >> yang: and they say the-- the special counsel's office says that this presents 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 very tantalizing. remember, the mission of the mueller investigation is to investigate links or coordination 20 people from russia who attacked the election in the u.s. in 2016, and anyoned ald trump's orbit. we know paul 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 finrding mean that sentencing? >> yeah, manafort is going to be sentenced on march 13.

she said prosecutors are no longer obligated to seek leniency in the sentencing fo manafort, because he did not cooperate, and he could in fact get an enhancement and extra penalty for not ting responsibility for his actions. >> yan paul manafort i9 years old. does this mean he could spend the rest of hisife inrison. >> remember, he is suffering from seve, gout,pression, and anxiety, according to his own lawyers. manart also faces puishment in a separate court in virginia after a jury there convictedim of eight counts of financial fraud last year. >> yang: carrie johnson, thanks for walking us through this. >> thank you. >> woodruff: it s a six-minute shooting spree one 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

the lives lost, the people 'sjured, and to look at wh changed since then.na awaz 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 st year's mass shooting marjory stoneman douglas high school. stoneman douglas students were dismissed early, leaving school well before the hour of the attack. t some chose notattend at all, instead taking part in community servic in the year since 17 students and faculty were killed at thean suburblorida high school, h parkland become synonymous with a cultural and political movement. students, parents, and teachers became activists overnight, successfully pushing for some gun control measures i

notoriously gun-friendly florida. just weeks after the shooting, then-governor rick scott signed a new law, increasing hae minimum pu age to 21, and extending the waiting period to three days. >> to the students of marjory stoneman douglas high school, you made youvoices heard. you didn't let up. and, you fought until there was change. you helped change our state, you made a difference.e you should boud. >> nawaz: the students sparked a nationwide movement to end mass shootings and enact meaningful gun control. eir 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 gripf 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.es ent trump said he'd consider signing some sort of

background check law. p but today,l from pbs newshour, npr, and marist shows different picture. a year ago, 71% of americans supported strict. gun sale la toy, that's dropped to 51% last year, 52% of americans .anted congress to make gun control a priori today, that's dropped to 42%. congress did pass the "fix nics" bill, strengthening existing ulckground checks, by rewarding states that succes share information with the national database. in washington today, the names of each victim were readlon the senate. florida senator rick scott... >> one year ago today, these 17 souls were taken from us in a brutal act of violence not a day goes by that i don't think about that day and the amazing people that were snuffed out by the deranged actions of a mad man. >> nawaz: 1,000 miles away in parkland, calls for action peppered 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 parkland. we can talk, and we can explain, and we can have conversations. anyou have to listen to us you have to help us. >> nawaz: one year later, thes survive 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 in the parkland community. sarah lerner teaches english and journalism at marjory stoneman douglas high school. she edited aew book called "parkland speaks: survivors from marjorie stoneman douglas share their stories," a collection of essays and poems written by over 40 students and teachee who survived th shooting last year. i spoke with her yesterday about what this past year has meant

for her and hertudents. sarah lerner, welcome to the newshour. thank you for making the time. i want to beginyoy askin about the fact that it's often said over time, some memories cede, some getget stronger. a year after you survived this shooting, what are some of the strongest memories for you from that day? >> there are so many. there are the memories of givin a qui my english students, and leaving hershey kisses on their desk while they were taking their quiz because we had joked that i was ruini valentine's day for them. the memory of hearing the gunshots outside, and running up to my classroom, having to text my husband and my mom that there was an active shoer on campus, and i was safe in my room. when my son texted me, becausei he was at theddle school next door, that he was scared, and he was on lockdown, and having to tell your 12-year-old that shot, okay and you're not

you know, it's things like that that just stay, you know, kind of embedded in your mind. >> nawaz: you've written a lot about what the last bear has like for you, what you call your new normal, how you're processing. you wrota line that stuck wi me. you said, "the person i was at 2:20 on february 14, 218, when the fire alarm went off"-- that's when the gunshots began-- "isn't the same person i became at 2:25, even, when i got bac to m classroom. classroom." whenlaou look back over tht year at everything that has happened since, at the way you have changed, whais different? how are you different a year later? >> there are things that don't h anymore me as muc 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 family. but i don't really sweat the small stuff as muchaise did before. when my husband and i got married in 2004, i had this, like, thick, three-inch binder, and the rabbi laughed at me

because this is what i went with to our appointment. but my son just had his bar mitzvah in january, and i don't even know that i had everything together the day. it just all kind of happened. so where i cared about things, you know, to such obsessi detail before, it just doesn't matter 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 myso les or i won't. you know, it's-- it's the little things thatt -- ttter in the big picture, and that-- that's something that i've realized over the year. >> nawaz: in an effort to make sure smething like thidoesn't happen again, there was this huge state commission investigation, right, that looked into what happened and what led up to the shootg. >> right. >> nawaz: could it have been preventeprevented in some way? i'm curious if you had a chance to go throught. they look back at some of the things that were errors, right, dinggs that were missed le

up to the shooting and made some recommendations for what they think could help prevent something like that happening in have you looked at it? what do you think about it? do you feel an more or les safe today? >> i have not watched the commission hearings, and it havead the transcripts. i... i just feel likule it be too much, and it would just bring it all back for me. i do feel safe at school, and i know that sounds kind of ridiculous, since tomorrow makes a year sincehere was a shooting at my school. but i do feel safe at school, and i feel safe sendin my children to school. i... i know that there are recommendations that have been made to arm teach is, and think that is the stupidest thing thaevi haver 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 to go

ambushed, there wouldn't have been time for them to access a gun. and a handgun is no match for an ar-15. so for, you know, barely five foot tall me to have a gun in my classroom, it's asinine.e and ney and the manpower that would be invested into paying for tings e that-- programs to train us and the weapons themselves-- could be put to better use in additional security at school, armed guards at school, you know, people wh are military, former military, police officers. you know. nt to college to become a teacher, to be an english er orer, not to be a bou a police officer. and just like a police offic't coulome in and do my job, i shouldn't be eected to go into my classroom and do theirs. th>> nawaz: sarah, one o differences we should point out between you and the students who

survived this is that thy wi move on. they will graduate. they will leave the place at ich 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 like as the years go by? i>> i think at some it's going to be very odd. you know, it's funny that you ask this, because shortly after everything happened, se of my teacher friends and i were talking, and eventually,eou know i'll the only person in my room who was there that day. i'll be the onlyerson in the eoom who, you know, fully understands whatent through and why we behave the wa that we do. but i know that the kids who are on campus graduate, thew will be n groups of kids who still have a connection to what happened. my son is in seventh g dade. ughter is in fourth. so for those of us who have

school-aged children or for the students at my school who have younger siblings, you know, cycling through our sch think there will still be that tnderstanding and tha connection. it's just going to be different. ugd there was never a th in my mind of going to teach anywhere else. this is my third school in 17 years of teaching. i've been at stoneman douglas-- this is my fifth year. but there's nowhere else i want to go. i'm very hppy with my school. i love my school. i love the community. i love what i teach, and i love where i teach. >> nawaz: sarah, we should note we're speaking to you the day before the actual anniversary, and a lot of folks in the community ted to spend the day dark, so to speak, off social media and no giving interviews. how are you going to be spendingidate on the anniversiny? >> i am gto be with some friends. i'm going to get a hot stonend massage,'m going to get my nails done. i am very big in social media.

in wet offline, so to speak, off the grid on monday, and i'm not planning 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 valentine's day celebrations, but it' 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 thoughts will be with you and with everyone there in thearkland community. sersarah lerner, of marjory stoneman douglas high school, thang you so much for take time to talk with us. >> thank you for having me. woodruff: today amazon

announced that it would be canceling plans for a newn headquartersw york city after fierce local opposition there. our economics correspondent paul rylman has more on the sto. it's part of our weekly seriesse "making e." >> reporter: the decision was a a unning reversal. amazon announced iess release that it was scrapping plans for a second headquarter y in nk because "a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence."ay >> the and the governor caved to the richest man on earth, and then handed the bill to each and every new yorker. >> it was just a year ago when more than30 regions were bidding for amazon hq2. >> hey, alex awhere should amazon locate hq2. >> in texas>> nd with lavish tax breaks. in november, amanzon anounced

the prize. its second headquarts would be split between northern virginia and new york, when offered nearly $3 billion in tax breaks. >> this is the largest economic development initiative that has ever been done by the city or the state. >> amazon hoz got to go! >> reporter: but residents feared soaring rent and newrk successful bid drew the ire of labor groups and politicians.ea ier this month, governor cuomo warned opponents that their protests would not result in better terms but in amazon pulling the plug. >> fo the state senate to oppose amazo was governmental malpractice. and if they stop amazon from coming to new york, they're going to have the people of new york state to explain it to.e >>porter: state senator

hoseael jianaris, in w district the new amazon facility would have been located, was one posed.se who but today, his ire was redirected to amazon. >> it looks like to me that amazon couldn't get its way, and when it couldn't get exactly what at the present timed exactly how it wanted it left because azon believes it's more important than the governments of this country. l> reporter: amazon said today did does notan to start a new search process. it will continue to build a major facility in nor virginia, and expand its operations in nashville, tennessee. for the pbs newshour,s this economics correspondent paul >> woodruff: let's taka closer ok at why this deal fell apart over corporate subsidies and incentives, anger overnd gentrificationousing, 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, welcomr.to the newsh what was the main opposition there in new york to what amazon

was trying to do? >> well, it's interesting. the opposition never really coalesced around one set o issues. i mean, you had opponents who were uni won membe said-- and union leaders-- who said thn ann posture of amazon in general was offensive to new yorkers. you had local activists in queens who was saying this was going to ruin the character of queens, it was ing to getrify that area more rapidly. and then you had a lot of people that were skeptical of the size of the subsidy going to the richest man in the world, an woivet most powerful companies in the world. so all of that sort of fueled a-- an opposition that, while the goals were different aong different members of that group, they did sort of come together to say, you know, we don't like this de. we weren't made a part of it early on, and we'd rather see it either remade or ned." >> woodruff: when you put those different source of opposition together, how do you think amscreen proposal created

all that opposition? how did it force it to bbble to the surface? >> it's really interesting. i mean, when amazon staed their search for a second headquarters in late 20 fan, the political landscape in western quns, where they ultimately ended up going was completely different. you had, in the span of a few months, the election it's primary electionf 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. those two d politicvelopments really inner jiedz an activist base and scared a lot of local elected officials and othermawho thoughbe the neighborhoods were shifting under their feet, and they didn't quite understand their voters. and you had the state senate now in democratic hand, and t the ability to appoint to a key board a person who couldet actually this plan. and so all that happened in the span of a few months. and then the deal is announced right after-- a few days after election day.

so it's almost as if the landscape changed under amazon's feet. they weren't prepared for it. en on some level, the governor and the mayor didn't seem toe fully appreciw much things were sort of fluid exphnging in that corner of queens. >> woodrf: and this was enough opposition to over-ride e 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 strength and seemed to have scored a win lase weekone of the main opponents in the local-- the state sene, a local state senator was put on a board that had veto power over the deal, you still had the sense, theve or who was very much in favor of it, and the mayor of new york city were going to find a way through the plitic impasse, that it wasn't too big a hurdle. land use deals in new york cityr are oftenught and take a long time to get through and have vocal opposition, ud

protests. amazon, as the people i have spoken to today have said, theex utives were not expecting this kind of negativity. tho felt they were invited new york, and they uponned to be welcomed here, and they weren't prepared to wait a follow year before the deal finally got approved at the state level and sort of endure this negativity and ksis-- these attor that time. and so they decided late last night, we're told, l the plug. and then they called 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 wh 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 city was coneeting. it wasof many cities that were competing around the country to try win this rof prize of 25,000-40,000 jobs-- actually, at the time people thought it was 50,000 before they split it. they felt like that's what they were bringing to new york. and thn didn't understand the announcement happened that

they would have to do anything vese. in fact, they wery resistant to doing that. they made a couple of small a concessions hed there but they weren't willing to negotiate. their posture was the deal was the deal tey negotiated with the governor and the mayor, and if we're not going to get that deal, if we're going to be made to renegotiate it with testa senators or others in new york city, we'll just pack up our bags an sd goomewhere glelings what is the loss of that 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 thyor, both-- particularle governor-- highlighted the fact that the $3 billion in incentives that were almost all tax subsidies for havingeated the jobs, would have brought in nine times the amount in tax revenue to the area. they said about $27 billion. so weuent see, that presumably. but new york city say big place, and it adds, you know, many more-- at least in recent years-- it's added more than the number of jobs thaamazon would be bringing to its economy.

d so while the area of queens will be affect, and it's not re now.hat will go the 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 sets a horrible precedent forciew yory that, you know, a major company can't come here and can't sor ot of cou the promises and the deals that are being made at 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'sat day, and herhe newshour we hnt to mark the occasion by hearing from matthsey, a dating coach who tonight offers us his brief but spectacular take on modern love. >> i am known predominantly forl

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