on day thirty five of the us governmenthut down presesident donald trump gis in a little earlier friday he announced that he has made a deal with congressional leaders. to re opopen thehe us government l february fifteenth and the agreement would not include the five point seven billion dollars he's demanded for a wall along the mexican border. that will now be negotiated by maybe for more on what trump said today let's bring

in david smith he'e's in washshington and he's the guardianss bureau chief tht. thanks for being with us again on the program day then -- so trump asked the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to put to this bill on the floor and media late so what happens now -- i a a a i just being the returned from me at the white housese rose garden wh donaldld trump made that announcement to and r rht noww --- senators are on the stroll on capitol hill -- reacting and discussing what has just been proposed -- i w would indeed e expect -- mitch mcconnell to go ahead. and now i've e got the green light to donald trump -- and so this -- this proposasal -- to to toto pay they watch everyone in congress has been -- has been waiting -- for therere is s such a tremendous. political pressure a and frm across the couountry to it o get thehe governmtt to reren afteter the the longest shut

down in in history -- i'm shoulder --- members of congress wilill t want t to drag their feet. they w will movove those -- swiftly on this as they possibly can. and the american public really w wanting this to end as well i mean we saw. the consequences of the shutdown continued to accumulate as it went on and on it can you tell us a little bit more about. what to federal workers are still experiencing today because the government still is not open officially? indeed it out it's it's really bad -- a drip drip aspects -- every day. guessing what us post -- and bolts -- really started struggling flight --- well actually delayed -- to because many m. apple well because security workers are affected. by this shut down so -- there were genuine concerns

that it could begin to to really a flat affect. flight safety and and see i- of a potential -- accidents -- people standing in long queues -- as apple. and and i'm not. fully days in which we so back to eight hundred thousand federal government workers affected by this -- being forced to stand in line going to going to food banks -- having to work extra jobs -- driving taxis. in baby's day saying working at schools -- and and some of been quoted saying i voted for donald trump -- but now i regret it and calling on him to take action. he has certainly taken a lion's share of the blblamet seems -- according to opinion pololl. and i think those people will say this is -- this decision today is not a moment too soon. so we heard donald trump make the announcement about

this tentative deal that's been reached but then we heard him spend a significant portion of the speech -- also talking again about the humanitarian aspects the crime aspects around the border and and immigration over the southern border with this him continuing to try to appeal to ththe american public to get on his siside of this fight. yes i thinknk certainly tryg to appeal to hisis base -- as it's known now out. to real solid corore o of dd trump suppororters who who turn out to the rallies and whwho who champ --- build that t wall and of cocourse wing media that the radio hosts t the tv presentersrs. who have been -- pushing himim joining this debates and and may now -- criticized himim for over a capitulating -- i could seeee -- indeed during those remarks see sometimes wenent off -- the teleprompter reaead. the mesessages on my frozen

and and he was -- speakingng e effort from frm memoryry and and and resting ththem on the subjects and eighty i i i think trying to persuade. his reaeal hot cool supports is that this i is not to susurrender that he's notot. but it remains to be seen whether they'll accept that explanation older a really think he's -- he suffered a defeat here give him these funds i mean he said there's going to be a bipartisan committee that's going. to negotiate the border finds and security funds -- but if the democrats going to see this as a win is s ts is just an emboldened them further to hold their ground on this issue. i think that's very likely they were already emboldened by -- great results in the house of representatives in the in the mid term elections so they took control of bats -- dan.

speaking and he plays the told donald trump but his state of the union address on tuesday. will be canceled he he tried to resist but but gave up all mass and and and now i'. doing another victory for the democrats so say is no incentive a toll. to give trump his his wall i'm to which the democrats all office the opposed -- however -- today he didn't. try to provide a a sting in the tail -- that he said insists on a on a wall and come mid february at the end of these negogotiations -- the government could shut down again or indeed he could use some other powers available to him -- thinly veiled reference to his ability. to to clara and national -- emotions see so that still one called he he has up his sleeve. david smith -- in washington thanks so much for joining in helping us understand this will be keeping a close eye on this story --

and in fact i want to welcome another guest now to speak on the shutdown eric lissan he is a a former u. . federal prosecutotor and alo joining us from washington dc thanks so much for being here. my pleasure now this isn't that different from a deal that the democrats put fort- yeah i guess weeks ago -- where they said let's just open and the government temporarily and while we negotiate this and trump said no then so why is he capitulating now? well he's taking a an absolute -- pounding in the polls because the the public call and the republicans more accountable for this and part of that is the reason that you said -- there was a prior agreement- over thirty y five days ago which both houses of the legislature had passed the house and the senate. including the senate republicans with almost no dissenting votes which trump had said he would agree t to

and t then at the l last mie because of pressure from t e far right certainin media figures. they calleled him out on it anand said hey you promised you would get thihis wall tn he'd a also promisesed that mexico would pay for it. but the whwhole thing is a fiction he then annououncede woululd shut down the governmement and t there hae been very -- widespread r ramifications because of this and i thihik now t the presidentnt is tag stock of the e thing that matterss to o him mostst whs the the political support even a among his base.. the support is eroding he's down belowow 40% in the pols now and the the r replican senators -- several of ththem are goingo be up foror reelectionn in - twenty twenty wiwillave to face the voters and there been some amazing things here that can be used against them even and read it we previously safafe districts so t that's making people nervous for the first time. and thehere may b be reasono believe ferment we there

will be a deal to keep the gogovernment open. we heard him and the announcement praising the federal workers who have been -- either furloughed or working without pay for the last thirty five days saying that they didn't complain that they were even encouraging him. to continue -- but does this leave him. in an even worse negotiating spot than he was before thi- the shutdown began and have you seen any reaction from that far right base of the euro and cultures of the world to that sort of encouraged him to to go into the shut down in the first place. right well is so s several questions there -- first and the the the far right -- antagonise of his base will always push for this wall which is aa fiction it wouldn't be built for at least one decade if not mor. at a far higher cost in would be completely useless as to its functionality so that that's a fantasy land

the the president indulges - frequently and fantasies o f this type in his statements that simply aren't true he's absolutely in a worse position than he was b befoe because itit's been demonstrtrated. through -- the the unity of the democrats the on the democrats and even the senate votes yesterday that he is losing support -- among the entirire countntry nobody believes t the government should be e put dodown shut down for this -- frankly ludicrous notion of of an ineffectual w wall exceptpt for the and culturs of the world that he listens to but he's nott in a good negotiating position he's cause tremendous hardship. not only among these eight hundred thousasand governmet workers but there's's tremendous ripple effects throughout the economy and we're seeing today for example a very visible example is in terms of air safety. people are warning whether it's air traffic controllers are other stakeholders in the aviation system that this is an untetenable situation they're they're already shutting down

laguardia airport and things like this it will get worse every single day -- the government is involved in all kindsds of public safety measures whether it's fofood inspections -- disesease control bororder control ironicallyhe coast guard the f federal -- police here the federal bureau of investigation many many things are being impacted and it is not tenable to keep the government shut down no matter what the president is saying. if you could stay with us because there is another story i want to discuss with you in just a minute and that's that a long time ally of president trump was arrested on friday. roger stone a self proclaimed king of political tricks has been charged with the several crimes as part of robert mahler's russia investigation. he says he's innocent and will defeat the charges in court catherine yeah brings us the details. another indictment in aa ret for the miller investigation after being taken into custody by fbi agents roger

stone has been released onn bailil a long timime frienend and y of president donald trump. stones accused of lying witness tampering and obstruction of justice the charges are related to emails of democratic party officials allegedly hacked by russian agents. wikileaks released the hacked in for thousand and sixteen presidential election campaign. last month roger stone declared he had nothing to hide. i answered all these questions before the house intelligence committee for four hours behind closed doors and i stand by every word of that testimony. but according to the indictment stone light in his testimony to the house intelligence committee about his contacts with wikileaks. the document described in detail numerous emails and text messages in which he discussed organization one believed to be wikileaks and the hacked emails. as well as conversations with senior trump campaign officials about the timing

of future releases. prosecutors say stones roll shows coordination between the trump campaign and wikileaks. with an informal member of trump's inner circle facing charges directly related to russian election meddling. the white house sought to distance the president from the proceedings what i do know -- is that this has nothing to do with the president has nothing to do with the white house. with stones indictment the special counsel investigation has no charge thirty four people and garnered six guilty pleas by trump associates and advisors. including former campaign chairman paul mana for and former national security adadviser michchael flynn. r momore on what snenes arrest means for the white house and the russian investigation let's bring eric lissan back into the program -- eric i want to read you a passage from the stone indictment it says he was contacted by senior trump campaign officials to inquire about future releases of stolen

information by wikileaks. in your opinion what does this translate to in terms of potential legal trouble for the trump campaign. well it certainly sounds ominous doesn't it there was a very tightly run campaign at the top not tightly run in terms of their actual operations with tightly run in the in the handful of people. that had actual control so it sounds like it could be the president himself whose name tear or if not him it could be one of only a very few other people. that it's being alluded to that pasta possibly his son in law jared kushner -- it could possibly be somebody like steve bannon - get maybe paul man a fort also we already know he had very. deep ties but this seems to be more along the lines of kushner trump junior or ban and or the president himself other than those people -- you have very few others who are in a position seniorityy maybe kellyanne conway somebody like that but this is striking right at the heart of the white house.

and the if this was any other administration and eveven if it didd two yearso we said we were at this point with these kinds of indictments coming forth you would say there's no way the president would want to stay on under these conditions. but yet here we are and there is -- some uncertainty as to what the ultimate result would be but it it is definitely puttingg in peril -- the the the the to the the tendency of the trump prpresidency. us federal prosecutor eric was fun thanks so much for your analylysis on bothh of these big stories from toda. next one country two presidents that's the situation right now in venezuela where president nicolass maduro and opposition leader one quite dough both say they are the nation's chief. friday maduro appear to make a gesture toward progress saying he is prepared to meet with his rival. look why don't responded that he will not attend the dialogue. national assembly leader

also calalled for a major demonstration next week for the latest on this power struggle let's cross difference reports on her grow in caracas. at on it both maduro and but what they said. they spoke on one afterer te other and it was a reallyy complicated situation to listen to two people that were actually enougugh presididential on press conferences. and data and this is the thing is when you were saying -- rightt it's just right -- when with alalways asking again the people to go to the strereets to demonstrat- that they that baby opposition hop majority -- this is nototnly for nexext week but also this weekend he called for new town halls these weekend i we've seen tens of thousands of people- gathering around thiss idea

as and this is so much different from before it because right now. they are get their their strong in their idea of taking the streets and high and backing up with the international community meanwhile you can as well. was asking one way though i'm the opposition to dialogue he also ask -- be knighted states for a dialogue and he said that he said and i actually thousands --- i i l. you quotete t thousas of messages odd to donald trtrump and the trump administration to opopen a dialogue witith them but tht they were rejecteded. so what's the next step here then obviously maduro does not recognize anyone else as the president both so w why isn'n't he takingg. a bigger steps to to quash this. well that i is actually thee key question that is an excellent question to ask and nobody's answering and

no one seems to be -- clear on that aspect the we have a government that says that the opposition and specifically one white go now orr a guilty of attempting a c coup againste for last minute all i can we progogress this is. the word. that the defense minister used but still all thihis person accused of such thing going to the streets calling people to the streets it's being supported by the international. community and of the attorney general was supposed to speak this friday about this situation we're expecting him. to tell their their nation to tell the country what they were going to do if they were going to arrest about -- one way they'll but still that -- press conference was suspended and then meet with his mother appeared asking for dialogue and saying that he was open to a dialogue so really. this is this is something we need to analyze --

step by step they're taking their time both the government and the opposition they're taking their time doing everythinig they'r're doing i thinknk we gonna seeee more you --- when you this weekend are that is that is for suree i mean news are comoming a a ququick? as possible here. rivers on a herero in caracacas thahanks so much r your reporting. time now to do the numbers and for that we have on go here with the business report. and you're starting with this news that donald trump has reached a tentative deal to reopen the us government what's the reaction in the markets. will investor optimism rose even before that announcement was made when it was announced that he was going to be speaking with people willing to make riskier bets now we saw that particularly in tech stocks like apple amazon and facebook. and that's in the nasdaq up more than one point 2% is leading the gains among the major indexes in the united states the dow jones also up a hundred and fifty points.

but all in the green now in europe text before that announcement is all allll indexexes closing welell ine green except for london's footsie which was point 14% in the red pairs of cat count up one point 1%. the french automaker renault rising nearly 5% after japan's trade minisister sad it should maintain a stable alliance nissan. early in the day donald trump made india the latest target of his next round of trade complaints. trump highlighting that he's what he calls unfair non reciprocal tariffs on us goods like motorcycles and whiskey. which faith i import dutiesa fifty to one hundred and 50% in india. earlier in the month trump and prime minister narendra modi's discussed rededucing the us trade deficit with india in a phone call. from comments come as republican lawmakers are introducing legislation to give the p president more power to create new u. s. terrrrace which could hit te floor now that the government is set to real. the u. s. reciprocal trade act will be. an incredible tool to bring foreign countries to the

negotiating table. and to get them to lower their tariffs o on our producucts. and also to get rid of their trade barriers make it as really impossible for uss. o do business india as an example has a 110050% hard to believe tara [inaudible] on whiskey. leaders of countries and corporations are packing up after a busy week at the world economic forum in davos switzerland. many high profile no shows including u. s. president donald trump and french president emmanuel michael spotlight was shared among the three thousand attendee. transfers business editor stephen carroll has been covering that some of for us all week he does more about how this year was different from the last. i think it's going to be mainly thought of as a rather muted version of the world econonomic forum and that was really inadvisable after last year when we had. donald trump and emmanuel micron both making big flagship international speech iss here at the world economic forum so what i did

that and this year was always going to feel a little bit different thehe ovoverriding. feeling here is is a sense of concern about is what the year ahead will hold we know the global economy is slowing down but there have been warnings coming from many quarters there's a you know as a policy up sacks could. action the global econonomy andd unplugging just back into the days that we saw at before the two thohousand ad eighght financial crisis so. there i is definitely not concern is right there although nothing clear emerging as what that big thrash could be they could make things happen. like stephen saying risk for the global economy was one of the main things that drive us this year. discussion centered around trade investments and the rising populism and above all climate change for me the first time in the meetings history climate change was presented as a real and urgent rest. not just to humanity but to economies as well costing where has more. for the jet setting elites gathered in davos this week. climate change doesn't just

have human costs. the environmental crisis it comes at a hefty price for business. that's how the head of the international monetary fund framed it in a panel on friday. rising temperatures will be wiped out. whole segments of the economy. not to mention the german dramatic damage that it would cause. othersrs at the summit share those concerns. at the same time some see climate change as an opportunity. apple says climate disasters could boost demand for iphones. safety features include flashlights. earlier this month the world economomic forum released is annual report on global risks. the top of the list extreme weather and climate change policy failures. beating out topics like data fraud inside reservations with us on thursday the head of the united nations so the summit. the climatee change w was te defifining issue of our t t. saying states in corporations needed to do more to tackle it. the most damning critique of

all can fromm greatest enbe. sixteen year old swedish activist. checking the doubles by train slamming those who flew in by private jet. adults keeps saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope. but i don't want your whole. i don't want you to be hopeful. i want you to panic. i wanted to feel the fear i feel every day. and then i want you to act. despite pledges to lower carbon emissions d. seven countries provide more than one hundred billion dollars a year and fossil fuel subsidies. also in davos the executive vice chairman of chinese economists giaiant alilibabs come to the defense of embattled tech company walk away. slamming the way the united states is t true to ththe company. amid concerns that the chinese governmentt is u usg while way quick meant for spying washington and its allies includiding austrtraa and new zealand have restricted were always access to their markets what

canada and the united kingdom are reviewing whether to curb accesess as well. here's all about posters of sign. look i i think i i think it's what the what ththe the american. government and and to get together with the you know the that thehere's the five eyes alliance of what they're tryingg to do witith always a litittle bit unfai- there's definitely a politicall agenda behind it. it's easy to say oh you make a product it's not safe. you know that's unfortunately hallway falls into that cacategory -- but again having said said that i i think. it's extremely unfair to far awayay and klay motivated. when friends unemployment numbers are down for twenty eighteen and figures released today show that the number of job seekers during the period from september through december of last year fell one point 1%? to the lowest level since mid twenty fourteen now it's important to note that these numbers reflect unemployment before the so called yellow

vest movement began. to criticize the government's economic reforms the government says it still hopes to attain a 7% unemployment rate by the end of president and mine on term inn. twenty twenty two and finally facebook is reportedly working on linking at their messenger app with what's happened instagram in order to boost growth. first reported by the newew york times the move would keep the apps separate but would for instance allow users who onlnly havave a facebook account. to send messages to other users only have what's up accounts. fromom also wants to o exted the end to end encryption to all of its messaging platforms which could concern law enforcement officials who believe the security measure allllows fr criminal activity to take place. so if you couldld soon be messaging people from what's up to face but i forget the facebook actually owns like yeah so we hung her phone. ago thanks so much for that business report. and don't go o away i'll be back in just a few minutes with more new

01/25/19 01/25/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from m pacifica, this is democracy now! >> i think there is no doubt that donald trump wants to bring in his own de facto, unconstitutional government, a coup d'etat in venezuela against the people and democracy. amy: venezuela is in a state of crisis as the country's elected leader nicolas maduro and u.s.s. backed opposition leader juan guaido both claim to be venezuela's