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i'm joined by amy walter from the "cook political report" and tamara keith from npr. to both of you. it is "politics monday." so let's talk about this shutdown, standoff, amy. over th weekend, as we said, the president made an offer, did some tweaking and sad what -- made what he said was a significant move on his par democrats, before it was even announced, said they were against it.n is therepressure now on democrats to cut some kind of deal, or can they just wait the esident out? >> well, that's what we're going to wait and see, where thepr sure goes. until this point, it's been pretty clear in all thea datd polling that the blame is being put squonarel president trump's shoulders and we note he did say many times "h own thtdown," so that's difficult to get out from under. it's also true that democrats, in polling that we've seen, feel more -- democratic voters feel much more committed to demra sticking by their commitment to not include the wall in any compromise than republicans are committed to not having a wampromise without a wall. in other words, th is a much

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that's amy walter of the "cook political report" and tamara keith from npr.o to you both and happy monday. so let's talk about this poll. we have both "the washington post" and -- university do some polling wrapping up in the last few days. as you can see in the post poll 53% of the public are saying the president and the reblicans mie to blame, only 29% say the democrats, 56% b the republicans and 36% the democrats. what does it say to usbof anything where the chips are falling after this shut down on its 24th day. >> it's not entirely surprising this is where the numbers are. it's somewhat aligns with the way people view the president generally. red also, the president be the shut down started said he would beroud to shut the government down to get his hrder wall. done absolutely nothing to change that narrative. the only thing that is possibly workinin his favor and this is a small thing, it's a sler but under the hood, there were a couple areas where t public opinion has shifted slightly. now the minority of peoplea significant minority but more people no

that's amy walter of the "cook political report" antamara keith of npr. the shutdown is in day 17.re essentially ere we were day one. tam, let me start with you. the president, for tw years of his administration, has been saying he wants this barrier, he wants this wal on the border, but he's signed spending bills without any money for the wall, until now. why is he digging in now? >> there are a lot of reasons why he might be digging inow. the official reason that we got from vice president pen today is that this is a crisis along the bored that didn't exi earlier, that it is more of a rian anda humani security crisis. that is the administration's argument. the other argument woulde that the president is looking at 2020. the tion has begun, and this is a key central, very important omise of his campaign that he hasn't been able to keep, and if he folded one morme, and his last best chance, then what?fr and, so,m the administration perspective, that's why we're here. from the demra' perspective, they just waged a campaign where president trump, in the midterms, went and held rallie

amy walter and tamara keith on the post-shutdowpolitics in washington. journalistindi leive gives her brief but spectacular take on women's power. a measles outbreak ithe northwest part of the country is leading to new concerns about a lack of vainations in some communities, and just who may have been exposed to the infectious disease. public health officials in washington, across the columbia river from portland, oregon, say there are 35 confirmed cases in clark county. 25 of them are in kids who are 10 years old or younger. at least 31 of those cases are among those not immunized. two other cases are confirmed in oregon and washington. the area's considered a hot spot, so to speak, when it comes to lack of vaccinations. hari sreenivasan spoke about that very issue yesterday for newshour weekend with dr. anthony fauci, the head of the national institute of allergy tand infectious diseases nih. and he asked dr. fauci if he was surprised at all that so many of the infected were not immunized. i'm surprised and disheartened that there are so p maople still

amy walter, host of politics with amy walter. she's one of the most perceptive and inciteful journalist ps in washington and one of my personally favorite people in the world. she can cut through the noise to see trends as they happen and to see the world as it is without getting caught up in the conventional political narrative. thank you, amy, for doing this. thank you to our panelists, we're ready to get started. >> thank you. >> all right. now you're on the hot seat. >> all right. >> thank you for the invitation. thank you to all the new members. i think i've been to every one of your districts. they're lovely places to go. some i would rather not be in at certain times of the year. >> me too. >> we'll let that go. >> jason, i'm not coming back until spring. >> yeah. that one. i'm talking about new york and maine right here. that's what i'm talking about. >> it's beautiful. colorado i can handle. the other two, no. let's start with hr 1 for a second. this is expansive. this covers many things. this is voting rights, campaign

and a big thank you also to amy walter and all of your tough questions and the great conversation that we had today. let's give them all a round. [ applause ] >> we are live this morning for the u.s. chamber of commerce meeting to hear from president and ceo thomas donohue, he is expected to deliver his annual state of american business address. after this he will take part in a news conference. all of this live for you here on c-span 3. we expect it to start in just a moment. >> the american dream. >> the american dream. >> the truth is there never has been just one american dream. >> my american dream was to create a company that remembers, employs and empowers. a company that can help a serviceman or a woman, a company that remembers how we became the greatest country in the world. >> coming to this country from el salvador, becoming a citizen and starting my own business, creating jobs for other americans, that was my american dream. >> my american dream is to see people reach their full potential. that's what the american dream is really all about. >> we may have different america

and a big thank you also to amy walter and all of your tough questions and the great conversation that we had today. let's give them all a round. [ applause ] >> we are live this morning for the u.s. chamber of commerce meeting to hear from president and ceo thomas donohue, he is expected to deliver his annual state of american business address. after this he will take part in a news conference. all of this live for you here on c-span 3. we expect it to start in just a moment. >> the american dream. >> the american dream. >> the truth is there never has been just one american dream. >> my american dream was to create a company that remembers, employs and empowers. a company that can help a serviceman or a woman, a company that remembers how we became the greatest country in the world. >> coming to this country from el salvador, becoming a citizen and starting my own business, creating jobs for other americans, that was my american dream. >> my american dream is t

our friend and frequent panelist amy walter tweeted out, we are now in what historians would call, the are. let's pardon our panelists. charles hurt, the opinion editor for "the washington times." the associative editor of clear politics, editor in chief of the washington beacon. >> i was waiting to see how you would announce that term. >> bret: washington has been dysfunctional for a long time. the last couple of days, it has been a very outward expression of that. for a lot of people it is a relief. it is like okay, it's have the fight in the open. the problem here and i think donald trump in that letter and kevin mccarthy say this as well, the government is shutdown and maybe they believe that the crisis on the border is manufactured, the crisis here is not. why are you not to your negotiating? the big question remains, what are the principles that the two side stand for? we know the principle that donald trump stands for it which has to do with border security. what are the principles that nancy pelosi stands for? they want to save money? we don't have a very good track record. the

moderator today and you all heard the national editor and political reporter and host of politics with amy walter is one of the most thoughtful journalists in washington and frankly one of my personally favorite people in the world. she can cut through the noise to see the trend is as they happen and the world as it is without getting caught up in the conventional political narrative. thank you for doing this and thank you to the panelists. we are ready to get started. now if you are in the hot seat. thank you for the invitation and to all the new man members. some places i would rather not be at certain times of the year that will let them go. colorado i can handle. let's start with hr hr1. voting rights, campaign finance, lobbying, voting rights. why do this in a comprehensive way rather than having individual bills that may be able to make it past both the house and get through the senate to the president's desk. right now the conventional thinking is this is a package that makes it through the house if mitch mcconnell doesn't pick it up it becomes more symbolic and actually something that can

"washington post" columnist marc thiessen, amy walter, mark?e barbara boxer was pilloried when she asked when the right to life begins when you bring the baby home. we've come back to this being the official position of the governor of virginia and the democratic party. this is another example of the democrats putting themselves outside of the mainstream of america by taking radical positions that are out of touch with most americans. even a majority of pro-choice americans find the idea appointment. a gallup poll says it dropped to 28% in the second trimester, third trimester just 13% and i bet you if you ask those americans if you support the date of birth, it would be almost zero. >> bret: it's a tough issue for democrats when you start talking about third term late abortions. you saw president trump as candidate attack hillary clinton on this several times and some people say that was one of his better exchanges with candidate hillary clinton. >> this is one of these issues, we are seeing it happen that the state legislature. we sought chan

for more on this, amy walter is the national editor for the cook report. so glad to have you here in d.c. i'm going to disagree with some folks that were just interviewed. i think if the president declares a national emergency and it goes through the courts, i think that puts him on a ground where he can actually win. he's then fighting a court. >> he's not winning the fight fighting the democrats. on every issue, whether it's who do you blame for the shutdown to who do you think's doing a better job on border security, the president and republicans are losing. so when it's about those two entities, you're right, republicans and the president are a much more difficult decision. it goes to the court, we don't know how long it takes. and then everything else we just come back to the middle there. the one question that i have always wondered is whether we could get back to a place we were months ago with daca being in the mix. that at some point seemed likely. that also now doesn't seem to be a topic of discussion. still going to be border security money or n

that's amy walter of the "cook political report" and tamara keith of npr. re coming off a bruising fight ter this shutdown. now a lot of that blowback came back to president trump, and the polls aren't looking s good for him right now. what do we know based on whaopt reacted to? >> what we know is the president's approval rating now around 40% is not great but not the worst that -- the' shape hes been in. in 2017 he spent a good amount of time in the high 30s, low 40s. what is the bigger problem for the president and republicans at large is they not only lost the battle over getting funding fort the wall, buy lost the war, the war on who's going to ben better border security, who do americans trust on the issue of border security. going into the 2018 election, obviously, we talked a lot on th show about the caravan, what impact immigration and the debate wasoing have on the 2018 election. at that time, the abc new abc "e washington post" poll showed people trusted republicans nor. now democrats had aoitwo lead on border security, a fox news poll has presiden

politics with amy walters, one of the thoughtful journalists in washington and one of my favorite people in the world. she can cut through the noise to see trends as they happen and to see the world as it is without getting caught up in the conventional political narrative. thank you, amy for joining us and thank you to our panelists nd ready to get started. >> thank you for the invitation and thank you to all the new members. i have been to every one of your districts. some i would not be in certain times of the year. but we'll let that go. i'm talking about new york and maine right here. colorado, i could handle. the other two, no. let's start with h.r. 1 for a second. this is expansive. voting rights, this is campaign finance, this is lobbying, this is voting rights, why do this in rather omprehensive way than having individual bills to make it pass both the house and maybe the senate and get to the president's desk. this is a huge desk. mitch mcconnell doesn't pick it up and becomes symbolic and becomes something that could go on and become law. here's what we know. voters are lookin

. >> woodruff: amy walter, tamara keith, thankou both. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: now to our newshoures, something interesting that caught our eye. for decades, the culinary industry has been lead largely by men. but, as renee shaw and producer abbey oldham of pbs station kentucky educational television report, one high-profile chef is trying to change that. >> this is an industry that i t ve. it's an industry tve devoted my life to. and the restaurant industry is just a very tough and high pressure environment. >> reporter: edward lee is an award winning chef, author and owner of five restaurants in the louisville, kentucky and washington, d.c. regions. in 2015, he founded the lee initiative, a non-profit seeking to increase diversity and equality in the restaurant industry. last year, the group launched the women chefs of ken initiative as part of that mission. >> what we're looking for are young only going to rise to be great atefs, owners, investors, have you, but also great activists for the next generaon. >> reporter: five female chefs from kentuckwere selected in the inaugural

amy walter, host ofmy walter. she's one of my favorite people in the world. she can cut through the noise to see trends as they happen and to see the world as it is without getting caught up in the conventional political narrative. thank you, amy, for doing this. thank you to our panelists, we're ready to get started. let's go. thank you. now you're on the hot seat. thank you for the invitation. thank you for the new members. i think i've been to every one of your districts. they're lovely places to go. some i would rather not be in at certain times of the year. >> jason, i'm not coming back until spring. talking about new york and maine. colorado i can handle. the other two, no. let's start with hr 1 for a second. this is expansive. this covers many things. this is voting rights, campaign finance. this is lobbying. this is voting rights. why do this in a big come prehensive wpr -- comprehensive way rather than having bills that may make it pass the house and get through the senate to the president's desk? the conventional thinking is this is a huge package.

. >> shimon prokupecz with us, julia pace, amy knox and erin walt walter. most of the politicians are adding the caveat, if true. we're just weeks into the democratic majority. some of the newer, more progressive members have already been stirring, why wait? will the cautious approach of the speaker carry the day? >> it's interesting, i had a conversation earlier today with joaquin castro, the congressman from texas who sits on the intel committee and he said we have to know if this is true. i said, how do we know if this is true? don't we have to wait for the report from robert mueller? his response was, that's great, we could, but we also now can investigate through all these different committees and things that are going to come out through testimony whether it's michael cohen's or any other evidence that we get over the course of these investigations. the press can also dig into, and they may find more evidence. what i took away from that conversation was maybe we don't totally need to wait for mueller before we start pushing forward. not saying that it

alive.l was amy: that is henrietta irvin, the sister of walter lee irvin. shot by the sheriff and then the deputy comes back and says, he is still alive, and shoots him again as he lay in the ditch. >> what is amazing, if walter irvin had died right there, that would have been the end of the story. i would not have written this book. nobody would know about this case because now it became the word of law enforcement. but because walter irvin survived, he told the story of how he received that last bullet. when he said he was shot at point-blank range in the bullet went through his neck, the fbi went back to the scene of the crime and found the blood spot where walter irvin was laying and they dug under the blood spot and found that 38 caliber bullet that matched the gun. now the fbi had pure proof of cold-blooded murder. i think probably the most disturbing part of this entire story was that that entire investigation was quashed by the fbi. the fbi recommended the sheriff and the deputy be prosecuted, and it was quashed by the u.s. attorney. freedom ofd a i