sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation.

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the department of homeland security announced last night it would resume accepting renewals for daca, the obama-era program that protects young immigrants from deportation. this follows tuesday's decision by a federal court blocking the trump administration's plan to put an end the program. this morning, president trump weighed in on twitter calling a bipartisan immigration deal that includes daca, "probably dead because the democrats don't really want

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. babbel's 10-15 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening and thank you for joining us. people around the world are ringing in 2018. the celebrations kicked off in new zealand and australia. in sydney, rainbow colored fireworks marked the passage of marriage equality there, while hong kong lit

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed optimism today that congress could make an immigration deal in the wake of the white house's four point immigration proposal. they think it can happen before february 8. that's when the latest short term spending bill expires. president trump tweeted last night that he offered "a wonderful deal"-- which proposed a legal pathway for 1.8 million daca or daca-eligible immigrants in exchange for $25 billion in funding fo

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. on the one year anniversary of president donald trump's inauguration, the federal government is shut down. all but the most essential functions of government are being halted, but the senate and house of representatives are in session... with no clear end in sight. mail will still be delivered; social security checks will still go out; the military will continue its missions around the world; some national parks do remain open. but if the shutdown conti

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. it is day two of the government shutdown. and both sides appear to be at a stalemate, this afternoon a bipartisan group of more than 20 senators met to come up with a deal to fund the government for at least three more weeks and address immigration. but as hundreds of thousands of federal workers from almost every agency wait for word on whether to show up for work tomorrow, at this hour there is still no deal. both the house and the senate were in session today an

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. there is new fallout from president trump's reported use of vulgar language to describe haiti and some african nations during thursday's immigration meeting with senators. u.s. ambassadors serving in several countries including botswana and haiti were summoned to explain the remarks. at the united nations, ambassadors from african nations issued a statement calling the remarks "racist and xenophobic." in addition, the president of g

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. a massive suicide attack killed at least 95 people in afghanistan's capital today. officials say an ambulance packed with explosives detonated in a busy area in central kabul around lunchtime. at least 158 people were injured and the foreign ministry said the majority of the casualties are civilians. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the blast, which is one of the deadliest since the start of the afghan war. today's bombing comes just a week after an atta

sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation.he anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg.