white house officials say they have been talking to rank and file democrats about the esident's plan.s a long shot, but they are hoping some democrats will break with democratileaders and support the deal, judy. >> woodruff: that's very interesting. so when leader mcconnell puts it on the floor this week, what do we think's going to happen? >> well, the republicans r tally wamake the case that democrats are the reason why people won't get paid this week. they're trying to shift the p rrative because there's video of president trying he's happy to own the shupt and would be proud to shut town the government so mitch mcconnell is trying to bring thaback. he's going to bring the president's proposal to the floor andng ad something democrats like -- billions of doll fs in disasterunds for communities hit by hurricanes d extending violence to women's act .ouse democrats will pass theirin' set of bills bt those won't go anywhere either. >> woodruff: the demerocratic lesaid there's no way they're going to support this. if it goes down, hat happens? >> president trump seems to be edging close

esident is going to contribute, it will be a -- it will be in a constructive way. i heard both privately, and you heard the comments at the conference, from democrats and republicans who want to work to solve these problems. in terms of the scope of these negotiations, or other provisions like daca part of this conversation, or is there an understanding that this is just a matter of funding? rep. lowey: it is just a matter of border security at this moment. reporter: have you heard anything from your republican colleagues that leads you to be optimistic they will move away from -- rep. lowey: i think you all attended this conference briefing, is that correct? i contacted from all of my colleagues, in the senate and the house, democrat and republican, a commitment to work as hard as we can take it a good -- to get a good agreement. the president was not here today. democrats,om republicans, house and senate, about their real commitment to try to resolve this issue. we have a very short timeline. i am cautiously optimistic that the members here of this committee are

. >> his vice esident joe bide , he's yet to declare, how far off what dierence would that make to theace? >> by all accounts, biden is in, in any given moment, depend on who you talk to. it sounds like it will be a of, i think, probably a maybe month or two, not weeks. then, that would be a huge differce in the race. on the 800-pound gorilla the left de. the former vice president. sort of heir to the throne, -- can say, and he's a huge a lot to the role. nown all the leaders over the last decade and brings that obama era to it.qu old?on is is he too this is something peoplees have oned. e'll be pushing 80 if he wins the election and is it h somethine would be changing the page to the democrats. new, and h, inspirational and can he take on donald trump? very much indeed for joining me. look now at some of the days other news. eports from afghanist say a car bomb attack inside a military base have killed 20 forces. of security the province where the bomb went off told the bbc 30 others were wounded with. put the number casualties much higher. the afghan taliban says it the attack. the e

california elizabeth colleagues warren, along with a growing list of others who want to take n020.esidentrump expect the field to become even more crowded if other joe-profile figures such as biden and michael bloomberg decide to join the fray. joined a brief time ago by "time" contributor jay newten small. kamala harris stand out from the crowd? >> well, sheshan african-american woman.to she's a se she's a former prosecutor, so of s got the chops in terms law and order, so there is no question, ihink, when women office. i wrote a whole book about thist whether they agh enough. he ability to be a commander-in-chief. in that case she's already, in passethat task because she's already been a backgund. with that she's go very little experience on the national front and she's a new name in the field, so a lot of work to build up that name recognition nationally > eight candidates have thrown their hats into the rink. any sense yet on what direction party will take in 2020? >> that's a big question, which way they go. has 2016 the party bifurcated. there is a big debaten wite party about how t

thousands walked from the national mall to the supreme court, after vice esident pence touted the trumpinistration's anti-abortion policies. >> we know we still have much to do, so we urge you to stand strong, stand with that love and compassion, as you stand for life, and know that we will stand with you until that great day comes where we restorehe sanctity of life to the center of american law. >> woodruff: president tmp addressed the crowd in a pre-recorded video message. he promised to veto any legislation that-- in his words-- "weakenshe protection of human life." teachers in los angeles staged their own mass rally today. they've been on strike for five days, demanding higher pay and new limits on charter schools. negotiations have now resumed with city officials. los angeles has the country'snd seargest public school s system, wie 640,000 students. california has begun cleaning up after a series of storms dumpedv rain and snow this week. six people were killed, and more than a dozen had to be rescued from flooding rivers. the latest of those orms is sweeping across the midwest no

and also, i suld add the buzzfeed story was a story that the esident had counseled him or told him to lie and that there were tapes and texts and federal law enforcement sources, two of them,ited for it. i spent a great deal of the day on saturday with that because ie knew from th beginning it wasn't true. but i mean, to their credit, tha justice ment and the special counsel's office said that the story was inaccurate. the inaccuracy is there's no evidence that the president told him to liens then tor your question, categorically i can tell you h counsel to michael cohen throughout that entire period was we thought he was telling the truth. i still believe he may have been telling truth when he testifiedr before cs. in any event, his lawyers thought that. our lawyers thought that. and the president thought that, >> can you share -- >> now i don't know what to believe about him. >> can you share what communication the president had with michael cohen about trump tower scow, and can y share the last time they talked about trump towermoscow? >> probably can't do that for two reasons. i w

but think about this,he esident offered four different reasonable texts, thepeaker pelosi, then leader has a record for the longest speech on the floor, more thanight hours. one year ago next month about daca. he took two issueshaare a problem and he wanted to solve it. today you're trying to celebrate and say speaker pelosi is se type of winner in this. no, that means status quo. that goes agaest everything know and want for america. we want to find common grounds. and soluti >> very quickly, you have not appointed all members of the house intelligence committee on theepublican side. >> i will next week. >> some people think you're trying -- it's helping to delay the transcripts that could get sent to mueller. no, nothing of the sort. the reason why committees weren't already imported, the democrats were notze orga they waited until after the speaker race, which republicans would never do, to give us the ratios. i have just now met -- >> intel is always the same ratio, in fairness. >> no, we had negotiations with the speaker tanging. i j met with every single individual that i'm going

democrats said opening the invernment was key to reso their differences, but esident trump said thatder was worth fighti for. add to that a fight over the mention of impeachment, and 2019 is off to a flying start. the bbc's aleem maqbool has been following it all. aleem: looking in, it might appear to be business as usual, but it is far from it. r two weeks, government has been shot down. -- shutdown. the democrats won't uree to sion $5.6 billion for a wall on the border with mexico, and donald trump is refusing ton back dowis demand that they do just that. pres. trump: the southern border is a dangerous, horrible disaster. we have done a great job. but you can't really do the kind of job we have to do unless you have a major, powerful barrier, and that is what we have to have. aleem: while there is no agreement, 800,000 government workers not getting paid. many goverent departments and services have been suspended. opposition leaders met donald trump today to try to resolve the crisis, but said they found a man who was uncompromising. sen. schumer: we told the president we needed th

nick: to break the political deadlock, this billionaire esident has warned he wi declare a national emergencyt he is not ready to take that extraordinary step yet. pres. trump: it is the easy way out, but congresshould do this. this is too simple. it is too basic. congress should do this. if they can't do it, point they just can't do it -- this is a 15-minute meeting -- they can't do it, i will declare a national emergency.ni : invoking emergency powers could end the shutdown because it would allow congress to passl spending without funding for the wall that democrats and republicans coth support. but the trump white house would ng violating the norms of u.s. government by spenoney on the barrier without congressional approval. this constitutional showdown would inevitably be settled in the urts. but in the meantime, federal employees can return to work. >> heavenly father, we pray for your wisdom, your answers, for your help in a time of crisis -- nick: tonight at the whi they prayed for this norm-busting president. but for now he is paying reverence to more earthly powers, the checof and ba

esident reagan: as i have trial, would a leave them without guilt letthen determine regard, say great they and not telling me some in an effort to to not in crime followed. i think there is a great likelihood that they are operating vovertly and then not telling me some things -- covertly and then telling me some things could have been an effort to protect me. to not involve me n any way, not in crime. helen: have you talked to them about it? president reagan: no, when this thing was exposed. there had been things told to in me. reporter: do you still think these trials should be held at least in part to get the story out of what happened. o have a system of justice resolve what really happened? president reagan: yes because i don't believe either man is guilty of any criminal activity. this is what would be hang overing them. helen: you said president bush was part of every decision. president reagan: he did not get in on the discussion. the difference is as it has never been again reported. secretary schultz. secretary weinberg. they were opposed. not on the basis this was arms for

he doesn't know how strong the esident's going to be in a har or 15 months. i thinks leaving open the possibility not necessary le that he wants to run. but that there will be something differen come 20, 20 for the republican to choose from. >> having a rney around serves a lot of purposes. publicly. but they likedhe fact that there is someone who is willing to calling them. they don't have to. they want those opponent pointeds to be made. they don't feel o like they can always make them. he's willingea to take the >> what hakes him different is that he hasolical capital. he's not a senator and flake. he's a former nominee. >> he's a former nominee. and i think because of what happened with mattis, because of the saudi issue and some of the things the president has been saying on foreign poly. the president has crossed a line with a lot of people and it could be a very different games. robert: thanks, everybody. four chiefs at the table. [laughter] our conversation will continue on the "washington week" podcast. you can watch it on your favorite website. have

democrats took control of the house of representatives and they are ready to stand firm against esident. they won't have to wait long, because the government is in day 13 of a paial shutdown with both sides refusing to budge. late thiser aon, mr. trump showed up in the briefing room, saying he is standing firm on his demand for border wall. e bbc's gary o'donoghue reports. >> the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives fo the 11ngress. gary: with that, democrats tooke control ofouse of ndpresentatives for the first time since 2010,g the republican hold on both chambers of congress. once again the party turned to san francisco's nancy pelosi to assume the speakership, putting her second in line for the presidency after the vice president. she is the only woman to have ever held e post, and a regular target of conservative vitriol. rep. pelosi: we all have the e toity and the privil serve with over 100 women members of congress, the larst number in history. gary: while republic

he is esident xi's person emissary and he will be coming with messages and asksor president trump.a: what is your guess, that this is resolved before the deadline of march 2? robert: depends what you mean by "this." this o meeting athe things the united states has complained about, there is no way they will ved, because we are asking for structural changes in china which amount to asking the chinese communist party to change its mode of governance. that is not going to happen. china will not hold back his ambitions. china would be happy to buy more american goods and make more big promises going forward. they can give trump enough for him to reanably declare that he got more than his predecessors. laura: thank you for joining us. robert: thank you. laura: venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro says h won't call new elections but he is open to international mediation to resolve the political crisis. there habeen another day of antigovernment protests called for by juan guaidÓ, the leader of the national assembly who declared himself interim leader last week. president trump

esident fired off two tweets announcing he would put the speech on hold, ending a showdown with speaker of the house nancy pelosi. in his speech, t said as shutdown was going on, nancy pelosi asked me to give the state of the union address. i agreed. she thenhanged her mind. that is her prerogative. a econd tweet, he said he didn't want to look for another venue. all this started last week when spr pelosi suggested to the president that because of the shutdown and security concerol, he off on delivering the address. for a time it appeared trump would still try to give the speech. the idea was fleeteoatedould select another venue. the address has been delayed fore. the last time was back in 1986 when president reagan postponed the speech after the challenger disaster. eun, back to you. >> corey smith, thank you. >>> the senate will vote on two bills to reope thegovernment. the future remains unclear. there is growing support to at looebs find funding for the department of homeland security. five former homeland security secretaries signed a letter requesting congress and the president do

jane: they havto deal with the esident tweeting. mr.ie: they do, but tweets are one thing, actions of -- are another. for instance, we had statements on syria from the president about a quick withdrawal. then we had consultations with the national sanurity advisor secretary of state and that has been slowed down. i urge everybody not only at , home, but around the wor not just examine the tweets -- can't ignore them -- but examine the actions. jane: ok, let's talk about thect tweets and thens. we have just come out of the longest shutdown in u.s. history. negotiations are now underway that will hopefully avoid another one, but just th morning donald trump has been tweeting that the wall is getting done one way or another. is that any way to negotiate? does that worry you? mr. chriie: it doesn't worr me. i think the president has something thate wants, and i think the key to these negotiations are to find out what is that the democrats want. listen, i worked 8 years as a governor, republican, with the democratic legislature all eigye s.

. >> well, b that'ause he'd rather have a puppet as d esident in the uni states -- >> no puppet. you're the puppet. >> it's pretty clear, you won't admihe russian -- >> nbc's kristen welker has more from the white house. reporter: president tru gave his most direct denial yet. >> have you ever worked for russ? yes or n >> i never worked for russia and you know that answer better than anybod i never worked for russia. not only did i never work for russia, i think it's a disgrace that you even asked that question. because it's a whole big fat hoax. >> reporter: that, after he didn't directly deny he was a russian agent onox news. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. president? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. >> reporter: the president also pushing back against a "washington post" report he went to extraordinary lengths to h concealis conversations with russian president vladimir putin. now top democrats discussing whether they need to go so far asai subpo his interpreters' notes. >> subpoenas should be a last resort, not a first reso

trump's esidency, "the new york times" report that the 7 i opened an inquiry in 2 into whether or not mr. trump was working as a russian agent as presiden "the washington post" report that president trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal his conversations with russian president vladimir putin. the acknowledgment by the president's lawyer that someone on his campaign may have colluded with russia. >> i never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people he campaign. >> yes, you have. >> i have no idea. >> and then there's the upcoming teony of mr. trump's former long-time lawyer, michael cohen, to congress. >> now to this new bombshellrt re >> after a buzzfeed story claimed the special counsel hast evidence t mr. trump directed phen to lie to congress last summer aboutns for a trump tower in moscow, special counsel robert mueller issued a rare statement on friday night refuting thestory. quote, buzzfeed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's offic and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding mi

. >> reporter: there was also a report that president trump could meet with china's vice esident at the world economic forum in but the white house is not confirming trump's schedule of meetings just yet. we do know that trump will be there. the chinese will be there. we'll see if the two sides will sit down and talk. for b"nightlyiness report," i'm ylan mui. >>> oil prices are b creepingk towards $50 a barrel. saudi arabia plans to make shoe cuts to its crude exports in n effort to push prices higher. lift have gotten a between the easing of trade and economic concerns so domestic crude settled up today about 1%. >>> eli lilly is pushing further into the cancer drug industry. the pharmaceutical company is buying loxo oncology for $8 billion in cash making this the second health care deal of the new year. both focused on cancer. lilly's ceo says it will help the company trese the dis globally. >> we'd like to grow our presence in oncology. g we haved set of medicines there, but we'd like to expand that because there's so much exciting science for patients emerging in oncology. so many t

clears the .house it heads to the sena but under mitch mcconnell, the senate won't pass a bill the esident won't support. house democrats say they plan to ps legislation on thursday that would fund the federal government while denying the president the money he's demanded to build a border w democrats are basically challenging senate republicans and president trp, ring them to keep the government closed. kristen? >> and the fast-moving developments continue t of washington. jeff, thank you for that. >>> as this shutdown on, we're seeing the real life impacts all over the country with many national park rangers on furlough, some of america's greatest natural wonders are overflowing with trash and forced to shut down. nbc's morganchesky has more. >> reporter: at joshua tree national park, the desert views now compete with a nasty reality. >> cigar wrappers, tinfoil. i can stay here for about three hours and clean this up. >> reporter: with staff on furlough, he volunteers up to six hours a day pulling ranger duty, trying to save a place that ved him. >> i came out here and started climbing.

what is the impact on the shutdown dynamic of speaker pelosi gently suggesting to th esident that hed postpone the state of the union address? josh: laura, it is a clear sign that democrats do't expect to ve a resolution to the partial government shutdown by january 29. they expect this to go on for quite some time. n ey don't have the security perhaps to have --me for the january 29 address. they decided to cancel it and ll the address. but it is showing how long this could last and how much of a staleme we are in. republicans are backing president trump, democrats are backing their leadership's proposals. no sign of compromise in the works. laura: we hear tt apparently 10 senators sign some letter today proposing the government the reopen while negotiations continue. does that go anywhere if mitch mcconnell, the sen leader, isn't going to bring anything to the floor? josh: it only matters if president trump is willing to endorse bipartisan compromise, and we have seen no sign from the white house that they are willing to play ball. you can have all the proposals in the world, but i

but we do know that one of the esident's closest allies, roger stone,n early campaign adviser, is nowpe saking out about his arrest last week. >> so that show of force whi cost the american taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars was designed to pick me as public enemy number one, like the og. i'm not el chapo, but they sent more men after bin laden. it's a gespo tactic. it really reeks. >> stone faces seven counts from a federal indictment making false statements to congress to a house committee, witness tampering, and obstruction. he is due in court tomorrow. >>gh all tracie potts joining us from d.c. this morning. you.y, as always, thank suspectmanhunt for a accused of a killing spree in louisiana has come to an end. niauthorities in vir announce the arrest of a 21-year-old man wanted for the murder of his parents and a young woman some say was his girlfriend, although her family strongly denies they were dating. the motive behind the klings remains a mystery. well go now to nbc's fammy leitne the latest. >> reporter: this is the man police believe led them on a multi-state manhun

. >> the message was, hang together to make sure we get the border security package the esident thinks and believes we need to secure the border. >> reporter: eight republins in the house breaking with the president. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: voting to reopen the treasury department and the irs today. as americans start to expect their tax refunds. and at least four republican senators are uneasy, urging the president to reon the government. and then argue about the wall. >>ndhe operations of the irs whether or not tax refunds go out don't ha anything to do with border security. >> reporter: senator lisa murkowski told reporters she confronted preside trump directly during the closed-door meeting. >> did any republicans ithat meeting tell you that they want you to pursue a different rategy, that they want you to reopen the government? >> we talked about -- a couple talked about -- yeah, a couple. talked about strategy. but they're with us all the way. >> reporter: so far the president still has his defenders. >> the president's resolute. >> i see no indication that he is falt

. >> reporter: tonight the g esident perhaps signalina longer shutdown, canceling his trip to davos, switzerland, still more that 10 days away. peter alexander, nbc news, mcallen, texas. >>> i'm jacob soboroff at the border. this iman obtned exclusively by nbc news shows how vulnerable president trump's wall could be. it's the result of a departmentf omeland security test ordered by this administration. eight prototypes were cr ted to help the president determine what kind of wall to bui. military and border patrol we tasked with breaching them using various tools. the president says his decision was a compromise. >> it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall. >> reporter: thisteel slat saw.otype sliced with critics of president trump's border policy say no barrier, including steel just like this, will do anything to solve the humanitarian or security crisis. before he headed here today the president disputed that and responded to nbc news' reporting. >> that's a wall that designed by previous administrations. >> reporter: while previous administrations did use the design

the tariffs truce between esident trump and xi expires march 1st. beijing could replace the made in china025 industrial strategy by then addressing washington's criticism and potentially stopping rising tariffs fromou hurti economic growth here. second expect more system stimuluss measu but targeted beige something wary of the dangerous of too much debt. china's economy has been slowing for reasons unrelated to the trade war like a governmen campaign toen rein in financial risk. and finally, investors will be able to buy for kmienz stocks. the government wants foreign money to come in china would lining the shanghai exchange to londs london and the s&p dow jones indices plans to add chinese shares to the global benchmark in september for nightly business report eunice yoon in beijing. >>> and joining us now to talk aout what may be in store for the econo the stock market in in new year beth alan bovino economist at and john is a strategist at lpl. >> happy new year. >> beth clearly the stock market in december was trying to tell us it expects a slow

venezuela -ocalating after president trump recognized 35-yearld opposition leader juan guaido as interim esident. he was out of sight today, possibly fearing arrest. now a long list of countes joining the u.s. supporting guaido. >> thiscratocratic government has done terrible things. we want venezuela to hava new start. >> reporter: russia is propping nt maduro, whose government has sent the economyfreefall. >> very hard situation. because we're very afrai we don't know what is going to be our near future. >> reporter: tonight venezuela's generals threw the support behind maduro, a major blow to the opposition. many of the rank and file troops support th country faces a growing crisis. lester? >> andrea mitchell in washington, thank you. >>> back home frightening new details of the mass shooting inside a florida bank that killed five wome the suspect making his first court appearance today, but his motive remai a mystery. our kerry sanders has more from florida tonight.>> eporter: today mass murder suspect zephen xaver facing a florida judge. >> the charges are five counts of homicide murder in

stone saying he will not testify against esident trump. >> there is no circumstance whatsoever under which i will bear false witness against the president, nor will i make up lies to ease the pressure on myself. my testimony -- >> reporter: surrounded by a crowd chanting "lock him up," that rationship is now facing its biggest test. peter alexander, nbc news. >>> we turn to the power struggle in venezuela where americans are on edge tonight as the country faces grave uncertainty in the threat of more protests and violence. lucy kafanov has late details. >>veeporter: after those mas protests calling for president nicolas maduro to go, venezuela's crisis is deepening. tonight nonessential american diplomats were seen heading for the airport inaracas. american citizens now warned to leave. although the embassy remains open. all this dividing much of the rld in a cold war-style showdown. the u.s. recognizing opposition leader juan guaido as interim htesident. >> every country oo recognize the venezuelan constitution, the demands of the venezuelan peoe. >> reporter: russia, china, and cub

. >> reporter: in a signe esident may be shifting his stance, what that wall looks like. >> so you have a concrete wall. that's what i do best. >> reporter: sounds differen it once did. >> i think we'll have to build a steel wall as opposed to a concrete wall. you coul it a steel fence. >> reporter: he says negotiations will continue this weekend with the paral utdown all but guaranteed to drag into next week. >> i'm proud to shut down the government chuck. er security, >> reporter: are you still proud to own this shutdow w l, you know, i appreciate the way you say that but once -- i'm very proud of doing what i'm doing. i don't call it a shutdown. i call it doing what you have to do for the benefit and for the safety of our country. you n call it the schumer or the pelosi or the trump shutdown, doesn't make any difference to me, just words. >> reporter: it's not words but dollars to the federal employees forced to stay home, still on the hook for mortgages or rent. >> hey, i've been a landlord for a long time. when you see there are ms, difficulties out there, the people are all good f

. >>> freshman camela harris is the latest democrat to run for esident in 2020. the california senator is the first african-american candidate to enter the race. her slogan is "for the people," she wants to reduce the high cost of living for the middle class and get medicaid for evan. >> let's do this if ourselves and our country. >> senator harris was in d.c. attending an mlk event at her al ma matter, howard unarersity. >> h university is one of the most important aspects of my life, and i is where i first ran. >> senator harris is critical of the president.in overtu the mayor's veto required support from two-thirds of the council. >>>lo we're fng two stories ove. o at wt is nt f theno al marine. >>> and out of paris, singer chris brown arrested. he's facing accusations of what we're learning about the tncident tha >>> welcome back. more legal problems for chris b brown. >> a woman filed a rape claim against him and two others. accused of aggravated rape and drug offenses but the prosecutors have note decided whether to file charges. he's been in trouble for ov

reasonable is not the word that esident trump has used with opponents so i think that we see him notn the public atmosphere saying i do respect this woman. li robert:beth, a big profile of senator mcconnell in the upcoming "new york times magazine speaking about the word reasonable. what happens around valentine's day when theresident again maybe starts toying with the idea of declaring a national emergency? ere is mcconnell? is mcconnell now the force the republicans -- >> mcconnell has to go to trump and jared kushner and say wehi can't do again. and i think -- i think that is what will happen here. i think -- as -- as we were n saying, this -- this can't happen again. there's actually talk that he would actually pass legislation now making it illegal for another government shutdown to happen. it's not goingpe to h and maybe in the next two weeks but i can see that coming. i just don't thi there's -- there's -- there's no political -- there's noolitical good that will come out of this for president trump to to this again. obert: let's say there's not another shutdown but an agreeme

translator after a meeting in esident told fox ns he would have no problem releasing the information. >> i would. i don't care. i mean, i had a conversation like every president does. we had a great conversation. i'm not keeping anything under wraps. i couldn't care less. >> all of this believed to be part of the mueller investigation now. jon karl at the white house. and jon, confirmation hearings are set to begin tomorrow for the president's attorney general nominee, william barr, and he'll surely be pressed on whether he'll protect the mueller investigation if he becomes a.g. >> reporter: absolutely. especially because barr, in the past, has been quite critical of the mueller investigation. but barr has released the opening statement that he intends to give to the committee, in which he vows he will not interfere with the mueller investigation, saying, quote, it's vitally important that the special counsel be allowed to complete his investigation. and david, he also says that it's important that both congress and the public be informed of the results of that investigation. >> all r

esid pr ote, i won big and he didn't. >>> republican dave brett has a new job as dean of liberty university business school, the nation's most high profile evangelical school. he scored one of the biggest upsets in political history when he defeated eric cantor in the 2014 republican primary eletion. brett lthe richmond area congressional seat last year to democrat abigail. >>> catholic bishops from the country begin a retreat in chicago. organizers say they will pray ver the sex abuse scandal plaguing the church, but won't lay out new policies. yesterday, the ap treports vatican blocked the bishops from doing so. earli this week, david culver spoke to a local man who says former washington archbishop sexually abused him for years. >> he told me that he was my pathw to god. and that i needed to trust him. >> the vatican is currently investigating allegations against james grine testified for that investigation. next month, bishops from around tld are scheduled to meet to address sex abuse allegations within the catholic church. >>> farm pseudocal companies are ringing in the new yearith hig

i would also testify honestly about any other matter of esidal in re a there's certainl conspiracy witha. >> reporter: ording to court papers he spoke about wikileaks future releases stolen by compurt systems by russian-backed hackers. stone denies he ever shared information about wikileaks with then-president trump in 2016. >> reporter: did you have any conversations with president trump about those wikileaks? >> i did not. >> reporter: and the dossier he called a total phoney con job by former british spy, christopher steel. the special counsel is seeking to ittermine if there was koordination between russian operatives and a trump campaign. stone faces seven counts of lying, obstruction and witne the indictment alenls stone communicated with someone only identified in court papers as person one about wikileaks. conspiracy theorist, jerome corsi, says he is person one and willing to testify against stone who is preparing to head to washington. >> thank you. >>> in the philippines today twin bombings at a catholic khaledthal killed 21 and wounded others. police suspect jihadists for th

esident inviting eight t lawmakers from both parties to the white house today. it's expected to be a briefing on the border wall. the president wants more money than democrats are willing to give. >> we are not giving up. we have to have border security and the wall is aig part of border security. >> reporter: it's been less about talk and more aboweets like this one from president trump. quote, border security and the wall thing and shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start h tenure as speaker. the response from pelosi thatsi the pnt has given democrats a great opportunity to show how we will g responsibly and quickly pass our plan to end the irresponsible trump shutdown.he tomorrow, democrats take control of the house, pelosi will make a move to reopen government. it's not expected to go anywhere in the senate, much let's get to the president's desk as democrats dare republicans to keep the government closed. both sides stuck with hundreds of thousands of federal workers visitorsthe middle and to national parks and monuments stuck with this. at joshua

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f fixer and attorney michael cohen is postponing testimony setor next month and he's blaming the esident. and citing verbal attacks on the cohen family from the president and his lawyer, rudy giuliani. the president has publicl implied that cohen'ser fan-law should be investigated. giuliani went further on sunday saying the father-in-law may have tieso organized crime. president trump denied threatening cohen and said cohen was in his words, again here, b threaten the truth. >>> after dozens of women and girls wereme f changing clothes in northern virginia dressing rooms today new charges have been brought against the suspect. news 4's megan fitsgerald is outside police headquarters. s >> reportece late december they've received some 300 calls identify wed them to an additional three more victims. >> today he's facing three news charrom four unlawful videotapings. two class one misdemeanors a one felony count. >> reporter: with those new charges comes the 39-year-old's latest mug shots. he was arrested again today after policeenay two w and a child were identified asct ims. he was a popu

happening today, castro is expected to launch his bid to become the nation's first hispanic esident. former obama-era cabinet member will announce his presidential plans in san antonio, where he once served as mayor. in an intervie he described himself as the anecdote to donald trump. this year is expected to include a diverse field o candidates to challenge president trump in 2020. castro's announcement will take place this morning at 10:00. >>> a new study finds more older americans shared fake news on cebook than any other age group during the 2016 presidential election. researchers found, on average, facebook users ages 65 or older tended to share more falseews stories. the study also found conservatives wereore likely to share false stories than liberals. older americans may find it harder to identify fake news on social media thabe others. >>> an update can hav you watching what you say. the tool is called live listen on the latest ios. this was for folks who were hearing impaired, but it makes it easier t eavesdrop on people. you can leave your phone in a room and walk up t 50

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esident trump has been blaming democrats for the shutdown and lately tweeted, quote, one thing has now been proven. the democrats do not care about the open borders and all of the gsime and drugs that the open border br the president said he would shut down tnt government uil he gets funding for that wall along the southern border. >>> new this morning, incoming republican senator mitt romney said the role of the president shapes the public character of the nation. romney says the on balance his conduct over the past y twors particularly his actions this month is evidence that the resident has not risen to the mantle of the office. romney will be sworn into officw tomo >>> well, today the new acting rts his secretary s first day on the job. patrick shanahan is a former boeing executive. president trump tweeted it will be great. he'll take on the pentagon's top job in a time of uncertainty. former secretary james mattis resigned last month after president trumpou aed he was pulling troops out of syria. >>> we learned news about a shooting in southeast d. a man has died at the hospital a

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. >> the congssioleand esident ump will only ysif ngdo southern border wall by then, he will let thehut down resume or declare a national emergency so he can tap military accounts for that funding. >>> and in mountainview about 200 employees at nasa ames center filled bags filled with groceries. even though the shut down may be over, workers doesn't know when they will receive their paychecks. >> it's very embarrassing and hard to go forward and say look i need some help. that's why i am here today. >> people probably won't get a paycheck until friday of the upcoming week. and so, the fact is you can't feed your children today with money that you get on friday. >> the second harvest food bankplans to hold more events in the coming days and weeks focusing on contract federal ems who not >>> meanwhile, some federal workers filed for unemployment benefits during the shut down. since they will now be paid for that time off, many may have to give some of that motorocess th anyone who get retroactive pay for the same period they claimed unemployment will have to send the money back to the

the other option is to not say anything at all and that's the strategy vice esident mike pence chose.n -- [ laughter ] look at how still he wing this meeting. he looks like a grandpa staring off in the distance while his children fight over whether to n put him insing home. [ laughter and applause ] i want to stay. i want to stay -- [ laughter ] every few minutes he'd shoot out of hishair and have a flash back to vietnam. they're in the trees! [ laughter ] look, he barely moved. is that the real mike pence or did he pull a ferris bueller and put a mannequin in hislace? [ laughter ] looks exactly likeat- during eeting the real mike pence was driving a ferrari to a cubs game and singing in a parade. [ laughter ] even nancy pelosi, who has been in professional politics for decades had to admit that arguing with trump in front of the tv cameras was one of the most surreal experiences of her career. and her description of the meeting kept gettinger. for example, she later described to her democratic colleagues what trump said in private once the cameras were off. he said at the e of the me

. >> reporter: does it make you feel funny when the esident talks about the fed, and talks about whatchairman powell should or shouldn't do and he's ing the wrong thing and knocking the stock market down? >> he wants to talk about his views about policy, and that'sso thing that i think it's what people expect of him. but i also went out, with the president's approval, and said that jay powell's job is 100% safe, you might recall a fe weeks ago. and it is, it is. >> reporter: yeah, no, no, i was going to ask you, if you could guarantee me now thathree months from now, he'll be there. i jay powell is 100% safe that the president has ention of firing jay powell. >> reporter: let's go on a couple of other topics. is the government shutoing to have a negative impact on the econom particularly if it drags on? ut workers are furloughed, and right now it's a5% of government workers are furloughed, which means that they are not aowed to go to work. but then when the shutdown ends, they go back to work and they get their back pay. a huge share of government workers were going to take vacation d

the house speaker directed her thoughts about the change to the esident himself. >> thank you for recognizing that it's inappropriate to have a state of the union address with people working hard, very hard to protect all of us in that room, and not getting paid for it. >> desjardins: pelos democrats are expected to present a new border securitypr osal tomorrow, with no wall funding. >> woodruff: and lisa and yamiche alcindor are joining me with the latest. lisa, we kw there was a meeting going on between the senate majority leader and the minority leader. what do we know has come of that? >> judy, this is an important moment. seems to me -- they did meet. atoreems to me that s lindsey graham speaking to the president and democrats is suggesting sething that will like this, permanent status for t.p.s. and daca recipients, different than the president'so offer, but alll money. the president's spokeperson saya the presidentts a down payment on his wall money. i came from walking with house speaker nancy pelosi. she said she wasn't sure what that meant and she's not sure if that is reasonable ag

congresswoman rashidia tlaib, said in fact on the day she was sworn into congress and said the esident needs to be impeached, added script language, some rofanity and what's the end game? >> i'm having flashbacks to 20 so when john bainer who delay demands for the craze investigations on obama, right, and then -- he would eventuall cave but would always try to buy time, buy time. look, here what i took away from this week. i thought it was interesting that they all rushed to the microphone to condemn the language rather than the sentiment and look what congresswoman tla con tlaib said. that's what's going to make tinnestibled in my mat we have impeachment hearings. i think nancy please dehold this off for a while, but i don't think she can forever stop this train. >> quickly, hakristen,does nancy pelosi do, she said it's not the language i would have used but nothing worse than what the president is saying? i don't think nancy pelosi thinks this is a wing issue for democrats right now because the mueller investigation isn't finished so you're certainly going to it be to hear these new

but we begin with kristen welker live at the white house with the pushback from the esident to hold his state of the union address. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: aaron and eun, good morning to both of you. that is right. as the urgency builds to end the shutdown. president trump seems determined give his state of the union address despite house speaker nancy peli asking himo reschedule it, due to what she called security concerns. those are concerns the white house has dismissed. this morning the white house says it is moving forward with the state of the union address next tuesday at the capitol as planned sending a letter to the house sergeant at arms asking for a dry run for the speech all comes as senate leaders search for an exit ramp for the shutdown in its fifthweek. mitch mcconnell scheduling a vote tomorrow on mr. trump's reopen theo government which would restore protections for three years for young, undocumented immigrants known as dreamers in exchange.7 for billion for a border wall. but democrats insist that's dead on arrival. the senate also set to vote tomorrow on

but our presentation to the esident was, mr. president, don't polerrize -- penalize 800,000 people or the country while we negotiate. we're prepared to neg. we will have discussions with you, but understand, we compromised very greatly, judy -- after all, these ell republican bills. these are not our bills. these are not our bills that we passed out of committee or on the floor of the house and the senate, that doesn't mean we didn't vote for them, we compromised, as is the legislative process. so the deals we're suggestingen the pressign are all products of the house and the senate, and the senate, frankly, has almo unanimously voted for all of these bills, not unanimously but almost unanimously. >> woodruff: but m hoyer, to e public, what it looks like is the president is saying, okay, i'd likeon $5 bilgive or take, for this boarpd. i'm willing to take less than that, buttimes are sayinge're not going to give you anything for the wall. so, to many in the public, this may look like the democrats are the ones who are not prepare

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it's h to do.e esident is -- i think the presid position is i'm more intt but if we wait to do that now, this government will be closed for a long time which ion't that wants. lindsey graham had the president caves in that's the end of -- you know, the base will band him and end of his presid why do you think the president can't lead the base to a why is this idea that -- i mean, he implication here is that essent shawn hannity, rush limbau and ann coulter have re sway over the president's base than the president? is that the implication >> i'v seen that. i woul make the argument the presid hasvore sway sean hannity and ann coulter than vice versa. you know i like lindsey graham. he's a good friend of mine from south carolina he's not as good of a politi as donald trum or else he'd be presid they both ran. the president is interested in resolv >> here's one thing that i didn't hear throughout our entire interview. what is it -- >> because you didn't ask. >> wha the president offering the democ what's off on their side? now i the president wants. i came up in the big eight as they c them