there is no guarantee the italian governmenent will not ty to prosecucute the boat anand te action against some of the crewmembers who are from various european countries. >> the -- promised a hostile environment for migrants. to what extent is he achieving his aim their? -- his aim there? andhe interior minister deputy prime minister, the head of the leak party -- of the league party sees this as mission accomplished. -- the hard-line on immimiation is t the reason we have s seen only 1 105 arrivals. hiss documentary -- his -- he says it is his hard-line on immigration that is making a difference. that puts him on a collision course with people like the president -- the french president emmanuelel macron who believes that the respect for human rights at sea and the right to disembark at the nearest port should be available to migrants. that of course is s something te italians feel is unfair. according to people like matteo's albini, needs to be shared with h other europepean countries. italy is not going to be allowing every migrant ship to dock without some agreement and support from ot

the church is opening its doors for a governmen shutdown relief market. there will be free foods. it runs from 2:00 to 6:00 tonight. lmolette green w be in the community to show us more about the relief market. >>> it's not just food that is being donated to some workers. some are getting fre entertainment, too. three localan composed of out of work federal workers, had a free conrt at the rock 'n' roll hotel last night. the show was calleded up. go to the nbc washington app and seardo sh. you'll find our coverage, including discounts and freebies for furloughed workers. >>> mike pence is defending his wife's decision to returno teaching at a school that bans guy employees and families. pence spoke with ewtn, a cable network, that offers news fro a catholic perspective. at an interview, he lashed out at the media for the criticism that second lady karen pence is receiving. >> major news organizations totacking christian education, is deeply offensivs.at religious edn broadly d. defi we celebrate it. the freedom of religious is enshrined in the the united states. the constitution p

he is working on a bill to make sure that contractors receive back pay wn the governmen reopens. >>> we'll have continuing coverage of day 17ehroughout morning. for information on how it checks out your tracks returns, check out the app. for ocrats are searching answers when it comes to the death of a child in u.s. custody. a small delegation is going to the camp where felipe alonzo died. the child later became ill a died on christmas eve. he was the second child to d in a three-week span. another girl died two days after she was taken to a detention center. >>> kevin space will appear in a massachusetts courtroom. he is facing charges of sexualu as of an 18-year-old. the incident allegedly happened in theme s of 2016. a former boston news anchor says that he claimed her son. spacey has several sexual misconduct claims. he was fired from "house of cards" in 2017. >>> a tip and a traffictop led to the arrest of the suspect who killed jazmine bars. officials say eric black jr. mitted to taking part in that shooting. investigators believe there's more susercts out th the little girl's f

she worked for the governmen for 11 years and has stage 2 cancer. her husband is a postal worker. with another friday inches closer without a paycheck, she hasec toe whether to continue her chemotherapy p or her rent. >> i'll be evicted. i have to go sta with friends or family or something. that's worst case. and that's next month. negotiate with my chemo, that has to so this chemo or the rent. chemo wins. >> h daughter's school is kind enough to let the family delay paying certain fees so they can focus o her healthcare. >> we're updating our app with resources for furloughed federal workers everyday. check the nbc washington app to find out where you can get help and where youan give help. search shutdown. >> breaking news now at 4:04, public schoolteachers in denver voted to go on strike. cory smith at the live disk. >> they voted overwhelming late last night to go on the strike. they want more money in their paycheck. going to show you veo of the meeting last night. the teachers union that authorized the strike is the denvch classroom teas association. it has about 3,500 membe

dlate night attempt to reopen the governmens not have the support of the president. today it's back to the drawing board. >> today we are looking a the bills that were passed and where this debe mayo next. we're looking now at a check on your commute. >> melissa is standing by with a look at your traffic but we have lauren starting us off with our friday forecast. >> hey, girl. it's a little cold outside. temperatures arebelow freezing in a lot of spots which is interesting because the last couple of mornings it's been fairly mil out there. 37 in the district but outside of the beltway, we have 20. we head toward 7:00, the sun coming up, about 7:30. so it's chilly until then. but it's dry until then. the a temperature going to top out once again right around 50 degrees. take aook at this. we are dry right now but a lot of moisture head up and into the mid-atlantic. that rain is moving in our area for later ontoday. so we'll time-out that rain and let you know what to expect as we head into the weekend coming up in a little bit. but let's talk about what you can expec

the trouble is in the british system governmenent always has a slightly stronger hand them parliamentparliament is fighting a guerrilla war t to try to maneur it self into a position where it can actually dicictate to o the government the road ahead. this road is very, very difficult because, as you said in yourr report, it does not lok as if there is a majority in parliament to any particular outcome. it may be they are going to reduce to o horror of horrors actually holding a second referendum. >> it is expected next week when parliament votes of the withdrawal plan that lawmakers will reject that. how does today's action fit into that? >> well, what in fact theresesa may has been trying to do for weeks is frightened members of parliament into voting for the deal she has agreed with the rest of the european union by saying the only alternative to this deal is crashingng out with no deal at all. and then all government sourcess and many other people hahave an underlying just how bad crashihg out would be. a normal's best enormous -- enormous cues at the border, airplanes not taking o

. >> let's talk about when we can do it at a time when governmen isopen. >> reporter: today the president finally responded. nancy, i amin still thi about the state of the union speech. there are so many options. he suggested she broke their deal. while a contract is a contract, i'll get back to you soon. after tomorrow's mlk holiday, senate majority leader mitch s mcconnels the senate will start voting on the trump propos proposal. they need several democrats to get on board and that is a major challenge. separately, house democrats will pursue a series of their own bills to reopen the government, including more money for border security but not for aorder wall. and tuesday night marks the next ayroll deadline with no solution, 800,000 federal workers would miss another check. kate? >>er busy week. kelly, thank you. >>> today marks 38 years since the end of the iran hostage crisis. nhe milestone comes as the u.s. and i are locked in yet another dispute, the latest one over the detention he in t u.s. of an american-born news anchor for iranian state tv. now iran is demanding her immediate

for a new governmen >> uncertainty remains the watch word in westminster and means investors, lawmakers, and ordinary british voterstill have more questions than they have answers about the 's immediate political future. nightly business report" from london. >> so how will all of these growth concerns around the globe impact the market and your investme inve welco back. good to see you again. >> thanks for having me. >> you've been worried about the global outlook for some time now and i would assume that this latest wrinkle with brexit only adds to those concerns. >> the global economy has been expected to slow, sue, whether it is by the oecd or world bank or the imf or most pundits are looking for slower global growth. the data we've seen come in the last month is even slower than that. and that's raised a number of coiterns. eems to be tied to the macro issues. you mention brexit and the protest in france that derailed plans there. there is concern about the italian budget that subsided for the time being but still have a impactonomic growth. there is the u.s. trice dispute lingers o

dlate night attempt to reopen the governmens not have the support of the president.y it's back to the drawing board. >> today we are looking a the bills that were passed and where this debe mayo next. we're looking now at a check on your commute. >> melissa is standing by with a look at your traffic but we have lauren starting us off with our friday forecast. >> hey, girl. it's a little cold outside. temperatures arebelow freezing in a lot of spots which is interesting because the last couple of mornings it's been fairly mil out there. 37 in the district but outside of the beltway, we have 20. we head toward 7:00, the sun coming up, about 7:30. so it's chilly until then.

i don't know i i say things are great in 2019 unless we have re lution on the governmen shutdown, brexit and the trade war with china. >> on that note, art, thank yo as always. art hogan with national >>> aelong sentiment today on wall street was china. that country's central bank jected a record $83 billion into the country's financial ov system, a designed to shore up liquidity in the world's second ecomy. it's aart of a wider stimulus plan which strategists say may also ilude tax cuts and an increase in government spending. separately, "the wall stre journal" is reporting that the justice department is pursuing a crimal case against huawei for alleged theft of trade secrets. >>> in the unitedm,king prime minister theresa may survived a no-confidence vote, but b not much, and it comes just a daf ter ukawkers rejected her brexit proposal in a historic paulmentary defeat. willem mx reports tonightrom london. >> reporter: theresa mayas now spent 918 days resident at street.10 downing that will soon become 919 after this evening'w nar political escape. >> the ayes to the right, 306. the no

stay with news4 and the nbc washington app for the latest thony governmen shutdown, search shutdown and you'll find stories and resources for those that are affected by it. > there areigns that another summit with north korea is in the secretary of state mike pompeo and north korea's top nuclear negotiator are expected to meet here in washington tomorrow to talk about it the ornegotiationor flew out -- negotiate ooe oor flew out of b today. >>> febook sayst removed hundreds of ruia-like russia-linked pages groups and accounts. company says they were part of two big disinformation operations on febook and instagram plfaforms. book had a cyber security that operated in countries in central and eastern europe and in ukraine. one networkad which more than 360 pages and accounts was link to employees at a russian state-run news site. and the people runni the accounts represented themselves as independent newsources and posted on topics like anti-nato sentiment. >>> the aclu says immigration officials held a u.s. marinera ve by mistake. he was born and raised in grand rapids, michigan and ser

the governmenent has drawn p to five degrees related for adoption after being vetted by the council of state. they include emergency customs measures protecting transport links safeguards on financial activities cross channel defense equipment deliveries and allowing british citizens to remain without a visa for a year after brexit. provided french in the u. k. can do the same. french parliament had already approved a special law earlier this week allowing for the government to impose emergency measures in case of a hard brags tha. added the additional specific measures will be launched in february aiming to protect frances fishing industry. expected to be hard hit by no deal scenario. for more onhis storory our guest is n bag professor at the european institute at the london school of economics thank you so much for speaking to a state -- on france twenty four at how much of a shock is brings it going to be for france or even have for the other countries in the eu. i think we should be clear that if it is this. much talked about no deal brexit is bad news for everybody. and the encour

and the expectation they will be paid when the governmen reopens whenever that is. but the workers are saying they cannot a without a paycheck or two. a transportation security officer, screeners at the airport their paycheck is expected on friday, but if the government remains closed they won't get a paycheck. this is profound impact across the country. hear from people affected coming up on nbc "nightly news." >>> we haew some information after a pedestrian is hit and killed in prince george police are telling news 4 they do not believe the victim was in a crosswalk. the 75-year-old was hit as sheo d new hampshire on sunday afternoon. police say the car did have a green light as i approached the intersection. the driver did say on the scene. son far has not b charged. >>> do you like that task ofin fi up the car at the gas station? if not, there's a new mobile fuel delivery service that wants your business. corey smith explains how this works and why not everybody is excited about it. >> reporter: if there's one thin she hates is going to the gas station. so a few

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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 slower growth economy in 2019. thinko you >> we do think i guess in agreement with the stock market. we do s - 2018 was a very good year. it was a nice reading probably close to 3%. we think it's slowing inab 2009o e trend looking at 2.3%. we're a bitore optimistic than markets are. but some of the drags that we see as a factor isne we expect to see that fiscal stimulus start to filter out of th

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i mean, this is the first -- iurp's first experience with divided governmen washington and his firstxperience as cheryl wrote this eek dealing with a really, really powerful woman. and you talked to any of the trump biographers, and they say this was -- this was very difficult for the president. because in the past, he's dealt with powerful women. he likes powerful women. but he's always been going around theo their more werful male boss and no male boss, nancy pelosi and a tough one for trump and also understands the legislative process more than he does. >> i think that's sig sficant. yo an experienced leader there and not going to blink. leader schumer was not going to blink. so they outmaneuvered the president and very new -- he thinks he can control washington. he is learning very divided government is like. but he does respect speaker pelosi. we're coming out of this five-week period and he hasn't branded her with a mean nickname. he -- there is something about -- respects -- ihink this relationship, we still don't know how it's going to end. we know that president trump likes

reality check to the president so he understanands tt his political stunt inin shuttig down the governmenent over the border wall has real-world consequences. trash like this -- diapers, brito rappers, coffee cups and more -- is building up. we represent national parks all over the country. amy: we are e joined by jonathan asher, government relations manager of conservation funding, the wilderness society. what is happening at the nation's parks? having me.u for i appreciate it. the national parks are kind of one of the main ways the public interacts with their government. it is from the parks to the national forest and local communities and right now i think we are seeing a lot of resource damage, a lot of unsafe conditions. we are really hoping that the president will move to reopen the government quickly and get our parks back in safe condition and really protecting our resources. amy: there have been, what, seven deaths and the national parks since the shutdown began? is this unusual? >> the parks are always a natural place. there can be risks. but i think some of the deaths are likely p

americans who are legitimately suffering because the republicans passed a bill to fend tund the governmen president trump says no. i won't fund it. >> do i think more drama works to his advantage? yes. do i think he planned it that way? no. i do have a lot of confidence the secret service would pull off a giant event even in the event of a shutdown. that i'm not as worried about. i do think they can handle that job even in the event. >> it's what you said. >> about the shutdown. period. >> this is about the president advocating his responsible to take the deal to put people back to work. you people, their families suffering, the economy is suffering, everybody is suffering because the president has a temper tantrum. >> i think everyone would agree no one wins in a shutdown. the people that were out of work, rely on their work and many people here in government that need the services of those who are out of work. the reality is republicans and democrats here in washington need to agree on two things. it is not about trump's big beautiful wall. it is about border security. to the degree the

the partial governmen shannon: i am shannon bream, the partial government shutdown is officially over for now, donald trump signed the temporary solution moments ago and there is no wall funding and it. there is chatter the pathway to citizenship could be on the table for dreamers and future negotiations. was an attack full move or did he pay? roger stone will be arraigned in a dc federal court next week, a whirlwind day beginning with the police raid in full assault gear busting into his house and we will tell you what these charges do and don't mean for the president. covington i school teen at the center of that viral video, nick sandman, his lawyer specializing libel and slander and is mourning the media lawsuits are coming. analysis you won't it anywhere else, we have michelle melton, fox nation host david webb and jason chaffetz. chad program with the inside scoop on capitol hill and what happens now to the state of the union address. we begin with kristin fisher with the latest now that the shutdown countdown has been reset. >> we been waiting 35 days to say this, the longest g

happens is you get a situation where mcconnell is blocking a vote on the house package to reopen the governmenernment. >> dana: because the president won't sign it. >> greg: that is a great point. >> dana: thank you. >> juan: the president on the white house saying they are going to bring back half of the irs agents. he's deciding which part of the government stay shut even as he declares the government -- a third of the government should be shot. >> greg: i lost interest in that part. i'm going to defend the caravan because you can't blame them, say, trying to go to california when he started offering incentives. hey, the tax payers are going to pay for your insurance. and if anyone happens to be a criminal, don't worry about it. we have ample sanctuary cities ready. we are putting our citizens at risk. hopefully if the people get here, they survive and vote democrat. the incentives are a huge problem. i'm wondering what the media's going to do about this incoming caravan because the initial caravan, they called it a humanitarian crisis. when president trump jumped in and said it was a humani

. >>> now to the governmen just hours away from an unbelievable record. the longest ever.ongress is out for the weekend an president trump is showing no signs of backing down from his baorder wall demands. erika gonzalez is live with what this means for federal workers. >> reporter: adding salt to an open wound of not getting paid hundreds of thousands of federal workers did get aay paycheck t for zero dollars. with many living paycheck-to-paycheck they are ing force today make difficult decisions. tomorrow morning the capital ar food bank is working to make groceries availableo those in need. they'll host five pop ups at giants, from 9:00 to noon. you neede to t your federal id or cttracting id. again, 9:00 to noon. lawmakers in the house did pass a measure tuantee back pay for furloughed employees. president trump saild he w sign that bill, adding, quote, when it's over. he says while he believes he has the right to do so he's notin decl a national emergency because in his words, quote, it's the easy wayout, end quote. it seems like we'll have to wait at least monday whe

it is spread by drug cartels that reach into the highest levels of the mexican governmen government,hat is not an exaggeration. the attorney general of the entire mexican state recently pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges, the governor on a state took bribes to let cartels operate freely, which they did. just the other day mexico's previous previous president was credibly accused at trial," by a witness taking $100 million bribe from al troppo. in effect, mexico is becoming a narco state, does not those stomach the most volatile country in the region, nicaragua is in severe trouble. el salvador are largely controlled by gangs, venezuela meanwhile is literally falling apart. a recent brookings institution report predicted, a total collapse of venezuela which could happen any day might create 8 million refugees, free perspective that more refugees in the entire syrian war. that is when it upended all of europe. something similar can easily happen here, to arsenate likely will. and yet, the position of democrats and the congress is that everything is fine and you are net if you d

day 21 of the governmen shutdown. it will be the day so many of your friends, neighbors, family members really feel the shutdown's effect. thousas of workers will not be paid today. some haven't been allowed to work since before christmas. >> others haveeen working this entire time but won't be paid today, either. frustrated furloughed workers took to the streets yesterday in protest. among them were machinist, treasury employees and contctors who haven't worked in three weeks. they gathered outside of the afl-cio headquarters and marched to the white house. the rallying cry, no paycheck, no peace. workers said they are feeling n'hopeless because it doeslook like republicans andemocrats will make a deal anytime soon. the president says if he doesn't receive the funding from congress, he will declare a national emergency. >>> if families are struggling to payor groceries, there is relief on the way. we'll tell you where to receive free food. justin finch is live in northwest washington with information about pop-up foo

. >> today's visit reaffirmed the fact that the federal governmen under the trump administration still has a long way to go in making sure that my migrants ar treated humanely. >> every life is precious, and you bet that every death is tragic. at the border and beyond the border. the fault lies with irresponsible parents who expos their children to this perilous journey and othat set was politicians who refuse to do their job and support a common sense enforcement agenda that the president has and is island the form that is beyond desperately needed. past year i have repeatedly urged the president to address this critical issue and not just the wall and major primetime address.nd >> thees president needs to address this from the oval and bthis should become a flashpoi now, not after the midterm. this is a crisis that must be addressed immediately. >> i've said this on air. think it's the government and immigration. those two issues have a top the list for the people. the government meaning working against the people and immigration. we have to address the country, lay it out. >> today,

. >> we're committed to supporting futoughed federal governmen workers throughout the day today and tomorrow. yes, we're going to let you know how you can help.s fedex i a big part of this effort here. at howard university along with whur radio and of course, the howard university students who are here. we've got football players, we ha studentleaders. and we have members of alpha kap a alpha chapter it's two days, today and tomorrow to collect as much food, nonperishable items as we furloughedort our federal government workers. i'm going to bring on debbie rvis with howard university and shawun prater to talk about this effort. earlier in the moing, howard university gave a big check, $2,000. because you know there is need. >> there's definitely need. that's why we're out here this morning. the $2,000 check is donation to capital area o food bank behalf of howard university, dr. wayne frederick, wh , everyone he at howard. we know that there's a need. this need is for our family. everybody is our family. we're happy to support. >> reporter: quickly, sean, i want you to give encouraging word

border and an absolute nonstarter for democrats, who vowed to stand until the president reopens the governmen government. >> we have a disagreement on the refusal of the president to open up the government. >> with the impasse now in 14 days and counting, the prospects of a quick solution seem considerably murky at best. >> it's very hard to see how progress will be made unless they open up the government. >> i think i can speak for republicans in the house and republicans in the senate. they feel very strongly about having a safe country, having a border that makes sense. without borders, i've said it many times, we don't have a country. i hope it does not go on even beyond a few more days. >> and the meetings, bret, continue to mile, both at 11:00 at 1:00, including the vice president mike pence as they try to end the impasse. of another quick note, senior administration officials are said to receive $10,000 annual raises beginning tomorrow, and while today the vice president said he would turn down his raise, the president said he would consider asking other senior officials to follow suit

interesting that they weren't just three marines that came from the same governmen divisioe marine corps, that division has a very telling model. the model is no better friend, no worse enemy. and i said that could be the bumper sticker for the trip administration. american leadership is back, if you wish to be your friend, we will stand by you if your enemy, watch out. when it comes to the threats or the nsf i will be very clear. we can deal with all the threats that we face we can contain i wrong, north korea seems to be going in the right direction, russia is a strategic threat, it's an antistate actor that wants to destabilize as many parts of the world's to expose benefit. but if you look at its demography, its economics this is a country that is losing 600,000 people a year of dying in russia than they are being born. this is a one horse town that runs on what, gas and oil exports, they are not a superpower as well as the soviet union. they can stabilize things but not a superpower. as such there is one strategic level state and that is china. china, your viewers don't have to take

i think it doesn't give you much hope for legislative action or on a path to open the governmen governmentg it on the chin and polls consistently show him down from december. and yet you don't even see urgent negotiations going on. >> bret: most responsible for the government shutdown, you are right, president trump's 51% in congress are 34%. that matches other polls, what describes the emergency problem in the shutdown? that gets the most attention from people in her latest poll. here are some of the frustration in the house and senate. >> i'm not saying that that is the right answer. i'm not saying that that is the best we can do. i'm not saying that that is for the conversation ends. i am asking my friends, what is the conversation began? >> this is the first time in history that i congress has ended in a government shutdown. that is what you left us with. >> we are looking weak to the rest of the world. we are looking foolish to the rest of the world. >> looking at some of these poll numbers is so interesting, the one that has 51% of the country blaming trump for the shutdown. consider

the president invites congressional leaders to the e as the governmen shutdown shechs into a 12th d .ocrats about to take power up y will vote ing t to reopen the government without one dime for the president's wall. who will blink first? >>> american arrested. a former u.s. marine being held in russia on espionage charges. his family distraught. >>here is no way paul is a spy. >> just ahead, what's really goingsn and i this high-profile russian new court documents in the arrest of a colorado man charged with killi his fiancee raised new questions about just what happened to the young mothe

the partial governmen shannon: i am shannon bream, the partial government shutdown is officially over donald trump signed the temporary solution moments ago and there is no wall funding and it. there is chatter the pathway to citizenship could be on the table for dreamers and future negotiations. was an attack full move or did he pay? roger stone will be arraigned in a dc federal court next week, a whirlwind day beginning with the police raid in full assault gear

office to make his case for building a wall on the border with mexico and for shutting down the governmen

to listen to what chuck schumer said after the president announced he will temporarily reopen the governmennment. >> i think he thought no one should ever underestimate the speaker as donald trump has learned but i also in addition to that and i think nancy would be the first, our democrats stayed totally unified. >> did that come off to you as if schumer was gloating about how the shutdown came to a temporary halt and are you concerned democrats may be declaring victory too soon. >> we should not declare victory only in the way that people are going to get their paychecks back but it's temporary and i think the speaker did a good job but we have to make sure when these three weeks are up that the government remains open and we can declare victory. >> i want to look at poll numbers. this no one from the "washington post" and abc is revealing how americans feel about the ongoing investigations that surround this president 46% saying the democrats will go too far with their investigations, half of americans lack confidence mueller's final report will be fair and even handed why are people ske

he was killed inside a saudi consulate in istanbul by people with close ties to the saudi governmen government. >> i can't stress enough how we met. he was hired as the editor and i visited him again on april 7, 2003 as american and coalition troops were occupying baghdad. jamal was the only saudi i net favor of the war. he thought that america could do for the arab what is they could not do for themselves which was to bring dem citi the region. he lasted i think three months at the newspaper the first time. one of the reasons he was fired is that he published a cartoon of a cleric wearing a suicide vest and instead of dynamite in the pockets there was fatwas. imagine doing that in saudi arabia at that time. he came back and was hired again and that lasted three years. it lasted all of 11 hours. he was forbid on the right or comment on television or even to tweet so in september, 2017, he fled saudi arabia. the circle of freedom was narrowing quick ly it was only two months later this wave of arrests began with hundreds of businessmen and reformers and clerics. fortunately jamal found a home i

david: government getting in involved in it, government, stay the heck out it's their fault, not governmenot saying there's a role for government, but this is my protection for the system of government will do. no more acquisition. they are going after the nerd robber barons. they are not going to let them buy another instagram. >> capri: you actually think the department of justice is going to do the job regard to antitrust? they have yet to do it for any other industry. >> melissa: government is never the answer. >> kennedy: free market is the answer! we can make fun of facebook as much as we want! speech and guess what, your information is out there and you can't get it back. must be in just a moment for veterans. ay va hn it lets you borrow up to 100 percent of your home's value. not just 80 percent like other loans. and that can mean a lot more money for you and your family. with our military service, veterans like us have earned a valuable va benefit. the right to apply for a va home loan. the newday va loan lets you refinance your mortgages, consolidate your credit card debt, put ca

gives them the benefit of the doubt and gives them rights to bring them up to the same level as the governmen government. the process we go through is there to ensure that justice is not arbitrary but done according to a set of rules. and the basic protection that we have is the rule that applies to one applies to all. that, at the end of the day, is what keeps us all free. that is the protection of individual freedom. to me, the rule of law is exactly that. that we don't allow special rules to go into effect for a particular individual. of rule has to be universalized. anything we do against a has to be universalized he crossed everyone similarly situated. that's our basic protection, and to me, that's what the of law is. >> i don't want to see a republican apartment of justice or a democratic department of justice. i don't want to see a republican fbi or democratic fbi. we should see, what the american people have a right to see any right to expect, is a department of justice that is committed to and faithful to the constitution and the laws regardless of political party. a corollary to tha

so they can very easily come forward with a proeposal that says om open tpen the governmen what we need is comprehensive, permanent daca and tps, a number of other things, and, you know, it's very hard to say that the president's come forward with good faith because this is the basic deal that they've come forward with twice and when democrats said yes, the president said, no, no, i've changed my mind. so it's incumbent upon the president, it's his shutdown, he said it was his shutdown. the election matters here, the american public spoke and said we don't want this wall, the democrats are going to zastand firm on the wall and it's up to the president to find a solution. >> the president ran on being a deal maker, the whole art of the deal thing. do republicans on capitol hill, does leadership think he actually is good at deal making? have they seen evidence of that? >> well, i think in this particular case he's trying to show that he can be good at it. i don't think he's been particularly good at it throughout the month of january and the way he's handled the shutdown. but the statemen

and senate, what we heard again and again is we will not negotiate until the president reopens the governmen government. this bill would reopen the government. >> chris: they are saying reopen the government first and then negotiate about border security and immigration. are you rejecting that? >> vice president pence: look, i think it was about a week and a half ago the president spoke to speaker pelosi and the situation room and said if i gave you everything you want, if i reopen the government and gave you 30 days to work with us on homeland security issues, to address the crisis on our southern border, would you give me border security and funding for a wall? she said no, so the president said to us let's go to rank-and-file members and since that time, or negotiation team has been sitting down talking to house democrats. we've been in contact with senate democrats and the president told us to listen and what the american people heard yesterday was statesmanship, was the president laying out a genuine compromise. even this morning. even this morning "the washington post" said make the de

you will find that as we look at the map more than 50 governmen governments. i was having coffee with a gentleman that works at the washington post yesterday, without further name, we were both off the record so you can pull my fingernails out i will not say who it was. he thought it was about 70 government. he is from the washington post after all as many as 17 governments have been determined that the elections were illegitimate and rejected the results and finally among international organizations in some way or another the oas, the european union, the group of seven, the group of 20 and the group of lima have all rejected those results. have we therefore passed the threshold of the first test and say mr. maduro as of yesterday he came to office under illegitimate circumstances i would say that we have. customary international law stays there is a second way that a government can be declared illegitimate. this is the adolf hitler model. this is to say a government or an individual who comes to power through democratic or constitutional means most historians

trump said he is ready to start negotiations because he says we need border security and furloughed governmen are looking to get their paychecks. >>> singer rickyartin is beginning the new year with a new addition to his family. he announced the arrival of his new daughter. the singer writes that the infant is beautiful and healthy and he says his husband and 10-year-old twin sons have completely fallen in love with her. now, for a quick look at the national forecast, we have a storm system that's moving off the et coast. it will mean lingering showers today. you can expect some light rain and snow aroun the great lakes and new england. the four corners region also seeing s snow this new year's day, while the west coast stays dry a cool. meanwhile, florida temperature in the 70s. here is a look at the national fore.st. stay tun >>> and for today we are starting off the new yr mild. . >>> rain showers mainly thursdao ing, most of friday day is looking dry with rain moving in friday night and then showers looking likely at times on saturday. saturday potentially a washouta ass go. thursday, fri

the president invites congressional leaders to the e as the governmen shutdown shechs into a 12th d . democrats about to take power up y will vote ing t to reopen the government without one dime for the president's wall. who will blink first? >>> american arrested. a former u.s. marine being held in russia on espionage charges. his family distraught. >>here is no way paul is a spy. >> just ahead, what's really goingsn and i this high-profile russian new court documents in the arrest of a colorado man charged with killi his fiancee raised new questions about just what happened to the young mother. was she the victim of a murder-for-hire plot r orobbery gone wrong? >>> a that, plus dangerous encounters. scary moments at a florida zoo when a toddler falls into the rhinoib exh. >>> going to pot. why new marijuana laws acrossut the of business. >>> and jackpot. just one winning ticket sold in last night'smi $42llion mega millionsg drawing makinr a very happy new year for someone today, wednesday, jan.ry 2nd, 2019nn >>ouncer: frombc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb l

wait times may be affected depending on the number of callouts, but many passengers t say governmen employees should not be pawns in a washington power struggle. >> a lot of people can't go that long without a check. >> especially when you don't know if you're going to be compensated for the work you're doing. you could be jobless next week. >> reporter: the questions many tsa officers are asking now, will they soon need food stamps or have to look for another job. >> i have to keep food in th kitchen, and i will have t make that call at some point. >>eporter: tsa says it's grateful to the employees who are showing up despite all of this drama in washington and uncertainty going forward. we also checked with the faa about air traffic controllers. they in theory would als be working without a paycheck. their next paycheck isn the 15th. the faa says so far its has no repo significant numbers of air traffic controllers calling out sick. >> we'll see ow this playsout. thank you. >>> a surprising twist in the shooting death of a 7-year-old xas girl. two suspects have been taken into custody. it ha

of renault andeo we heard from french governmen t officials.he government has the largest stake in the know. we don't have evidence in our hands to say carlos ghosn is guilty. we believe in innocent until proven guilty. in japan, you are guilty until proven innocent and that is the legal challenge carlos ghosn is facing. francine: stephen engle, thank you so much. he joins us from tokyo. keeping the conversation on the auto sector, still with us, lucy macdonald from euskaltel --allianz global investors. he was seen as a pillar figure in changing the way cars worked. lucy: i don't think it necessarily affects the auto sector. it is a fascinating story from the outside, but we can't really work out what is going on there. i think there are issues about corporate governance to be looked at, possibly, but the specific issue he has been fxrged with, the booking of related to his pay and a payment is impossible to tell from the outside, whether the governance was right. he said it was right. side, howat to one much impact it will have on the auto sec