laura ingraham is standing by in the swamp, sewer known as washington, d.c. >> laura: okay, every time you come to me. we have a drinking game here in the studio? my name and the word sewer. i expect that from some of the people on the other networks, but i need you to keep thefr wod sewer away from my name. >> sean: i said laura ingraham coming to you from the sewer. i live in new york. new york has 15 rats for every person. >> laura: thank you, hannity, from the land of free health care, for illegal aliens that's going to further bankrupt the city. >> sean: theyth take all my money as it is. >> laura: great show. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. it was an amazing night last night for the president. it's the best he's had in some time. we're going to explore how the visuals of last night's shut down, that fight over the shutdown, might've given the president the upper hand.d. raymond arroyo is going to be here to reveal a few moreow important moments that i bet some of you might have missed. that's going to be in "seen and unseen." i have a question. who the heck leaked d

laura ingraham. >> laura: which of the democratic candidate scares me the most? okay. >> sean: some of them are pretty scary. >> laura: anyone who makes a paycheck should be scared. >> sean: you might have a favorite. go to hannity.com. >> laura: hannity, they are coming for your money. they might be trying to dress up with something cool for the moment, what they are coming for your money. >> sean: 70% tax rate, they will confiscate what you already pay taxes on. that is elizabeth warren's plan for aids. when the money you have in your pocket from the trauma recovery, the booming economy, guess what, they'll take it from you and spend it on stuff. >> sean: is called legalized stealing. >> laura: go for it, go vote democrat. great show, hannity. i am laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle" from musical this is a fox news alert. breaking out of houston, four police officers shot, two in critical condition, two suspects dead. natosha goggle joins us live on the scene. what can you tell us? >> laura, this came about because of a neighbor who tipped off sayin

laura ingraham is standing by. where are you? >> laura: i didn't even see you. how can i do the show in new york for two days and you can't walk five flights of stairs? i don't know what floor you're on. everyone thinks we hang out together. i never see tucker or you. >> sean: i spend an hour and 20 minutes in this building and i'm, boom, out of door. >> laura: i know. hannity comes in with jeans and a vapor pen, sorry. >> sean: i do, it's called the juul. >> laura: oh no, we're trying to get that, oh, no. >> sean: the daily mail literally ran frame by frame. >> laura: that was actually -- you have to take up smoking again, quit the vapor pen. >> sean: my son is dad that's really cool. my daughter is dad that's humiliating and embarrassing. >> laura: good to see you. i'm laura ingraham, this is the "ingraham angle" back in washington tonight. progressives gone wild! right off the bat that's the focus of tonight's angle. the 2020 election cycle has already begun. as the super stars of the democratic party are now more left wing than ever before. they're already t

hannity.com, let not your heart be troubled because laura ingraham is up next. >> laura: hannity villain of the day. i have to come up with my own. i think it was probably the mri machine. can i talk about me for a second? wait i want to talk about me. i was in an mri machine today. i have an ankle issue, a stress fracture from running. i'm in the mri machine and the guy is arranging the foot, don't move for 40 minutes, i was so tired, that i fell asleep. he had to wake me up, even with that sound it makes. >> sean: listen i'm too cloth claustrophobic. >> laura: i had love mri's, the only time i get to go to sleep. >> sean: a moment of peace, happiness. >> laura: that is a sad sad existence. great show the tonight. thanks so much. >> sean: prices of being apparent. >> laura: i'm laura ingraham, this is the "ingraham angle" from washington tonight. fresh off a plea of not guilty as his arraignment today, roger stone will be here to respond to his critics and discuss his next steps. will he cooperate? and frank luntz has done hundreds of them but he says his latest focus group included one

let not your heart be troubled because laura ingraham is up next. >> laura: villain of the day, i have to come up with my own. i think it is probably the mra -- >> sean: i do this. 24. you did a good person of the day. >> laura: i was in an mri machine -- i have an ankle -- is not a big deal. it's a stress fracture from running. so i'm in the mri machine, and the guy is arranging it -- she's like, don't move, 40 minutes. and i am so tired that i fell asleep. he had to wake me up. even without a sound it makes. >> sean: i'm just claustrophobic. they tried to bite me in one of those things -- get me out of there! >> laura: i love mri sprayed is the only time i get to go to sleep. >> sean: a moment of peace and quiet and happiness. >> laura: a sad, sad existence. hannity, great show tonight. >> sean: life as a parent. >> laura: i'm laura ingraham and mrs. "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. we have another jam-packed trip for you, fresh off a plea of noy at his arraignment today, roger stone will be here to respond to his critics and discusses next apps. really cooperate? frank

laura. >> laura: hannity i love what whoopi said. don't you hate midtown manhattan now? it's all those lounge chairs of people in the summer throwing trasher where looking at themselves in the jumbo tron. it takes an hour to get four blocks. i love what she said. >> sean: they have these bikers. >> laura: it's ridiculous. >> sean: it's a 40 mile an hour zone. they ride in the middle of the street and you've got to follow them for hours sometimes. >> laura: no, no, no, it used to be you could flow down town, it was easy. bloomberg comes along it's like well i have a helicopter i can get anywhere i want, any time i want. the little people are going to have to walk or ride bikes like beijing, it's not going to work. >> sean: it's not going to work. it's dangerous, too. take it away. have a great show. >> laura: i'm laura ingraham, this is the "ingraham angle" from washington tonight. we're going to get into the angle in just a few minutes. it's about the court, no one else is talking about it. president trump beating speaker pelosi first at her the own game! well abruptly p

i mean let's be real, laura.know that listening to go you are on border patrol agents, the walls work. it reduces the amount of illegal crossings, what we're seeing right now are apprehensions up 81%. between the ports of entry. i mean that is dramatic. >> laura: the numbers to be the that the white house put out late this afternoon were staggering >>> staggering. >> laura: thousands and thousands and thousands of people just in the last month >>> and these something you letters are taking the family units, dropping them off in remote areas and our guys have to pick them up. president trump listens to the agents, he says this is about the safety of our communities, how many more angel moms do we have to meet? how many more of the families who have lost loved ones because of the illegal criminals coming in and taking the lives of americans? these are pre haven't able crimes and this is why we know the wall works, we know we need border security now, and the mere fact that democrats want to play politics with ameri

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ingraham is next, and we back here on monday. ♪ >> laura: i'm laura ingraham, and there's a "the ingrahamngle" tonight from washington. president trump is once again highlighting the real crisis at our border, and the need for a wall. as democrats show no sign of working with him or compromising. it to this end of getting the government back in operation. at least 25% of it. jorge ramos says the wall is a symbol of hate and racism. i will debate him exclusively in moments. then i'm going to talk to two people on the front lines of this crisis about the challenges they confront daily, the real. you have to check this out, this is a california tv station that says it was snubbed by cnn because of their honest reports on the border wall, meaning the kusi, and the reporter at the center of the controversy will join us exclusively without a story, cnn did respond. we will bring up story to you. plus, flying the family skies. it could get a little bit more expensive, as one airline is encouraging tipping, and while "the sopranos" turned 20, it's creative is revealing new details about the endin

laura, i have to hit the post, laura ingraham. >> laura: hannity do you know when i got you baby was released? and who wrote it? did sonny write it or did cher write it? >>> i know i'm the bridge between two generations of fox, i get, i'm the old guy, i've been here sins day old, but i'm not old and i don't care about cher. >> laura: they say our love won't pay the rent. then what's the next line? >>> i have no clue. do you think i listen to cher? do you think i listen to that? >> laura: it's iconic. before it's earned our money's all been spent. how do you not know this? what were you doing? >> sean: have you lost your mind? >> laura: i like mixing it up. mueller, mueller, mueller, show down, shut down, we have to focus on fun stuff every once in awhile. >> sean: tomorrow i'll bring you my five favorite all time anthem songs. it will surprise you. some are by liberals. >> laura: anthem songs? you are always, always big into the bang he wills, i remember, walking on sunshine. alright. that wasn't the bang he wills, that was bell linda carlyle, thank you very much. this is the "ingrah

laura ingraham tonight in dc. take it away. >> laura: which of the democrat candidates scares me the most? >> sean: yeah. >> laura: okay. anyone who makes a paycheck, okay, should be scared. >> sean: you might have a favorite. that's the whole point, go to hadn't did i.com. >> laura: hannity they're coming for your money. it's like the blob. they might be trying to dress up as something cool for the moment but they're coming for your money and your tax rate. >> sean: 70% and confiscate what you already pay taxes on. that's elisabeth warren's plan. >> laura: if you love the money in your pocket from the trump economy, the booming economy, they're going to take it. >> sean: legalized stealing >> laura: go for it. vote democrat. hannity great show as always. i'm laura ingraham and this is the "ingraham angle" from washington tonight. this is a fox news alert. breaking out of houston. four police officers shot, two in critical condition, two suspects dead. natasha geigel joins us live on the scene. what can you tell u

i've got it. >> sean: you are being mean. >> laura: i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. chris christie will be her life in the second half of the show. two segments. he's done a lot of interviews but he hasn't laid out how trump can win in 2020. and whether in fact he might just end up eventually having the rollback with president trump, either in that campaign or who knows, the white house. i'm going to press him. new segment on the show coming up. this is your country on liberalism. the frigid city of portland, maine, overrun, yes, by asylum-seekers. former governor of maine paul lepage was called racist over his concern about illegal immigration and the asylum issue when he was governor. he is here tonight to react and maybe say see i told you so. first, trump versus the party of democrats. that's the party of tonight's angle. democrats seem awfully cocky lately. since winning the house in november and forcing trump's hand on the shutdown, they feel like they are on a glide path to 2020. every other day it's a litany of sm

laura ingraham standing by. >> laura: why doesn't he go outside of nancy pelosi's napa valley estate right near her wall? in front of her wall. >> sean: we went to her district. lawrence did an amazing job, and wanted defined? so much homelessness, syringes everywhere. see 16 on the street. i hear liberals are only generous with other people's money. maybe she can fund the homeless shelter with showers and facilities for the people in her district. >> laura: no, no, hannity have got to say, we are at a point. petty, childish, and it is so transparently a political move. it's dumb. she should let him give the state of the union. she doesn't want to stand or applaud, that's fine. i find the whole thing to be another sad chapter in american politics. >> sean: to the president's credit, fighting, staying on principle, keeping promises. >> laura: of course he has to do that. i am talking about the democrats being petty. >> sean: what is she standing for here? no solutions, no help, no border security. not going to end well for the democratic party. >> laura: sean, great show. they so much

laura, let's be honest.en has been a bridesmaid in the presidential campaigns to more weddings than liz taylor larry king combined. and yet he's never quite made it. he and mitt romney both share the aspiration to be president without the likelihood that it will ever happen. >> laura: juan, going through some old clips of joe, not the gaffe because it is easy to do. something actually interesting, what he said last, i think it was last february if my memory serves me correct, about border enforcement and the wall. this made me almost like him. let's watch. >> if you had a wall that provided the security that wasn't just an absolute waste of money, meaning national technical means to protected and all these kids had a path to citizenship, i would be inclined to do that. >> you would give trump the political victory in order to get the dreamer deal done. >> i don't care about his political victory. it's not how i view politics. >> laura: listening to that, i think everyone forgot, i found that in the makeup ch

you find the stuff, laura? >> laura: my kids are still working on the fingerpainting.. >> shannon: keep us updated. thanks, laura. we begin with a fox news alert. we are going live to honduras where a new caravan is picking up steam, moving quickly and more than doubling in size overnight. the president says only a wall

laura ingraham -- -- >> laura: ucd, the judgment to do that? look better short-list than menendez. probably a violation of every rule -- monica, you get -- they are more serious about the government. they are living the high life in puerto rico. i'm glad they are helping the people of puerto rico, that hurricane was horrific. >> but when the president has been sitting in the snow in the oval office now for weeks wanting to talk to the democrats and broker a deal? what you see there, laura, basking in the sun and surf? that demonstrates the arrogance a party that knows they have no fear of any concrete consequences because they have the threat of support of the press. this points to the corruption of the media that protects the democratic party and their agenda. it also points to something bigger. they do not want to work with the trump administration or this president because they consider him fundamentally illegitimate. that's what the fbi stories are all about. that's what the russia hoax is all about. it continues to stay. while we are talki

laura, let me say this. i have to talk about the black israelites, we have to talk to -- code >> laura: they were part of a dynamic, scott. this is part of a dynamic. in the tape, people who were ricocheting around the internet last week when they were decrying these kids as racists, when you actually watch what happened, that is what started it all. it was screaming -- >> videos of them going back and forth. >> i put them in a separate bucket. >> laura: really? i think of the chants were going the other way, i think it would be treated very differently. if the kids were picking on -- one thing that i have to bring up is the media angle of all of this, and savannah guthrie -- i don't know her. i'm sure she's a nice person. but why on earth is there no desire to find out anything more about the guy who decides to paying a drum a couple inches away from a kids face? which i find itself a provocative act. that is his face. don't bang anything in front of anyone else. he would not like it, scott, and i wouldn't

>> laura: that is as snide comments. okay. >> if he only misspelled one thing, it would be petty. >> laura: do you really want to go there? spelling and grammar, do you really want to? i can go there. i can go three aoc's tweets, nancy pelosi. >> that's not your best argumen. >> a 70-plus old billionaire and she's the youngest person to ever be a member of congress. when we look at mistakes, like i said, we need to look at mistakes from the person who has the highest office in the land who regularly makes -- >> laura: you are making a point that i think reinforces what i was saying earlier in an odd way. i said you should take her seriously and i'm saying -- i don't think she's returning the favor to someone who's kind of worked her way up through the media. no one really gave me anything. i worked my tail off what i have. little snide, little comment about being a bigot. she's better. hold on, hold on. >> she kind of threw you under the bus with tucker. >> conservative women never sort of get their due. it's only libera

let not your heart be troubled because laura ingraham the standing by with a great show, laura. >> laura: hannity by the way it's a crisis to the families who lost their loved ones as it is every day. >> sean: how is that a manufactured crisis? >> laura: i don't know. >> sean: i thought we were concerned about separation. this is permanent separation. >> laura: how about women, spousal abuse? domestic abuse? all the horrific crimes against children? she is are actual violent criminals. not everybody but enough to be a crisis at our border and across the country, when it's one american or legal immigrant it's a part of our extended family. this is crazy. the president is absolutely the correct. >> sean: add the heroin to the list >> laura: bingo. great show. i'm laura ingraham this is the "ingraham angle." very busy washington tonight. the left electronic character assassination. that is exposed tonight and the focus of our angle. >> boy that was quick. a few days after we learned the truth about that incident at the lincoln memorial involving some pro life high schoolers a native america

laura, please. >> laura: why don't they just leave the door open? why? if they don't want people coming in? >> how many people are going to have to be stationed on that wall to make sure people aren't using ropes and ladders to get over it? that is what we should be asking right now, right? >> laura: >> by the way, it is f the wall. he actually has a comprehensive strategy, including -- >> laura: we have got to get to byron on this. it is a tricky deal. some of the polling we will put up on the screen as we talk, it is a clear plurality graphic -i think it is the morning console poll that came out today. can i see? i can't read it, it's a little hard to read. but it is a plurality of 42% who believe that the wall should be built. >> the big job tonight was to convince the american people that there really is a crisis. the president says there is a crisis, the democrats say no, there is not. the reason the administration says it a crisis is not because of the number of total people coming across the border has reason, it is actually down from it what it w

laura ingraham, standing by for the "ingraham angle," to take it away. ♪ >> laura: i'm laura ingrahamthis is the "ingraham angle" from washington, we have a truly important show for you. we will have the left and media enablers, discount discounting the crisis on the border, we're going to bring you to the border, real stories from real people who live there throughout the hour. but first, the casual cruelty of the left. that's the focus of tonight's "angle". oh, the democrats never trump if a nationalics going off the rails, my friends. earlier this week, we exposed their true motives during the partial government shutdown. they want to keep it going as long as possible for pure mitt cal gain, simple as that. the american people and the government workers be damned, trying to embarrass the president. so much for governing. it's pathetic. now, tonight, we take it a step further. tonight we'll systematically expose the tactics and methods of the democrats and media collaborators use to advance their extreme vaen. agenda. i call this edition the cruel hoax. >> president trump has hurled

laura ingraham is standing by with a great show. >> laura: it's a crisis to the families who lost our loved ones, as it is every day. >> sean: how is it a manufactured crisis? i thought we were concerned about separation. this is permanent separation. >> laura: how about the concern about women, spousal abuse, domestic abuse? the horrific crimes against children. these are actual violent criminals. not everybody but enough to be a crisis at our border. when it's want american or an illegal immigrant, it's part of our extended family. this is crazy. it's got to stop. >> sean: 90% of heroin, add that to the list. >> laura: bingo. i am laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" ." the left's electronic character assassination. that is exposed tonight and the focus of our angle. boy, that was quick. a few days after we learned the truth about the incident at the lincoln memorial involving some pro-life high schoolers, and native american activist, and a handful of hateful black supremacist, then media sure want to put it all in the rearview. >> the school, the diocese and the nearby sch

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan.helves are empty and peopin are sufferinenezuela as a political power struggle continues. we are inside the couny, where shortages are everywhere. >> ayes to the right, 317. nos to the left, 311. -- 301. iaura: britain's parlment wants the prime minister to renegotiate her brexit agreement with the eu, but european leaders say there will be no new deal. prime min. may: we will now take this mandate for what and seek to obtain legally binding changes to the withdra agreement. laura: apple scrambles to fix a facetime bug that allows eavesdropping even if you didn't pick up the phone. laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. venezuela's opposition leader renewed his call for fre elections and said that people are living in a dictatorship. juan guaidÓ declared himself interim leader last week amidts growing protgainst nicolas maduro following disputed elections last year. at least 40 people are believed te have died in recent violence, according t

it's not going to work. >> sean: honestly it's dangerous too. >> laura: i'm laura ingraham, this is "the ingraham angle" from washington, we are going to get into the angle in just a few minutes, no one else is talking about it but president trump beating speaker pelosi at her own game. abruptly pulling the plug on her overseas trip and then he blamed it on the shutdown and this coming just one day after pelosi made a pathetic attempt to delay the president's state of the union address. here is chief national correspondent ed henry. >> pelosi officially grounded shortly after a return trip to christmas vacation in mere hours before her air force jet. the latest skirmish between these two leaders as you noticed yesterday, she was trying to delay the president's state of the union address, the secretary of homeland security said did not exist but she used all kinds of government security for unofficial trip to the war zone in afghanistan as well as other stops, there's a dispute about whether egypt is included, the speaker will be spending taxpayer money on security, hotels, cars, meals

laura ingraham. >> laura: i'm back in new york? >> sean: that's what i heard. that's what the rumor is. >> laura: no, i'm not. now you're getting me confused. where are we? are we here in washington? >> sean: james, why did you tell me that? >> laura: oh, i love that. >> sean: now, don jr. is on your show tonight. he's in new york. my mistake. i humbly apologize for the terrible error of reporting. >> laura: you had a great show tonight, hannity. next time i may new york, i'm going to come find you. >> sean: well, you avoided me at all last week. >> laura: that was easy, actually. all right, hannity -- >> sean: you have me on one hand and then take it away in the other if you'd >> laura: this is laura ingraham on "the ingraham angle." don jr. will be here to react to the buzzfeed bombshell. first, the tail of the tape. that's the focus of tonight's angle. the left-wing smear and the never trump smear squad is added again. with this piece of video from friday. [yelling] >> laura: on a smattering of nasty trump resistors set out to destroy the lives of a group of

steel, american steel. >> laura: he has compromised. they are not to compromise. >> this is important because many people say you should see through it. customs and border patrol so you need to see through it. >> laura: i don't get it. >> they need to see what's on the other side. the president is listening to them. they're putting their lives on the line at the border. >> laura: personalized. our old friend ronald reagan

laura: u.s.lican senator lindsey graham, who is heading to turkey tonight, says s effect we han this movie before. what is happening in syria is what hap urging the administration to think again. how influential is his voice going to be? p.j.: it is a very compelling voice. wever, the reality is th donald trump trusts his instincts more than he trusts his government or national security team. i suspect the president will continue to purs the withdrawal. that withdrawal could become more elongated and allow for some sort of retaliatory strike by the united states and others to try to diminish the islamic state further. laura: t his defense secretary over this. his national security adviser seemed to slowalk the idea of withdrawing. have you ever seen anying like this with mixed messaging on such an important issue? p.j.: compelling mixed messaging. not only was the secretary of ate in the region with the message we are not leaving, but in the midst of his trip to -- the united stateswi begins to d

ron: good evening to you, laura.you have to look at this in two steps -- one, the legal ramindcations, two, the political ramifications. legally from reading those tdictments, i don't see any legal jeopardy f president at this time. this is all about roger stonema king comments to congress s about wikileakd the information he was seeking. i don't think that directly implicates the president. politically speaking, this is more of donald trump, the russia investigation, mueller on the headlines and the funds for this -- front lines for this administration, causing them a significant headache. wura: it is the burning question, ron, wld roger stone lie about his attempts to find out what wikileaks had on hillary clinton? ron: because roger stone is a well-known figure in this town of wanting to be an individual who is in the know. he loves bgging about his access, or lack thereof, and he loves tryinto be at the focal point of whatever politically is going on. here, simply put, i think he just lied. he embellished with th

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let not your heart be troubled, i hear she is back in new york, laura ingraham. >> laura: i'm back in new york? i didn't hear that. now you're getting me confused. where are we here? we are here in washington. >> james, why did you tell me she is in new york? don junior is on your show tonight, he is in new york. i humbly apologize for that terrible error in reporting. >> laura: you had a great show tonight, hannity. the next time aiming york on going to find you. >> giveth in one hand and take it away in the other. >> laura: donald trump moment we'll be here to react to the buzzfeed bombshell that kind of fizzled out in spectacular fashion. first, the tale of the tape. that is the focused of to make ingle. the left wing sweeter and then never trump smear squad is at i again. with this piece of video from friday . a smattering of nasty trump resistor set out to destroy the lives of kentucky high school students in march for life. they're from there from are gton catholic high end seen in the video reportedly confronting this activist at th lincoln memorial. they were immediately denou

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washiton, i am laura trevelyan.il and confusion in venezuela.e s. renews calls for embattled leader nicolas maduro to side, while russia is backing him to the hilt. the senate votes down twon proposals to rthe u.s. government as furloughed workers are about to miss the second paycheck. dueling er da vinci -- why italy and france are in a standoff over some of leonardo's eatest works 500 years a his death. laura: welcome to our viewers on evpublic tion in america and around the globe. the united states has doubled wn on its call for nicolas maduro to step aside and allow for a peaceful transition of power in venezuela. the u.s. secretary of state called mr. maduro's regime illegitimate.u. th, u.k., and leadingin countrieatin america have backed oppositiondoeader juan gÓ, who declared himself interim president. china and russia are suprorting mr. ma venezuela's economy is in freefall, which has led millions to leave the country. our north america editor jon sopel has this report. jon: last night in caracas, like lot o

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. the u.s.ognizes the head of venezuela's opposition as the country's interim president. the pressure and the protests e rising against president maduro. the standoff over the state ofth union. the speaker of the house callsff it they president fires back with talk of an alternative event. pres. trump: the state of the b union speech hn canceled t nancy pelosi because she does not want to hearhe truth. laura: plus, drawing on newt eeeas to ride e shutdown. s th his parents fling the fallout, one boylling his art to make ends meet. laura: welcome to our viewers on publ television in america and around the globe. tens of thousands of people took s todaystreets of cara in protest against the rule of president nicolas madu. in a move that only increased the pressure, president trump recognized oppositiochief juan guaidÓ as interim leader. the white house says the elections were flawed and mr.du is not the legitimate president. tensions have been building in venezuela for months. inflation is out of

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevely.g his case for a border llll -- president trump wi make a national address as the government shutdn reaches day 18. are affected. -- hundreds of thousands of workers are affected. appreciated,ore we wouldn't be held hostage for whatever everybody wants. laura: more flight trouble in dronek. after yet another scare. plus, cleaning up a big fat mess. how the u.k. is dealing with a rerd-setting fatberghat is clogging up the sewers. our viewers onto public television in the u.s. d also around the globe. we are just a few hos away from president trump making a primetime television address to the american people. white house officials say he will make his case for funding a wall with mexico to deal with what they call a crisis on the border. democrats will get airtime for their response. the standoff sparked the partial government shutdown, now in day 18. ndds of thousands of federal workers are not being paid and many are struggling, as aleem maqbool reports. aleem: with washington at a sta

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laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. the plane hours before takeoff -- the president cancels trip by democratic lawmakers to afghanistan. shutdown politics just got uglier. othe duedinburgh in a car crash, but walks away unharmed. we will have the latest on the 97-year-old's condition. e the big man for w york knicks fears reprisal from turkey. why enes kanter couldn't join his team to play abroad. laura: welcomeo our viewers on public television in the u.s. and around the globe. it is day 27 of e partial u.s. shutdown, and the political tone in washington has turned vindictive. house eaker nancy pelosi and other democratic lawmakers were due to leave for afghanistan. just as they were about too to the airport, the white house sent a letter saying the trip has been postponed. it goes on to say that "in light of the 800,000 great american workers not receiving pay, i'm sure you would agree thapo pong this public relations event is totally appropriate." the president then suggests that she can fly commercial if she so choo

laura: this is "bbc world news amica." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan.he new era of divided government begin. democrat nancy pelosi becomes speaker of the house, ready to battle for her beliefs. rep. pelosi: our nation is in an historic moment. two months ago the american people spoke and demanded a new dawn. laura: president trump ay wers backowing up in the briefing room to say he won't back down on his demd for the border wall. plus, landing on the far side of the moon -- china achieves a noor milestone, going where space mission has gone before. welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and around the globe. today a new era began in washinon, d.c. democrats took control of the house of representatives and they are ready to stand firm against esident trump. 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 hon

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laura: and i'm laura ingle. today's meeting coming after yesterday's white house meeting between president trump and congressional leaders ended in a stalemate with both president trump and democrats refusing to give ground. during a news conference in the rose garden after the meeting, the president held firm on his demand for a border wall, warning that he's ready to take drastic action if necessary. >> have you considered using emergency powers to grant yourself authorities to build this wall without congressional approval? and second -- >> yes, i have. >> you have? >> yes, i have. and i can do it if i want. >> so you don't need congressional approval? >> no, absolutely. we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely. no, we can do it. i haven't done it. i may do it. i may do it. but we can call a national emergency and build it very quickly, and it's another way of doing it. but if we can do it through a negotiated process, we're giving that a shot. >> so is that a threat