i was standing right there near them, waiting for my daughter who was at the top of the lincoln memorial the top of the more moral is a good 100 meters away -- memorial is a good 100 meters away from where nathan phillips wasn't even where the black israelites were. were justisraelites trying to offend anybody and everybody who came within here shot of them. so we expel them or deny them from our space at the indigenous people's march. they were trying to speak, but we said, no, just go over here. as long as you're not trying to exert violence or come into our space any more, we will leave you alone. so that is what we did. you have to realize the black israelites and the native people were at the bottom, the very bottom of the lincoln memorial. the maga group of kids were attending a different rally, of young menr so attending a rally to deny women the right to assert sovereignty over their own bodies. they were brought there by the covington catholic church. they were all donning their little maga swag hats. the truth is, they were roaming around for a long time. i don't know how many

. >> more than 250,0d people crowe steps of the lincoln memorial. coming up, hear from dr. king's son who spoke at the national cathedral yesterday. >>> in a few hours, large crowds will be back on the natial mall to honor dr. martin luther king jr. the annual wreath la ceremony is going to take place at 9:45 at the mlk memorial. and many places are planning service projects. >> a peace walk is planned to start at 9:00 this morning from the anostia metro station. then, at 11:00 a.m., the 38th martin luther king jr. parade. that will begin at the

the viral video does not reflect the true nature of events when the students arrived at the lincoln memorial video -- the kids faced taunting from a group of four black men who identify as members of the hebrew isrealites. sandmann says in part -- "when we arrived, we noticed four african american protesters who were also on the steps of the lincoln memorial," he said. "the protestors said hateful things." < "a bunch of incest babies. a bunch of babies made out of incest." > sandmann sandmann says the rhetoric was startling: in his statement he goes on to say -- "because we were being loudly attacked and taunted in public a student asked one of our teacher chaperones for permission to begin school spirit chants to counter the hateful things that were being shouted at our group." (grant) after seeing the initial viral video, the diocese that oversees the covington catholic high school in kentucky condemned the students' behavior toward native americans saying they would also investigate. the mayor of their city also condemned them. them.condemned also of their city the mayor of their city als

. >> reporter: the first angle of what unfolded on the steps of the lincoln memorial showed a native american elder, nathan phillips drumming and nick sandmann, a high school junior from covington high school catholic high school in kentucky inches away while sandmann's schoolmates chanted. it seems phillips was being treated disrespectfully. but within hours, more video surfaced. >> what the hell is you see is crackers make america great again. >> reporter: the kids had been taunted by a small group of pro vok tears kno s -- provocateu. they shouted over them with that they say are school cheers, dozens jumping up and down, which is when phillips walked towards the group of student, beating his drum, he says to calm the combustible situation. what did you do when america was tearing itself apart? you turn your head? you walk away? or did you go in there, into the midst of it and say this is wrong? that's what i did. >> reporter: while philips said he heard the kids taunt him and the diocese and school initially condemned the students, the other videos told a more complex story. acco

the confrontation at the lincoln memorial. makes sense you are upset about it. everybody is judging it through the lens of your own politics, and that's the problem. this is not about simply right and wrong, it's about what should be better. great debate, next. ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller transitions™ light under control™ transitions™ presents four new colors style colors by transitions™ >>> so the kid at the center of the maga hat controversy has spoken. >> as far as standing there, i had every right to do so. in hindsight i wish we could have washed away. >> the president used the situation, however, to his advantage, tweeting they have become symbols of fake news and how evil it can be. the president chose to take sides to divide. the question for him is why? the bigger question is what should happen here? good to have you on the show. first time. angela, how do you see what matters here? >> well, there are a number of sides to every story. people say there are two sides and then there's the truth and

, student nick sandmavideo does n the true nature of events when the students arrived at the lincoln memorialwhen we arrived, we noticed four african american protesters who were also on the steps of the lincoln memorial," he said. "the protestors said hateful things."indeed, a small group of black men who identify as "hebrew israelists" did say hateful things to seemingly everyone around them, including a priest.(nats)"that's make american great again. a bunch of child molesting (bleeped out.)"and the students.nats: "see how you got these pompous bastards coming down here in the middle of a native rally with they dirty ass hat on." when a black visitor tries to stand up against their rhetoric, he faces hate too. nats: "you got all these dirty ass crackers behind you with a red, with a red make america great hat again on. and your (bleep) you want to fight your brothers."at first the catholic students, there for the march for life are there in small numbers.but more and more show up, watching but not engaging.the small group of men continue taunting them. nats: "a bunch of incest babies. a bu

you were there at the lincoln memorial.hat was going through your mind as we watched all of that unfold? >> it was a very tense situation that lasted a long time, as you can see in the fully released video, showing the black israelites hurling derogatory remarks and expressing their extreme hate and bigotry to everyone around them. they tried to enter our space, the native american space, and we expelled them from that. let them express their voice where they were. the young kids, numbering between 60 and 100, obviously felt antagonized by that. native philips, one of our elders who was closing out the day's ceremonies, for a beautiful day where we brought our issues to washington, d.c., which includes missing and murdered indigenous women, which includes deconstructing racism in this country, and today on martin luther king's memorial, we remember that this country is founded upon very harsh concepts and precepts, such as slavery, genocide, and racism. we need to be truthful about what that means in this century. what we p

they mocked him on the steps of he lincoln memorial during an indigenous people's march.ew tonight, news4's darcy spencer spoke to the man targeted. darcy? >> reporter: that's right. nathan phillips was here outside the national shrine with a bunch of his supporters for a demonstration. they want the catholic church to be held accountable in this incident. he told me he was frightened when he was surroued by those teens. ♪ supporters held a rally in defense of this,m nathan phillips. ♪ he's the native shown in a video being harassed andeered by some catholic high school students wearing "make america great again" hats. ♪ phillips was singing and playing a drum at the indigenous peoples rally on friday near the lincoln memorial when it happened. others in the cro did not participate. it's unclear if everyone there was froml.that sch >> i was scared. i was afraid. no buts -- we have to stand strong. >> reporter: the video has gone viral, and the actions of the students who came to to for the march for life anti-abortion rally are being widely criticized. phillips is conside

this morning, new questions about the troubling incident at the foot of the lincoln memorial. a school investigating and promising action as some of those involved call for unity. new fallout and confusion this morning after this upsetting incident now going viral. a group of teenagers, some catholic high school students, seen wearing make america great again hats, appearing to face off with nathan phillips, a 65-year-old native american, as he pounds his drum near the lincoln memorial during an indigenous peoples march. >> i heard them saying, build that wall. build that wall. no. this is indigenous lands. we're not supposed to have walls here. we never did. >> reporter: videos of the encounter shared widely on social media. swift backlash against the behavior of those kentucky teens who traveled to washington this past friday on a school trip to attend the march for life. the diocese of covington catholic high school where some of the boys attend condemning their actions saying in a statement, this behavior is a posed to the church's teachings of dignity and respect. the mat

says the viral video does not reglekts the true nature of events when students arrived at the lincoln memorial. we noticed four african-american protesters who were also on the steps of the memorial he said, the protest toshs said hateful things. indeed a small group of black men who identify as hebrew israel it isra israelim israelite did say hateful things to everyone including a priest and the students. >> you have these pompous bastards come done here with their dirty ass hat on. >> reporter: a black visitor faces hate too. >> you have all these dirty ass crackers behind you with a red make america great hat again on and you want to fight your brother. >> reporter: at first the catholic students there for the march for life are still in small numbers, but more and more show up watching but not engaging. the small group of men continue taunting them he. >> a bunch of babies made out of incest. >> reporter: he says the rhetoric was startling because we were being loudly attacked and taubtded in public, a student asked one of our teacher chaperones for permission to begin school spirit chants

when we arrived we noticed four protesters who were also on the steps of the lincoln memorial.ateful things. indeed, a small group of black men who identify as hebrew israelites did say hateful things to seemingly everyone around them, including a priest. >> a bunch of child molester s. >> and the students. >> he comes here with a make america great again hat on. >> you got all these dirty ass crackers behind you with a red make america great hat again on and you want to fight your brother. >> reporter: again, the catholics there for the fight for life are still there, others watching but not engaging. a small group of men taunting them. >> a bunch of babies made out of incest! >> reporter: sandmann says the rhetoric was startling because we were being loudly attacked and taunted in public, a student asked one of our teacher's chaperones for permission to begin student chants to counter the hateful things that were being shouted at our group. and they do. at one point a student removed his shirt and the chants drown everything out. two minutes later you hear a drumbeat. that's

. >>> next to the viral video shot at the foot of the lincoln memorial. showing a native american man banging a drum in a crowd of teenage boys, some of them wearing make america great again hats. was it a confrontation? tonight, we zoom out from that video with what came before and after. erielle reshef with more to the story. >> reporter: tonight, new questions and confusion amid the fallout and fury over this now viral encounter. a group of students, some from a catholic school in kentucky, appearing to face off with 65-year-old native american veteran nathan phillips at the foot of the lincoln memorial friday. one of the boys seen here staring stoically at phillips as he beats his drum. phillips, part of an indigenous people's march. the students, on a school trip to washington, d.c., to attend the march for life. initial video of the incident spreading like wildfire. the students sustaining swift backlash. but longer videos posted online show much more of what happened before the exchange. both groups apparently riled up by a few self-described black

a few days after we learned the truth about that incident at the lincoln memorial involving some pro life high schoolers a native american activist and handful of black hateful, the media want to put it in the rearview. >> we will see what happens tomorrow but right now people here trying to come to grips with everything that happened and hopefully take a breath and move on. >> laura: well of course the school wants this over. they stupidly fell for that nefarious spin and jumped on their own students. by the way, the school still hasn't recan tract its initial statement of that condemnation. ditto for the diocese, which is shameful. the group i think that has the most to lose includes the bottom feeders from the info an want industry. they seized on this as an easy the opportunity to brand young trump supporters as racist. >> everyone that sees that something you look wants to punch that kid. they were like look at that face, i want to punch of that face. >> to surround an indigenes elder and chant build the wall kind of exposes that it has nothing to do with border security it's an

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this video taken at the lincoln memorial in d.c. on friday sparked a fierce backlash.nt in that maga hat is mocking the man as he chants and beats on a drum. but the student says this small snippet of video was unfair to him and his classmates. so we had cnn's sara sidner take a deep dive. >> reporter: the catholic high school student who comes face-to-face with a native american elder in a viral video is now responding. in a statement, student nick sandmann says the viral does not reflect the true nature of events when students arrived at the lincoln memorial. we noticed four african-american protesters also on the steps of the lincoln memorial, he said. the protesters said hateful things. indeed. a small group of black men who identify as hebrew israelites did say hateful things to seemingly everyone around them, including a priest. >> let's make america great again. a bunch of child molester [ bleep ]. >> and the students. >> you have these pompous bastards come down here in the middle of a rally with their dirty ass hat on. >> when a black visitors tries to stand u

on may 17, 1957, prorksly 25,000 people gathered at the lincoln memorial to demand an end to segura garings and to lobby for voting and civil rights for african-americans. monday is the martin luther king junior holiday and at 8:00 p.m. eastern we feature a time for freedom a. 1957 film documenting the event. here's a preview. >> harry belafonte. >> all my life i have firmly believed that as an artist and as a human being, i cannot isolate myself from the struggles of my people. that their victories are my victories and their defeats are my defeats. >> everywhere, people are talking about the pilgrimage. street rally in harlem. [music] >> the reverend martin luther king of montgomery, alabama, co-chairman of the prayer ilgrimage. congressman adam clayton powell of new york. borough president of manhattan. roy wilkins, executive secretary of naacp, co-chairman of the prayer pilgrimage. all riding that freedom train. ay 17, a friday. time off to come. left the children with grandma. got up early in the morning. ur church hired buses. listen to us. this is why we have come here. >> i'm going o

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 school closed today. we will see what happens tomorrow but right now people are trying to come to grips with everything that happened and hopefully take a breath and move on. >> laura: of course the school wants this over. they stupidly fell for that nefarious defamatory spin and jumped on their own students students. the school still hasn't retracted its initial statement of the condemnation. it did so for the diocese which is shameful. the group that i think has the most to lose includes the bottom feeders from the info entertainment industry. they seized on it as an easy opportunity to brand young trump supporters as racist. >> everyone who sees that smug look wants to punch that kid. look at that face. you want to punch the face. >> and indigenous elder, yelling build a wall exposes it has nothing to

demonstration started at the lincoln memorial and crowds marched from the national mall to the white house. demonstrators there also marched passed the trump hotel. >> because of racist ... >> hundreds in austin, texas gathered in the streets. the event was hosted by the texas reproductive rights rally and they opted not to march across the city. trump supporters showed up at the event and remained peaceful. >>> a fire in an east bay apartment buildingkilled. it broke out at the bayside apartments on sunny view drive at 4:40 this afternoon. firefighters say the building may not have had working sprinklers. we are going live to the scene with much more on the story. >>> that is right. good evening. i talked to a family tonight who said they are lucky to be alive. they say the fires started in the kitchen and it moved so quickly that they grabbed what they could and ran. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows how the smoke and flames engulfed the apartment. >> it started on the bottom one and kept growing to each floor. >> three units were involved. they live on the first floor and e

eastern the 1957 film "a time for freedom" documents the civil rights rally at the lincoln memorial. >> give us the ballot and we to the longer plea federal government for passage of an anti-lynching law. we will buy the power of our --write a lotaw in the statute books of the south. >> large c-span's the tv and american history tv this monday, martin luther king jr. day. susan: our guest on "newsmakers" this week is tim chapman. he took over the lead role of action for america, the advocacy arm of the think tank heritage foundation. we are pleased to welcome him. questions are scott wong for the hill and al weaver from the washington examiner. mr. chapman, i want to ask you to describe to people watching around the country what it is like in this town and how you would characterize the state of affairs in our national government. tim: it is discombobulating, it's a little bit tense. everything is high-stakes. i think the great frustration for myself and many people in the kind of conservative policy world is the politics are overwhelming the conversation about policy. we certainly a

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he finishes the day at the lincoln memorial. ♪ bill: i am bill miller, a senior at bellevue high.t's my first day back at school after the visit with uncle jim in washington, d.c., he is a congressman. i sure was popular that day, especially since there was a test coming up in civics class. you would've thought i was running a special review session, the way they asked all the questions. the gang could not wait to know what i saw in washington, and what i heard. i told them what happened when mr. miller goes to washington. here are the stories i told to them. uncle jim met me at union station as i got off my train. when i told them that my civics class wanted me to make a report, he walked my legs off showing me how the federal government works. we started out at the plaza in front of the station. the first thing he showed me from the station was capitol hill, the seat of our federal government. federal agencies are scattered all over the united states, but washington is the center of all national government activity. uncle jim felt we better start with a library of congress. it i

nathan phillips was beating his drum and walked up to the lincoln memorial, initially said he would not be willing to meet with students but now says he would visit the school for a dialogue on race and respecting diverse cultures. he was harassed and remains angry at the statement made concerning their face-to-face standoff where he said, quote, i believe by remaining emotionless and calm i was helping defuse the situation. i said a silent prayer the situation would not get out of hand. he was the one praying and he should accept accountability. tomorrow the teen will appear on the today show. >> from this experience you feel you owe anybody an apology? do you see your own fault in any way? >> as far standing there i had every right to do so. my position is -- i respect him. i would like to talk to him. >> social media reaction to that clip has been hard quoting you are running free image rehabilitation pr for rich right m aga kids. this quote, savanna, i will not watch today for the rest of the week because this person does not deserve to tell his story until he apologized to the pers

the viral video does not reflect the true nature of events when the students arrived at the lincoln memorial the video -- the kids faced taunting from a group of four black men who identify as members of the hebrew isrealites. sandmann says in part -- "when we arrived, we noticed four african american protesters who were also on the steps of the lincoln memorial," he said. "the protestors said hateful things." < "a bunch of incest babies. a bunch of babies made out of incest." > sandmann says the rhetoric was says the sandmann says the rhetoric was startling: in his statement he goes on to say -were being loudly attacked and taunted in public a student asked one of our teacher chaperones for permission to begin school spirit chants to counter the hateful things that were being shouted at our group." after seeing the initial viral video, the diocese that video, the diocese that oversees the covington catholic high school in kentucky condemned the students' behavior... but now a new video is adding some context to a sensitive situation. (pam) police (pam) police investigating four recent killi

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the viral video does not reflect the true nature of events when the students arrived at the lincoln memorialin the video - memorial. in the video -- the kids faced taunting from a group of four black men who identify as members of the hebrew isrealites. sandmann says in part -- "when we arrived, we noticed four african american protesters who were also on the steps of the lincoln memorial," he said. "the protestors said hateful things." now we are hearing from the chaperones on the trip... who say the teens did nothing wrong, they were the ones wrong, they did nothing wrong, they were the ones getting bullied from the other groups. (grant) other (grant)was horrible.>(grant) other parents in attendance agree and say the boys did nothing... they started no violence, they did not attack anyone, they were simply waiting for their bus. sandmann says the rhetoric was startling: in his statement he goes on to say -- "because we were being loudly attacked and taunted in public a student asked one of our teacher chaperones for permission to begin school spirit chants to

families enjoyed walking p the steps to the lincoln memorial again.ational park service workers say they are just glad to be back at. wo >>> lawmakers now have just three weeks to strike a deal to avoid another shutdown. >>> the debate remains the same. president trump says hewa still s billions of dollars in funding for his border wall, and democrats don't want to give it him. on friday the president said once again he is consideringar deg a national emergency which would allow him to take the money and begin construction. he says he's committed to t defending nation despite what laws coness passes. several prominent voices in conservative media criticized the president for what they saw as caving to democrats, but the president's party is sticking by him. >> i watched speaker pelosi sit there and would not negotiate with anything, so i give president trump a lot of credit. he put themerican people before politics. >> the deadline to strike a new deal and avoid a second shutdown is february 15th. >>> despite the government being reopened, many furlou

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. >> at 8:00 eastern, the 1957 film documents the civil rights rally at the lincoln memorial. give us the power and we will no longer plead to the federal government for passage of an anti-lynching law. we will, by the power of our statuteght upon the books of the south and put an end to the perpetrators of violence. >> watch today, martin luther king jr. day. >> ♪ >> many people think the march sprung up overnight and was a one-off idea, but there had been a voting rights movement brewing in selma, alabama, since the 1930's. >> ♪ and many places throughout the south, african americans were denied the right to vote. not because it was not their constitutional right that because there were folks throughout the south in positions of power that did not want these folks to have the right to vote. that way, they could be considered second-class citizens. poll taxes and literacy tests were used to deter african americans from having the right to vote. taxes were prices you had to pay to get on the voting rolls. let's say i am making $60 a year but poll taxes are $1 a year. we might

. >>> on may 17th, 1957, approximately 25,000 people gathered at the lincoln memorial to demand an endsegregation and to lobby for voting and civil rights for african-americans. the prayer pilgrimage for freedom was organized to mark the third anniversary of the 1954 brown verse us board of education school desegregation decision and to condemn slow action by states and the federal government in complying with the supreme court ruling. next on "reel america," "a time for freedom," a 1957 film documenting the event. a. phillip randolph, martin luther king jr., and harry belafonte and rosa parks are some of the civil rights leaders you'll see in the next 30 minutes, courtesy of the library of congress. the film also includes scenes from the montgomery busboy cot, segregated areas in the south, and interviews with attendees. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm interested in my people becoming full citizens. because of my faith in god, i realize that for freedom, you must pay a great price. >> this prayer pilgrimage is the greatest demonstration on behalf of civil rights since the writing of the declaratio

king's speech at the lincoln memorial in 1963 and say, we have to judge people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. that,gest that because of we do not be policies that are race conscious because we ought to have policies that are race blind because that is what dr. king talked about. when you look at what dr. king talked about beyond that speech, that was about the dignity of humanity, about treating each other as equals, about respecting each other as a full human being and not seeing their color. dr. king also talked about a bill of rights for the disadvantaged. he talked about a national atonement for the sins of the past and government priorities and policies that would use the pollock -- use the power of government to help people climb to the middle class. this is how black people see dr. king. activistdr. king as an and somebody willing to challenge the power structures and push for policies that would create greater equality and not just leave it to the whim of individual agency. in some ways, black and white people admire dr. king but see we arefe

. >>> then, what president trump is saying about the teen at the center of the lincoln memorial standff. and the other encounter. were these young ladies hassled at the same gathering. >> i'm so tired already. >>> and, startling revelation. did jayme's accused kidnapper hold a family christmas party while she was held captive in the basement. >>> deborah: desperate federal workers selling personal items at pawnshops across the

. >> the teenager was part of a group accused of taunting a native american waraken at the lincoln memorialt tell the entire story. abc7 reporter arielle reshef has the story. >> reporter: fury over this viral encounter. a group of students from a catholic school in kentucky appearing to face-off with native american nathan phillips at the foot of the lincoln memorial friday. one of the boys seen here staring stoically at phillips as he beats his drum. the students on a school trip to washington, d.c. to attend the march for life. initial video of the incident spreading like wildfire. the student sustaining swift backlash. but longer videos posted online show much more of what happened before the exchange. both groups apparently riled up by a few self-described black israelites hurling slurs at the native americans and the teens. >> that's right. >> reporter: in the new footage, phillips seen approaching the crowd of boys as they chant their school letters. phillips telling the local o diffuse the tension by intervening and this clip purporting to show the member of the indigenous people's

. >> troubling seen many are calling racist played out yesterday on the steps of the lincoln memorialtudents harassing an older native american man, a vietnam veteran, end. >> shannon: a whole lot more to the stories. two big stories. the media accused of rushing to judgment in both cases, after new information came to light. so let's bring in near post op editor, and pulitzer prize-winning journalist, judy miller. great to have both of you with us. >> nice to be here, shannon. b3 let's start with the so-called buzzfeed bombshell. the special counsel made the very rare decision to come out and rebut what was being said. "the washington post" has a little bit more of an article that talks about making the decision to come forward. they say "after buzzfeed and published it story, they reviewed if there were any documents or witness interviews like those described, reaching out to those they thought might have a stake in the case, and they found none appear judy, what you make of this? >> i think that at the moment, the pressure is on buzzfeed to be more upfront. but on the other hand, r

mocking an elderly vietnam veteran, an american indian man and doing i in the shadow of the lincoln memorial had no inherent news of significance, it didn't mobilize troops or reopen the government but as a symbolic event it's hard to remember a moment more galvanizing in washington as they read their twitter feeds, the leaders of this country were in rare and solemn agreement. these teenage monsters, these remorseless thugs fromha our backward provinces are living examples of all that is rotten and immoral about america, that was the concessions on saturday. suddenly the story exploded, popped like an overfilled balloon animal. new footage emerged and it turns out the boys never attacked anyone. in fact they stood in place as others approached and harassed them. people did indeed scream racial epithets but it wasn't catholic kids from kentucky, watch. >> a bunch of child molesters! >> look at these [bleep]. >> a bunch of babies. a bunch of babies made out of incest. >> tucker: whatever it is you just saw on that tape it does not confirm what they were telling you one saturday on twitter, ju

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. >> reporter: the first angle of what unfolded on the steps of the lincoln memorial showed a native american elder and nteran, nathan philips, drumming and nick sandmann, a high school junior from iovington catholic high school in kentucky, inches away, while sandmann's schoolmates taunted. it seemed philips was being treated disrespectfully. but, within hours, more videos t rfaced. >> what the hell is you are seeing is crackers with a "make america great again" hat on. >> reporter: the kids from kentucky had been taunted by a small group of african-american provocateurs known as the black hebrew israelites. >> this is a bunch of future school shooters. >> reporter: the covington kids shouted over them with what they g y were "school cheers," dozens jumping up and down, which is when philips walked toward the group of students, beating his drum, he says, to calm a combustible situation. >> what did you do when america was tearing itself apart? did you turn your head? did you walk away? or did you go in there, into the midst of it, and say, "this is wrong"? that's what i did. >> repo

to visit, you canhe visit lincoln memorial.ark police patrolling the area aren't getting paid. we're into the third week of this government shutdown. 800,000 federal workersrl ghed or working without pay. as every day progresses, the concern is that the faltout is going pread. a new day of the government shutdown bringing new concerns about the impact on americans, especially those relyi on the federal government to get by. one of the programs in jeopardy, food stamps. nearly 39 million people u to feed their families, and it's quickly running out of funding. >> i won't bee to come in here and buy my groceries. >>areporter: the dent of housing and urban development, hud, also left rambling, asking landlords not to evict thousands of tenants covered by a now expired program in a letter obtained by "the washington post." >>> getting married? love birds in the nation's capil may have to put those wedding bells on hold aer the mayor's bureau that issues licenses in d.c. was closed. >> empty pockets of all personal effects. >> repor

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sparking outrage, high school students taunting a native american elder on the steps of the lincoln memorial and now we're hearing from the man in the tense face-off with that teen wearing the maga hat. >> extremely disturbing and we'll delve into that story this hour and next. welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world, live from atlanta, ga, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters. "cnn newsroom" starts now. >>> a forceful and unequivocal no from democrats to a white house proposal to end the longest government shutdown in u.s. history. >> that's right. in exchange for his border wall, president trump offered to temporarily lift the threat of deportation, a threat now hanging over 1 million undocumented immigrants. >> the plan includes $5.7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. this is not a 2,000 mile concrete structure from sea to sea. these are steel barriers in high priority locations. >> the top u.s. democrat house speaker nancy pelosi rejected the deal before it was even offered. she said the president was

video showing teenagers in make america greatgain hats taunting an elder on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the teens were from a catholic high school, that released at statemen saying tit is being investigated. phillips is a vietnam veteran. >>> someone placed racis ku klux klan fliers on the doors of homes and businesses in leesburg. it's not illegal and no specific households were targeted. some worked together to removed the flyers. >>> a wisconsin community came together to support 13-year-old jamycloss. she's the girl that was held in captivity for 88 days after her parents were murdered. her suspected kidnapper told police he saw her a at bus stop and knew he wanted to, quote, take her. she managed to escape two weeks ago and is staying with relatives.> >>e you ready for some football? the super bowl is set, folks. the new england patriots and the l.a. rams are heading to the big game. both teams secured their spots last night. and for the first time, the nfc and afc championship wgames. tht into overtime. this will be the patriots' fourth super bow appearance in five years. tom bra

when we arrived we noticed four african-american protesters also on the steps of the lincoln memorialotesters said hateful things. indeed, a small group of black men who identify as hebrew israel its did say hateful things, to seemingly everyone around them, including a priest. >> let's make america great again. a bunch of child molester [ bleep ]. >> you have these pompou pompous bastards come down here. >> when a black visitor tries to stand up against their rhetoric, he faces hate, too. >> you have all these dirty ass crackers behind you with a red make america great hat again on and you want to fight your brother. >> at first, the catholic students, there for the march for life, are still in small numbers, but more and more show up watching but not engaging. the small group of men continue taunting them. >> a bunch of incest babies. a bunch of babies made out of incest. >> sandman says the rhetoric was startling because we were being loudly attacked and taunted in public. a student asked one of our teacher chaperons for permission to begin school spirit chants to counter the hatef

a teen and native american elder at a stand off at the lincoln memorial.een explaining what he was trying to do. >>> an 11-year-old prodigy. >> he is an incoming freshman in college. that's not all, his major will stun you. >>> it was super sunday. the patriots and rams are headed to the super bowl. the rams game started with jimmy buffett dropped the mike. really. that's what's happening this monday, january 21st. >>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> look at this guy. victor oquendo all the way up from miami just in time for the frigid temperatures. >> i'm so happy to be here for single digit weather, leaving 70 degrees in miami. no, i'm excited to be here all week. >> thank you, victor. glad we could welcome you with great weather. a pleasure to have you here, from florida. we begin with the winter weather that is gripping the country. >> this time lapse video of the 63 mile drive from massachusetts to connecticut, almost all interstate and not an inch of dry pavement. the entire northeast and much of the midwest were hammered this

so if you're in from out of town and you're at the lincoln memorial and you've got these guys who are racist homophobic anticatholic sentiment at you and it's not right, why on earth are you not taking these teenagers and moving them out of the way, moving them up the steps of the lincoln memorial which is a great view of the mall and a great view of a great president, or move off to the side where the buses will be waiting, which is very far away from where the black hebrew israelites were. but none of that happened. and so i want to know from the chaperones who were with those teenagers, where were they and why did they not remove them from a situation? thank goodness didn't escalate into something more tragic. >> well, there are a lot of questions that are yet to be fully answered. and i'm not saying you can't get a lawyer and you can't get a p.r. firm. >> correct. >> that may keep us from ever knowing fully the answers to those questions. jonathan capehart, thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> up next, the world is getting more prosperous, but much of the developed world is working