the longer term fix, the suggestion is, according to lisa desjardins, that the president may be pushingidea that is not fully baked on capitol hill. >> woodruff: so separately, john, the president was asked about those well publicized allegations out there for the last week against movie mogul harvey weinstein's sexual assault allegations and then the question turned to the president's own situation, a problem that emerged during the campaign last year. >> specifically he was asked about a subpoena served on his campaign committee asking for documents about women who accused president trump during the campaign of sexual misconduct and, once again, he denied everything. >> all i can say is it's totally fake news. it's just fake. it's fake. it's madeup stuff and it's disgraceful what happens, but that happens in h the world of politics. >> mr. trump's lawyers are trying to have the suit dismissed. they argued a sitting president cannot face a civil suit. >> woodruff: finally, john, the president was asked why he has not spoken out publicly yet about u.s. special operation soldiers who wer

woodruff: here to breakdown the road ahead for immigration reform on capitol hill is our very own lisa desjardinssa, you spent today talking to your sources in congress. how are they interpreting this? >> interesting enough, judy, there are members of both parties who told me the same thing today. they interpret what the president said last night as the open soift what they heard from him last month. so what do you do? i heard from republicans who are trying to be positive, who want to repair the daca situation. they say they do think this is a negotiating position only, they think it might be an attempt by the president to move the debate to the right, they felt the democrats may have had an upper hand. others said we think this president in the end will sign anything we can pass. as for democrats, they say they're taking it seriously and site as undermining the deal they had with him last month. one member of congress said he is frustrated by how this happened and that it undermines other things like tax reform if the president will drop demands like this so suddenly. >> woodruff: given that, w

here to explain what's happening on the hill is our own lisa desjardins. lisa, let's begin our all ga-- alphabet soup with dhaka deferred action for childhood arrivals, today was the deadline for those that status would expire before the march 5th sunset to reapply, to renew, what is going on with the hill effort to try to put this into law? >> right, this is a lot to keap track of. first an update on how many applications have come in. now anyone under daca has until midnight tonight local time to get their paperwork in to one of three centers. and i'm told by citizenship and immigration stfers that some 36,000 people who are eligible have yet to reapply. so they've got a few hours to do that as of now. now as for congress, they're actually is some movement, believe it or not on this issue. there was a hearing yesterday in the senate in which notably two leaders from both parties, democrat dik durbin of illinois and john cornyn of texas seemed to indicate there is room for agreement. >> creating a legislative fix is the right thing to do. but there is a bi

. >> woodruff: our lisa desjardins joins us with more on what's in this deal and its prospects. first, what's in it? >> all right, let's go through it. it's a two-year deal to try to stabilize the healthcare market. first it would fund the cost sharing subsidies for two years the president announced last week he was not going to fund unless congress acted. it would also allow anyone in the individual market to buy a catastrophic plan, judy that's limited to people under 30 years of age. finally, it would streamline the waiver process for states so states. who like they had an exception or particular need could get waivers more quickly from the affordable care act. president trump who said he was going to end the csrs and wanted congress to act sails he supports this short-term. he wants repeal and replace long term. >> woodruff: catastrophic plans, what does that mean? when you talk about waivers, what does that mean and how would this change it? >> catastrophic plans are only available to people under 30 years old. they keep all the essential benefits that every other plan has

the end of november or even maybe the end of this month some people are hoping. >> all right, lisa desjardinsanks so much. >> sreenivasan: today in syria, forces trained and supported by the united states declared victory in the city of raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the islamic state. beginning in june, kurdish and arab fighters had fought a brutal house-by-house battle, backed up by punishing airstrikes launched by the american-led coalition. now that the battle is over, what's next for the war in syria-- and for isis? here's special correspondent nick schifrin. >> reporter: after four years of isis, this is liberation. kurdish fighters flashed "v" for victory, in what was the heart of isis' power. but from above, after four months of fighting, raqqa is ruined. in order to save the city, the u.s. destroyed it, says "times of london" reporter richard spencer, who was in raqqa this week. >> the whole city was completely empty. every single house or apartment block or shop or industrial unit had been basically knocked to the ground by airstrikes. the coalition air forces went through th

lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> reporter: the focus was supposed to be president trump's tripthe capitol to talk tax reform. instead, it was a day of individual republican senators publicly challenging the president and the way he conducts his office. it began with a twitter battle between tennessee senator bob corker and the president. corker, a member of the president's own party, at one point writing, "an utterly untruthful president." >> it's obvious his political model and governing model is to divide, and he has not risen to the occasion, it's very evident to me. >> reporter: republican senate leader mitch mcconnell tried to stress unity. >> if there's anything that unifies republicans, it's tax reforms. we've been working towards this for years, and not any of these other distractions that you all all may be interested in. >> reporter: the president left the lunch without speaking to reporters. minutes later: >> i rise to address a matter that has been very much on my mind... >> reporter: arizona republican jeff flake took to the senate podium to drop a bombshell. >> i

lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjardins: today indictments for former trump campaign chairmanl manafort and his deputy rick gates, for charges unrelated to the campaign, and a guilty plea from former trump advisor george papadolopoulous, which is related to campaign work. first, manafort and gates. both pleaded not guilty today in court. >> there is no evidence that mr manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> desjardins: the charges include, laundering millions of dollars, tax fraud, failing to register as foreign agents and conspiracy against the united states. all of that stemming from their work consulting for foreign politicians for the last decade. manafort of course is best known for his three months as the campaign chairman for donald trump. >> we presented the exact messaging we were trying to do. >> desjardins: those were pivotal months, manafort navigated trump's primary wins, the selection of mike pence as vice president and he oversaw last summer's convention. manafort was forced out shortly after that convention, following the releas

lisa desjardins explains. >> reporter: these new rules about contraception policy are long, 163 pagesad through it and there are two key points. one: this takes effect immediately. two: now, most employers can be exempted from providing birth control coverage for their workers, if they have either religious or moral objections. this is part of a pledge the president made to conservatives. >> for too long, the federal government has used the power of the state as a weapon against people of faith. >> reporter: under the affordable care act, contraception must be covered as preventive care, and must be no-cost to patients. more than 60 million american women ages 15 to 44 use contraception, and for them, obamacare has meant it is covered and free. it has also been a hot topic in court. the supreme court ruled in 2014 that hobby lobby and private, family or closely-owned businesses could also drop coverage, but did not rule on under today's rules, essentially all employers with objections can drop contraceptive coverage. for female employees, it would go from no-cost to full retail cost.

lisa desjardins has the story. >> reporter: from president trump and the white house, multiple statements24 hours left heads spinning on exactly where he stands on a bipartisan health care fix. first, positive words yesterday afternoon. >> and they're coming up, and they're fairly close to a short- term solution. >> reporter: then, last night at the conservative heritage foundation, a seeming rebuke. >> while i commend the bipartisan work done by senators alexander and murray--and i do commend it-- i continue to believe congress must find a solution to the obamacare mess instead of providing bailouts to insurance companies. >> reporter: he echoed the same concern this morning on twitter. democratic minority leader chuck schumer responded on the senate floor, saying the president is going back on his word and appears confused. >> the president ought to know what he is talking about. on this one, he has no idea what it's about. >> reporter: finally, this afternoon, white house press secretary sarah sanders said the president is opposed to the deal as it stands now. >> the bill is a step in

our correspondent lisa desjardins has more. >> desjardins: last month, u.s.er officials apprehended a 17-year old girl at the texas border, crossing from mexico. pregnant, she asked to get an abortion and obtained a court's permission. but due to a policy change by the trump administration, u.s. officials detaining her refuse to take her to her appointment. her abortion is currently on hold pending an appeals court hearing tomorrow. for more on this, we're joined by renuka rayasam. she covers healthcare for politico and joins us now from austin. thank you so much for joining us. this young woman known as jane doe, she's 15 weeks pregnant now. can you tell us more about her precise situation? >> sure. thank you for having me, lisa. this girl is from central america. she crossed the border into the u.s. in september, and had an initial health screening as all minors do when they cross the border and found out she was pregnant only when she arrived in the country. so she had an initial follow-up appointment today, the first time it was actually confirmed she was

our regular court watcher, marcia coyle will join lisa desjardins to breakdown the arguments. the case centers on a redistricting map in wisconsin, and that's where special correspondent jeff greenfield begins. >> reporter: the 2012 elections brought good news to wisconsin democrats. president obama carried the state for a second time, and the party won 174,000 more votes for the state assembly than republicans. but that did not mean democrats would control the state assembly. in fact, republicans wound up with 60 of the 99 seats. 61% of the seats after winning only 49% of the votes. was that because so many democrats were clustered in urban districts in madison and milwaukee? bill whitford didn't think so. the retired law professor and lifelong democrat believed the way the district lines were drawn had effectively rigged the election. >> the value that's clearly at stake is that majorities should rule. democrats got a majority in the statewide assembly vote and they got less than 40% of the seats in the assembly. i mean that made it very clear that we had no chance. >> repor

lisa desjardins has more. >> desjardins: thanks, hari.'s a lot to unpack this politics monday. we're joined by our regulars, amy walter of the "cook political report," and tamara keith of npr. and thank you for joining us. we start with the topic that obviously we've had to touch on before, a sad one, mass shootings again. we've been on this territory for before. but yet we still have the obligation to really check in with what our leaders are doing and saying, tam, what are the dynamics that play tonight for our leaders in washington when it comes to gun violence. >> tonight chris murphy of connecticut, the senator, democratic senator is giving a floor speech. he's given these floor speeches before. and he is talking about that in the floor speech saying that gun violence continues. he believes, he firmly believes that now is the time to have a conversation about gun control and he is really not satisfied by what his colleagues have been doing am meanwhile i was at the white house press briefing earlier today and it is very clear the whi