from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening and thank you for joining us. the partial government shuondown willnue until at least next thursday. lawmakers were back in the capital today, after failing to meet predent trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall and fund nine agencies. president trump postponed his holiday trip to mar-a-lago in flthida, and hosted a lunch staff and republican lawmakers. in a video posted on twitter last night, the presblamed democrats, despite saying a week ago that he would onoudly take rebility for a shutdown. the senate minoritleader, chuck schumer, met with vice president pence earlier this afternoon. on the senate floor today, schumer blamed the president for what he called the "trump shutdown" and said the wall was a non-starter. >> if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. >> thompson: for more on thesh down, washington post reporter damian paletta joins us now from washington, d.c. so, damien, you've been keeping your eye on all the developments in washington toda

hari sreenivasan recently spoke withroducer melanie saltzman and correspondent megan thompson to get some perspective and inght into some of their segments from 2018. >> sreenivasan: angan, melanie for joining us. let's start th a couple of different stories that you've worked on one that was fascinating was accessible fashion. >> every morning, christina malon picks out an outfit for her job at a marketing firm in new york. malin loves fashion and wants to look her best. but deciding what to wear isn't the biggest issue folast eight years slowly. both my arms and shoulders came paralyzed. they don't exactly know what i have. they think it's motor neuron disease most similar to a.l.s. >> when malin's muscles began to atrophy, her old clothes no longer fit or became too difficult for her to put on by herself. >> fashion is a way to express your soul and your personality so me being a fashionista since i was a child it was very difficult that i couldn't wear my remaining clothing because i felt like a part of my identity was dying. malon went online and looked at clothes designed for p