By mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. On the one Year Anniversary of president Donald Trumps inauguration, the federal government is shut down. All but the most essential functions of government are being halted, but the senate and house of representatives are in session. With no clear end in sight. Mail will still be delivered; Social Security checks will still go out; the military will continue its missions around the world; some National Parks do remain open. But if the shutdown continues into monday, nearly 800,000 federal workers will be furloughed, including workers from almost every federal agency. This morning President Trump tweeted that, democrats wanted to give me a nice present and later said they are, holding our military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration. Earlier in the day the president spoke with Republican Leaders from the white house. The white house legislative director insisted that no negotiations on immigration issues could continue while the government is shut down. Were not going to be held hostage and let our troops be held hostage over this. When they reopen the government, well continue the discussions. Sreenivasan last night, with less than two hours before the midnight deadline, the senate voted on a package that had already passed the house of representatives. It would have kept the government open for another four weeks, extended the Childrens HealthInsurance Program for six years, and permanently repealed two health care taxes. But the bill did not include any immigration measures. Republicans fell ten votes short of the 60 needed. Five democrats joined with republicans to support the measure, and five republicans sided with democrats to vote against the resolution. Immediately, leaders from both parties blamed each other. In a statement just before the midnight deadline, White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders called the democrats obstructionist losers republicans are calling the shutdown the schumer shutdown after the Senate Minority leader, chuck schumer. The American People cannot begin to understand why the Senate Democratic leader thinks the entire government should be shut down until he gets his way on illegal immigration. Sreenivasan minority leader schumer called it the trump shutdown, and insisted that democrats were willing to compromise, including on funding for a wall on the border with mexico. Negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jello, its next to impossible. As soon as you take one step forward the hard right forces the president three steps back. Sreenivasan senator john mccain, who did not vote because he is being treated for brain cancer in arizona, blamed both sides in a statement for years, under both a republican and Democrat Controlled Congress and white house, partisanship has taken precedent over national security. For some analysis, i am joined from washington, d. C. By the newshours Lisa Desjardins. Lisa, we hear this idea of kind of a threeweek extension being kicked around capitol hill today. What does that mean . Yeah, i think thats the dominant plan right now. The idea would be to extend fund for most of government, the parts thats lapsed, for three weeks until february 8. Its something that both sides are interested in, hari, but the problem is democrats say they still want guarantees that there will be votes on the daca legislation that they think can pass the senate. They believe they have 60 votes for that legislation. Why it hasnt passed, they say, is because simply Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell wont bring it up. So theyre saying this is our one chance, we think, to get guarantees that daca legislation has a chance. They might like athleteweek deal, but they dont trust republicans. And in the last day, democrats say, the president s and paul ryan have rejected offers from democrats they thought were reasonable. Theyre not sure who they can trust. Sreenivasan so this trust issue has come partly in the context of a lot of finger pointing that happened yesterday. The republicans want to call this the schumer shutdown and schumer wants to call it the trump shutdown. Right, and i think thats a sign of where we are. I do not sense at all on capitol hill the urgency i think is required to end a shutdown. Instead, what you have is people trying to brand the shutdown, brand the blame, and instead you see both sides looking to their bases for support rather than talking about the very realworld effects that will start on monday, and then if theres a weeklong shutdown, then we will see even more effects because, hari, friday slaft time that federal workers will get a paycheck without government funds. So then we would see peoples Bank Accounts start to be funded almost one million federal workers would be furloughed and nearly every federal worker would be affected if paychecks lamed. Sreenivasan at this impasse right now, it doesnt seem like Mitch Mcconnell wants to move anywhere on immigration. It doesnt seem the white house says were not going to talk about immigration while the government is shut down. That is kind of supposed to be a line in the sand for democrats and progressives and liberals saying you cant move forward on this border wall funding without getting something here. Well, there are a lot of complicating factors here. One is the personalities involved. It is not clear to me what Mitch Mcconnell would like on immigration. But he would like to see dreamers protected. The issue as weve now seen the white house move in and reject immigration deals that Mitch Mcconnell was allowing to start be created. So i think the end game on that is very complicated and has to do as much with Republican Party divide as democrats versus republicans. Sreenivasan all right, Lisa Desjardins joining us from washington, d. C. Tonight. Thanks so much. My pleasure. One day after the inauguration, as President Trump was settling into the white house last year, women across the country took to the streets protesting the new president and his agenda. Today, women are marking that moment with a new round of protests, this time challenging what he has done in his first year and trying to stop his administration from turning more of that agenda into law. Newshour weekends Megan Thompson has more. cheers reporter thousands gathered this morning on manhattans Upper West Side for the second womens march on new york city. Katherine siemionko is one of the march organizers. Women demand equality and we are not going to stop using our voices until we get it. Reporter last years marches were one of the largest singleday demonstrations in u. S. History. Today, marchers are drawing attention to a variety of concerns. Climate change being denied. Corruption and dishonesty. Transgender people, l. G. B. T. People should be a protected class. Reporter for chaimaa cheref of brooklyn, the top issue is sexual violence, exposed recently by the metoo and times up movements. I think this is a very important time where we take back our bodies and our rights and show men why its not acceptable to touch us without permission and without consent. Reporter but cheref, an immigrant from algeria, also has concerns about too little diversity at the march. Whats lacking i lacking in e feminist movement currently is a lot of minority women. Reporter march organizers say theyve taken steps to make this years events more inclusive, including increasing diversity among the march leadership. Another big focus today voter registration. This year, activists say their focus is on the midterm elections. The theme here today is march into action, and organizers say their goal here and across the country is to register one million women to vote before november. New yorks march was one of around 250 events in the u. S. And around the world this weekend. In rome, hundreds gathered to show support for the movement. And here in the u. S. , protesters converged from cost to coast in los angeles, dallas, denver, and washington, d. C. This is our moment to stand tall, to fight back and to be heard reporter even though President Trump was often the target at todays protests, he did tweet get out there now to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and Wealth Creation that has taken place over the last 12 months. Lowest female unemployment in 18 years tomorrow in las vegas, the organizers of last years womens march in washington will hold a rally called power to the polls, the first of several events to mobilize women to vote and even run in elections this fall. Sreenivasan read more of our coverage of this weekends womens marches. Visit pbs. Org newshour. Seldom if ever has a president ial candidate split his own party in two in the run up to election day, but thats what donald trump did in 2016, spawning the famous hashtag never trump. Trump caused shockwaves throughout the campaign, as he dared to upset conventional conservative thinking on immigration, Foreign Policy, and even Party Loyalty itself. That was then. Special correspondent Jeff Greenfield tells us whats happening now with the socalled nevertrumpers in this report. And with George Mcgovern as president of the United States, we wouldnt have to have gestapo tactics in the streets of chicago reporter half a century ago, the liberal base of the Democratic Party tore itself apart over the war in vietnam, over race, over generational conflict. It was a political civil war that reshaped the party and its politics. Two years ago, it was the conservative establishment that found itself divided over the unlikeliest of president ial possibilities. The objections were that donald trump was not a conservative, was not reliable and had all sorts of characters and temperament issues that would make him a very risky bet, at best, in the general election. Reporter rich lowry edits the national review, the most venerable conservative publication in the country. As 2016 began, the magazine devoted an entire issue to the case against trump. More than 20 prominent conservatives assailed him on a variety of grounds. Former attorney general mike mukasey said he would imperil our national security. David mcintosh, who heads the club for growth, a prominent conservative organization, saw trumps views on immigration, trade, entitlements, as beyond the conservative pale. In the republican primaries, we thought there were other choices that were much better progrowth candidates. We had championed them in their senate races. And we had looked at Donald Trumps record as a businessman, and he sounded like a liberal. Reporter for others on the right, the doubts were more fundamental; those embracing trump, they said, were blinding themselves to the real issue not policy, but character. They have to ignore so much. Reporter Charlie Sykes was a longtime radio talk show host based in wisconsin and an influential voice on the right. They have to ignore the arrogance, the narcissism, the chronic lying, his personal corruption, the. The. The contempt for the rule of law. These are not matters of style. These are not matters of personality. These are fundamental issues. Reporter but it turned out these voices had little sway among rank and file conservatives whose votes enabled trump to capture the republican nomination. That left these antitrump conservatives with a difficult choice vote for trump or watch their sworn enemy take the white house. For talk show host and columnist hugh hewitt, who had urged trump to quit the race after the access hollywood tape, it came down to a few key issues the United States military and its adequacy, funding, preparedness, which i thought had deteriorated to such levels that we were in danger; and the United States supreme court, the latter being more important than anything else. Had secretary clinton become president clinton and filled that with, say, any of the judges who president obama appointed to the circuit courts or who were turned back, the constitution in my view would have been over. It would have become almost a parliamentary democracy, the majority vote of nine unelected justices. Reporter and then, exactly one year ago, the seemingly impossible became reality. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Reporter now, one year after the inauguration of a president who so deeply divided the right, whats the verdict . Unsurprisingly, its split. For some, particularly those focused on policy, theyve been impressed by a series of victories across a wide variety of fronts on judges, taxes, regulations. For others, especially those concerned about temperament and character, their fears have only deepened. I consider myself a leader of a movement with about three people, which is the occasionally trump movement. Reporter National Reviews lowry has warmed to trump over policies, less so over behavior. Hes governed much more as a conservative than i would have thought. So, hes let the gravitational pull of the party get him into a more conventional policy place. And i think, by and large, thats a good thing. And ive also been surprised he hasnt done more to moderate his behavior, or let. Not let us see his worst character flaws advertised in 140 or 280 characters every single morning. I thought he would keep a lid on that. Reporter the club for growths mcintosh has been won over by what the president has achieved. And because i think he believes the progrowth, limited Government Policies will be what makes America Great again, what builds the country. We didnt understand that when we were campaigning against him in the primary. Reporter as for the president s behavior, mcintosh chooses his words carefully. The other thing that he brought to the table that none. No one i think really understood is a completely different way of communicating to the American People. And that has led a lot of people to. To make these character assessments. Oh, we dont like the fact that he tweets. What hes done is move the political discussion into the 21st century. Reporter others, for whom never trump is a badge of honor, take no comfort from the policy victories. Jennifer rubin writes the right turn column for the washington post. There are people who said, you know what . For us conservatives, hes been a surprisingly effective producer of what we want to see. Conservatives are supposed to be about higher principles. Theyre supposed to be about the constitution, the rule of law, about equality before the law. And you cant on one hand say youre a principled constitutional conservative and then the other hand say, yeah, but if we can get, you know, these regulations ripped up, well, then, thats okay. That, to me, seems to be insincere. Theyre getting their tax cuts, theyre getting their regulatory reforms, but the price theyre paying watching the vulgarization of the culture, you know; watching the crudity of the president , you know; watching his attacks on democratic norms; thinking through the damage he might do to the culture these are. These are painful things for conservatives. Reporter do you think that this is somebody that conservatives can. Can rally behind . My overall view is, President Trump isnt a republican. He is most definitely not a conservative. But he is delivering on an agenda that is at least as conservative as reagans. And i trust that he will keep his promises to the conservative movement because hes in a Coalition Government with the Republican Party, and hes in partnership with mcconnell and paul ryan, and he delivers on the commitments he makes to them. I will put up with that. Reporter among some nay sayers, no area is more critical than Foreign Policy, where the judgment and temperament of a president can be a question, literally, of life and death. And its here where one conservative voice has grave doubts. Not starting world war iii is a really low bar for a president of the United States. Reporter eliot cohen is a political scientist who served as a state Department Counselor under george w. Bush. He says trumps conduct in Foreign Affairs is a clear danger. First, he set up a number of really potentially very dangerous Foreign Policy circumstances on the korean peninsula, in our relationship with mexico, in our relationship in. In the way weve dealt with free trade. And secondly, hes done a lot of longterm damage to american credibility, american reputation around the world the american ability to speak forthrightly on human rights, rule of law, those kinds of things. Reporter but arent the president s tweets essentially insignificant . The tweets are president ial pronouncements. Theyre insights into what the president is really like. And it is profoundly disturbing to see somebody who is so petty and teper. Temperamental and illinformed and vindictive and shallow as president of the United States. And there is longterm damage, i think, to the office and to our institutions by having somebody saying those things. Reporter and about those tweets, rich lowry has one simple solution. The first and the most important thing and the easiest thing to do, although it would never happen would be to hold a grand public ceremony and throw his phone into the potomac river. Reporter some in the never trump camp talk of new alliances, perhaps a new centrist movement. But for the moment, those on the right who oppose trump are fighting a clearrearguard action; more than threefourths of conservatives say they approve of the president s job performance. For now, at least, the onetime heretic has redefined what it means to be a conservative. Sreenivasan the tax reform law stands as President Trumps only major legislative accomplishment during his first year in office. But, he has been using executive orders to deliver on Campaign Promises and enact his political priorities. Mr. Trump signed 55 of them in 2017 making changes to the Affordable Care act, enhancing border security, sanctioning north korea just to name a few. As a candidate, trump accused president obama of relying on executive orders, because he couldnt get anybody to agree with him. Now the white house is bragging about the volume of executive orders with President Trumps signature. For some perspective, i am joined by alexis simendinger, National Political correspondent for the hill. Thanks for joining us. So lets put this in perspective. Is it about the volume of executive orders or the substance of what happens in them . Oh, definitely the substance. But politically speaking, what were watching is a president who came from the business community, came into the white house, began to realize that legislative action was much slower and more difficult than he imagined. But like his predecessors, he also came in with a whole folder full of executive action that he wanted to begin with to set the tone for his supporters and those who elected him to know that things were changing after president obama. Sreenivasan and how much of this is kind of the pen portion of this versus the eraser portion, i mean, undoing the obama administrations executive orders in some cases is policy in itself. Absolutely. And one of the things that President Trump has discovered is that while having republicans in the majority in the house and the senate may not have been easy for him to deal with legislation, they were very eager to work with him under the law to try to help him with his deregulatory effort or his executive actions. And so, weve seen them help him under the law, a law called the congressional review act, where they helped him sweep away president obamas some of his regulations. In fact, President Trump used that law more aggressively than we have seen since it was signed in 1996. And he was able to rescind 15 action that president obama had taken in the regulatory front. And the substance of what President Trump is trying to do, either through executive action or his deregulatory efforts, have shown results in ways that have really caught the publics attention, whether its what hes doing at the Environmental Protection agency, for instance, or whether hes doing something with the national monuments. The American Public has noticed that things have changed since president obama left. Sreenivasan and this is the kind of structural strength and weakness of the executive order versus legislative action. If you use it, it can be undone just as quickly. Indeed. And thats why president s often talk about their legacy being built legislatively, not through executive action. Its different if youre talking about a wartime president , like president bush, whom i covered. But in President Trumps case, he understands that and in fact he said he was going to go to school on how president obama had used executive actions so assertively. And hes trying to showcase to his supporters that every single day that hes president , as the chief executive, he is taking action to make good on promises he made. But as you point out, it only lives as long as hes president of the United States. And the minute we have another president , we watch them begin to rethink and rewind what their red cessors have done. Sreenivasan all right alexis simendinger, thank you very much. Thank you very much, hari. As many as four gunmen attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, afghanistan. It is still unclear how many people were injured or killed. An interior Ministry Spokesman told the bbc that special forces responded by killing two of the attackers. On thursday, the u. S. State department warned extremist groups might be planning to target hotels in kabul. Its official in three weeks, north and south korea will be marching and competing together at the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang. The International Olympic committee signed off on the show of solidarity today. Under the agreement, north korea will send 22 athletes to compete in the games, athletes from the two countries will take part in the opening ceremonies under a unified korean flag and womens hockey players from both countries will hit the ice as one combined team. I. O. C. President thomas bach credited the olympic spirit for bringing the two sides together. Music legend tom petty died of an accidental Drug Overdose according to family and the Los Angeles County medical examiner. Opioids, sedatives, and antidepressants were found in pettys system. He was battling pain from a broken hip and also suffered from Heart Disease and emphysema. Petty collapsed at his malibu home and died at u. C. L. A. Medical center in october shortly after completing a concert tour. Finally tonight, the f. B. I. Says it is investigating a person of interest in the las vegas shooting. Authorities maintain that gunman Stephen Paddock acted alone during the attack and this person of interest is not his girlfriend marilou danley. The f. B. I. Made the announcement as it released a preliminary report on the massacre. The report revealed investigators followed nearly 2,000 leads in the case, but it did not point to a possible motive. Clark county Sheriff Joe Lombardo did not reveal the name of the person of interest, but said charges could be brought within 60 days. To find out how the Government Shutdown could effect federal agencies, visit pbs. Org newshour. And please join us tomorrow online and on the broadcast for continuing coverage of the Government Shutdown. Thats all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. Im hari sreenivasan. Thanks for watching. Have a good night. Captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org pbs newshour weekend is made possible by bernard and irene schwartz. The cheryl and Philip Milstein family. 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