Economics. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the federal government may be just one day away from closing down, for lack of funds. With the house voting tonight on a spending bill, and Senate Support crumbling, the ultimate outcome is anything but clear. Lisa desjardins reports on how the day played out. Desjardins over the capitol, the gathering winds of a possible shutdown, because inside only one funding bill was on the table. And it was in trouble. The House Republican bill would Fund Government for a month, suspend several obamacare medical taxes for up to two years and, to woo votes, it would fund the popular Childrens Health insurance program, or chip, for six years. But that bill had problems in both parties. Republican members of the House Freedom caucus, as well as some senate republicans, said short term spending bills are too harmful for the military, and they threatened to vote no. President trump was at the pentagon today to underscore the g. O. P. s point. If for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. Desjardins democrats similarly threatened to vote no but because there is no deal on how to protect socalled daca kids those brought here illegally as children. One sure sign that a shutdown was closer the escalating blame game. Republican Speaker Paul Ryan pointed to democrats, especially on the other side of the capitol. If the Senate Democrats want to shut the government down, if the Senate Democrats want to deny funding for our troops, if the Senate Democrats want to stop chip funding for unrelated issues, thats a choice they would make. I dont think its a good choice for them to make, but that would desjardins House Democratic leader nancy pelosi pointed to republicans, saying theyve ignored daca and other non defense issues. If i had to say what the main hold up in all of this is, is the lack of willingness on the part of republicans in congress to support a domestic agenda increase as they support a military increase. This is like giving you a bowl of doggy doo, put a cherry on top and call it a chocolate sundae. This is nothing. Desjardins to this stormy divide, President Trump himself added even more turbulence. Initially seeming to tweet against the house funding bill, writing that chip should be part of a long Term Solution. One republican leader tweeted back to tell the president the chip portion of the bill was in fact a longterm deal. The white house later clarified the president supports the hou bill. Later, touring a business in pennsylvania, the president said democrats want a shutdown to undermine his success. I really believe the democrats want a shutdown to get off the tax cuts because theyve worked so well. Desjardins as for the chances of a shutdown. Well see what happens. Desjardins on the house floor by the afternoon, oklahomas tom cole made a plea to both parties to pass the one month bill. Facts do matter here. And the fact of the matter is anyone who votes no on this resolution is voting to shut down the government. Desjardins there are now just over 24 hours for lawmakers to work out a deal before some government functions, starting with some national parks, start to shut down. Woodruff we get a deeper look now at the Government Shutdown fight with lisa, joining us from capitol hill, and yamiche alcindor. Hello to both of i, lisa, im dizzy listening to all of this. Where does everything stand right now. We actually have breaking news, judy. Just minutes ago our capitol Hill Reporter was outside the meeting with the freedom kaw sus caucus and fall ryan, the conservative group leader, he says the speaker offered him a deal to add more for the Defense Department in this. They dont say what that is exactly but the Freedom Caucus chairman says he likes that deal. He will take it back to his conference. I think what this means is pass age of the shortterm spending bill has become much morally in the house tonight. But that is not the end game leer, there are still very Serious Problems in the senate. Lets look at the no votes we learned about today in a graphic. Republican no votes that we know of publicly lindsey graham, rand paul, mike rounds and we also think mike lee may in fact be a to vote just not stated yet. But there are democratic no votes, five democrats who voted yes in december, judy. They are all no votes now. Why does that matter . Because you figure out the math, and with john mccain absented, right now republicans need some 14 democrats in the senate to pass a shortterm spending bill. If those five democrats are a no, they dont have it. So this house bill is dead on arrival in the senate. If that is the only bill in town, that means we will have a shutdown. And i talked a little while ago to senator mike rounds, a republican, we will be playing that in a little bit on the program am but mean time yamiche, the other big player here is the president. How do you describe his role in all of this today . Historically president s are someone who are people who have helped broker deals. Theyve gone to visit the hill and talk to people, have personal relationships with lawmakers. That they could leverage into me sor deal nsmhis case President Trump has done the exact option. One he doesnt have the relationship wh lawmakers because he doesnt have a long history in politics but two there is this issue that he is seblly really throwing some bombs so there is this idea that this immigration comments continue to be something that is a cloud hanging over a lot of the things happening on the hill and even today, the cdc an others were talking about censoring him so the fact that the president is not helping this at all. Woodruff Congressional Black Caucus you are referring to. Yes. Woodruff so lisa whack does this mean over the incomes few days. There are two options, one is that there is a different bill that show springs out of the ground at capitol hill as they can do which might be a shorterterm funding bill maybe one to five or six days. Now senator cornyns office told me tday they are rejecting that idea. But thats today. Tomorrow is the deadline and there are some republican senators i talked to today that think that is what could happen. That is option 1. If there is not that kind of new shorter term bill, then we will have a shutdown beginning tomorrow night at midnight that will affect much of government including many of the offices here on capitol hill. After that the senate will take sort of a procedural vote on the house bill it will fail in the Early Morning of saturday. And from there, judy, honestly were not sure what happens next. There are many different talks and i think were still a little bit in limbo on. This i think expectations are that we very well could face a shutdown with a little bit of hope that something happens tomorrow to avoid it. Woodruff were all on the edge of our seats, yamiche, were already hearing about the blame game and we know democrats are saying it is the republicans. We heard that from nancy pelosi. But the president and republicans know theyre going to be blamed they will point finger as democrat, how will the president deal with that. The two things are going on. The president essentially is already fore shadowing the message he will have toward democrats. He visited the pentagon today and essentially said our military will be at risk if the government shuts down. And he said essentially we need the military more than ever. I think most reporters hear that as a wink to north korea and all the crises we have going. The other issue is i think that the president has really contradicted his staff. We go back to the idea, the role he is playing in these conversation, john kelly told people he is a on the wall. The staff is saying he is fully behind this thing and he is tweeting he is not a on the wall, and he also tweeting build this idea of a chip not wanting to be part of a longterm deal, there is an idea that the president is fore shadowing messageses and making it harder to reach a deal. Woodruff what about the democrats, how do they defend their role. They say republicans are in charge. They are the ones who run the house, senate ands who. Of course most americans know you need 60 votes in the senate. And i think that is the bottomline. We can see clearly what is happening here. Both parties are opposing a funding deal, both parties would be responsible for spending deal and it is your perspective on which you want to blame more. Woodruff we are all all eyes at this point and the American People have to be watching this with great interest or something else. Worried. A lot of anxiety. Woodruff yamiche, lisa, thank you both. Woodruff in the days other news, the Congressional Black Caucus called for censuring President Trump, over crude remarks about african nations and haiti. They said 130 House Democrats are supporting the resolution. The chair of the black caucus, cedric richmond, urged house Speaker Paul Ryan to allow a vote. The speaker should bring it up. Because if he doesnt then he is enabling and continuing to allow the president to perpetuate this hateful rhetoric. And were going to force this body to either associate themselves with the words of the president , or condemn him. Woodruff there was no immediate indication that republicans will allow a vote on the resolution. The death toll rose to 15 today, as the southern u. S. Tried to recover from a winter storm and deep freeze. In North Carolina, 2,000 trucks were out salting roads and plowing snow. Elsewhere, the problem was record cold. People in new orleans said theyve struggled to cope. Its crazy for us in the deep south because we dont have any, you know, anything thats prepared for this kind of weather, and our pipes are freezing. Yeah, its just, its just crazy. The sun feels good. Thats the redeeming thing right now. Woodruff city officials in new orleans asked people to stop using water, after widespread damage to pipes. Meanwhile, another powerful storm battered Northern Europe today. Officials reported at least seven deaths in three countries. Wind gusting to nearly 90 miles an hour blew down trees and flipped trucks. And, it forced germany to suspend longdistance train service. In the netherlands, the wind even blew people off bicycles as they tried to cross streets. Syria warned turkey today against attacking u. S. Backed Kurdish Forces in northwest syria. Turkey claims the kurdish fighters are linked to rebels inside turkey. But the Syrian Deputy Foreign minister said air defenses will shoot down turkish planes that enter syrian airspace. translated the presence of any Turkish Forces on syrian lands is totally rejected. We warn the turkish leadership that if they initiate combat operations, that will be considered an act of aggression by the turkish army. The syrian air defenses have restored their full force and they are ready to destroy turkish aviation targets. Woodruff meanwhile, turkey rejected assurances by secretary of state rex tillerson, that the u. S. Is not creating a Kurdish Security force in syria. Theres word that myanmars military is continuing assaults on rohingya muslims. That comes a day after neighboring bangladesh agreed to begin returning Rohingya Refugees to myanmar, next week. Refugees arriving in bangladesh today said their homes had been burned in recent attacks. More than 655,000 rohingya have fled there since august. In kazakhstan, at least 52 people died today when fire engulfed a bus. It was traveling through the northwestern part of the country, on a route often used by Migrant Workers heading to russia. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Back in this country, david and louise turpin, the california couple who allegedly imprisoned their 13 children, were formally charged with torture and other crimes. Thturpins had eir First Court Appearance this afternoon. The District Attorney accused them of severe, emotional, physical abuse. The victims were often not released from their chains to go to the bathroom. None of the victims have seen a doctor in more than four years, none of the victims have ever seen a dentist. The children were, when they were not chained up, locked in different rooms and fed very little on a schedule. Woodruff in addition to the other charges, david turpin is accused of performing a lewd act on a child. The senate gave final approval today to renewing fisa, the foreign intelligence collection program. It now goes to President Trump. Fisa focuses on targets abroad, but privacy advocates warn it also sweeps up americans calls and emails. Supporters say the program is crucial to national security. And, wall street backed off today after a record runup. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost nearly 98 points to close at 26,017. The nasdaq was down two points, and the s p 500 slipped four. Still to come on the newshour a former c. I. A. Officer arrested on suspicion of helping china. Usa gymnasts confront the man who abused them. Trumponomics, the president s influence on the nations economy, and much more. Woodruff we return to the Eleventh Hour race to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. This evening, i spoke with republican senator mike rounds of south dakota. A key question facing republicans will they support a short Term Solution if it passes the house . Senator mike rounds, thank you very much for joining us. If the house of representatives goes ahead and passes a shortterm spending measure tonight and it goes to the senate, are you prepared to vote for it . Not until we know whats in their proposal. If its a propoasessal that theyve offered earler which was until february 26th, then i think weve got a problem with it, just in terms of the impact that it has on the department of defense. Weve been asking for some assurances that the department of defense would be able to move forward with a contractual obligations, that they would be able to move forward with some of their readiness issues and their ability to actually repair some of their equipment using some funds that we have already appropriated for this next year but has not yet been adopted by the full snatd. So right now what were saying to our leadership is look, we want to get to yes on this. But until you can at least provide us some evidence that were doing the right thing for the department of defense, there are several of us that are no votes on the republican side. At the same time, if there is a shorterterm cr and i think there is a possibility of that as well, if that comes in, it is a little bit easier for us to provide leadership with an opportunity to try to get to a longerTerm Solution in terms of finishing out the also of the year with an omnibus bill which is what we are really after. Woodruff are you saying that if it is a shortterm measure, that they were to come back in just a few days rather than a month, that there might be the ability to get some of these things done that you and others would like to see get in there . I think so. And let me explain my logic on this. First of all i think there are a number of us who would like to keep the heat on for getting an omnibus completed which is basically using the new appropriations that were trying to fund. And also the new authorizizations that provides the department of defense and other agencies with more up to date information. Second of all f we do a shortterm, it means for the democrats, they may very well have an interest in or at least they may very well see it as an opportunity to work with e president of the United States in termsf putting together a final Border Security arrangement, including addressing the daca issues. For me it means the visas we need in south dakota for our businesses during the tourist seasons that we have already run out of. So there are a number of items that could be addressed if we do a shortterm. One of the reasons we talk about it is we have the state of the union coming up. And a lot of that would be great information to be able to provide in a real chance for the president to celebrate some victories. I guess my question is, is that sort of really shortterm possibility a real prospect here. Because i understand from Republican Leaders in the congress, theyre saying no, we are he not going to do that. And that is their position right now. They would like to do a 30 day. And we understand that. We are just not sure whether or not democrats would agree to that. And they really do control it in the senate, regardless of whether or not those of us who are defense hawks, whether or not we