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Then the u. S. Punishes north korea for the sony cyber attack. Is it enough . Senator Robert Menendez on the new sanctions. And a new year a new gop congress. I had hoped to make hup a oneterm president and he hoped to defeat me last fall. Senator Mitch Mcconnell returns to washington as majority leader. He tells us what he has in mind for divided government. Plus two new members of the house join the senate responsible opreservinging the hard won republican majority. And a congressmans satirical novelty on the nsa surveillance program. How much of it is real isnt it this is state of the union...

What i want for everybody. Harris you are wearing a sweater vest. David blended wool, goodwill, never a sweater vest. Harris glad youre here. Meghan i certainly love the energy. David its a good day. Meghan its going to be a great show harris will begin with setting the tone in washington with a speech. President trump says he will offer an optimistic position and to speak to all americans as he lays out as agenda to all americans. His speech will provide more issues on obamacare and tax reform. The president is dropping some hints on what he will say and he did that and in an exclusive interv...

Leland but thousands are still in shelters as dozens of towns and much of houston remain underwater. In some places the water is still rising. The president now asking for billions of dollars more in federal aid. Were going to get an update on femas efforts and hear from some ordinary americans doing extraordinary things. Boy, if theres been anything to take away from this week, it is how americans, specifically texans, rise to the occasion. Its been incredible. Welcome to americas news headquarters from washington, im leland vittert. Elizabeth im elizabeth prann. Thanks for joining us on a bu...

What actions should the Border Patrol take to keep young migrants safe . Im Frances Rivera at nbc headquarters in new york. Heres whats happening. We begin with new reaction from democrats on day eight of the partial Government Shutdown and the detail of how low the president was willing to go to end his own shutdown. Nbc news learned trump backed off on his original demand of 5 billion for the wall, revising that figure down to 2. 5 billion. Democrats rejected that figure a week ago and are doing so again today. Were not going to allow the American People to be held hostage that 5 billion or ...

Him to speak. The next real chance for a breakthrough may not come until the new congress convenes next thursday with democrats now in charge of the house. That brings me to cnn at the white house. Boris, judging by these tweets this morning, the president threatening to close the border and cutoff aid to Central American countries, he appears to be digging his heels in. Reporter thats right, jim. No small thread here from President Trump to shut down the border entirely. We should point out a small portion of the southern border in the san diego area was shut down as part of that migrant carr...