our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor is here to lay out these latest staff shake-ups. so, yamiche, let's talk first about the president's pick to be attorney general. there's an acting attorney general, rbert barr -- i'm sorry -- william barr who served in the administration of president bush, george h.w. bush, is now being aked by president trump to become attorney general. what do we know about him? w >> well, whe know is william barr is looked at as a attorney and democrats and republicans signaled they could support him as attorney general. from 1991 to 1993, he wa attorney general for the late former president george h.w. bush. he was, howinever,volved in the controversial iran contra he worked at the c.i.a. in the 1970s and executive at vines.'s ow practicing law in washington, d.c. people who i talked to today told me he was an establishment republican. not someone who is a trump loyalist. the trump has at tmes filled the cabinet members and the white house with people who are loyal to him personally, but this is something that marco bio might have picked for hi

federal >> woodruff: and lisa joins me now, along with our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor. hello to both of you. tithink we've just been watching a white house me that went off the rails. yamiche, how do you understand that the president was so willing to air his strong differences with democrats in front of the-- the public, the american people? >> well, the president wanteto make his position cristal clear, and he wanted transparenc he wanted to look strong before cameras. and this is a president who undetands the mia. he understands those moments are going to be played over and over again,nd he was hoping he could punch hard and he could then come out on top and look like he was someone fighting hard fororder scurity. of course, what he got instead was democrattings who wereg pushck just as hard. i think the key moment was when he was talking to nancy pelosi, and mocking her, almost saying, "look, you're not speaker of the house yet,and you can't be candid." instead of being candid, nancy pelosi said, gus what, we had a big election victory, and that went to the preside

our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor and ngressional corresponden lisa desjardins have been following this all day. they join me now. hello to both of you. so much to follow. so,a, lishere does everything stand now? we just reported both sid say they are still negotiating. >> that's right. judy, i can report now talking to sources ineadership and the republican party that a government showdown is expected, at least a short one. we will see a partial showdown tonight at midnight, barring a miracle. the senate is essentially waiting for members to return, members who have some gone far west to the dakotas, to hawaii, waiting all day to take an important vote, starting to get the house version, once they thok the vote just a few minutes ago, it was clearhouse bill falls far short of the 60 votes needed in the senate. so senate republicans and democrats have made this agreement, judy, basically to st outside of the process on the senate floor and not take another vote until there is aen deal bet democrats and republicans, including the president. d that means on't know when we'l

for the pbs newshour, i'm yamiche alcindor. w druff: the white house and congress may have clinched that new criminal justice law this week, but this evening, they are on the brink of a partial government shutdown, even as they continue to process the resignation of the defense secretary. here to analyze this week of upheaval are shields and gerson. tthat's syndicated column mark shields, and "washington postcolumnist michael gerson david brooks is away this week. hello to both of you. >> judy. >> woodruff: i doyot think, markcould call it an orderly week in washington. yes, there was this agreement that the president signed, the icriminal justice reformll today, but here we are just hours away from yet another government is shutdown. >> it seems eons ago senator schuman and speaker pelosi met with the pnt and the president manfully stepped up and said i'll take the sutdown and be happy to put it on me.ag then ieement with the senate that they'd fund it through the neyear and en come back and revisit it, and then immediately a

yamiche alcindor joins me now with the latest. yamiche, hello, and remind us, why is john k'ly leaving, s president trump's second chief of staff. >> the revolving door at the ite house juskeeps spinning, judy. the ea that john kelly was brought in to have order and brought in to have this kind of hierarchy, this sense of responsibility that generals have, president trump wanted to have generals around him. and what president trump found was that he didn't like the fact that there was order being placed thlire. heed the free wheelingness of the white house. he likes the idea that the white .ouse wants to function much like trump tow he wants ivanka and jared to be able to walk into his office, that of course is his daughter and son in law. so what we really hais a president that just grew tired-of-general kelly's rules and as a result made this announcement on saturday. rmpts-- reports are they were supposedo make this announcement on monday but the president went with his own timing as he often does.dr >> wof: there have bns seve

yamiche alcindor joins me now with the latest. yamiche, hello, and remind us, why is john kelly leaving, he's president trump's second chief of staff. >> the revolving door at the white house kust ps spinning, judy. the idea thaket johnly was brought in to have order and brought in to have this kind of hierarchy, this sense of responsibility that generals have, president trumpanted to have generals around him. and what president trump found was that he didn't like the fact that there was order being placed there. he likthe free wheelingness of the white house. he likes the idea that the white house wants to function much ke trump tower. he wants ivanka and jared to be able to walk into his office, that of durse is his ghter and son in law. so what we really have is a president that just grew tired-of-general kelly's rules and as a result made this announcement on saturday. rmpts-- reports are they were supposed to make this announcement on monday but the president went with his own iming as he often does. >> woodruff: theve bns se

aughter) yamiche alcindor, lisa desjardins, thank you both. now,nother major story tonight: thousands of mainly central american migrants will be barred from enterin united states while their asylum claims are reviewed. instead, they will s mexico, under an agreement announced today. it does not apply to mexican nationals or children traveling alone. we'll have a closer look, after the news summary. in the day's other news, wall street crumbled again, under the weight of slumping tech stocks,i ng interest rates, and fears of a partial government shutdown. the dow jones industrial average lost 464 points to close at 22,859. it's on track for its worst mon.h since the great recess the nasdaq fell 108 points, and the s&p 500 slid 39. president trump's plans to rom syria drew fire today from a key ally. the kurdish-lesyrian democratic forces rejected mr. trump's assertion that the islamic state group has been defeated. they warned a u.s. pullout will revive isis. meanwhile, in moscow, russian president vladimir putin u welcomed t. decision. fo ( t

(laughr) yamiche alcindor, lisa desjardins, thank you both. now, another major story tonight: thousands of mainly central american migrants will be barred from entering the united states while their asylum claims are revied. instead, they will stay in mexico, under an agreement announced today. it does not apply to mexican nationals or children traveling alone. we'll have a closer look, after the news summary. in the day's other news, wall street crumbled again, under the weight of slumping tech stocks, rising interest rates, and fears of a partial governmentwn shut the dow jones industrial average lost 464 points to close at 22,859. it's on track for its worst month since the great recession. the nasdaq fell 108 points, and the s&p 500 slid 39. president trump's plans to withdraw from syria drew fire today from a key ally. the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces rejected mr. trump's assertion that the islamic state group habeen defeated. they warned a u.s. pullout will vive isis. meanwhile, in moscow, russian president vladimir pun welcomed

an explain the disagreemen chance for a partial shutdown: newshour correspondent yamiche alcindor is here. and jake sherm of politico is llowing the developments on capitol hill. and hello to both of you. so, yamiche, to you first. tell us, first, where des president stand exactly on the possibility of a deal to prevent a wn to fund the government? >> the president is indicating that he's willing to give up on his initial dema to have $5 billion for the border wall. he wants to start his vacation in florida, it seems ofriday, and not be dealing with a government shutdown. rememb, last week when he had the democratic leaders in the white house, that would bech senatok schumer and representative nancy pelosi, he said, "i would be proud to shut down the government over border security and i would be proud to take credit for that. now the white house ish completelyging their tune. the president today said it's too early to tell. sarah sanders said they're willing to get the money from somewhere els there isn't a clear idea of what the deal is going to be, but the white house is indicatin

alcindor f here. and jake shermanlitico is following the developments on capitol hill. and hello to both of you. so, yamiche, to you first. tell us, first, where does the opresident stand exactthe possibility of a deal to prevent a shutdown to fund the government? >> the president is indicating that he's willing to give up on his inial demando have $5 billion for the border wall. he wants to start his vacatinion florida, it seems ofriday, and not be dealing with a government shutdown.la remember week when he had the democratic leaders in the white house, that would be senator chuck schumer and i,representative nancy pele said, "i would be proud to shut down the government over border security anduld be proud to take credit for that. now the white house is completely changing their tune. the president today said it's too early to tell. sarah sanders said they're willing to get the money from somewhere else. there isn't a clear idea of what the deal is going to be, but the white house is indating they'r

yamiche alcindor, eugene robinson, glenda bear, thank you for being with us. >>> and telling troops in iraq, we are no longer suckers of the world. is this the president's policy in a nutshell? is it working? >>> plus, a stark image of a divided america. is there any room left for big-picture bipartisanship? and michael bloomberg, how about his quip that the president is not an entry-level position? was that aimed at trump? was that an opening against democratic primary opponents? >>> finally, we finish tonight with a government shutdown that feels a whole lot different than shutdowns we have been through before. this is "hardball," where the action is. re this is "hardball," where the action is. i'm ken jacobus and i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. what's in your wallet? take your razor, yup. up and down, never side to side, shaquem, you got it? come on stay focused. hard work baby, it gonna pay off. why go with anyb

a joining us nowkype is newshour white house correspondent yamiche alcindor. the replacement of the chief of staff. is this expected? >> it wageexpected lar because for days now, we've heard that john kelly andid prt trump were not speaking, and this is really, in some ways,seremarkable, bec the chief of staff is supposed to be someone who is very close to the president, someone hos bringing order to the white house, hois actually the person who is supposed to be channeling communication to the president. but president trump, after-- after i would say months of saying that john kelly was a great general, that he was someone that he wanted to keep in his adminisation until 2020, i think tired of that order because the president isd really uo a free-wheeling white house thafunctions much like trump tower where people hiscome in and out of office and his daughter ivanka trump can talk to his dadev wh she wanted and john kelly wasn't going to have a white house that functioned that way. >> sreenivasan: are there any ideawho wi replace him? >> right now there are n

yamiche alcindor is correspondent for the hour in, jonathan capehart is opinion writer for the "washington post," ruth marcus is editorial page editor of the "washington post." ruth, i was kidding during the break there. it's like wheel of fortune, you see some but not all of the words. you have to fill them in. >> i'd like to buy a redacted line now if i may, we're reading tea leave bus they're blacked out. it tells us probably that flynn has provided significant, important and trustworthy information to the special counsel because basically flynn got what president trump asked for all along which is for the special counsel to go easy on him. no prison time. >> he got it through a different route, yamiche. trump was going to get him sprung. anything on sanctions, trump knows all about it, he knows where he's vulnerable now. if you're president trump you should be worried because michael flynn got a cad lock deal idea that you have mooufl who everyone thought he would be easy to prosecute. early on he was pointed out as someone who would be in danger. he sat down for substantial interviewi

our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor is here to lay out these latest staff shake-ups. so, yamich let's talk first about the president's pick to be attorney general. there's an acting attorney general, robert barr -- i'm sorry -- william barr who servet administration of president bush, george h.w. bush, is now being askedby president trump to become attorney general. what do we know about him? >> well, what we kn is william barr is looked at as a respected attorney and democrats and republsignaled they could support him as attorney general. from 1991 to 1993, he was attorney general for the late former president george h.w. bush. he was, however, involved in the controversial iran contra pardons. heked at the c.i.a. in the 1970s and executive at vines. he's now prcticing law in washington, d.c. people who i talked to today told me he wa an establishment republican. not someone who is a trump loyalist. the trump has at times filled the cabinet members and the white house with people who are m loyal to hipersonally, but this is something that marcot rubio mive picked for

yamiche alcindor has more. >> alcindor: for more on this case and how to better meet the potential medical needs of immigrant children being held in u.s. custody, i am joined by dr. colleen kraft. she is the president of the american academy of pediatrics. earlier toy, she spoke by phone with officials from u.s. customs and border protection about these concerns. dr. kraft, thank you so much for joining me. we are still waiting to learnde more about thth of 8-year-old felipe gomez, but from what you've heard, what kind of questions has his death raised inaerms of the wy his case was handled by the system? >> i think the greatest question is what is the level of pediatric care andti exp around the care of these children in these facilities? we don't know wt kind of screenings, who saw him, when the decision was made to take him to the hospital or send hi home, and we continue to have questions about thi >> let me talk to you about the way that the u.s. customs a border protection is handling this. they say they will have secondary checks on all children within their custody and partnering w

. >> woodruff: all right, lisa desjardins, and yamiche alcindor, watching all these important things. thank you all, thank you both very much. and now for the republicans' point of view from the capitol is representative doug collins fr i georgia. also the house republican conferenpr vice chair. entative collins, thank you so much for joining us. we heard the president said today he's proud to own a government shutdow are congressional republicans proud to own the shutdown if it happens?th >> let's fram the way the president did. when he was confronted by chuck schumer who didn't want responsibility for putting american citize below a caravan and immigrants who were willinto go under and over walls, he said i'm willing to have the argumutt aboho is being what here in he said i'm putting american citizens first. i'm putting security first. i'm putting the willingness to negotiate and find a deal. and mr.'chumer said were not going any further. we made our last remarks. the president said i'll have this argument, but chuhu r, like he did back in january, he has to realize he's putting a

yamiche alcindor has more. >> alcindor: for moron this case and how to better meet the potential medical needs of immigrant children being held.s incustody, i am joined by dr. colleen kraft. she is the president of the american academy of pediatrics. earlier today, she spoke by phone with officials from u.s. customs and border protection about these concerns.ha dr. kraft, you so much for joining me. we are still waiting to learn more about the death of 8-year-old felipe gomez, but from what you've heard, what kind of questions hass death raised in terms of the way his case was handled by the system? >> i think the greatest question is what is the level of pediatric care and expertise around the care of these children in thse facilities? we don't know what kind of screenings, who saw him, when the cision was made to tke him to the hospital or send him home, and we contue to have questions about this. >> let me talk to you about the at the u.s. customs and border protection islia this. they say they will have secondary checks on al chldren within their custody and partnering with your orga