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

our white house rrespondent yamiche alcindor is here. hi, yamiche. >> hi. so last night, when we knew about the president's trilkp, we a little bit about the geopolitical implications of the trip and how irais rebuilding. we wanted to talk about the politics because the president tisank a pretty part par litical tone with the troops. can you tell us what he said? >> this was essentially a trump 2020 campaign rally held in n front of the troops in iraq. the president was attacking democrats, accusing them of notr wanting der securities and wanting open borders. the president called out nancy pelosi, likely going to be a speaker of the house andmo atic controlled house in 2019, and the president accused immigrants of being criminal, he said they would be bringing drugs nd human trafficking into the united states. i want to play video thatat encapsulates whe president's political message waso the troops. >> when you think about , you're fighting for borders in other countries. and they don't want to fight. the democrats, for the border offour country. esn't ma

(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

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

our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor is here wh an update. >> schifrin: okay, yamiche, do things stand with the process. >> negotiations have stalled and looking like theÑi shutdown is going to last with into 2019, incoming chief of staff nick mulvaney doesn't expect this to be resolved quickly, thehite house is 0 willing to come off the $5 billion amount which is hat the president was wi asking for the border wall, but there is no specific number in sight and they are about least two to $3 billion apart when it comes to democrats andÑi republicans on th to read to you a statement that the democratic leaders, senator chuck schumer andÑi representate nancy pelosi put out today, doesn't people from the same white house ar saying different things about what the president would accept or not accept to end his trump shutdown making io ible to know where he, we withstand at any moment so we are at a stalate. >> schifrin: so president trump a couple of weeks ago said i will take the blame for thish down but more recently he has blamed the democrats. we are on day three right now, at

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

our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor is here with an update. >> schifrin: okay, yamiche, where do things stand with in the prtiess. >> negots have stalled and looking like theÑi shutdown is going to last with into 2019, incoming chief of staff nick mulvaney doesn't expect this to be resved quickly, the white house is 0 willing to come off the $5 billion amount which is what the president was with asking for the border wall, but there is no specific number in a sight and the about at least two to $3 billion apart when it comes to democrats andÑi republicans on this, and i want to read to you a statement that the democratic leaders, senator presentatimer andÑi re nancy pelosi put out today, doesn't people from the same white house aresaying different things about what the president would accept or not accept to end his trumpng shutdown mait impossible to know where he, we withstand at any moment so we are at a stalemate. >> schifrin: so president trump a couple of weeks ago said i will take the blame f this shutdown but more recently he has blamed the democrats. we are on day

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

alcindor, white house coronado for t correspondent for the pbs news hour. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. in a week when much of washington talked about a shutdown which came at midnight on friday, the word many mentioned around this city was actually meltdown. there were a lot of other words and phrases that emerged as the week ended among questions if the trump presidency has so lost its footing it may not recover. mr. trump likes to project an image of independence and strength. the president's growing dependency on the base for political survival was exposed when he appeared ready to give up funding for the border wall temporarily in order to keep the government running. mr. trump's base revolted with right wing provocateur ann coulter writing gutless president in a wall-less country. on the basis of his self-interest alone he must know if he doesn't build the wall he has zero chance of being re-elected and a 100% chance o

. >> brangham: yamiche alcindor, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> brangham: as we reported, it looks like 2018 will come to a close without a deal to end the governmenthutdown. our lisa desjardins has been following it all and is here with the latest update. s hi, lisa. >> hi. >> brangham: seems likebe have a mucter understanding now of how long this is going to last. >> we do. late today, the leaders inad congresssome decisions. they announced that the house will not return over the weekend and the senate is not exected to vote until next wednesday at the earliest, as we reported, but here's why that's so significant. of course, obviously, wednesday is the last day of ths 115t 115th congress. the next day is when democratsta ke over the house. so we've talked about this years before. what's important is now they haveade that decision and given up on trying to reach a deal over the weekend, monday, tuesday or wednesday, and it looks like they are punti this entire issue to the next congress, which is tough for republicans on the hill who alize they have less leverage than now wednesd

alcindor, white house coronado for t pondent for the pbs news hour. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. a week when much of washington talked about a shutdown which came at midnight fr ay, the word many mentioned around this city was actually meltdown. there were a lot of other words and phrases that emerged as the week ended among questions if the trump presidenc has so lost its footing it may not recover. mr. trump likes project an image of independence and strength. the president's growing dependency on the base for political survival was exposed when he appeared ready t give up funding for the border wall temporarily in order to keep the government running. mr. trump's be revolted with righting provocateur ann coulter writing gutless president in wall-less country. on the basis of his self-interest alone he must know if he doesn't build the wall he has zero chance of being re-elected and a 100% chance of being humiliated

alcindor, white house coronado for t correspondent for the pbs news hour. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>rom the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday inmorning. week when much of washington talked about a shutdown which came at midnight on friday, the word many mentio adund this city was actually meltdown. there were a lot of other words and phrases that emerged as the week ended amo questions if the trump presidency has so lost its footing it may not recover. mr. trump likes to project an ndependence and strength. the president's growing dependency on the base for potical survival wa exposed when he appeared ready to give up funding for the border wall temporarily in order to keep the government running. mr. trump's bas revolted with right wg provocateur ann coulter writing gutless president in awall-less country. on the basis of his self-interest alone he must know if he doesn't build the wall he has zero chance of being re-elected and a 100% chance of being humiliated. presiden

. >> we're going to leave it there, yamiche alcindor, aaron black, andy card, next time i promise i'll talk to you for more than 30 seconds. i swear. i'm out of time. i'm going to put it into the very capable hands of craig melvin. >>> thank you. craig melvin here msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking developments in the shutdown showdown. president trump accusing democrats of putting politics over country after the senate passes that continuing resolution to keep the government open until february. the big question in washington, even inside the white house right now, will the president sign the bill? no one seems to know. >>> president trump defending his decision to pull troops out of syria. russian leader vladimir putin applauding the idea, shocked republicans slamming the withdrawal. whose idea was this? >>> and going to trial, the judge dismisses a request by disgraced movie mogul harvey weinste weinstein's attorneys to throw his sexual assault cases out of court, how it all unfolded in that courtroom. >>> we start with that breaking news, a dramatic showdown brewing on c

. >> we're going to leave it there, yamiche alcindor, aaron black, andy card, next time i promise i'll talk to you for more than 30 seconds. i swear. i'm out of time. i'm going to put it into the very capable hands of craig melvin. >>> thank you. craig melvin here msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking developments in the shutdown showdown. president trump accusing democrats of putting politics over country after the senate passes that continuing resolution to keep the government open until february. the big question in washington, even inside the white house right now, will the president sign the bill? no one seems to know. >>> president trump defending his decision to pull troops out of syria. russian leader vladimir putin applauding the idea, shocked republicans slamming the withdrawal. whose idea was this? >>> and going to trial, the judge dismisses a request by disgraced

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