Of the election and about the result of the election. He is making claims that are dangerous, completely false, and doing so with an interviewer who is not an interviewer at all. This was not hardball, not even softball. This was tee ball. Maria bartiromo once a feared and acclaimed journalist known for working the floor of the new york stock exchange, forcing ceos to tell the truth, now sits behind a desk and invites the president to lie and lie and lie. To do it for more than half an hour, to do it 26 days after the election. 22 days after fox and all of the other Major Networks called the election for President Elect joe biden. You might have thought after a week or after two weeks the president would start to accept the reality that he lost. You know, he hadnt given any interviews for three weeks. He had not even called into fox friends or newsmax. It was a good deal that he gave had interview. His very First Television interview since the election. I would tell you he was defiant
We will negotiate with you about anything. Would you accept a shortterm deal . We are going to look at anything they send us. Meeting,ng out of this they have changed on how much time they want on the debt limit. Lets just wait and see. We will just wait and see. They cannot decide what they want. Up until now, there has been a very clear position which is, we need a clean cr. We need to open the government before we engage in negotiations. To negotiateant before you reopen the government. Not going to happen. Are we closer to a solution now with this . Bysenator harry reid joined his fellow Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer of new york, dick durbin of illinois, patty murray of Washington State speaking to reporters following their meeting with the president. Tomorrow, the president has his final session with members of congress. Senate republicans will be at the white house. We are rejoined by Carrie Budoff brown who is following all of this as senior White House Reporter for political p
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare online at uhc. Com. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. 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 our lead story tonight with the clock ticking toward the hour the debt limit is breached, and the government still shut down, a bit of optimism here in washington all but evaporated, and internal disagreement among republicans morphed into disarray. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. The focus had been on bipartisan negotiations in the senate. When House Republicans came out of a closed door meeting this morning. There will be no decisions abo
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare online at uhc. Com. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your p station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight with the clock ticking toward the hour the debt limit is breached, and the government still shut down, a bit of optimism here in washington all but evaporated, and internal disagreement among republicans morphed into disarray. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. The focus had been on bipartisan negotiations in the senate. When House Republicans came out of a closed door meeting this morning. There will be no decisions about
From afghanistan by 2016 drew critics. That just gives the enemy the opportunity to plan their strategy. Gwen and Edward Snowden pointed fingers. When people ask, why are you in russia . I say, please, ask the state department. Gwen and the secretary of state rose to the administrations defense. I dont think the president frankly takes enough credit for the successes that are on the table right now. Gwen blame, credit, the price of the presidency. Tonight we look at the president at a crossroads, with peter baker of the new york times, Carrie Budoff brown of politico, Michael Crowley of time magazine, and Christi Parsons of tribune newspapers. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live from our nations capitol, this is Washington Week have gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by we went out and asked people a simple question how old is the oldest person youve known . We gave people a sticker and had them show us. We learned a lot