Athletes will be marching together in the Opening Ceremony carrying a one korea flight. This is extraordinary. We would never have imagined this a month ago as tensions reached a boiling point. Unfortunately, as is incredibly hopeful Peace Process is taking place, u. S. Vice president mike pence is there to sew bitterness. Image within the now in the coffin for so many. February 5, 2003, secretary of state general colin powell gave a speech to the are green with evidenceaq causing the was clear Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass distraction. It was based each he would later call a blot on his career. His trump and the same thing with a rant . Generalspeak with powers former chief of staff colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congress has given final approval to a massive budget bill. Without an agreement to protect young undocumented immigrants. The deal was reached in the Ea
But not without controversy. The battle over who carries the American Flag and the figuring skating flop overnight kicking off the games, were live in south korea for all the action. Right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there and back here at home as well starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this. Two Government Shutdowns in three weeks and there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go that could
The battle over who carries the american flag. And the figure skating flop overnight kicking off the games. Were live in south korea for all the action, right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there. And a lot of drama back here at home, as well. Starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this before. Two Government Shutdowns in just three weeks. And this time, there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go
The built before us does before usgs bill does three things that every republican and democrat should be able to support. First, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through february 8. Second, it extends Health Insurance for 9 million vulnerable children. It will enable congress to resume series bipartisan talks on the important issues facing our nation. What do that, the federal government is beginning to reopen after a weekend shutdown. Washington today on cspan radio. 17 days until the government funding runs out. Todays agreement is a shortterm continuing resolution. In exchange for ending the stalemate, republicans have promised to take up the daca immigration issue. Here are some of your other monday headlines. Steve scalise of a louisiana returning to the capital after undergoing another round of surgery. Part of his recovery after a shooting that took place last year. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issuing a ruling on the states congression
Reopen after a weekend shutdown that moved into a third day. Welcome to washington today on cspan radio. It is monday january 22. Thanks for being with us. We have a new countdown clock. 17 days until the government funding runs out. The c. R. Expires on february 8. In exchange for ending the stalemate, republicans have promised to take up the daca immigration issue. Here are some of your other headlines. Steve scalise returned to the capitol after surgery that was part of his recovery from a gunshot suffered at a congressional baseball game ractice. The Court Ordered pennsylvania lawmakers to redraw their congressional map ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections. In israel, Vice President pence announced the u. S. Embassy will open in jerusalem before the end of the next year and he said the door is open for palestinians to enter negotiations. We begin with this headline. Heres how this transpired earlier today. Senator schumer i expect the majority leader to abide by this agreement. If h