Thats going to do it for this hour. Katy tur picking things up right now. 11 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome back. The president is back at the white house and any minute now we will see Sarah Huckabee sanders hold the first briefing of the year. The west wing ended 2017 with a victory. 2018, well that could get complicated. It is back to work at the white house for President Trump after his holiday break in florida. There is a lot on the president s plate. Critical issues overseas and home. Immigration and infrastructure and other potential Government Shutdown. The challenge will be not just going after the government funding which expires on january 19 but can they come up with anything else that is a large legislative item. The government will run out of money in about three weeks how to avert a Government Shutdown and the thorniest issue, immigration. Haping up to be a tough year already. Key items left unresolved in december are now back on the to do list for january. That list is not
West wing, just a stroke about pen away from ending birthright citizenship, ending citizenship for a child born in the countrys are not. The president said he can do it. Many others including the House Speaker says he cannot and it would require a cause additional commitment. She corresponded john roberts joins me on the north line with the latest. Good to be you good to see you here. Normally the process to amend the constitution follows ratification of the three quarters of the United States, but President Trump believes there may be a way to do that with a simple signature. Its a process. It will happen. We have the executive order. For 150 years, the 14th amendment of the constitution has conferred citizenship for children born on u. S. Soil. Three migrants caravan setting their sight on the United States border, President Trump would like to add back that. Its told to be you need a constitutional amendment . You dont. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subjec
The question that i would like to have at the moment, the president says that he will do whatever it takes. Thats what he told reporters and troops, that he would do whatever it takes to get that wall, and however long it takes to get it as well. We need all wall, so when you say how long is it going to tak take . When are they going to say that we need voter security . When are the democrats going to say it . The democrats all agree that you need a wall until i wanted it. Once i wanted it, they didnt agree. When asked how much money he is willing to accept, the president wouldnt get specific, but the budget director seem to be acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, they gave him a counter offer that is less than the 5 million. The author was around 2. 5 billion, with the majority going to a physical barrier at the southern border. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are expected to be impacted by this partial Government Shutdown. Multiple federal agencies. Around 95 of their employ
Societies where people were considered wretched if they werent in the right class. And their time. Starting today, a new law in new york state allows child sexual Abuse Victims to finally file civil lawsuits, no matter how long ago they were abused. What kind of difference will it make in your life . Nobody will ever say liar after my name. And that it never happened. Theyll never say liar again. And good day, everyone, im Andrea Mitchell in washington where there could be signs, maybe, of progress in the push for gun reform legislation. A Senior Administration official telling nbc news President Trump has been talking to a handful of key lawmakers from both parties, including Democratic Senators murphy, manchin and pat toomey. The focus what could have a chase of getting through congress, especially the Republican Senate where gun Safety Measures have been blocked for years. Joining me now, Kristen Welker in new jersey and senior White House Reporter shannon pettipiece. There have bee