Chuck Schumer on the Wall, the Shutdown and the Era of Divided Government

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🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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On the 12th day of the government shutdown, the Democratic congressional leaders went to the White House and proposed that the president reopen the government while the two sides ironed out differences on funding for a border wall. A couple of hours after that meeting, we spoke with Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, about his newly emboldened approach and how he and Ms. Pelosi plan to stick together in a divided Washington. Guest: Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate minority leader. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.4	This is the day.
0:04.0	Today.
0:10.5	On the 12th day of the government shutdown,
0:13.5	Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi went to the White House
0:17.3	and proposed that the president end the shutdown
0:20.7	by signing Democratic legislation with no wall.
0:25.9	A couple hours after they made that proposal,
0:28.9	we spoke to Senator Schumer about his newly emboldened approach
0:33.9	and how he and Pelosi planned to stick together
0:37.9	as the era of divided government begins.
0:43.9	It's Thursday, January 3rd.
0:53.9	We're looking for a minority of the nurse Schumer's office.
0:56.4	Okay, well first, just go to the desk real quick,
0:58.9	but it's upstairs on the second floor.
1:00.9	So take the elevator to the second.
1:02.4	Okay.
1:03.4	Thank you.
1:04.4	Hello, hey, did you go this way?
1:06.4	What are we doing on the second floor?
1:08.4	You tell me, what are we doing?
1:09.4	We're checking in with somebody.
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