Congress avoids partial government shutdown, for now

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Congress has passed another short-term funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. Trump claims that presidents must have full immunity, even for events that “cross the line.” Then, President Biden campaigns on the state of the economy in Raleigh, NC. And a special appearance from a Grammy Winner and his message about defying the odds.

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0:00.0	Tonight a government shutdown averted for now. Congress kicking the can down the
0:06.0	road on long-term funding to March. Well Donald Trump takes his immunity
0:10.3	claims to social media. Then the scathing report from the DOJ
0:15.2	on the response to the school shooting in Yuvalle, Texas.
0:19.2	And President Biden on the road celebrating
0:21.6	his economic wins
0:23.0	plus a remarkable story of perseverance
0:26.0	and the most special way to end our Thursday night
0:30.0	you do not want to miss this.
0:32.0	The 11th hour just getting underway right now. Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule. We have a lot of big news tonight
0:47.3	including the scathing federal report about the massacre in Yuval Day Texas.
0:52.0	We'll have more on that in a few minutes.
0:54.3	But first this evening, let us head to Capitol Hill,
0:57.1	where Congress passed another short-term funding
1:00.2	bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. This is the third stopgap bill to prevent a partial government shutdown.
1:03.0	This is the third stopgap bill to kick the can down the road since we have had
1:07.4	and since September.
1:08.8	Meanwhile, President Biden is talking about Donald Trump's big win in Iowa and he does not sound impressed.
1:14.6	I don't think Iowa means anything.
1:17.6	The president got 57,000 votes, the lowest number of votes anybody's one got, you know know this idea that's kind of runaway I think
1:25.6	can characterize any way he wants let's make that judgment and while we wait for a
1:31.5	federal appeals court ruling on Trump's argument that he had presidential immunity,
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