President Trump & Congressional Leaders Meet To Discuss Border Security Funding

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🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A closed-door briefing for congressional leaders in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday failed to resolve any issues between Democrats and the Trump administration over funding for border security.The stalemate has led to a partial government shutdown, now nearing the two-week mark. This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, and White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe,. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alex Bernardo calling from Portland, Oregon. It's been a busy week on Monday.
0:06.4	I celebrated my birthday on Tuesday. I celebrated Christmas and now to celebrate the New
0:10.9	Years. I'm flying to Disneyland with my girlfriend of 13 years where we're going back to recreate
0:16.0	the spot where we first met and I'm planning on proposing. But she doesn't know. This
0:21.9	podcast was reported that.
0:23.6	Is he proposing in the podcast then effectively or did it already happen? I have so many
0:27.9	questions. Wait, they met it Disney?
0:31.0	Made it Disney.
0:31.8	Maybe he worked there.
0:33.1	Anyway, it's a 535 on Wednesday, January 2nd.
0:37.6	Things may have changed by the time you're here this. Hopefully, including my relationship
0:41.8	status. Alright, here's the show and Happy New Year.
0:45.2	So clearly, please send us a follow-up. Letting us know how it went and also filling in the
0:52.5	detail. Please help fill in all of the answers to our questions.
0:56.1	From 2019, it's the NPR Politics podcast. It is day 12 of the partial government shutdown
1:02.0	fueled by the president's calls for a border wall.
1:05.2	We're in a shutdown because Democrats refuse to fund the border security.
1:10.4	Today, Democrats and Republicans met with the president for the first time since the shutdown
1:14.9	began to discuss what happens next. I'm Scott Detro. I cover Congress.
1:19.0	I'm Kelsey Snell. I also cover Congress.
1:21.2	And I'm Aisha Roscoe. I cover the White House.
1:23.6	Happy New Year, everybody.
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