U.S. GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN AS PARTIES POINT FINGERS; IMMIGRATION: AMERICA'S MOST DIVISIVE ISSUE?; WILL THE BALANCE OF POWER IN D.C. SHIFT IN 2018?; NUKE KNOWLEDGE: WHAT ARE N. KOREA'S CAPABILITIES?

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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4.2 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On GPS, the most divisive issue in America? Immigration. It brought the U.S. government to its knees. What's behind the passion on both sides? Is there a compromise? Also, in the wake of the false alert in Hawaii, what you need to know about North Korea's nuclear capabilities...and America's ability to defend against a nuclear attack. GUESTS: Margaret Hoover, David Frum, Niall Ferguson, Nate Cohn, Harry Enten, Alex WellersteinTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.7	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:19.8	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:22.3	I'm Fareed Zakaria coming to you live from New York.
0:25.6	We will bring you the latest on the US government shutdown in a moment, but also.
0:33.6	Today on the show, we mark one year of the Trump presidency.
0:36.6	We'll start with immigration.
0:40.0	It has been a main policy plan since the day he launched his campaign.
0:44.0	I would build a great wall and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me.
0:48.5	And now the subject has brought the United States government to its knees.
0:53.1	Why is the topic of immigration so divisive?
0:56.9	Neil Ferguson's David's from and Margaret Hoover will explain.
1:02.2	Also, Star Wars.
1:06.4	No not the one with Luke Skywalker.
1:08.9	I'm talking about Ronald Reagan's Star Wars.
1:11.7	Wouldn't it be better to save lives than to avenge them?
1:15.6	More than three decades after he spoke, surely the US can protect itself from a nuclear
1:22.0	attack, right?
1:24.4	Well, probably not.
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