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Trump Meets With Congressional Leaders as Shutdown Drags
As Democrats take control of the House, the government remains shutdown. Susan Glasser on the political news of the day plus the latest in the Russia Investigation.
"The stock market had a terrible year, especially in December. People are expecting a recession to happen now in 2019... This is as looking like as grim a start to the year as I can remember." 2/2 https://t.co/fKdDwSJxsm
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) January 3, 2019"Russians are very much believers in the law of equivalences, that for every action there should be a reaction… If America arrests a Russian you can be pretty darn sure Russia is going to arrest an American... this situation with Paul Whelan perfectly fits that model," @sbg1.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) January 3, 2019