Washington Week with The Atlantic

FULL EPISODE: Government shutdown and a look ahead to 2019

Season 2019 Episode 22 | 25m 09s

The government shutdown continues as Democrats refuse to approve the $5 billion in funding that President Donald Trump is demanding for a border wall. While the debate over the border wall was unfolding, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen traveled to Texas following the death of a second migrant child in border patrol custody, and the president and First Lady made a surprise visit to troops in Iraq.

Aired: 12/28/18

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