Amid news of the shutdown
and investigations, the White
House has announced plans for a
second summit with North
Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un.
It came after a North
Korean envoy visited
the White House today.
The summit is set for late
February, but there is no
official word on a location.
We will have a report
from foreign affairs
correspondent Nick Schifrin
later in the program.
The United Nations' Human
Rights Office is demanding that
Zimbabwe's government end a
violent crackdown on
fuel hike protesters.
U.N. officials say that security
forces are using fear and
intimidation and conducting
door-to-door searches at night.
More than 600 people were
arrested this week alone.
The government has also ordered
a total Internet blackout.
In Bogota, Colombia, the
death toll from a car bombing
rose to 21 people overnight.
Dozens of others were
wounded in the country's
deadliest attack in 15 years.
The Thursday blast
targeted a police academy.
Officials said today that
the bomber was a member of
Colombia's last remaining rebel
group, known as ELN.
Back in this country,
anti-abortion activists
staged the 46th annual March
For life in Washington.
Thousands walked from
the National Mall to
the Supreme Court, after
Vice President Pence
touted the Trump
administration's
anti-abortion policies.
MIKE PENCE, Vice President
of the United States:
We know we still have
much to do, so we urge
you to stand strong, stand
with that love and compassion,
as you stand for life, and
know that we will stand with
you until that great day comes
where we restore the sanctity
of life to the center
of American law.
JUDY WOODRUFF: President
Trump addressed the crowd in
a pre-recorded video message.
He promised to veto any
legislation that, in his words,
weakens the protection of human
life.
Teachers in Los Angeles staged
their own mass rally today.
They have been on strike
for five days, demanding
higher pay and new limits
on charter schools.
Negotiations have now
resumed with city officials.
Los Angeles has the
country's second largest
public school system, with
some 640,000 students.
California has begun cleaning
up after a series of storms
dumped heavy rain and snow this
week.
Six people were killed, and
more than a dozen had to be
rescued from flooding rivers.
The latest of those
storms is sweeping across
the Midwest tonight.
It could wallop the Northeast
with two feet of snow on Sunday.
There is word that Sony music's
RCA record label has parted
ways with musician R. Kelly
over allegations
of sexual abuse.
It was widely reported today
that the company cut ties
with the Grammy winner.
The move follows a documentary
that featured multiple women
accusing Kelly of abuse.
And in economic news, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and
more than 380 other business
groups urged an end to
the government shutdown.
They said it is doing
significant damage, this
as the head of the New
York Federal Reserve
branch said the shutdown
could cut growth this
quarter by up to 1 percent.
But Wall Street shot higher
today on new optimism about
U.S.-China trade talks.
The Dow Jones industrial
average gained 336
points to close at 24706.
The Nasdaq rose 73 points,
and the S&P 500 added 35.
Still to come on the "NewsHour":
lawmakers call to investigate
if the president instructed
his lawyer to commit perjury;
plans for a second nuclear
summit with North Korea; the
shutdown's effect on the
people who live and work in the
Washington, D.C., metro area;
plus, much more.