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JUDY WOODRUFF: The day's 
other major story: the partial 
government shutdown, now in its

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fourth week.

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White House correspondent 
Yamiche Alcindor has 
been following the 
president on that front.

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YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Shutdown 
day 24, and no end in sight.

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Today, President Trump said he 
is still looking to make a deal 
and doesn't want to act alone.

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DONALD TRUMP, President of the 
United States: I'm not looking 
to call a national emergency.

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This is so simple, 
you shouldn't have to.

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YAMICHE ALCINDOR: As he left 
for an event in New Orleans, 
he also insisted the shutdown

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is now entirely the 
fault of Democrats.

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DONALD TRUMP: The Democrats 
are stopping us, and they're 
stopping a lot of great people

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from getting paid.

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YAMICHE ALCINDOR: But 
some in the president's 
own party are now calling 
for him to compromise

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on his demand for $5.7 billion 
for his southern border wall.

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On Sunday, Senator Lindsey 
Graham of South Carolina, a 
longtime ally of the president,

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said Mr. Trump should at least 
temporarily end the shutdown.

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SEN.

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LINDSEY GRAHAM (R), 
South Carolina: I would 
urge him to open up the 
government for a short

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period of time, like three 
weeks, before he pulls the 
plug, see if we can get a deal.

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If we can't at the end of 
three weeks, all bets are off.

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YAMICHE ALCINDOR: This morning, 
Mr. Trump rejected the idea.

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DONALD TRUMP: Well, that was a 
suggestion that Lindsey made, 
but I did -- I did reject

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it, yes.

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I'm not interested.

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I want to get it solved.

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I don't just want to delay it.

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I want to get it solved.

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YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Democrats say 
it's up to the president and 
Senate Majority Leader Mitch

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McConnell to make a deal.

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Today, Senator Ben Cardin of 
Maryland spoke at the Baltimore 
Airport with employees of

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the Transportation 
Security Administration.

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They are among nearly 400,000 
federal workers required to work 
without pay during the shutdown.

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SEN.

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BEN CARDIN (D), Maryland: 
It's extremely challenging 
when people say why 
don't you compromise when

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you're dealing with the 
president of the United 
States, who's holding 
America hostage, and

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when the president himself 
undermines his own negotiators 
over and over again.

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YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Today, TSA 
said that, on January 3, two 
weeks into the shutdown, a

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man got through security at 
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson 
airport undetected with a gun.

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The agency said the security 
checkpoint was fully staffed.

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But, today, across the country, 
including at airports in 
Atlanta and Houston, travelers

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faced long TSA lines.

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Meanwhile, in New Orleans this 
afternoon, at the American 
Farm Bureau Convention, Mr.

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Trump addressed the 
concerns of farmers.

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DONALD TRUMP: We're 
fighting very hard for you.

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We're making a lot of progress.

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So I'm asking all of our 
citizens to call your Democrat 
lawmakers and ask them to pass

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a bill that secures our border, 
protects our country, and 
now reopens our government.

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YAMICHE ALCINDOR: The shutdown 
means many farmers are unable 
to get critical federal

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data or loans they will need 
to plan for spring planting.

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For the "PBS NewsHour," 
I'm Yamiche Alcindor.