Friday, January 11, 2019

Trump edging closer to declaring national emergency

President Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to fund his controversial border wall, as the partial US government shutdown enters its twenty first day.

White House lawyers are examining what presidential emergency powers Trump could use to bypass Congress, as pressure grows to re-open the government.

From Washington, Harry Horton reports.

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