BORDER/DEMS/MEDIA/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is taking over the nation’s airwaves Tuesday [1-8-19] night to argue his case for a U.S.-Mexico border wall — and Democrats are not happy about it. Representatives for ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox Broadcasting, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, MSNBC and NBC confirmed plans to air Trump’s address live at 9 p.m. Eastern. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say Democrats should be given time to respond after Trump’s address…Trump’s address will come in the third week of a partial government shutdown, the result of a stalemate with congressional Democrats over $5 billion the president wants for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Democrats are refusing to pay for it, noting that he repeatedly promised that Mexico would foot the bill for it.”
–Associated Press, “Trump to Take Over Airwaves, and Democrats Demand Equal Time,” The New York Times online, January 7, 2019