President Trump to sit for Super Bowl pregame interview

President Donald Trump has agreed to an interview by Margaret Brennan of CBS News’ “Face the Nation” for a pregame interview ahead of Super Bowl 53.

Trump will meet with Brennan later this week to tape the interview, and excerpts will air Sunday morning on the show. Additional clips from the interview will air during CBS’ pregame show. Super Bowl 53, taking place Feb. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, will be shown on CBS.

https://www.ajc.com/news/trump-sit-for-super-bowl-pregame-interview/Q7cdVtoCAHIdQHc8NIuX9N/

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Pentagon: Several Thousand More Troops to the Mexico Border

Tuesday, 29 January 2019 02:28 PM

Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says the U.S. will be sending "several thousand" more American troops to the southern border to provide additional support to Homeland Security.

He says the troops will mainly be used to install additional wire barriers and provide increased surveillance of the area. Plans call for about 150 more miles of concertina wire.

The Pentagon has approved an extended U.S. deployment to the border through the end of September. Officials have been working out how many forces are needed and which ones should be tapped.

Members of Congress pressed Pentagon leaders during a Capitol Hill hearing to better explain the deployment and what missions are suffering because troops are at the border.

There are about 2,400 U.S. forces working on the border mission.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/military-troops-mexico-border/2019/01/29/id/900337/

The Latest: McConnell for 'whatever works' to avoid shutdown

Posted: Jan 29, 2019 2:23 PM CST

Updated: Jan 29, 2019 2:26 PM CST

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on Congress, President Donald Trump and border security (all times local):

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As members of Congress begin meetings aimed at striking a deal on border security, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he is for "whatever works" to avoid another government shutdown or a declaration of a national emergency by President Donald Trump.

Asked whether bipartisan talks should be focused narrowly on border security, McConnell said, "I'm for narrow. I'm for broader. I'm for whatever works to prevent a level of dysfunction we've seen on full display here the last month."

McConnell said he also wants to avoid a result that leads Trump to believe he needs to declare a national emergency to allow him to begin construction on a border wall without congressional approval.

Lawmakers from both parties oppose a second shutdown, and many say an emergency declaration would be an overreach.

http://www.cbs8.com/story/39871929/the-latest-mcconnell-for-whatever-works-to-avoid-shutdown

US intel chiefs contradict Pres. Trump on NKorea, IS group threats

WASHINGTON (AP) — Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, that the Islamic State group remains a threat and that the Iran nuclear deal is working. The chiefs made no mention of a crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border for which Trump has considered declaring a national emergency.

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Their analysis stands in sharp contrast to Trump's almost singular focus on security gaps at the border as the biggest threat facing the United States.

Top security officials including FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats presented an update to the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday on their annual assessment of global threats. They warned of an increasingly diverse range of security dangers around the globe, from North Korean nuclear weapons to Chinese cyberespionage to Russian campaigns to undermine Western democracies.

Coats said intelligence information does not support the idea that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will eliminate his nuclear weapons and the capacity for building more — a notion that is the basis of the U.S. negotiating strategy.

"We currently assess that North Korea will seek to retain its WMD (weapons of mass destruction) capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capability because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival," Coats told the committee.

https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/US-intel-chiefs-contradict-Trump-on-NKorea-IS-group-threats-505035701.html