December 21, 2018: Hour 1

Bloomberg White House reporter Toluse Olorunnipa and NBC News senior politics editor Beth Fouhy join Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to discuss the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the latest on the showdown over a partial government shutdown. Also, looking for a book to give as a gift? We get some suggestions from Petra Mayer of NPR Books. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now's Dec. 21, 2018 full broadcast. You can read and hear more at hereandnow.org, follow us on Twitter and join the conversation on Facebook.