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cnn newsroom. our top story 800,000 u.s. government workers are beginning their third week without pay and there's no sign the situation will improve anytime soon. the u.s. president says he's prepared for the partial government shutdown to drag on for a year or more. unless congress gives him $5.6 billion for a wall on the u.s. southern border. democratic leaders left the white house offering little hope of a resolution. they said discussing a border wall was not possible until the government reopened. but mr. trump says he doesn't need congress to get what he wants. he claimed he could get pentagon to do it if congress refuses. we get details from the white house. >> reporter: president trump

amping up threats, d clairing he's considering using emergency powers to do it. >> we can call a national emergency and build it very quickly. >> reporter: after a two-hour meeting that democrats described as contentious, trump threatened to leave the government shutdown for years if it comes down to it. >> absolutely i said that. >> reporter: asked if he still owned the government shutdown, the president says he's no longer calling it one. >> i'm very proud of doing what i'm doing. i don't call it a shutdown. >> reporter: on the campaign trail he promised a concrete wall that the mexican government will pay. how can you say your failing on that promise to your supporters? >> we just made a trade deal and we will take in billions and billions, far more than that

cost of the wall. as far as concrete, i never said i'm going to build a concrete -- >> reporter: even though he did. >> no windows, no doors, no nothing. concrete, a little higher than that. >> reporter: but the president continued. >> steel is stronger than concrete. 23 i bui if i build a wall or fence or anything democrats want to call it because i'm not into names, i'm into production. >> reporter: claiming the deal with canada and mexico will pay for the wall, even though it hasn't passed congress. a redo in the rose garden after trump took no questions from reporters during his first appearance in the briefing room yesterday. the president describing his meetings with democrats as

productive, though that's not what they said. >> we really cannot resolve this until we open up government and we've made that very clear to the president. >> reporter: friday ending with no swlugz to the government shutdown in site. but the president said he's assigned as team. asked about the message to the federalm ployees who won't receive a paycheck >> those, in many cases r the biggest fan. >> reporter: how do you -- >> okay. go ahead. >> reporter: trump said he discussed it directly with speaker pelosi today. >> you can't impeach somebody doing a great job. nance ea said we're not looking to impeach you. >> reporter: the bottom line is it's going to come down to two people, donald trump and nancy pelosi and judging by the comments, neither of them are

feeling political pressure to come up with a compromise at this time. in congress there is growing impatience on both sides of the it aisle over the partial government shutdown. new freshman democrats who say it's time for their leaders to negotiate and make a deal. >> i thought it was wrong to hold hundreds of thousands of employees hostage over an issue they have nothing to do with. i it don't know what's going on behind closed doors, but if chuck schumer and nancy pelosi weren't bound to their base -- >> so she should cut a deal essentially. >> i know there's some people in my party that don't agree but there are people now not working and not getting paid. i wish we weren't and the republicans a republicans are dig in too much

and you know who much doesn't like it in my opinion? the vast majority of the american public. >> reporter: cnn has learned hundreds of u.s. transportation safety officers have called out sick from work this week. transportation safety administration officers are required to work without pay during the partial government shutdown. according to several senior agency and union officials, the sickout's effected four major u.s. airports. a tsa spokesman says passenger safety has not been effected. but the wife of a coast guard argus it's no longer about border skur border security at all. >> regardless of whether you disagree or agree with the president, the democrats, this is not an issue of border security. it's an issue of funding one of our military branchs. there are a lot of service members and spouses who work

very hard and for me personally my holidays were very stressful. i thought about returning my son's christmas gifts because of all of this. i would like them to think about all of us and even if it doesn't have a resolution in sight, if they could at least fund the coast guard. if one could at least recognize this is a parted of the military not getting paid and they rely on these checks, i would appreciate that. >> some perlowfurloughed worker take out loans. navy credit union have applied for zero interest loans. and live from london. a frequent visitor with us. how are you doing? >> hi, thank you. good to see you. happy new year. >> happy new year to you.

and what a year many federal workers are starting off with. despite stories from federal workers not getting paid, the president is threatening to keep the it government partially shutdown for work or years. what might be the implications if he did? >> this is clearly devastating and very serious news for those 800,000 are out of pay. many of them who are continuing to turn up to work and not to be underestimated, the number of e people who live paycheck to paycheck. it's hard to understand the it president's language is almost impossible to imagine given the consequences and the issue this is about which is protecting the border itself is not based on the alligations that president's making that terrirists come can across the border are not based in any credible evidence. but that basic fact is really

being lost because it's a very significant political issue and public attitudes are very negative. the president's been blamed for the shutdown. increasingly over time congress is being blamed and republicans are being blamed even more than democrats. it's becoming a political issue for congress, the president. it's a very dire issue for the public and the consequences can be very serious if it continueses. >> and we know from many democrats who say he's manufactured this emergency at the wall. but he also said friday he has the power to build the wall even without congress. that he could declare a national emergency. can you imagine he would take it that far? >> i mean he says it's not a threat. it's clearly a veiled threat to congress to negotiate, to reach some sort of deal. could be a signal of how he's thinking of different ways to

claim victory. he needs to find some way to be able to claim a victory because that border wall has been key to his rallying throughout the campaign, his first two years in office. it's been something that's been a central part of what he wants to claim success on and now he's really digging his heels in. so there has it to be some sort of negotiation, which at least allows the president to turn back to those people who we have made that border wall so important to and say look, i've scored and that wall is going to be built. he's made all sorts of false claims that it's being built. nothing advanced since he's been in office. >> all those workers not receiving a paycheck for the foreseeable fuch rr starting to feel the pain. the president claims they're on

his side. >> 71%. >> listen to what he said on friday about that. >> i really believe that these people, many of the people that we're talking about, many of the people you're discussing, i really believe they agree with what we're doing. many of those peep 8, maybe most will not be getting their money in at this moment. in many cases are the biggest fan of what we're doing. >> oh, yeah. what do you make of that statement, leslie? >> the polls show 71% of employees, federal employees are opposed and blame the president. so simply not true. the damage that president experienced over the holidays was he had to spend more time in the white house than he wanted to. we're talking about ordinary people at all different level whose are simply not receiving

paycheck cans, never mind the very serious consequences that are coming from people not being able to do those jobs, from the services not actually executed across branchs of the it government. we're hearing stories about whether or not the national par parks will have to close because they can't respond to emergencies as quick. i mean these are very significant issues, not to be underestimated. >> three people have died in national parks in the last few days. that are closed but went there anyway. is there any wiggle room on either side? nancy pelosi said $1 for the wall, that's it. are they holding back some cards? >> there's clearly pressure on both sides of the house, on the democrats, on the republicans to

really solve this it problem undoubtedly they will be trying to find an agreement that will be acceptable to both sides. because everybed ea will suffer politically. people are suffering. and there's a question of whether or not there's a negotiation on immigration. talk of whether the president would offer aminousy for the dreamers and a path forward for the it democrats to claim a victory and the president. but nobody's revealing their hand. so it's unclear how this gets settled . well, president trump hopes the russia investigation would end soon, he just received bad news. special counsel robert mueller's federal grand jury has been extend itted. >> reporter: the grand jury

hearing evidence from special counsel robert mueller has been extended, allowing the investigation to continue. the chief just at the district court in washington agreed to extend the grand jury's term was set to expire this weekend. under federal rules the judge could extend up to six months if she finds it in the public's interests. charges ranging from hacking to lying to the fbi and they've heard testimony from multiple witnesses. this means the grand jury will continue to hear evidence in the investigation and bob mueller isn't finished. more countries join the it effort to help as an american sits in a russian prison charged with espionage. plus president trump's battle with border security leaves thousands of u.s.

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a u.s. service member has plead not guilty to charges surrounding the death of an isis fighter.

navy s.e.a.l. edward gallagher was in a military court facing nine charges including premeditated murder. he's accused in the stabbing death of an injured isis fighter believed to be 15 years old. it the other charges include retaliating against and trying to stop fellow service mmbers from reporting his actions. the trial begins next month. the american arrested in russia for spying does not appear to have any connections with intelligence operations. his brother wrote paul is a kind and considerate brother, son and uncle, he is men ea things to many people but he is not a spy. diplomats from the u.s., ireland, britain and canada are

already moving to help him as he is already a citizen of all four countries. the question is what can the diplomats working on this story do for whelan? his family is saying russia just got it wrong. he's just an innocent traveller. but what has russia said if anything? >> well, they're being very silent, unusually silent, officials from the kremlin outwards in moscow. the only information such as it is has been reported in the local news website, siting unnamed officials, saying mr. whelan was caught red handed in receiving some kind of memory disks that had on it confidential information. we don't know that is even the evidence being used against him

in this investigation for which he's already being charged in espionage. we've been in touch with his lawyer since he was arrested on december the 28th. but he has been reaching out to the four countries of which he's a citizen, the united states, canada, britain and ireland. with the british foreign secretary coming out yesterday saying innocent individuals should not be used in pawns of games of international diplomacy and chess. and the reason for that of course is it the very bitter relations indeed that exist at the moment between the uniuted kingdom and russia, not least over the chemical weapons in salisbury lasts year. >> and at a time when vladimir putin said he wanted closer ties with the united states. so unusual at best. thank soez much.

let's talk about this with steve morris. retired supervisy special agent with the fbi. thanks for joining us. is there any part of this story that has you thinking that mr. whelan could have been a spy? his unique interest to russia? involving larceny and receiving a bad conduct discharge. is his story curious to you? >> it's very curious. because while he seems to be having cultivating relationships with people in russia, he doesn't have the access or the background. so while his behavior is somewhat strange, i don't think he's an operative. >> the u.s. would use someone

with his track record as a spy. would he possibly be doing any kind of work for a different entity? >> no. you know, i don't think so. because if it was, if he was, it would probably be canada or britain and the type of information he was allegedly barging for, even if true, was so low level, i can't imagine them using somebody that risky. what i suspect is it's at loos possible that he was free lancing. that he was trying to get information that he thought he might be able to sell to an intelligence agency. >> i see. his family is certainly standing by him. that he travelled in russia often. made various friends. he has american citizenship, canadian, also from ireland and britain. >> his sister does too and she's

probably not spy. the issue is that his grandparents were irish, his parents were british. he was born in canada and he got citizenship in the united states. so that's not entirely unusual. what -- and it hurts me to say this for the family's sake but the family, while they trust him had no idea that he had a dishonorable discharge due to larceny charges. so he may be living differently than he's letting on. >> and what about the other angle here? questions have been raised about whether russia -- the u.s. recently arrested citizen on conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. >> you know, first of all she's going to be released and i think the russians know that. so eventually released in the

months. so i don't think they would want to start a several months long barging process to get somebody out who's already getting out. i suspect that putin, when translated to english is pechialant. i think this is more likely some kind of irritation with what happened to her, rather than rather than a destwrier bargain. >> vladimir putin reaches out and says he wants closer ties, then this happens. >> i don't believe what vladimir putin says about wanting better ties, necessarily. at least he wantsthem on his terms. the u.s. is going to essentially pitch a fit over this. their reaction so far has been above and beyond what usually happens.

you might get a consler official but you don't get the ambassador of a major country to a major country like russia coming and visiting you in your cell. this has become a very large political issue and i believe it's possible that they'll be somewhat reasonably short release. the alternative is that the russians dig their heels in and they want to get a pountd of flesh for this. so there's a lot at stake. >> and we'll be watching it because it's certainly a curious story and someone who's an american citizen being held in a former kgb prison outside of moscow. always appreciate your insight. thanks, steve. yellow vest protesters are back in the streets of the french capitols for more demonstrations.

protests began in november and grew into revolt over the french president's policies. this week they signalled a tougher stance. and called them agitators, trying to topple it the government. police detained a protest leader for authorizing an unauthorized demonstration. how the partial government shutdown is having negative consequences across the country and trashing the nation's capitol. also the congresswoman takes on her critics. trying to embarrass her with this video from her college days. i don't keep track of regrets. i never count the wrinkles.

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and welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and all around the world, we appreciate you watching. i'm natalie allen. tropical storm has been down graded to a tropical depression. but there's still a threat of flash flood in parts of thailand. three deaths have been blamed on the storm. it swept over east coast with heavy wind and rain before moving aught to sea. police in pakistan say a blast from a car bomb happened saturday morning. officials say those wounded are in stable condition. so far no one has claimed responsibility. it is believed the terrorists behind the uss cole bombing has been killed. a precision air strike targeted the operative in yemen.

the attack on the american can destroyer culled 17 u.s. sailers. a sure sign the russia investigation in the u.s. isn't over yet. the grand jury working with special counsel robert mueller has been hearing evidence for 18 months and its term was to expire over the weekend. the term could be extended up to six months. as we mentioned 800,000 u.s. government workers are into their third week without pay. and many are getting desperate. the navy federal credit union is offering no interest loans to its members affected by the shutdown. but it's only a ban dade. explains how the shut tn's impact is being felt beyond the federal work force. furloughed friend spends their unplanned time away from work volunteering.

>> i did find a volunteer thing we could do if you're interested. >> reporter: he spent three hours getting blood platelets. friday he picked up trash at the national mall and he says he feels hostage by the government shutdown. >> let's work without having anxiety over our next government shutdown. >> reporter: she's one of those. >> all those things are prebudgeted so when something like this happens and you're not going to get your next check, what do i do? >> reporter: another 420,000 working without pay but they could be the lucky ones. traditionally congress grants back pay to those federal employees. it's even less likely for

federal contractors who might not get any money at all. >> it puts small businesses out of business. >> reporter: represents federal contractors says businesses are still paying employees without getting paid by the it government. the impact is the uncertainty. >> am i going to be made whole at the end of it? will anybody care about the work i do? >> reporter: it's a question people were asking before the shutdown. "the fifgt risk" looks at how they impact across the count cannery. >> they get slandered and abused and yet we expect them to perform critical -- >> reporter: he says president trump doesn't understand what employees do. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. >> reporter: last week president trump canceled pay raises for

2019 and claimed, without evidence that quote most of the people not getting paid are democrats. ryan, who refuses to get into the political mud, worries he may miss his opportunity to buy a house of his own. >> when people in leadership positions publicly surmise about how the pain of a million federal workers and their families is going to tip the scale of the debate one way or another, that represent as lack of moral leadership. >> reporter: and while the president is fighting with law makers over his push to build a border wall, the partial government shutdown is interfering with his imgragmigrn agenda as immigration officers are forced to work without pay and some asylum cases are now put on hold. cnn, washington. in the midst of this shutdown, the 2020 presidential campaign begins.

massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren is in iowa, her first stop since anowing her bid for the white house. taking on government corruption and powerful interests she says are decimating the american working class. in a q and a session with the audience, she gave advice on how to handle foreign policy. >> i believe you should know the difference between your friends and your enemies. deep, deep, deep foreign policy insight, work with your friends and keep your guard up against your enemies. >> well, a democratic congresswoman says she's not making any excuses for her expletive speech pushing for president trump's impeachment. rasheeda talib's remarks

were made after being sworn into office. >> i think no one expects me to be anyone but myself, a little sass and attitude. i think president trump has met his match. i've talked to a number of my colleagues including congresswoman maxine waters and al green and others who were very, you know, smiling and telling me we love your spirit. we welcome it. come can to us if you ever need help or advice and they agree we need impeach the president of the united states. it's probably exactly how my grandmother, if he was alive, would say it. i'm a member of congress and things i say are elevated on the national level and i understand that very clearly. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says she wouldn't have used the

use of words but nothing worse than what the president has said. >> i thought the comments were disgraceful. using language like that in front of her son and whoever else was there, i thought that was a great dishonor to her and her family. i thought it was highly disrespect nool united states of america. >> she's not the only freshman member of congress facing back lash. cortez is facing back lash after a video of her dancing in college went viral. ♪ >> reporter: a 30-second video clip widely shared on twitter eshoing new york congressman cortez shot while she auz was a student at boston university, it's part of an omosh to '80s movies.

the clip was posted the day before the new congress was sworn in, in an parent bid to embarrass the young est woman ever elected to congress. it called her a comy and a clueless nitwit and inspired a back lash from those who saw nothing wrong with a college student having fun. she responded by tweeting a new video of herself dancing into her office. this was just the latest example of an ongoing effort by critbics to diminish her. >> a socialist. >> proud socialist. >> democratic socialist. >> reporter: she's become a lighting rod for conservatives. >> she's surez suggesting we br socialist -- >> reporter: a right-wing examiner tweeted this photo of

her walking down the hallway in a blazer. she wasn't shy about fighting back, posting in response, dark hates light. that's why you tune it out. including ongoing questions about her working class roots by calling out corny republicans and telling one poster you didn't even know who i was seven months ago. you're not going to birther me now. once championed by president trump to paint president obama as unamerican. >> i made it here to washington d.c. for what i'm calling lovingly congress camp. >> reporter: she also supports liberal policies that some see as pie in the sky and it made her a favorite target of republicans. >> alexandria cortez constantly wrong but never in doubt.

>> reporter: and they don't appear to be letting up. some of her new colleagues jeered her when she cast her vote for nancy pelosi as speaker. she retweeted writing over 200 members voted for nancy pelosi, yet they only booed one. don't hate me because you ain't me, fellas. when we come back migrants are risking everything to reach the white cliffs of dover. hey, batter, batter, batter, batter.

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some 240 migrants are made the dangerous trek across the english channel to get to britain. most in small boats. royal navy patrol ships have been dispatched to intercept the crossing. until now some have taken that on. >> reporter: stand in the right light and you can see france. those dark shadows against the golden haze. between them lies the formidable boundary. off within big swells, powerful tides. plowing up, down, and across it. but recently much smaller vessels have gone across. tiny boats carrying people from far away. the desperate and determined risking everything to reach

dover's white cliffs and make united kingdom their home. charter boat operator telless us he's had contact with five migrant boats in recent months. he took a have you had eio of this last year, a small boat. >> t-shirts tied tothem. obviously they were in distress. >> reporter: three men, one woman were on board. their were dehydrated and lucky to be alive. >> i tried to communicate with them but they didn't speak english. >> reporter: every civilian boat operator is under orders to look out for them. >> mariners are requested to report any unusual activity or small vessels transiting the dover straight. >> reporter: and deploying

resources to rescue migrants. the government was initially reluctant to bring in extra safety boats because they feared that could cause more migrants to cross. they've questioned whether the migrants are genuine refugees and they want those rescued to be returned to france. >> that way the migrants and people behind this get the it message there's no point in trying. >> reporter: theall of this is being described as a migrant crisis, even though the numbers of people arriving on the coast are relatively small, especially compaired to the mediterranean. 529 tried to pass in 2018. many didn't get close. the french stopped around 42%. but the fact that some people

concerned, inflamed passion is it the recent increase. around 80% of the total attempts were in the last tlooer months. and more concerned about insuring people's rights for asylum. >> we should be demonstrating our compassion and understanding, rather than worrying about the very small numbers coming here. >> reporter: britain has a proud history of welcoming those to its shores. they drove many to vote for brexit and they worry some when they see small boats landing uninvited on british peach beaches. phil black, cnn, near dover. what is it the u.s. president an expert on? according to him he knows the most about everything. that story's next.

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on wall street, stocks have major gains in a roller coaster week of trading.

the s&p 500 was up more than 3% while the nasdaq climbed to more than 4%. they rallied fall eoing a strong jobs report. federal reserve chairman jerome powell saying the fed will be flexible when considering interest rates. ever met somebody who knows everything? >> reporter: remember how muhammad ali always used to call himself the greatest all of time? well, now it's the president trump calling him the greatest at all times. >> i think nobody knows more about campaign finance than i do. nobody knows more about tlad. nobody knows more about construction. >> reporter: already the president is extolling his prowess from the briefing room.

>> and i think nobody knows much more about technology, this type of technology, certainly, than i do. i know more about drones than anybody. >> reporter: some of the best drone pilots in the world must be surprised. but what field doesn't he excel in? >> i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nobody knows more about environmental impact statements than me. nobody that understands the horror of nuclear better than me. >> reporter: it's enough to make your head explode. >> nobody knows pall it tuoliti better than me. i know words. i have the best words. i have the best temperament. >> reporter: and from a guy who doesn't like to read. >> and nobody loves the bible more than i do. >> reporter: occasionally he's had a moment of modesty.

>> i understand the tax laws better thannall most anyone. >> almost anyone? you mean somebody understands bter law better? >> i have better everything than they have, including this. ♪ no you can't yes i can yes i can ♪ >> reporter: new york. at this moment a robot is exploring places never before seen by humans. named u 22 or jade rabbit 2 is sending back images like this one from the far side of the moon. it made history when it touched down thursday opening up a new chapter in moon exploration and a major milestone for china as it expands its space program. and before we go a story of record proportions at the newly minted fish market. a tuna weighing a 278 kilograms

has just been sold. the new year auction record was set by a japanese restaurant chain whose owner says he may have gone overboard with the purchase. >> reporter: the tuna looks so tasty because it's fat, looks very fresh. it is a good tuna but i think i did too much. >> that's cnn newsroom. for u.viewers "new day" is next. for the rest of our viewers, i'll be right back. (danny) let me get this straight. after a long day of hard work...

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