potentially iran and their iran backed forces. for people on the ground huge amounts of anxiety, concern and abandonment. >> be careful over there. one of our most courageous journalists, thanks so much. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> the record looming. trump refusing to take responsibility. the shutdown on track to be the longest in history. the buck stops with him. republican congressman, steve king, under fire for embracing white nationalism. is he giving fuel to trump's fire and vice versa? alexandria cortez fighting with her own party tonight. do democrats under estimate her? good evening, i'm erin burnett. a terrible record. we are five hours, counting down from the longest shutdown in

american history. it will be 22 days at midnight. today, 800,000 federal workers got zero dollars on payday. what is the country doing about it? well, late today, he blamed others. >> congress should do this. this is too simple. it's too basic. congress should do this. >> here is the problem with that argument and this president, only one person can put an idea out when it comes to the donald j. trump administration and that is donald j. trump. >> when the president asks, we will respond. >> she is right, the president must act first. he makes sure no one else has the power to get the deal done. he trashed an offer by the democrats.

>> anything less than $2.5 billion -- >> not 2.5 billion, we are asking for 5.6. somebody said 2.5. no. look, this is national security we are talking about. >> wait, somebody said 2.5? that was mike pence. when trump hosted democratic leaders at the white house, he's the one that got up and walked out. >> bye bye, and i left. >> the president got up and walked out. >> okay, the president is refusing to accept his responsibility to lead. >> the buck stops with everybody. >> it doesn't. it stops with trump because we know he knows this. in fact, he said it before. when he was talking about president obama during a shutdown, he was very clear that the buck stops with the president. >> you have to get everybody in a room. you have to be a leader. the president has to lead.

he's got to get mr. boehner and everybody else in the room and make a deal. >> this weekend, the president is not getting anybody in a room. last weekend, all these meetings and camp david. nothing going on this weekend. in fact, congress left town. the president, instead of meeting with democratic and republican leaders opening the government is tweeting about setting up a meeting with a college championship football team. no meetings, nothing. what is the strategy? >> reporter: it's wait and see at this point. before the president said he was going to put off declaring national emergency, they are exploring funds they can use. the white house legal team was prepping their justification if the case went to court. now that the president said, essentially, i'm not going to do that right now, white house officials are waiting to see what happens, now since the

house and senate adjourned. the last several weekends, there have been a flurry of meetings over the weekend. going to camp david and meeting with the staff. nick mulvaney has been doing the meetingings. there's no meetings scheduled for this weekend and no appearances expected by president trump, either. they are waiting to see what they are going to do next sinls the president said he didn't want to declare a national emergency. we are told, that was in part white house officials feared there was going to be sharp backlash. comments from typical allies on capitol hill warning what would happen if the president declared a national emergency. they are waiting to see what is going to happen next. that comes at midnight tonight. this is going to be the longest continuous shutdown in u.s. history. they know they don't have the messaging here to put all the blame on democrats. that's something the white house officials are worried about, how

they are going to message the shutdown the longer it goes out and the longer people aren't getting paid. >> thank you very much. immaterial -- i want to go to the congresswoman of virginia. this is going into next week, right? >> absolutely. >> it seems democrats are stuck. the president's got to lead back there. democrats are stuck on this word wall. that's why he walked out of the room the other day. he talked about that the other day. here is what he said. >> this is where i ask the democrats to come back to washington and to vote for money for the wall, the barrier, whatever you want to call it is okay with me. they can name it whatever they can name it. peaches. i don't care what they name it. we need money for that barrier. >> name it peaches. what is your reaction to that?

>> democrats aren't stuck on the wall. you know, we have been moving forward. we have passed bipartisan legislation to reopen the government. we passed the big appropriations bill that would have everything refunded until september, then we broke it down to individual departments and passed each one, again with bipartisan support on every one and sent them on to the senate. mitch mcconnell won't take them up and send them to the congress. the president is stuck on the wall. >> when it comes to the, you know, whatever you want to call it, peaches, right? you are a fellow democratic congresswoman. another freshman congresswoman told us today she would vote for some money for physical barriers. would you, again, whatever it is called, would you vote for more of it, more wall, more fence, whatever? >> democrats are very supportive

of border security. we always have been, that's why we passed appropriations of well over $1 billion for border security. a concrete wall is a fourth century response to a 21st century problem. there are more effective ways to stop drugs from coming over the border. we are supportive of those. >> going down the border showing it left and right, the drugs and tunnels. when it comes to a compromise, are you open to more, fill in the blank, more barrier? >> i am always open to compromise, as i think all of my colleagues are as well. it doesn't seem the president is. we have been trying to move things forward with compromise for weeks. >> now, you have a lot of federal workers in your district. they didn't get paychecks today, if they did, they said 0.00 on

them. >> right. >> congress says they are going to get back pay. they are on his side in the shutdown. he said it today. here he is. >> i just really appreciate the fact that they have handled it so incredibly well. many agree with what we are doing. we have no choice. >> do those you have spoken to agree with him? >> the hundreds of federal workers contacting me do not agree with this. they want us to work together and find solutions. i have a number of constituents come to me showing me the pay stub with zero dollars. a lot of them are furloughed, but a lot are working and not getting paid, having to incur child care and commuting and not getting paid. we owe them so much more than that. >> senator lindsey graham is encouraging the president to go this route of a national emergency. the president is not doing that

yet. here is what lindsey graham said in a statement why democrats won't support a wall. they hate president trump more than they want to fix problems, even problems they have supported in the past. democrats will do anything to defeat trump in 2020. is this about hating the president? >> no. keep in mind, republicans had majority in houses and congress and the white house the past two years and wasn't an emergency then. now the democrats have the floor and it's an emergency. this is an excuse to fabricate, you know, controversy and keep the government shut down and place the blame where it doesn't belong. >> congresswoman, i appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> thank you. one of president trump's biggest supporters, steve king, under fire, embracing white

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tonight, republican congressman steve king, defending himself against

charges that he is a racist. >> under any fair, political definition, i am simply an american nationalist. i regret the heart burn upon congress, this country, my state and district. but, the people who know me know i wouldn't have to make this statement because they do know me. >> okay. so, this is what he said, which he obviously heard there thinks is fine. white nationalists, white supremacists, western civilization, how did that language become offensive? okay. so, king has a long history of making racist comments. this, so blatant and direct takes a new step. i want to get to keith, former clinton white house aide, president and ceo of family leader who knew king for

decades. also with me, patrick healy, new york times. you are a big part of this story. i want to get to that in a moment. first, let me start with you, bob. you are from iowa. you know king for over 20 years. white nationalists and white supremacists, how did that language become offensive. >> it's created a lot of heart burn across the state and country. it's inexcusable. it has no place today. especially with a congressman who barely won in his district, which is a deep, red conservative district in the 2018 midterms. so, i have known steve king for a long time. i was a national co-chair with him with the ted cruz campaign. he has spoken at our leadership summit. the within i tweeted this is a bridge too far, this has no place.

the people in the district where i grew up, they are good people. they need to be represented and represented well, but not with remarks like this. that's why i wanted to speak out. that does not represent who we are. i'm glad representative king is taking accountability and responsibility. the fact is -- >> is he really? he's saying i'm sorry for the heart burn. i'm an american nationalist. it's not an apology at all. he's saying sorry it caused you problems, but i meant what i said. let me try to say it again. >> there's no doubt about that. even the context that it was in. i'm thinking no matter what context that's in, it's inexcusable, inappropriate. there's no need for it at that time. >> keith, look, it's stunning. you know, when you think about this, why this is happening now, right? okay. steve king has a history of

saying things that are racist. this, as bob said, this is not hiding behind a folksy joke as before and comes as donald trump as risen. donald trump has bragged about raising more money for steve king than anybody else has. i just wanted to play the comments that both of them have said, racist things. here we go. >> they are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime. they are rapists and some, i assume, are good people. >> for everyone who is a value di dicktorian, they have on 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. >> i think there's blame on both sides. you have very bad people in that group, but also people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> we have growing elements in america that want to destroy western civilization.

this argument that diversity is our strength, i wonder if anybody questions that. >> the echoes are clear. >> yeah, donald trump has given license to the dark underbelly of the republican party. it's been there 50 some odd years, but come out because donald trump is saying it's okay. what used to be a dog whistle is stated by the president of the united states. the republican party has been taken over. >> you don't have to whistle it. >> it's not a dog whistle now, it's a human whistle. what you have is donald trump focused on three issues primarily define his presidency. one is this wall that he wants to get, to stop the mexicans from coming in. two, the travel ban to stop muslims from coming in and three is the nfl, not getting black players to protest.

this is ork straited racism from the united states. the american people deserve better, the republican party deserves better. >> you are a part of the story because you assigned the story to be written in the new york times. i showed things he said before. people say, look, he said this before, why give it the air? why put this out there? this whole new level, this blatant level, what is your thinking? >> you saw over the last year, steve king promoting neo-nazi. we have steve, a top republican official in late october before the midterms basically say that steve king was a white supremacist. i was struck by the fact we have a sitting member of congress who says racist things and has been a white supremacist. we have had that before in history.

in terms of modern politics, look at steve king's history and the degree to which his once fringed views were embraced by people like donald trump, the playbook on politics that steve king wrote and how it helped the rise of trump. >> do you think, when it comes to this, you know, he's made those comments before. but this, white nationalists and supremacists, how is that language offensive? is trump why steve king is embracing it, proud, put it out there? >> absolutely. donald trump was not a professional politician. he went to ohio in 2014, endorsed steve king. this is before trump started running for president. he saw the reaction steve king was getting with comments like these, with the scare tactics

about africans with ebola entering the country illegally, the scenarios king was throwing out there and the way some conservatives was responding to it. not too much later, when donald trump's rallies got away with him, he said i'm going to build a wall and mexico is going to pay for it. again, a nationalist message twinned with making people of color, mexicans pay for the wall. it was a direct line. >> bob, tim scott, the only african-american senator wrote in the "washington post" about steve king's latest comments. they wonder why republicans are accused of racism. is it because of our silence when things like this are said? they did denounce the comments, some of them did. does there need to be more done to make the point? when i was hearing what you said, what you are saying is,

this is not okay. i don't want to have people confuse a deeply red district with because it's red it's racist. that's what you were worried about. that is what can happen if other republicans don't speak out. >> without question. that's why you are seeing a lot of people speak out. me included. that's why i decided to tweet. it's not just the red district, it's the association for the family leader. we have had him at our events. i don't want that to represent who we are. that's not the face you want to have. these comments like you mentioned, steve said a lot of inflammatory comments before. this got a lot of attention. why? because it was out from the curtain, on public stage chl. i think it took him by surprise leaders are calling that out. the people of the fourth district deserve better than

this. they are good people. they need to have that kind of representation in washington, d.c. and on the national stage. >> keith, what happens? does he get censored? is congress going to step up and say he's got to be censored? >> i think this is a clear case, which is deserving of sensor. they believe in white supremacy to a newspaper in the united states. he's a nationalist today. think about this. last week, i was here. we were talking about leaving and the republicans were talking about her because she used a curse word. where is that when king is endorsing racist, white supremacy. >> good question. thank you very much. next, senator lindsey graham telling trump to go solo on

immigration. when obama tried to do it, here is what senator graham said. >> this is a tremendous presidential overreach. >> hypocrisy is beautiful. alexander cortez making enemies. not just with republicans. why are members of the party talking of reigning her in, already? i'm a bunch of wind. and just like your stomach after that strip mall sushi, well, i'm a bit unpredictable. let's redecorate.

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nation. >> so, two wrongs make a right? graham is not the only republican who is majorly and publicly flip-flopping when it comes to the president and the national emergency. >> that's right, he's not the only one. the feeling among the lawmakers is it seems like it is the only off ramp for them. this is a complete and total stalemate on capitol hill and there is no deal to be done on the horizon. we are hearing from republicans say that. they are not the only ones. there are many republicans within the party that say, look, we have concerns here, including from senator lisa murkowski, the republican from alaska. she does not think president trump should declare a national emergency not only because of what republicans said in the past, but the protected legal battle that would follow and the precedent it would set.

>> i hope he doesn't. i hope he does not take that route. there is legitimate debate about the legality of that. we, as republicans complained mightily in the eight years of the obama administration what we declared executive overreach. it would be a republican president who is going around the congress. is it now somehow okay? >> murkowski was one of the few senators on capitol hill today. the house and senate adjourned this afternoon. they will be out until at least monday, which gives you an indication of where the negotiations are at this point. murkowski is frustrated everyone left so quickly and are not in washington to solve the problem. tomorrow will hit the record as the longest shutdown in u.s. history. >> thank you very much. it all comes at 800,000 federal

workers are missing their paycheck. 000 is what the paycheck said today. rusty long is a furloughed federal employee who works for the department of agriculture. you are a single income family. your wife cares for your children, one has cerebral palsy. how are you handling it? >> it's been tough. you have to plan for knowing there's not going to be a check and figure out which bills you can put off and cut back on nonessentials. >> i mean, what have you been doing? have you been trying to pick up other jobs or side jobs, freelance to make ends meet? how has it been going for you? >> i'm fortunate because of what i do, i can take on freelance work. i have been from just about minute one. >> you are an architect, right?

am i correct? >> yes, ma'am. yep. >> so, you have -- >> yep. >> as you say, you can pick those up, you don't get paid immediately. even though your family has, luckily, been able to make ends meet for you, how much longer can this continue? as you know, there's no movement. nothing is happening this weekend, nothing. >> that's right. for us, we have a bit of savings, a great support network here. part of what we have planned on doing from the beginning is reaching out to all those lending institutions, the creditors and seeing who can be flexible with us and give us the time, knowing we are eventually going to get back pay helps. we have to weather the storm, so to speak. we'll be fine. >> rusty, the president has been asked about furloughed workers, people like you responding to

how they are not getting paid. here is some of what he said. >> the people that will be paid, but maybe later, those people, many of them are on my side. they want to see border security. many of those people that won't be receiving a paycheck, many of those people agree 100% with what i'm doing. a lot of people you think are upset, certainly, they are not thrilled, but they say, sir, do the right thing. we need border security. they are people that won't be getting paid. >> how do you feel when you hear that? >> well, it's frustrated because you have a situation that we are in that, for us, it's not political. it's personal. we are trying to make ends meet. i'm trying to do my job, serving the people of north carolina. i can't say i relate one way or the other, we just want to go back to work. >> the white house economic adviser was on television last night. i don't know if you heard what

he had to say. let me play it. >> huge share of government workers were going to take vacation dates between christmas and new years. then we have a shutdown. they can't go to work. they have the vacation, but they don't have to use their vacation days. then they come back and get their back pay. in some sense, they are better off. >> better off? vacation? >> well, it's not exactly like vacation for me, anyway. i understand what they are saying. personally, for me, i love being home. i love spending time with the kids, but i would much rather be at work. it's disheartening for the kids. they come home from school and i'm there, instead of out, making money. >> rusty, i appreciate your time. thank you so much. look, really hope for you and your kids. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> next, a former democratic

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congresswoman alexandria cortez fighting back as a report says democrats are looking for ways to reign her in. jason carroll is out front. >> reporter: democrats bracing themselves for yet another round of how to deal with congresswomanal exand reya ocasio-cortez. she fired back at joe lieberman, one time democratic vice president candidate who criticized her unapologetic proposal to raise the top marginal income tax rate to 70%. >> is she the future of the party in your view? >> no. with all respect, i certainly

hope she's not. i don't believe she is. >> reporter: in response, she took to twitter, telling her 2 million plus followers, new party, who dis? that's a common response to an unknown number. it's not the first time the 29-year-old has taken on democratic party establishment and, according to politico, some dems are at the end of their rope. >> a lot of people don't know where her loyalties rise, if she's going to work with the team. unpredictability makes people nervous. we are seeing that on the hill. >> bade talked to 20 lawmakers that want to bring the democratic socialist into the fold. the article says cortez's threat to back primary opponents of democrats she says are too moderate. she supported primary challengers to democrats. majority leader, nancy pelosi,

in a testy exchange said this, after she upset the incumbent joe crowley. >> they did. they made a choice in one district. let's not get carried away as an expert on demographics. >> reporter: it's clear cortez is the darling of the progressive left and is not playing by their rules. weeks before being sworn into office, she took part in an environmental protest inside pelosi's office. >> it's not just confrontation, it's meaningful unity. >> reporter: she says she's prepared for the political backlash for participating. >> we are going through a process of trying to choose committees and, you know, if i meet people, they are going to put me on the dog walking committee. they steill might.

it was worth it. >> reporter: pelosi did not return our call for comment. new york congresswoman care lynne maloney telling cnn she is bringing new energy and a new approach and we should all embrace that. what seems clear, voters in the new york district that elected her like what they are seeing so far. >> i wouldn't want them to do that. giving us a voice. >> reporter: cortez through her staff, declined to be interviewed. she may back primary challenges against colleagues. on the house floor, she said she was not interested in backing progressive democrats that contradicts what she said during the midterms. her spokesman telling cnn there's a change in focus, but not ideology. >> thank you very much.

joan walsh is out front for the nation. joan, what do you make of democrats taking swipes at aoc? >> i think she looks mature and they look juvenile. some quoted on the record and some off the record. she is bringing enthusiasm to the process. i think she has matured. that's condescendling, i'll take it back. she protested in pelosi's office, she backed her for speaker. >> true. >> there are several ways she moderated her stance toward other democrats. democrats are crazy to be criticizing this woman. >> she has issues on facts. 21 trillion accounting error. anderson cooper asked her about it. here is what she said. >> if people want to really blow up one figure here or one word

there, i would argue they are missing a forest for the trees. i think there's a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, facttually correct than about being morally right. >> donald trump could say that sometimes when people call him out for the facts. chris cillizza said it's not an either/or. >> she went on to say in the rest of the clip with anderson, of course she believes it is important and also she corrects herself when she's been clumsy. the whole clip, honestly said we need both. it's not an either/or proposition. certainly, she's made mistakes. we have all made mistakes. i want to point out she is already learning from them. joe lieberman, i want to point out is not a democrat. he left the party. bernie sanders, not a democrat.

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tonight, oprah and gayle. oprah winfrey is -- lost to ted cruz and weighing a bid or run for presidency. jeff is out front. jeff, you know, beto o'rourke is getting the oprah treatment. she is trying to make a big push to apple and apple tv and her new project, right? she is picking a person to get her a big, big buzz and she picks him. this is not a small thing. >> no question. the reality is oprah is probably in search of an audience. that's what beto o'rourke has. he's been why many of us are looking at the shutdown.

he's been doing facebook live from intimate places and getting a live audience. he'll sit down with oprah winfrey and it will be the first time he takes questions for a he is looking at making a run for 2020, not going to announce it for a couple weeks or so. but boy, sitting down with oprah winfrey, certainly in times square, evokes back to a former illinois senator, barack obama, the same age as beto o'rourke, 12 years ago now running for president. but obama got oprah's endorsement. this is just an interview. we'll see what happens from there. >> when you say, you know, sometimes intimate places, okay, yesterday, he live streamed in the dentist while he was getting his teeth cleaned. i don't know, okay, so some people criticized that, obviously, but he has otherwise been a natural on social media,

right, there's a video of him skate boarding at a parking lot last summer. that went viral. and, you know, it was sort of a youthfulness, edginess, it worked, paired to elizabeth warren announcing she was running on new year's day. >> hold on a sec. i'm going to get me, umm, a beer. hey, my husband bruce is now in here. you want a beer? >> no, i'll pass on the beer for now. >> okay. how much is beto's social media presence, the ease with which he uses the medium, going to help him? >> i think it's a big deal introducing him to people. no question that the presidential race we're on the cusp of, and people say it's too early. it's actually not. this is normally when people start running for president. it's going to be different in every way. one of the first elements is getting attention. so beto o'rourke clearly mastering the role of getting attention here. going beyond the tentist thing

there, he interviewed the dental hygienist who was someone who grew up in el paso along the border. and his point was making the point after seeing that image there that immigrants aren't scary. the border is not a crisis. so this is beto o'rourke's very soft introduction, response if you will, to what president trump has been saying. but it is certainly unusual to say the least, erin. >> maybe just leave off the actual cleaning of your teeth. all right, thank you very much, jeff. and next, an amazing story of survival. a teen missing for three months after her parents were murdered. found alive. we know a lot more details tonight. that's next. [clap, clap] ♪ hey, jen, which tie says, "trustworthy but also fun"? gold down, oil up. oil down, gold up. this is too busy. we need to make sure people can actually use this stuff. which one says, "hours of free live streaming coverage without cable or subscription fees"?

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murdered was able to escape. jayme closs was found alive last night. she emerged from the woods, pleading for help. and was able to lead authorities to her captor. jean casarez is out front. >> reporter: after 88 days 13-year-old jayme closs alive after escaping captivity. >> the suspect had specific intentions to kidnap jayme and went to great lengths to prepare to take her. >> reporter: jayme identified the man she says kidnapped her and killed her parents three months ago, 21-year-old jake patterson. he has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping. but police are still searching for why. cnn has not been able to reach patterson or confirm whether he has an attorney. >> nothing in this case shows the suspect knew anyone at the class home, or at any time had contact with anyone in the

closs. >> patterson worked in the same plant as her parents for a day or two, but didn't know them. on thursday police say jayme escaped the home she was held in, and approached a woman walking her dog. >> she said i'm lost and i don't know where i am and i need help. >> the middle school student says she was being held in a cabin in a remote area about 65 miles north of her hometown baron. >> when i first saw her, did she run away, did somebody dump her off here, because she didn't have coats or gloves and then when he told me who she was i figured she must have left in a hurry. >> patterson doesn't have a criminal record in wisconsin and investigators believe he carefully planned the kidnapping on his own. >> things like not leaving trace evidence by changing his physical appearance, like shaving his head not to leave hair behind. >> reporter: neighbors kept her

safe until police arrived and arrested patterson minutes later, pulling over his car based on jayme's description. jayme has been released from the hospital and has been reunited with her family. >> she looked really tired, like she's been fighting a battle for weeks. >> reporter: the fbi and local authorities have been searching for jayme since mid-october. that is when police discovered the bodies of james and denise krar closs. the sheriff's office responded to a 911 call from their phone. no one spoke but the dispatcher heard yelling in the background. police believe jayme was in the house when her parents were murdered. they recovered a shotgun similar to the ones used in the murders at the home where jayme alleged allegedly was being held. and we are very close to that home tonight, 30 to 40 local, state and federal officials have been executing a search warrant. the suspect will have his initial appearance in court on monday. and the big question that is

still looming, how did this suspect find jayme, target her, and find the home of her family? erin? >> wow, all right, thank you so much, jean. and thanks to all of you for joining us. we'll see you on monday. ac 360 starts right now. for a president who never met a sue perlative he didn't like, he has a new one, the longest shutdown ever. john berman in here for anderson. in a few hours that's exactly what donald trump will be presiding over. this is the mantle he told them he'd take up. the buck stops with everybody, not just him, he said that yesterday. and in fact today the buck truly stopped, as in the dollars dried up for 800,000 federal workers. even though the house, senate all agreed today on legislation to pay back wages once the shutdown ends, no one is doing