dave and christine. >> suzanne malveaux, thank you. trade truce.onald trump and xi jinping will now hold off at raising tariffs. it will stay at 10%. in exchange, china is willing to purchase agriculture and energy and other goods from the u.s. to reduce the big trade imbalance. the two countries have 90 days to make progress. they are talking. talks had broken down before the g20 meeting. they are talking and negotiating. in a tweet sunday night, the president said china agreed to reduce tariffs on cars from the u.s. that tariff is currently 40%. the president did not say when the change would happen. in addition to a temporary truce with whichina, the president wi justin trudeau and outgoing mexican president nieto signed the usmca at the g20. the president now putting pressure on congress to approve or risk no trade deal in place. >> we get rid of nafta. it caused us tremendous amounts of unemployment and loss and company loss and everything else. that will be terminated. so congress will have a choice of the usmca or pre-nafta which worked very

. >> we're covering the angles with abby phillip and suzanne malveaux. suzanne, weak us -- walk us through the last hours of negotiation that's didn't result in a deal. what reaction are you hearing now? >> reporter: sure, the lights are on in congress, but it is eerily quiet in the hallways. we're expecting the senate to reconvene at noon. that is when majority leader mitch mcconnell will make some remarks. what we do expect is that a lot of what the dealmaking is going to happen is behind the scenes, phone calls between negotiators, many of members of congress, they left around 8:30 or so last night after it became very clear that there was not going to be a vote, a vote at least that could get passage of any kind of legislation. and so the lawmakers will have 24 hours to be called back to return if there is something that they can actually agree on and vote on. it was late yesterday we saw shuttle diplomacy taking place in realtime, five hours. you had the vice president mike pence and omb director, mick mulvaney, and jared kushner, the about the's son

more now from cnn's suzanne malveaux in houston. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave, the aircraftt ellington field here in houston will carry president george h.w. bush's body which is brought to joint base andrews today at 11:30 eastern when they depart and then in washington is when the formal procession and formality gets under way for 45. the capitol rotunda is where president bush will lie in state. the public will be able to pay respects at 11:00 with the memorial service with dignitaries and friends and family. wednesday evening, the president's body returned here back to houston where he will lie in repose until thursday morning. thursday, another second memorial service at st. martin's episcopal church. that is the same church that barbara bush was memorandum 's memorial. he will be buried alongside his wife and their child who died at 3 years old, robin. in the meantime, many people here in houston paying respects. now flowers and teddy bears and colorful socks. dave and christine. >>> thank you. president trump and kpixi jinpi will agree to a pause in the trade. they ke

for more on what we can expect this week, let's bring in cnn national correspondent suzanne malveaux. suzanne, you're there in houston. what is the itinerary this week? >> reporter: sure, fred. well, it is a beautiful sunny day, a quiet day here in houston, really a day of reflection for many people, many families who have gathered and also are going to church. we have learned that air force 747 plane is now at ellington field here in houston. that is where tomorrow morning the body of president george h.w. bush will be taken and transported to joint base andrews. it is going to be 4:45 tomorrow at the u.s. capitol rotunda where you'll see the house and senate participate in a ceremony. the public will be able to pay their respects from 7:30 that evening, monday, to 8:45 on wednesday before the 11:00er mowny that will take place at the national can nethedral amon family and friends. as you had mentioned before, the president will come home, he will come back home to houston. his body will be flown back, where he'll lie in repose that wednesday evening, 7:45 to 11:00 in the morning. th

cnn's suzanne malveaux has more about it. >> reporter: president george w.ush often jokes calling president bill clinton a brother from another mother but also with his father as well. it was a bitter fight back in 1992 and essentially it was bush sr. who called president clinton at the timing during that race a bozo. it was also his son later who would publicly criticize clinton saying that he would usher in a new era into the white house, one with integrity, that being a reference to bill clinton's scandal and impeachment that actually had haunted him and so they were very critical of him, but then something happened, something changed and that was george w. bush's victory in 2000, that controversial victory. just days afterwards he reached out to president bill clinton. the two of them had a lunch, 90 minutes or so, in washington. they both ate a bit of humble pie, we are told, and buried the hatchett and then it just grew from there. one of the key things that happened is he asked and tasked both president clinton and his father to try to come up with in

we're covering all the angles this morning with abby phillip and suzanne malveaux. suzanne, you just spoke with senator lankford. lawmakers are arriving. we saw what happened and didn't happen in the last hours of negotiation. what's happening now? what happens next? >> reporter: sure, victor. one of the things that he said is that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of course is going to make a statement around noon or so when the senate reconvenes, and the hope is that they would have some sort of agreement deal by that time that he could announce and then call lawmakers back in and say you've got 24 hours to come up here and actually vote on this piece of explanation. -- explanatilegislation. if that doesn't happen by noon, this shutdown could last a lot longer. t it is far from certain. what happened yesterday was that you had the vice president, mike pence, as well as jared kushner, and mick mulvaney here. they were meeting with democrats, the democratic leadership, as well as the republican leadership to try to figure out what are these numbers that are acce

. >> cnn's suzanne malveaux is on capitol hill covering the lack of activity there. it doesn't appear a deal is anywhere in the making any time soon. >> reporter: ryan, the halls here are eerily quiet. you can barely find anybody. it really is more in an official capacity that they will convene at 4:00. there are no votes scheduled, no sign of lawmakers returning to town. we're told negotiations are pretty much at a standstill. we've heard from the president as well as some of his surrogates. representative mark meadows saying the president is very firm on that $5 billion figure for his border wall. we've also heard from the democratic leaders, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer in a statement saying they are confused, they really don't know what the president would accept. they're getting all kind of different messages from this administration. nancy pelosi, very likely the incoming house speaker, said she will introduce legislation january 3rd when they come back in session to get the government going again, but it's far from clear that senate majority leader mitch mcconn

suzanne malveaux on the hill, thank you so much. so the president is staying in washington to deal with the shutdown while his wife melania and son baron are at mar-a-lago already for the holidays. let's check in with cnn white house correspondent abby phillips. what is the president's mindset as best as you or anybody else can tell? >> fred, this is the shutdown we have been anticipating. president trump precipated this earlier in the week when he rejected what the senate originally passed which included funding the government but no border security. now we're in a position the white house is desperately trying to facilitate negotiations between democrats and republicans, between the house and the senate, and the president himself. there's as of yet no indication of what exactly president trump would accept, if not the $5 billion that he originally called for. if that figure will be less than that, what's the tresh hohresho move forward. that's one of the things holding up the negotiations. president trump is also fixated on the bl

cnn's suzanne malveaux has details. >> reporter: it is being called special air mission 41, the mission to deliver the body, the casket of president george h.w. bush to his final resting place. the presidential aircraft is now in ellington field. this is the presidential aircraft that carried president trump to the g20 summit in argentina. it is the same aircraft that will carry the body of president bush from here to joint base andrews. the formal ceremonies beginning around 4:45. the capital rotunda where bush will lie in state, it will be 7:30 monday evening through 8:45 wednesday morning. the public will be able to pay their respects. 11:00, a memorial service at the national cathedral where friends, family and dignitaries will gather as well. and then wednesday evening, the president's body to return here to texas where he will lie in repose until thursday morning. and then a second memorial service at st. martin's episcopal church, this is the same church that barbara bush was memorialized. a brief trip by train, and then on to college station, texas, where the president will be b

. >>> let's get to cnn's suzanne malveaux on capitol hill. what are you hearing?ere any progress on ending the shutdown? >> it's interesting. as we begin with the new year, there's old ideas that are being recast as new right now. you have senator lindsey graham emerging from a two-hour lunch with the president yesterday, essentially saying he's got this compromise, this new idea in exchange for the $5 billion for the president's border wall, allowing dreamers or daca recipients, those who came to the country legally through their parents as children, work permits to be renewed every three years as some sort of new type of idea. he said that the president thought it was an interesting one. but you might recall it was earlier this year, there was a grand bargain that was made between the democrats as well as the president, $25 billion for the border wall in exchange for some sort of path for citizenship for these same individuals. ultimately, that blew up. the president rejected that. and so we are where we are at this point with senator graham saying potentially t

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suzanne malveaux, thank you for sharing all of that. news of president bush's passing has been met by an outpouring of tributes from colleagues and admirers who worked alongside the 41st president throughout his decade -- decades i should say of public service. those tributes almost universally paint a portrait of a man who was steadfast in his principles and led a life of devotion to his nation. one offered by john sununu, an adviser who served as the first chief of staff from 1989 to 1991 and john sununu is joining us now. governor sununu, i know you have a heavy heart tonight. thank you for being here. >> thank you. it's a sad day but a day as we look back where we can at least relish a little bit some of the great president's accomplishments. >> not just his accomplishments but the person that he was. you write in "the washington post" today when he entered the white house he faced many issues that had been lingering for decades. budget deficits, the struggle against communism, instability in latin america, social inequality, threat

. >> joining me now, cnn national correspondent suzanne malveaux in houston. ots of events in honor of america's 41st president. what does the week look like? >> fred, you actually mentioned about that presidential aircraft. it is at ellington field here in houston. it did arrive about an hour or so ago. that was the same aircraft that carried president trump to the g20 summit in argentine that. that's the same aircraft that will carry the casket, the body of president george h.w. bush. tomorrow morning it will fly to joint base andrews. then the official ceremonies will begin in earnest about 4:45 in the afternoon. that is where you're going to see at the u.s. capitol rotunda both house and senate members paying tribute. the public will be able to spend quite a bit of time paying their respects to the 41st president from 7:30 in the evening, tomorrow evening, to 8:45 in the morning on wednesday. then on wednesday later, about 11:00 is when you'll see the national cathedral remembrance involving friends and family of the president. then the president, the body

cnn white house correspondent abby phillip and cnn national correspondent suzanne malveaux. t's start with suzanne. walk us through the last hours of the negotiation, what we should expect today, and how people are reacting. >> reporter: good morning. sure, the lights are on here, but it's eerily quiet. what is going to schahappen is mostly behind the scenes. at noon we'll hear from majority leader mitch mcconnell, but we expect much of what is going to happen is behind the scenes, private negotiations between republicans as well as democrats over the phone, making calls, trying to figure out if there is a deal to be made here. most people have gone home. we are told that lawmakers will have 24 hours to be called back if it's necessary for a vote. but essentially they're going to be trying to work out something. last night, it was about 8:30 when folks essentially went home. that's after cornyn, the whip, said, look, we don't have the votes that are going to actually pass anything. and so what happened yesterday was that you had the vice president, mike pence, as well as omb

more on this friendship, cnn national correspondent suzanne malveaux. it's somewhat rare, and even rarer that the loser of friends, the winner, explain how one time political and ground through humanitarian causes. >> sure, ana. it was really a fascinating thing to watch this develop as i covered george h.w. bush and the joke in the family is clinton was a brother from another mother, what george w. bush has to say this with this relationship and his father, hw bush. it was a very bitter, bitter fight. hw bush calling clinton during that time, a bozo later mocking president clinton and usher in an era of integrity into the white house, really, a reference to the scandal and the impeachment and something that worked behind the scenes shortly after george w. bush was actually elected in 2000 just days after that election. the two of them met, he and president bill clinton in washington, about a 90 minute lunch and a conversation and we were told that they both ate a little bit of humble pie, if you will. really kind of burying the hatchet and simply grew

suzanne malveaux is on capitol hill with more. is anyone you're speaking with in the hallways of the capital saying hey, i think i have a plan for the way forward or we might be able to compromise here or there, are we really at an impasse here? >> there are few people here in the hallways. we expect to see the leadership. we don't really expect to see many lawmakers because the senate officially will be open at 4:00 in the afternoon. but there is nothing on the schedule here in terms of votes. the negotiations that are taking place are really on a staff level. behind the scenes here, and really no sign that there's going to be a lot of folks returning. so it is at a stalemate here because what you have, the president has dug in, talking about the $5 billion for the border wall. he's trying to put the blame on the democrats, calling out house minority leader nancy pelosi saying she's just stonewalling here. he wants his $5 billion. we heard from congressman mark meadows yesterday at the conservative house freedom caucus. he said l

suzanne malveaux on capitol hill for us. we look forward to what happens at noon. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> and president trump says he cancelled his trip to florida to stay in washington to, quote, wait for the democrats. let's bring in cnn white house correspondent abby phillips, joining us with what you're hearing on your end. >> reporter: well, the president is here at the white house apparently waiting while others negotiate on his behalf. his son-in-law, jared kushner, vice president mike pence and mick mulvaney soon to be acting chief of staff, office of management and budget have been working to get something negotiated that would bring an end to the shutdown. as suzanne laid out there, the realistici real sticking point is what will president trump accept. can anyone trust that he will stick by his side. president trump has not been clear about what the compromise level of border security is sufficient for him. he pushed republicans to pass $5 billion, but that figure is viewed as nonstarter in the senate. if the number is going to be less than