>>> as we said at the top, the government is just days from a shutdown and the stand off is over immigration. the controversy is what is said that the president had said. cnn jim acosta had tough questions for the president and his press secretary. what happened? >> reporter: well i was less concerned about these comments that the president made last week in which he described countries in africa as a shit hole. they don't recall it. and i was more interested today in asking about the remark that the president made that he would prefer to see people come in from countries like norway. and here is what happened when i tried to ask the president that in the oval office today. >> reporter: mr. spread dpresid you say you wanted more people to come in from norway? >> everywhere. >> reporter: just caucasians or other parts of the world? >> jim, thank you. >> reporter: and i don't know if you saw that, the president of the united states in the oval office ordered me out, ordered the press...