trump campaign manager brad parscale pushing the president to hold firm on the border wall presenting him with internal polls that show voters in key areas believe a border wall or fence is needed. >>> the government may be open for business, but the damage has been done. congress at budget office tallies the cost bat about $11 million off of american gdp. according to the cbo, about 8 billion will be recovered as workers return, $3 billion will be lost forever. now, investors will have to wait for the first attempt of fourth quarter gmpt quarter gdp, it has been delayed until next week because of the shutdown. the shutdown has already delayed other economic reports normally put out buyer the centrist bureau including trade, construction spending and retail and new home sales. a spokesperson for the bureau says that it was working on publishing a revised schedule as soon as possible. these missing economic reports have created uncertainty for investors and businesses about what exactly is the health of the american economy. >>> four houston police officers shot while trying to serve a

when i interviewed president trump's campaign manager brad parscale, the president has a serious andadvantage over democrats. he believes heading into 2020. >> if i look at data right now, the same kind of data, the president was del mike is light years ahead of where we were last election. so, i add protein, vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals your body needs. all with guaranteed great taste. the upside- i'm just getting started. boost® high protein be up for life. spewing his campaign manager, brad parr scale, got a lot of attention is now opening up on border security, the russian investigation, his mind and how he works and how he sees all of this is quite interesting. take a look. you said the president, according to your internal polls, has the highest numbers you have ever seen him at. >> so we've been monitoring him over the entire two year period and prior to that. but we started it all over when he became president and he got into office. watching the data,

this is from brad parscale. this is about a year ago, and it says, truth, jared kushner and eric trump were joint deputy campaign managers to real donald trump, nobody else. not one person made a decision without their approval. others just took credit for this family's amazing ability. i'm done with all these lies. they will be embarrassed. well, interesting tweet, right? >> there you go. he's saying what a lot of people know. i think there was a lot of truth to that. trump was -- did micromanage that campaign. he ran it himself. he was his own best communications strategist, political adviser, right? he made all the decisions, the same way the white house operates now. he is a micromanager. and so that tweet was written when i think the wolff book came out, and he was trying to argue certain people wolff was saying were important weren't as important as he said they were. in light of what the indictment said today and who may have directed stone to do what, i thought that tweet was pretty interesting in the cu

. >>> president trump's 2020 campaign manager, brad parscale, responding, tweeting, jealousy is a drink best served warm. and romney just proved it. perhaps that's the after-dinner drink to revenge which is a dish best served cold. you let us know what you think brad meant. mitt romney will speak with jake lapper on "the lead" at 4:00 p.m. eastern. >>> if are you back from a holiday break, yes, the government is still partially shut down. it has been 11 days and counting. president trump holding firm on his demand for border wall funding in more than two dozen stwee tweets since friday. he's invited congressional leaders to meet with him at the white house. that hasn't happened since the shutdown began. a quarter of the federal government has been frozen for nearly two weeks. that means 800,000 federal workers are going unpaid while lawmakers still collect their paychecks. jessica dean with more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. here at the white house, there is expected to be a meeting with the president and leadership from the house and senate, both parties, later this

. >> donald trump is very good at the internet and brad parscale even though he is a loathsome creature . he has his campaign manager for trump and was digital director and he is the one that really did understand how to use and target people and really in some nefarious ways, and some very effective ways appeal to fear and anger, targeted people online and use the services the way you would sell cookies or a movie, or something like that, really did understand. i think the clinton campaign was still operating in a old- style, a digital style and so was the democratic party. and one of the things that has really been striking is the original people a couple of cycle it was howard dean and joe, what's his name? trippi a right. we have him one year. he had done some of the early digital stuff for howard dean which was a effective initially but the problem was not a b but had a cell phone not everybody was online. and then the people that we interviewed back there was ralph friede, because one of the interesting things is when you think about it because for much of the 20th century most of

trump's 2020 campaign manager, brad parscale hit back truth isweet quote the truth is mat mitt romney lacked the ability to save this nation. be sthaifent trump has. hasey was the 2012 republican presidential nominee, but lost to barack obama. he and mr. trump met after the t16 election, but romney was aver offered a job in the trump administration. administra governor of will be setts will be sworn in to his senate seat tomorrow. >>> this morning, the brother of a michigan man detained in russia is rejecting moscow's claim he is a spy. 48-year-old paul wheelen, a former u.s. marine, was arrested on friday, and he was charged with espionage. jen crawford is outside russia's embassy in washington with more. >> good morning. so paul wheelen's twin brother, david, told us that his brother had gone to russia on december 22 for a friend's wedding and he had last heard from him on friday. it wasn't until monday morning, through media reports, that the family became aware that the 48-year-old had been detained. now according to a statement from the russian federal security service, officers

. >> martha: fired up, exclusive interview with president trump's 2020 campaign manager brad par parscalell hear first here tonight. but, first, the testifies stating polar vortex spreads its misery as you have been watching. bone chilling temperatures out there. northwest all the way to the northeast. 15 deaths now blamed on the cold. this prompting massachusetts senator and presidential hopeful elizabeth warren to tweet this. our children and grandchildren should grow up in a world where they can breathe the air and drink the water and go outside without risking their lives