our guestsjoining me tonight are joe twyman, who's the director of the polling organisation deltapollwn. join us for that. donald trump says that the partial us government shutdown, now entering its third week, could last months or even years. democrats are refusing to fund mr trump's wall along the border with mexico. officials from the white house and congress are meeting again now. mr trump says he is considering declaring a national emergency in order to build the wall — without congressional approval. our correspondent david willis is in washington. they met for a couple of hours this morning, senior democratic officials, and senior white house officials, including the vice president, mike pence and the president's son—in—law, jared kushner. we don't know, however, if they just left for lunch, or whether that's it for the day, or whether they will be coming back. so, it's difficult to see, despite whatever happens today, that there will be some sort of breakthrough, because these two sides are so far apart. president trump, of course, insisting that any solution to the government