rumored to be discussing ahursday vote to end the shutdown which may force senate majority leade mitch mcconnell to do the same. house democr bill that fully funds the government through next year except the department ofho land security. dhs would be funded through february with a little over a billion dollars. none of that slated for a wall. president trump said he would like to see the shutdown end bus mainta border wall is essential through his border security plan. >>> new 4 conti es to work on several crashes in our area. >> one of them claimed a life last night in fairfax county. it happened on fairfax county parkway in burke. two vehicles collided there t sendinee people to the hospital. we're still working to learn the extent of the injuries. no word on what caused that crash. > at least one person w killed after a car crash in charles county, maryland. two other people w were also in the car involved are ecovering from critical injuries. police say this was the only car involved in a krar crash on st. charits parkway. is believed these are young adults. the crash remains under investta

but senate rublican leade mitch mcconnell said he would not bring that bill up for a vote since the president would not be expected to sign it. separately, though, the house voted to ensure that all federal employees will be paid ft retroactively the shutdown ends. the senate approved that bill unanimounty and the presis expected to sign it. >>> meantime, the federal eserve and several banking agencies have asked financial firms to work with those affected by the partial sh down. banks are being urged to consider things like loan modifications o extending credit. this is the type of guidance that is normally issued following things like hurricanes and wildfires or otheratal disasters. >>> the shutdown is forcing miami international airport to close one of its terminals over this weekend because security screeners have been calling in at twice the normal rate. calling in sick, that is. miami is the second busiest international airport in the country after new york's k. officials say they are just concerned there will not be enough workers to handle all 11 nheckpoints during normal operating ho

the majority lead mitch mcconnell says it is simple, the senate is not going to send something to the president that he won't sign. and president trump told fox news that he is willing to negotiate, but still insists on a border wall. >> we are not giving up. we have to have border security and the wall is the biggest part. >> reporter: the national park service has been attempting to keep tourist attractions accessible during the holidays, but without staffing, visitors are finding many restrooms either closed or overflowing and garbage piling up. >> there are 800,000 federal workers either furloughed or working without pay. >>> the free visits will stop tomorrow for campers at joshua tree national park. jsh with a tree is technically closed due to the federal government shutdown, however people have been able to enter the park anyway without paying the usual admission fee. now national park service will shut down two camp grounds for overnight use. the park service says it has no choice, the restrooms are about to floeoverflow. >>> a two-year-old girl was in the hospital after falli

before the senate comes in at 1f that debate leading off a senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and assistant republican leader john cornyn. >> although three-quarters of the government is funded and fully operational, important federal functions continue to be unduly affected, and hundreds of thousands of federal workers have no missed paychecks. by now everyone in america understands the basic faultlines of this disagreement. as speaker s of the house i have decided that opposing president trump comes before the security of our borders. the president has asked for a reasonable new investment, $5.7 billion, about one-tenth of 1% of . federal spending for the same kind of border security and, that prominent democrats actually used to brag about, for the very same kind of reinforced fencing that the obama administration bragged about building. or precisely the kinds of barriers that the men t and womn of law enforcement on the ground insist are vital for their mission. so, tragic it is for precisely the same kind of physical border security which a number of my democratic colleagues

this as senate majority lead mitch mcconnell is setting to beep preparing to call for a vo. business has been affected by the shutdown, tap room founder jason sherman. jason, good to see you. >> thank you. dagen: tell us what's going on with the business and how this has been hurt by the shutdown. >> tap room is about four, five months old and we were looking to help small craft brewers from around the country come to new york and hope any further out into the country. and we were opened up with just a distribution business but mostly online business but a big part of the three channels that we wanted to open was a retail store so people could come and experience, taste, have a whole experience with the brands we carry as well as other new york city breweries. we opened up the store, built it out, had it ready to go, anticipating that our license would be cleared to go by the federal regulatory bodies in early january. every week that goes by, there's more lease running, it's more expense on us, it's more breweries we can't be taking on, so right now we're anticipating about

as you know, the republican lead senate by mitch mcconnell passed a unanimous bill that added over a billion dollars for border security bit didn't include $5 billion for a wall. the democratic house in january passed exactly the same piece of legislation. if this was 20 years ago or 30 years ago, if this involves another president, mitch mcconnell as a senate majority leader would stand up to that president and say look mr. president, you may want to veto this bill that both chambers have passed but we have a unanimous vote on it. the house is going to pass it and we're going to override your veto. so mitch mcconnell is just as culpable as donald trump. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> will you guys stick around and i saw during that, when i was reminding the congressman, i saw you shaking your head. i want to get your response, all of you on the other side of the break. we'll be right back with our breaking news. i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the thre

this is an ssueere mitch mcconnell has got to lead and not be a puppet to trump. >> butoth sides ha dug in hair heels, right? won't backnt said he away from the money he wants for the border wall form the e're nots are saying giving you that money. what will be the tipping point for this to get resolved? like you said, so many people e impacted. >> open up the government. take up any one of those nine bills that are stting on the senate floor. senator mcconnell and the republicans have aortunity to put it on the president's desk. we've been very clear, open up the government and we'll talk about what we're going to oo. we'fered -- in fact, in t congress, before thehe christma break, $1.6 billion for border security. then the president at the very ast moment manded a day or twe wanted 5.7 billion without any be built, what h is n purpose wouldow be, it would solve problems. we know we have to be smart with taxpayer money. open up this government. we know there's some parts of ene border fence hthbeavat il to be repaired. but it is unconscionable that the presidentu dld the federal employ

over at the capitol, you have the person who leads those senate republicans, mitch mcconnell, saying, today it is up to the white house, the president and to democrats to find a solution. and even some of these senators on the republican side who are working on potentially a bipartisan negotiation simply don't expect any breakthroughs to be imminent in their own words. on this side of pennsylvania avenue, you have talk about the potential for maybe some kind of a deal that trades protections for wall money. on the other side of capitol hill, people saying we didn't think the white house was interested in that. so it is valely -- >> unbelievable. >> reporter: -- two universes here and no real sense of what the timeline is to get o out of this and pain points for people who are seriously adeeply affected by this. it's far more than the politics. >> i think it's way more than that. literally millions. we know we got federal workers who aren't getting paid and contractors who aren't getting paid. >> reporter: all their families. >> and federal workers living concentrated areas in part of

this is an issue where mitch mcconnell has gotd to lead not be a puppet to trump. >> but both sidesave dug in hair heels, right? the president said he won't back away from the money he wants for the border wall form the democrats are saying we're not giving you that money. what will be the tipping point for this to get resolved? like you said, so many people are impacted. >> open up the government. take up any one of those nine bills that ar sitting on the senate floor. senator mcconnell and the a republicans an opportunity to put it on the president's desk.ry we've been vclear, open up the government and we'll talk about what we're going to do. we've offered -- in fact, in thg lation that was before congress, before the christmas break, $1.6 billion for border security. en the president at the very last moment demand $5 billion. then a day or two later he want5.7 billion without any specification of where it would be built, what his purpose would be, how it would solve problems. we know we have to be smart with taxpayer money. open up this government. we know there's some parts of tha

talks this weekend and just we can see some comments here from senate the leading republican in the u.s. senate mitch mcconnell saying we'll see if they can reach an agreement and punt it back to us for a final sign off he doesn't want to get too involved. he doesn't want to get too involved because he doesn't want to waste time debating something the president is never going to sign the way it works in the united states for something to become law it has to pass in both chambers the senate and the house it doesn't matter what order but then it has to be signed by the president so what we saw late on thursday evening when democrats took control of the house was what mitch mcconnell has sort of referred to as a largely symbolic action passing two pieces of legislation to attempt to reopen the government but knowing as they passed this the donald trump it already said he would never sign it so in some respects it was theater in some respects it was an attempt to try and reopen the government but. rather mr mcconnell the top republican in the senate saying we're not going to even debate and vote on legislation we

back to mitch mcconnell as we were just talking about starting this hash tag where is mitch and running around the capitol making sort of the scene about where is mitch mcconnell since he's not leading issue. you know, throw the michael cohen narrative in the middle of this, it's just toxicity everywhere. and the only way i see beyond the president backing down on the wall right now is this whole declaring a national emergency. i'm really interested to see if that talk is going to pick up in the next couple of days given what we've seen happen over the past 24 hours. >> this is madness, john. >> yeah. >> it really is. all of this yelling at each other and as rachel points out all the toxicity. and in terms of the congressman, he's getting out too far ahead of it. we have to confirm the buzz feed reporting and if it is confirmed it's unambiguous. but we are not there yet. >> these were to very good reporters but you don't begin proceedings based on a report. you do it when an actual report, the mueller report is dropped. but this is the problem. donald trump and this entire circumstance is a symptom of a larger problem that's been percolating for a long time. the inability to reason

leading g.o.p. consultant yesterday. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell trying to persuade him to go for it.cuss, former rnc communications director and republican strategist. this is interesting. let's talk about the effect on the administration because pompeo and the president are like this in a circle of advisers, a shrinking one for this president. >> it would be a loss personally for trump and more broadly for the administration. we see we don't have secretaries. we have acting secretaries. this would cause not only another one of those, but one of the most important position that there is. if you think this administration can't get more chaotic, it could. >> so what's behind this? i hate to ask, but is it possible that pompeo is looking for an escape? >> the one thing we hear from administration officials is they are trying to figure out their graceful exit. if there is a way to do so, people want totry to do that, this would be a great way to tell the president i want to go back to kansas to fight for your agenda. >> that would be the story you would tell the president. what does that

leading role in negotiations. here we have senate majority leader mitch mcconnell enjoying his lunch. ( laughter ) what's this?the washington press corps. what a grand opportunity for

some senators are questioning why senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is not taking the lead to work out these issues. >> the person who is missing from these negotiations is mitch mcconnell, the majority leader. look, the majority leader had us go out of session just before christmas when the entire senate unanimously voted for a package of that would have kept the government open. he is now saying i'm out of this until the president says what he will clearly stand for. reporter: democrats like senator chris coons says they're for border security. the shutdown does affect paychecks for federal workers out of money. talking about some 800,000 federal workers. new mortgages may not be processed because they require irs verification of past income. the irs is unfunded right now through the treasury. there could be delays in refund checks, food stamp program could be disrupted because the department of agriculture running the program will be out of money after january. 3 billion in emergency funds will not cover all of the february obligations. also the tsa not being paid. seeing anothe

because those bipartisan senators can't get mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leading to bring it to the floor their focus will be to effectively get the robert mueller protection legislation done through the confirmation process meaning he's going to be -- william barr will be grilled and really pinned down, at least the attempt to pin him down will be pretty extreme, i'm told, by people on capitol hill to promise to protect robert mueller, to promise not to say, okay, the investigation can go on, but to give specifics in terms of promising that the resources will be there and every step of the way that the mueller investigation would need to not only see its completion but see the light of day as well. remember, the person in charge of the investigation, now rod rosenstein and soon to be bill barr will be the person to determine what happens to that report. i mean, right now the only thing that technically has to happen is it has to go to the hill. it has to be seen by the senate judiciary chair, the house judiciary chair. that's basically it. it is up to the discretion of the a

leading role in negotiations. here we have senate majority leader mitch mcconnell enjoying his lunch. ( laughter ) what's this?s the washington press corps. what a grand opportunity for mitch mcconnell to display leadership. and... he's gone. ( laughter ) >> mr. mcconnell, mr. mcconnell, can we get a comment? >> only on "planet washington." >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight all work and no pay. plus stephen welcomes curtis "50 cent" jackson and jamie oliver, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: whoo! hey, everybody! woo-hoo! woo-hoo! ( cheers and applause ) very nice! ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting ) >> stephen: oh, that's nice. mark! ( piano riff ) ( rim shot ) >> stephen: welcome, everybody! thank you so much! down here, out there, all around the world! ladies and gentlemen -- ( cheers and applause ) thanks so much! you're too kind! welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. happy friday. ( cheers

this manufactured crisis is going to lead to a real crisis if this president and mitch mcconnell overon't make an urgent decision to work with us, reopen the government and come back a week or so and start the dialogue about what it looks like for us to deal with the humanitarian crisis that is happening at our border. >> congresswoman, one change you bring is your faith. congress voted down what had been an existing ban on wearing head scarves as you are now on the floor so you can do so and serve on the floor. i wonder, what message do you believe that sends to fellow muslims in america particularly at a time when there are concerns about growing hostility among some americans to members of the faith? >> thank you for mentioning that. my sister doesn't actually wear the hijab. i'm the only one who wears a hijab. it is really important to remember that within our constitution there is not supposed to be a religious test constituted. so i am excited for the opportunity to walk into a body that recognizes that and was willing to vote to make sure that i am able to wear my hijab as i se

. >> and who leads that effort given the shutdown, hard to imagine mitch mcconnell, mitt romney now a a few others, but very few. tim, great to have you here. >>> and speaking of that record long shutdown, it is now king kong versus godzilla, that is how one adviser describes the shutdown battle. the president denying nancy pelosi a military plane for her trip to the warzone in afghanistan. the move coming just before her delegation was to leave. this ispelosi's letter suggesti that he postpone the state of the union address. and the president back to paleli said in light of the 800,000 not receiving pay, i'm sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate. side note, the president during a shutdown went to a warzone, very important to note. the president twisting the knife in saying that the 7 day excursion could be rescheduleded when the shutdown is over. another top house democrat adam schiff blasting the president. >> all too often in the last two years the president has acted like he's in the fifth grade and to have someone who has that kin

what he ought to do is challenge both nancy pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to lead risible as they profess on this thing and have a real conversation about border security and immigration. i think brad would agree with this from his time in congress. everybody agrees on the vast majority of what needs to happen in security, entry exit, these does. this is not that difficult him above are playing politics with it instead of good policy. >> both sides are pretty good at that. i'm curious as number of democrats in the past has said some sort of structure in the border. not every inch of it that is in order here and then they backed away completely en masse for whatever reason. what is the reason? >> i can tell you the reason. there have been two deals that did involve more of a border fence or border wall, but involved other things. in both cases the president had to deal with democrats and jolted the democrats. this is all played out very publicly. >> i understand that. but if the two sides are now taking these positions and the one for keeping the government shutdown

we'll hear speeches from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer. >> the chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we honor your name. from you comes the help we need to face life challenges and setbacks. guide our lawmakers. lead them through the turbulence to the destination of your choosing. may they hold on to your firm hand, finding in your radiance the ability to transform bitterness, disappointment, and failure into redemptive opportunities. make our senators increasingly the kind of people whom you can use as instruments of your purposes for humanity. bless the incoming senators of this 116th congress with your wisdom and might. we pray in your sovereign name. amen. the vice president: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the vice president: the chair lays before the senate the certificates of election of 33 senators elected for

and the headline, mcconnell, stop sitting on your hands, end this government shutdown and the lead is a great one. i will read that. what in blue blazes is mitch? the guy who is arguably the most skilled legislator in the history of the united states, at least henry clay, homespun suits is sitting out of the contentiousness of president trump's partial shutdown of the government. what is going on here? this is on one hand a literal question, where is senator mcconnell and on the other hand, it is a strategic question. >> it doesn't matter where he is physically, but the problem is here is, he doesn't see any benefit for getting in right to this debate right now for his caucus. and that's what this largely is about, i think, is what does this mean for the republicans who are up for reelection? what does this mean for the people who he is responsible for getting re-elected, when they come up in 2020? and to go against trump right now, i don't think he sees any benefit. and for that reason, he's staying out of it. and that's too bad, because what we really need in this situation is somebody who can get in, who has never shown that they're really

mitch mcconnell, the republican leader of t eer was leading thi to go against the president's position. >> a stunning rebuke and a bipartisan one. showing, i think, some cracks in the republican armor that maybe the president is relying on. what they are facing is a chaotic and confused non-policy from the president that changes from day to day and a common apprehension that our alliances and troops may be in danger from this claim that isis is completely defeated. what this resolution asks is that there be a strategy and a plan. it's lacking now. it puts our alliances and allies in danger, particularly the kurds. it undermines our fight against terrorism around the world. that's why it was bipartisan and such an overwhelming and stunning rebuke. >> thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >>> just ahead, the breaking news on donald trump junior's mysterious phone calls. even if he didn't call his father around the trump tower meeting, could the president have known about it anyway? stay with us. touch shows how we really feel. but does psoriasis ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 1

mitch mcconnell deserves a lot of credit for taking the lead i getting through the senate the largestof judges in the first two years i think in american history. it will continue and at the sam fight. these are all the same kind of people with the same crazy values, and they're all determined to impose on you and me, and everybody else, their particular worldview whether in fact it is legal or not.. >> the way you just summed it up , it's really quite something. they want to destroy the idea o separation of puffers. they want to destroy the understanding of what the censu would be. on every level they want to smash the norms and replace it with what? they want to replace it with a certain international understanding where america is just another cog in an international scheme of government control, he does a new world order, but this syste is corrupt. it has to be replac by something, what is it replaced by? >> if they would succeed, it would be replaced by a dictatorship of the left. i think you have to watch what they're doing pretty up to watc the way in which they would really wa

mitch mcconnell deserves a lot of credit for taking the lead in getting to the senate the largest numberes in the first two years i think in american history. that's going to continue. but it's the same pride. these are all the same kind of people with the same crazy values and they are all determined to impose on you and me and everybody else their particular worldview, whether in fact it is legal or not. >> laura: newt, the way you just summed it up, it is really quite something. they want to destroy the idea of separation of powers, they want to destroy the understanding of what the senses would be, would be considered to be, the plenary power of the executive determinant. on every level, they want to kind of smash the old norm and replace it with what? they want to replace it with a sort of an international understanding where america is just another cog in an international scheme of governmental control. i hate is a new world order, buo be replaced by something. what is it replaced by? >> i think, if they were to succeed, it would be replaced by a dictatorship of the left. i think y

> i think we could see that in the lead up to this, when we were leading up to this and there was a deal on the table and mitch mcconnell got snookerred once donald trump started listening to other people who said they were speaking on behalf of the base, and he made an abrupt shift. he's always going to be checked by what, at least he believes his base wants him to do, by what he is told his base wants him to do. the same thing happened in the daca deal. >> he never crosses evangelicals which are the base of his base. if you were to lose them it would just be a disaster. in many ways the least, you know, the most ethically challenged president of modern times. >> it's amazing. >> is now being held up politically in the air by social conservatives, and but he has spent a lot of time shoring up that support, you know, life issues courts and other matters, and including them and inviting them to the white house. i think that that's -- he spent a lot of time there as well, and he does not buck them. >> doug, you've been on capitol hill. you've been in these leadership meetings as sort of the staff guy, as a democrat, what

leading the charge as the president's emissaries. they don't have the president's image problems in terms of taking a hard-line position. they can work with people on the hill, including mitch mcconnell, speaker pelosi, and their oub ordinates. i think you'll see a lot more behind-the-scenes action this week, and then, of course, legislation going to the floor in both houses. host: a busy weekend, up early on a sunday morning, linda feldmann, covering all of this for "christian science monitor," thanks for being with us on c-span. we appreciate it. guest: my pleasure, steve. host: let's goat some of your tweets and then phone calls, your reaction to this white house offer that essentially offers protection for those daca, the so-called dreamers, in exchange for wall funding. the president calling it steel barriers. one viewer saying we have a president that allows his policy decisions to be shaped by that awful woman, ann coulter. another from karen saying, how is it bold to give temporary protection to daca that donald trump took away? and then there's this from robert, chuck and nancy are globalists that wanted open borders. it's that simple. marian from aberdeen, north carolina, o

mitch mcconnell. he has to make a decision about what he's going to lead the senate republicans to do.'m sure there's a lot of discussion now about what that is. 2020 isn't the greatest map for republicans. they've got to decide right here and now whether they will j jettison trump or ride off into the sunset. he will try to keep this up through the weekend. miller time is every friday. anything that will blunt any new information and you just gave a tease about a second story. any information or anything that comes out, he can use this to continue to distract his base and keep the blind fold on. >> that's a shell game of having worked in congress. in the beginning, the shutdowns do not have huge scaleable consequences. partly because the federal government is built to run in exte extenuating circumstances. we have been covering this and we will continue to do so. people will start running out of food this week. farmers by next week will lose disaster assistance. that affects a lot of people who got hit by a disaster. then take the immigration court is what donald trump wants to improv

and leading the charge and saying, look this isn't just donald trump again. this is mitch mcconnell the democrats arguing he's mia and let's take a look at that for your analysis. here we go. >> we're here doing our jobs, we have voted repeatedly over and over again to reopen the government. he's not in cloak room or in the capitol or in the russell building or the floor of the senate and 800,000 people don't have paychecks so where is mitch? >> she's demystifying the process for the american public. so so many americans are saying, okay, it is the president's fault. which it is. but mitch mcconnell is really been the gate keeper on this. so what -- what congress womano casio cortez is saying, mitch mcconnell, you could do your job and bring your colleagues to the table and vote and so we could actually jump start the government. mitch mcconnell hasn't done that because he also knows that the vast majority of people don't know that is what he's supposed to do. >> that is such an important point and that you have new blood and new members and all of the energy and more of that later

trump is leading this horror show, but you know who i hold accountable? lindsey graham. mitch mcconnell and all the republicans on capitol hill that are ducking their heads. they are the coconspirators complicit by their actions or more importantly, by their silence. the party of lincoln and the party of reagan, they're suffering through a massive moral collapse. it is sad and it is dangerous for this country and i believe it is the beginning of the end of my old party. willie. >> joe, well said and i think there are a lot of people conservatives, not the ones you've talked about there but conservatives out in public life yesterday, writers and thinkers who have come out against the president declaring a national emergency which he continues to threaten to do and against steve king. supporters donating to the candidate who's announced a primary run against steve king so it's not happening in washington and the capitol hill in that building and you listed all the names, but there are people like you and many other conservatives that are standing up over what they've seen the last couple

legislation and hopefully we will persuade republicans on the other side, most specifically, mitch mcconnell, he needs to leadpe we actually have a break on that. we had heard on thursday they are going to take up the legislation we passed in the house on the 16th that would reopen the government. i tell people i'm doing my job. i will say to you, to a person, no one has said to me, of those federal employees i talked to, no one has said to me, yeah, you ought to fund that wall. we all know it's a misnomer. $5 billion is not enough to build a solid barrier across the southern border of our country and know if we learned nothing more from the "el chapo" testimony we know people can burrow under, climb over or go through walls. one of the things i care deeply about is the drug epidemic in this country. we know illegal drugs are coming through ports of entry. imagine the absurdity, cruel irony that what we have done is make our ports of entry less secure. our border patrol agents are being forced to work without pay. the thing we want to do if we want to make sure our borders are safe, make sure we fund tsa, air

mitch mcconnell? >> look, you work for the american people, not president of the united states. we need you to lead. we need you to do right for the peep. this is so critical for us to understand. there are people getting evicted from hud housing . right now i have one of the most polluted areas in michigan and we don't have epa inspectors on the ground watching our air quality. mcconnell, lead, lead for the american of the people. in 10 days it become as fact and even if he tries to veto it, we can override it. let's put people first before this president. >> this is your first few weeks in congress. i mean what strange experience to come to congress to inherit this situation. what has that been like? >> this is not normal. you have right now constituents calling me, my veterans who can't get deferment of loans because no one is there to pick up the phone. this is not the way to negotiate in any issues you're trying to resolve. the president knows this. he's being reckless. >> do you still think the president should be impeach snd. >> absolutely. just today we found out that even though our nationa

the senate lead der ner did not it up, the same bill that he passed just weeking prios prior. it is up to mitch mcconnellent through it by by bit trying to lessen the impacts, the personal impact on families, and one by one as we passed these bills with increasing bipartisan support, at the end of the week i believe we had 12 and senator mcconnell did not take them up either. right now we're at a place where i'm continuing to advocate that we need to end the shut down, just weeks ago they supported the same bill that we voted for to pass and at this point the conversations need to continue. it is unbelievable. it is unacceptable that we would use federal employees as bargaining chips. and talking about border security, that is something we talk about border security. we need those conversations, but we cannot decouple those things. we cannot allow employees to be bargaining tools in a discussion that is unrelated to their ability to go to work and perform their joshes. >> it is value led to point out they passed their clean cr, thank you for joining us. next, massive problems in a massive school district

we'll hear speeches from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer. >> the chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. the

lead? that's when it becomes a big issue for president trump. right now, there's only two, so that's why we're seeing the likes of mitch mcconnell take a step back and say basically, i don't have a role in these negotiations. nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, and president trump need to figure it out. >> is there any sign the president is starting to reconsider his stance? >> you know, a great question. i think we saw the first signs of it last night when we heard sean hannity on fox news indicate that the president would be open to making a trade involving the daca youth who were brought here as children illegally for border funding. that's a trade that democrats wanted to make over a year ago, but they are rejecting now. it does indicate the president is open to some sort of compromise on this, and it's the first crack we have seen from him. whether democrats are open to it is an entirely different question at this point. >> as you mentioned, mark, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said for days he won't bring something up for vote that the president won't sign. how much pressure does it put on mcconnell? >> right now, it's starting to put pre

pelosi, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the rest of the congressional leadership getting face time with the president. could this be the breakthrough that could leadd of the shutdown? at friday it becomes the longest ever. it comes less than an hour after the president addressed the shutdown on capitol hill after he met with senate republicans, saying his party is unified and again demanded border security be included in any deal to reopen the government. blake burman is live for us at the white house with the details. >>> take a look at this. the markets higher today after chinese negotiators pledged to buy more u.s. p

mitch mcconnell said this is a failed policy. both of them are right, that they would only vote that way and lead that way and we would be better off. next question. this is the second question. >> when the president says, though, this is a public relations and cancels this by the speaker how is it not a partisan tit for tat that will go back and forth with no real resolution? >> i will say and have said again -- i think i've said it to this group. the actions of the president were petty, mean spirited and beneath any president of the united states to take. after all, nancy pelosi is the third in line to be president of the united states under our statutes. and doing this small, petty act is, unfortunately, all too regular for this president. thank you. >> all right. that was steny hoyer, house majority leader. we'll keep bringing you live reaction from members of congress, democrats and republicans, as they come and speak to us. there is one thing, let's talk about, which is this word petty. we heard it yesterday. republicans talking about nancy pelosi, speaker pelosi essentially canceling or delaying at the very least the state o

both paul ryan and mitch mcconnell and others in congress who didn't make this their top priority and from his perspective perhaps they should've, but he also did not successfully lead his one party control of washington to a place where this was resolved before the democrats now control half of a branch of government. >> he couldn't get them there and like i said, we have 15 more days to see if they get there at all. >> i wanted to ask you about freshman congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and how she's working with the senator from massachusetts to unveil this green new deal legislation sometimes soon and as much as i have tried to raead about this, what is that? >> you can't find a lot of specifics because that's why i'm eager to think what the legislation will actually look like -- >> because they don't exist. >> they're broad principles in their various versions of various groups. there are some common principles. what it is, is a commitment to transform the american economy into a fully green economy, all energy efficiency measures and the like. >> sure. >> at the same time, due to the massive disruption that that would cause in the employment marketplace a

mitch mcconnell is the person who can lead the republicans back from the wilderness and reopen the governmentestment in border security. >> pleasure to talk to you. speaking of republicans, it's always been very apt at reaching across the aisle. come by fellation of the shutdown, shrinking poll numbers. are you really starting to feel certain republicans are starting to say you know what, it may be time to start to jump a little bit of ship here. what are you hearing behind cloegsed doors? >> i'm hearing concern. i'm hearing a grave concern about the polling numbers and what they're showing about trump's base which has been so rock solid in supporting him. there is now a widespread concern about the impact this is having on our economy domestically, on farmers and aviation security and food security and the very real possibility that there will be some accident or disaster or problem as a result of this shutdown. i've also talked with a number of colleagues about how this hurts us around the world. we're a democracy, we solve problems in a peaceful and rational way and to have most of our gov

pelosi, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the rest of the congressional leadership getting face time with the president. could this be the breakthrough that could lead to the end of the shutdown? at friday it becomes the longest ever. it comes less than an hour after the president addressed the shutdown on capitol hill after he met with senate republicans, saying his party is unified and again demanded border security be included in any deal to reopen the government. blake burman is live for us at the white house with the details. >>> take a look at this. the markets higher today after chinese negotiators pledged to buy more u.s. products following three days of talks in beijing. take a look at the dow, you see it's up 129 points. the s&p 500 up 13 and the nasdaq popping by 67. percentage-wise the nasdaq is the best here, up a solid percent. >>> we have more from ces in las vegas as go pro's founder and ceo, nick woodman, talks to liz claman about how his action sports camera company is dealing with the trade war. and doing business in china, our china trade experts tells us if he thinks a deal will beat the 90-day shot clock. wall street legend bob

mitch mcconnell will have to be responsive to those voices in their caucuses. >> spirit we saw this on criminal justice reform in a rational get together and take the lead becauseight now it feels like the country has been run by and culture and alexandria cortez. that's not really sustainable. we are all at risk with the shutdown continues, risk for what? >> the people lose confidence in their government and people don't know about the stock market it's been up and down and they don't like uncertainty. people when you pull them to like the green when they see the republicans come out on one side there like nothing is getting done in washington. one key even if mcconnell and pelosi possibly come to an agreement is with president trump find something to relax for a while funding or something that is a big democratic ask. we don't know. if you look listen to the language he's a field is resolved and don't forget he moved to bill to the senate that funded the government without the wall that did not have an objection from any senator on either side of the aisle and reversed course. people note mitch mcconnell felt like he was thrown under the bus because the invoc

leading adversary. and comey said his antenna went up, he thought she would win and it would be tainted. conversely he won and it's taint. >> there's someone else who figures and that's mitch mcconnelland i want to read you this from the "washington post," obama administration officials asked senior congressional leaders, back in 2016, in both parties to go public with the united front against russian interference, mcconnell refused claiming in the post's words that he would consider any effort by the white house to challenge the russians publicly an act of partisan politics. >> mitch mcconnell was the majority leader and the so called gang of eight includes the majority leader and i remember vividly when harry reid, his counter part from the democrats one day sent this scathing letter that it's worth reading in hindsight basically said, hey, mitch you know what i know, and comey, you know what i know, and you know, mitch mcconnell has been absolutely complicit, and it goes back before trump. it goes to obviously the merrick garland, but i think mitch mcconnell did a huge disservice to his party and some ways, i would say that he has probably contributed a great deal to the death of

mitch mcconnell is preparing the senate to consider the latest proposed by president trump to reopen government and provide border funding. live coverage of the senate. will leadthe senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. god of endless mercy, you alone hold power over the nations. we humbly ask that you may soften our hearts so that we might see the path away from discord and toward unity. as hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for another painful payday, remind our lawmakers that they can ease the pain. lord, in

>> well, joe, as you know, mitch mcconnell's principle objective is to have a functioning united states senate, which he leadsity leader. i mean, in this situation the president's political skills, if he ever had any, are non-existent because he unwittingly has made this wall, whether you talk concrete, slats, iron poles, whatever, he has made this wall more than metaphorically the foundation of his presidency and the foundation of his presidency is now even in his own language almost is collapsing around him and jeff mason, let me ask you with regard to mitch mcconnell and donald trump, what is your view based on your reporting, the internal dynamics in the united states senate, where there are a host of united states senators, republicans, who know this presidency is built on quicksand, really the wall. >> i think at this point senator mcconnell is offering protection to president trump you know by making very clear that he will not put up a vote or the bill passed by the house up for a vote. that's essentially giving president trump a pass on not having to use the veto pen, which would then even more give

leading the public relations offensive against of the president. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has that part of the story. >> the democrats passed at the financial services funding bill with just eight republicans voting yes. mitch mcconnell says the peace deal approach is the dead on arrival in the senate as the white house offered to veto the threat. lawmakers are stuck as though speaker of the house keeps attacking president trump. >> it wasn't even a high-stakes negotiation. it was a petulant president of the united states. >> on day 19 of the partial government shutdown, an event with furloughed government workers tried to put a face on the event. >> to use them as hostages threw a temper tantrum by the president is just so wrong, so unfair, so mean-spirited. >> pelosi and schumer deliver the democrats' response trying to limit the impact to the prime time address. on the other side, majority leader mitch mcconnell said republicans are standing strong. >> we think border security is extremely important. >> the president's allies say this is the perfect time to address a major problem. >> this is the best chance to force a solution to border security. another thing, my goal is not to reopen the government. my goal is

it's a lot harder for someone leading a chamber in congress to maintain the unity of their party. they get all nervous. why mitch mcconnelling his guys from these pressures. so i just, i think he wields power by doing nothing. so effectively. he doesn't call attention to himself. this is one area where i actually agree with -- stuart: not a firebrand. >> with the new congresswoman from new york. she's right, he is the key to the shut down. stuart: fascinating. bill mcgurn, thank you very much. >> thank you. stuart: you will be hearing a lot about netflix today. yes they released their profits after the bell today but there is a news item here. netflix is paying actor steve carell really big bucks to star in a new comedy about space force. how much is he getting? liz: this is rattling the gated mansions in hollywood and tv land. getting a million dollars, more than a million dollars per episode. this beats the record that cbs is paying out to "the big bang theory." it is space force. it will satter rise the space force. the tag line, the men and women who have to figure it out or something like that. stuart: something like

mitch mcconnell is preparing the senate to consider the latest proposed by president trump to reopen government and provide border funding. live coverage of the senate. will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. god of endless mercy, you alone hold power over the nations. we humbly ask that you may soften our hearts so that we might see the path away from discord and toward unity. as hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for another painful payday, remind our lawmakers that they can ease the pain. lord, in this hour of need, we cry out to you and ask you to send your wisdom into this chamber so that our senators might comprehend and act in accordance with your will. we pray in your merciful name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., january 22, 2019. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3

lead sr. stand by the president, he says border security is not immoral. joining us now is senator mike brawn republican from indiana. it seems like mitch mcconnelle president's back. but you're in the republican party in the senate least is in full support of the president no cracks, among republicans, is that accurate are? >> i would say -- almost completely accurate. there are few i think that they've spoken up a little bit wanting to see the government get back in business. but stew i think this is a point of impact and time where we've talked about border security for so long. republican conference in the senate does want to see us get minimally what democrats were willing to do just very recently so i think the whole responsibility is going to be on them to come to the table. simply do what they said they were willing to do not too long ago. >> is there any wiggle room on the amount, we keep hearing this number 5.7 billion dollars. could it be $5 billion or four and a half billion? wiggle room? >> i think that's up to the president and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, but all i can tell you is i think the problem requires at least that much.