investors spent much of the day watching and waiting, they anxiously watched the government shdown meetings in washington, and those discussions on trade in yijing, and t waited for new developments on both. with enings season winding down and theed on hold, the government spending battle and trade talks are the two most important events for the market. after all of the watching and waiting, there's still only fog, and that resulted in a mixed finish for stocks today. the dow fell just 53 ints, never strayed far from unchanged. the nasdaq rose nine. the s&p added just two. >>> so let's begin tonight with .e shutdo lawmakers from both parties met this afternoon, after reportshe overeekend that budget negotiations have stalled. remember, the deadline to fd rts of the government is this friday. the sticking point remains border security. if then president doesn't s a deal into law by the deadline, llparts of the government shut down again. covering the story for us from oupitol hill. good to see elan. where do things stand at this hour? e, reporter: well, the negotiations have going on through

beyond repair.te weeks of talks, congress and the president reached a compromise to avoid another shdownt russell is still worried it could all happen again. >> we were really luckall of our folks who were furloughed came back the da stopped. they came right back. and we breathed a sigh ofelief. we were like woo. but if this happens again, i would. right? i would like-- it's the logithcl g to do to say you know what this just isn't the right place for me. this isn't, this isn't stable. i need some financial securityit and stabfor my family. i need to find something else. >> alcindor: still, russell feels an out of touch congress could mean an unstable future for a broader look at the after- effects across the government, i'm joined by max stier. he heads the nonprofit artnership for public service." it focuses on issues affecting government operations and federal personnel. thank you so much for being here.he last week, were lots of celebrations because a government shutdown was averted, but ther are still impacts from the longest shutdown in history, the 35-day ordeal. what are th the b

one thing she didn't do is let the republicans get away with the shdown.thing that was not mentioned whatsoever during thei state of the but she let them have it. >> she did. she scolded the president. ese said that it was a stunt engineered by the ent of the united states. she said making their livelihoods a pawn for political games is a disgrace. that was a really important atement, very effective speaker. and also denouncing vo she says that is real and rac m racism. this was a strong speech, but also at the end saying we don'tp want tsident to fail, we want him to succeed, we want him to tell the truth. i thought that she hit a lot of strong points there. >> she's going to be on the ballot in 2020. she's probably running for the united states senate in georgia in 2020. >> democrats are wanting her to run for that seat. >> she did nothing tonight dissuade them from wanting to he recrui >> alexandria ocasio-cortez was elected to the house from new york last november. just weeks after her 29th birthd birthday. she's a progressivdemocrat. a favorite target