drone attack that killed a number of people in the south of the country who's in saudi reports say it tackett a military base there although not tensions in yemen have been rising again over how to implement a u.n. sponsored peace deal australian police say they have arrested a man suspected of mailing thirty eight threatening packages to foreign consulates in three cities a forty year old has been charged with sending dangerous materials by postal service packages largely contained especially as chinese t.v. has released images of president xi jinping meeting with north korean ruler kim jong un in beijing observers believe the two leaders discussed preparations for a possible second summit between the u.s. and north korea can return to north korea yesterday. president trump has called talks to end the government shutdown a total waste of time after democratic leaders again refused to provide money for a mexican border wall the democrats left the white house saying trump had walked out of the meeting the shutdown is now nineteen days old with no end in sight. well here in germany prosecutors

speak of the president's proposal is just wrapping paper on the same partisan package in hostage tackettng paper and it ie same partisan narrow unexpected unexpected -- unacceptable package that cannot pass the house, cannot pass the senate. >> bret: it looks like votes thursday on all of this, let's bring in the panel. guy benson, at townhall.com, senior editor at the federalist federalists, and editor of "the washington post." any hope that this gathers of boats? >> let me just say that this is a greater pleasure than usual to be with you here tonight. we are so pleased that you and your family are okay. it looks like what the senator is doing, senator mcconnell is setting up two bills to demonstrate what may be cannot pass the u.s. senate. he of course counseled the president not to do this from the get-go, but he is a realist. and i think that mcconnell is good at reframing an argument, he is trying to make clear to the american people is the democrats say over and over again that their number one priority is reopening the government and getting these federal workers paid. if that we