. >> the vaughn family's arlington home is getting decked out for the holidays.liam vaughn started the over time his ten children chipping in. >> it brings us closer together in the. >> william's lifely fo remembering the festive mess. >> chstmas stuff all round. lights and all out here in the yard. yeah. >> reporter: married to william for more than 30 years, the couple endured a lot. his time to the armyent him to vietnam twice.ju returning inred but still tradition.s holiday >> he was just an amazing man. amazing. absolutely amazing. >> the last time william decorated the house was 20 years ago, just before he passed away: >> reporit's been too much work for the family to do without him until now. >> so this is just in memory of him and it's bringing back a lot of good memories. >> reporter: stepping up to deliver those warm memories, volunteers with decorate vet. strangers wanting to honor william and his family's service and sacrifice. first responders among them. >> it brings joy my heart. i love it. we're here not only to protect but to serve. g i think it

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jerome vaughn those free kicks thumping back off rather than bookies book. so wait a while to put the games a bit lucas pitching teeing up katherine in the eighty ninth minute was i to nail the final score. roy snell katha to the rescue once more with ten goals in just eight appearances the spaniards had no trouble making friends in dortmund. zero to show the city we're so happy to have them in the squad there's a few lads that are working hard for him serials who feel if he doesn't of course we know that we have an ice cold striker they can put the ball in the net they depend on we saw that again today on the pitch is plenty more for fans to cheer about as dalton goes seven points clear. by obama and there's nothing to chair about that such high expectations that so much going wrong at iffi to dortmund and a surprise three zero draw against us will go off last week capped off a horrid month of november in the bundesliga. is under pressure to turn things around sooner rather than later and what better team to face them braman by having dropped the points aga

hillary vaughn is live at the white house and joins us now.sit coming on the fifth day of the government partial shutdown and also, on the heels of the president declaring victory over isis in the mideast and saying he's going to pull troops out. but no plans to pull the 5,000 troops in iraq, correct? reporter: that's correct. he reiterated today at this surprise visit, surprising over 5,000 military members, speaking to them at a dining hall, visiting them on base in iraq. this is his first visit to a combat zone, saying he has no plans to pull troops out of iraq. he spent over three hours visiting with them and this is really his first stop of what is a two-stop tour overseas. we don't have the second location for his second stop just yet but we're waiting on those details soon. president trump has made bringing u.s. troops home a signature issue and defended his decision to remove troops from syria, saying quote, i think a lot of people are going to come around to my way of thinking. it's time for us to start using our head. the president s

jerome vaughn dos free kicks thumping back off rather than bookies book. do it when how to wait a while to put the games a bit lukas pish chanting up. in the eighty nine minutes was. to nail a final score. roy snell cafetiere the rescue once more with ten goals in just eight appearances the spaniards had no trouble making friends in and. because those who showed the city were so happy to have him in the squad there's a few lads that are working hard for him serials who feel if he doesn't of course we know that we have an ice cold striker that can put the ball in the net to depend on we saw that again today on the pitch as he has plenty more fans to cheer about as dalton goes seven points clear. november was a month to forget for byron munich nikko that his side failed to win a league game and ended the month in an unfamiliar fifth place nine points behind high flying dortmund they kicked off december with a narrow two one win over vera bremen on saturday. by an coach nick ok batch made just one change to his victorious champions league team says now bring

captives night strike of the season the below freiburg almost hit back just two minutes later my jerome vaughn those free kicks thumping back off running but he's good oh i don't mean cuts away to wild to put the games a bit because pitched chick teeing up tackle out katha in the eighty ninth minute was i to nail a final score i royce now katha to the rescue once more with ten toes in just eight appearances the spaniards had no trouble making friends in dalton. how does it go to show the say we're so happy to have him in the squad there's a few lads that are working hard for him still to feel if he doesn't of course we know that we have an ice cold striker that can put the ball in the net to develop we saw that again today on the pitch as he has plenty more for fans to cheer about as dalton goes seven points clear. and i remind you of the top story we're following for you french president emmanuel mccall has held a crisis cabinet meeting a day after a fuel tax protests turned violent across france here in his ministers consider whether to impose a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of

his other movie roles and how he became boss to jennifer aniston and vince vaughn. >> i had the goodw times. >> plus "love actually" the iconic scene hugh grant would like to forget 15 years later. >> it's terrible. black cloud hanging over the whole thing. >> and -- >> nutcracker! >> elf is also turning 15. we're sharing stories you never knew. >> did all my own stunt food eat k. >> first, steve carell and leslie mann in "welcome to marwen." >> to be continued. >> sweet. >> back in 2005 they had this famous scene in "the 40-year-old virgin." >> we fell in love with you guys together. 40-year-old virgin. she's throwing up in a car. >> and on me. >> and on you. that's what sticks with you. >> and natalie portman and jude law team up for the first time in a movie. their previous films include the drama "closer" and "cold mountain" where they met. >> i think when i said bye to you when we finished filming i think i teared up because i was like you're such a good person. >>> closed captioning provided by -- this holiday bring us your twenty dollar secret santa pick. because you picked yo

hillary vaughn. susan: so many descriptions. beaded fences. oil sliding today. oil prices erasing some of its gains from yesterday's rally. phil, what is driving the trade right now? we're giving back some? >> we were giving some back, but we're coming back. we're almost a dollar off the low after the stock market had an incredible comeback. early in the day oil traders are like oh, no, there goes the stock market again. this rally in oil yesterday. we're going back to slowing economy. higher supplies but that is not happening. now all of sudden we're getting a big bounce. we're seeing in a lot of commodities right now. we're seeing it in the vix index. we were very fearful in the day. back to 30 and down to 29. gold was up almost $8 earlier in the day, 7 or $8. it's pulled back from the high. what we're seeing the recovery in the stock markets, giving a sigh of relief to a lot of commodity markets over here. maybe we'll be able to come off the low even more tomorrow. it is all about the stock market. we have to look at the overnight market. that's going to be k

pierce vaughn is from mississippi, but currently lives in ann arbor.so spending time with family is not always easy to come by.being a first year flight attendant, she expected to work christmas. what she didn't expect is that her dad would be there along for the ride.something both her parents thought was the right thing to do.pierce vaughan/flight attendant"my dad was like i guess i'll just go with you and i thought they were messing with me i was like that's really mean don't say that i'm going to be a alone, and they were like no, like, surprise we've talked about it we think that your dad should go with you and spend the layover with you."in all, her father took six flights to be with pierce.she says the experience is something she'll never forget. pierce vaughan/flight attendant "people are kind of making us appreciate that maybe not everyone has this kind of relationship with their parents and kids." (grant) mike levy and pierce have been in touch with each other since he shared her story on facebook.they plan to keep talking to each oer. oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with ty

william vaughn started the decorating over time his ten children chipping in. >> it brin closer together>> his wife re festive mess. >> christmas stuff all around. lights and all out here. yeah. >> married to william for more than 30 years, the couple endured a lot. william's time in the army sent him to vietnam twitu, reing injured. >> he was an amazing man. amazing. absolutely amazing. >> the last time william decorated the house was 20 years ago, just before he passed away. it's been too much work for the fam do without him until now. ng so this is just in memory of him and it's bing back a lot of good memories. >> stepping up to deliver the warm memories, volunteers with decorate a vet.st hers wanting to honor william and family's service and sacrifice. arlington county first responders among them. >> it brings joy to my heart. we're here to sere. >> i was shocked. i am really shocked. >> at 84en s was not sure heed ever get to s her home decorated the way william did it. off cameraha her daughte to explain why all these folks showed up. it's a lot to wke in. >> t to know what's goin

hillary vaughn is live at the kohl's store in l.a. with more.s is actually keeping their stores open overnight all weekend until christmas eve at 6:00 p.m. opening for 24 hours, helping people cross the final items off of their christmas list. a record number of people are expected to show out this final weekend before the holidays. retailers call it super saturday. 134 million people are expected to turn out. there's going to be a flood of people here. 41% of shoppers say they will head to department stores to complete their christmas shopping but a lot of people are double-dipping. some people are still opting to buy their items online and then come in the store to pick items up. kohl's is doing something pretty interesting. they have an amazon drop-off center for returns. ups said they dropped off or processed a record number of returns yesterday alone and so as people are returning their gifts here, kohl's is hoping they can cash in and maybe they will find something else they like better here instead. melissa: hillary, thank you. i would lo

hillary vaughn. melissa: what happens if somebody gets stuck in the tunnel?le up what if it explodes. connell: if it explodes? why negative outlook? melissa: i know people are thinking about this out there. i'm just reflecting what viewers are thinking about this. am i right? anyway. declaring victory against isis is. latest on president trump's military decision. how it could impact our strategy in the middle east. ♪ there's no place like home ♪ argh! i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ connell: president trump is considering a full military withdrawal from syria. there are around 2000 troops on the ground. the commander-in-chief with a tweet on the topic this morning. we'll put it on the screen for you. he says, we have defeated isis in syria, my only reason for being there during the trump presidency. peter brookes joins us, heritage foundation senior fellow. the president is hearing it from all sides, including those in his own party. let me start with his own premise. from what you know, have we defeated isis or has isis been defeated in syria? >> i th

hillary vaughn live at lax, one of the busiest in the world. >> this is probably the worst day to flyg to catch a flight today headed to their holiday destination. airports around the u.s. are dealing with the most intense foot traffic that they have seen all year long. right now we're in a lull at lax. the lines were long this morning. traffic outside getting through the terminals is also in gridlock. nearly 113 million people are headed out of town for the holiday. that's up over 4% from last year. 91% of travelers will hit the road to their destination. aaa says there's more cars on the road this christmas than they have ever seen before. more cars on the road is creating a lot of traffic. expect commutes four times longer than you would normally expect. the reason why there's more travel, you have rising wages and lower gas prices. so that's getting more people out and about for the holiday, shepard. >> shepard: hillary vaughn live at lax. thanks very much. and there's something up. we're not sure what it is. i can tell you what we do know. the vice president went in to the senate

hillary vaughn standing by at the live white house with the very latest. reporter: susan, acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, saying the president put an offer on table saturday, democrats went home instead, including some going home for the holidays. house minority leader nancy pelosi is spotted in hawaii yesterday and today. the white house says the president canceled his own christmas and new year's holiday. instead he is here to work. >> we can't understand is, the folks from heavily democrat areas, around this area, are home, not talking to him. we made a offer last saturday night. they told us they would get back to us by end of the week. they got back to us last night. we're leaving. no more discussions. re do expect this to go on for a while. reporter: house minority leader deputy chief of staff said they put three offers on the table. giving white house three different offers to get out of the shutdown and they didn't take it. white house is still waiting for democrats to get the a countier offer, dropping offer from five billion doll

hillary vaughn was there for all the action as usual. hillary, what was mulvaney's message to his former congressional colleagues? reporter: well, his message was that the president made his final offer to minority leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi but says they didn't respond. mulvaney saying they were actually willing to kind of compromise and drop their initial offer from the $5 billion to the wall down to an undisclosed amount that he wouldn't say, but he says schumer and pelosi and congressional democrats didn't give a counteroffer. >> we can't understand it, the folks from heavily democrat areas who around this area are home, are not talking to them. we made an offer last saturday night. they told us they would get back to us by the end of the week. they got back to us last night and said we're leaving, that's it, no more discussion. discussions have broken down. we do expect this to go on for awhile. reporter: now president trump is putting a lot more on the table than just shutting down the government. he's threatening to cl

hillary vaughn is live at the white house. you've got the latest on the trade war. break it down for us, please. reporter: well, this is really going to potentially affect a 5g rollout. a white house official tells blake burman that they're working to mitigate any risks that would coincide with 5g, working to ensure u.s. infrastructure remains safe and secure, so the reports are that the white house is weighing some type of ban on any chinese telecom equipment that would be incorporated into 5g. that would have an impact on american wireless carriers from buying this equipment from chinese companies and of course, that then would have a big impact on two major companies in china, including zte, that could also impact the slow rollout of 5g here in the u.s. another big issue here, the shutdown. obviously the white house and congress are still in gridlock. lawmakers are back at work today but they are still at disagreement over who is going to fund this border wall if the border wall will be funded. the house already passed $5 billion for the wall but the president st

. >> reporter: the couple on board, vaughn and joanne meyer, died. today federal investigators arrived to comb through wreckage stretching for blocks, hoping to find something in the scorched debris. >> larger flds indicate either higher impact forces or that the airplane may have started shedding parts in flight. >> reporter: no one on the ground was hurt. but for in neighborhood, a holiday they won't soon forget. morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> a winter storm not making anything easier in that region. there are severe storms in texas as well. plenty of serious weather that might make for travel delays across the country. we're joined by nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. where do we look? >> kate, on the northern side we're seeing blowing snow, wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. we have blizzard warning in effect for the northern plains. we could end up with six to 12 inches of snow possible. on the southern side of the snow, we've already had tornado warnings across central texas. this is the threat through the night, with large hail, damaging winds an

pierce vaughn is a flight attendant for delta airlines and her dad hal was bummed when he found out thathristmas so he used her family flight benefits to join her at work, spending the day in the air together. >> how precious is that? the two were on flights together from ft. meyers to detroit, from detroit to massachusetts. mike levey, a fellow passenger, shared their story on social media. his post now has more than 100,000 reactions and comments and it's because that's such a sweet story. and the daughter posted on facebook that her dad's first trip using her benefits was a success. obviously to get -- >> first time? >> i guess so. yeah, dad needs to start racking up those free flights. >> right? what a day to spend in the air. >> yeah. >>> well, coming up, a terrifying scene on the high seas. a luxury yacht engulfed in flames. look at that. the distress calls and the dramatic rescue. >>> coming up later in "the skinny," could a wedding be on the horizon for jennifer lopez and alex rodriguez? what a source close to the couple is now saying. what a source close to the couple is now say

bush in houston as he prepares for final journey hillary vaughn in houston.ush is finally home in houston. yesterday all living presidents leaders from around the world gathered in washington to honor america's 41st president so that we're going to miss you zeengsy sincerity kind soul will stay with us forever. so too our peers let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man the best father a son or daughter can have. in our grief a smile knowing dad is hugging robin and holding mom's hand again. >> two hours bush family will arrive for final farewell at church former president bush and wife boar bra worshipped at they will head to union pacific railroad take the train 70 miles to final resting place the casket transported with special plexiglas windows president bush's idea he toured when he it had white and blue lettering calling it 414 for the 4 as it president took the train for a two mile spin bush will be buried alongside former first lady barbara bush and daughter robyn. >> hillary vaughn as we take a break, and we are watchi

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. >> reporter: the couple on board, vaughn and joann myer died. today federal veinvestigators ar hoping to find something in the scored debris. >> larger debris fields indicate either higher impact forces or the airplane may have started shedding parts in f >> reporter: no one on the ground was hurt but for this neighborhood, a holiday they won't soon forget. morgan, nbc news. >>> a winter storm not making things easier in the region. snow and wind are an hitting the and there are severe storms in texas, as well. serious weather that might make for travel holiday delays. we're joined by nbc meteorologylan dreyer. where do we look? >> this is a huge storm. on the northern side wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour and blizzard warnings in effect for the northern planes and we could haveo nine, up to 12 inches of snow possible. on the southern side, it's about the severe weather. we had tornado warnings popping up across central texas. this ithe threat through the night with large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornados are a possibility. is will creat

hillary vaughn, come in please.i believe you can see the honor guard arriving at the cathedral? reporter: yeah, stuart, the honor guard arriving behind my shouldering getting ready to get in place to receive the motorcade. they will play "hail to the chief" and several "ruffles and flourishes" as they get ready to bring the casket out of the hearse, bring it inside of the cathedral. remarkable and stunning picture to see they're making their way here. there is at least probably 25 or 30 of them lining up, getting ready to receive former president bush. stuart: charles hurt, we've been watching the funeral procession move from the rotunda, from the capitol building to the national cathedral. charles, i see loads of people, several deep, lining the, the road there. >> yeah it's a, that is the route, the beginning of the route that a newly inaugurated president would take after the inaugural ceremony at the capitol to go down to the white house, down pennsylvania avenue. stuart: let's listen in now. >> order, march. ce

julian vaughn was the communication director of snicc, and i modeled myself on julian i called myself secretary because there was also a minister of information, a chairman, so that was my title and i took it myself. host: dallas, texas, charles between 30 and 60. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you. it is an honor to speak with one of the mothers of the movements, as well as the distinguished professor of texas. i am right up the street from you in dallas but i grew up in sacramento, california, where the latest example of heart break and police violence has happened. i want to say how amazing the panthers in dr. king were able to describe america as this immaculate rolls-royce with a knocked off engine. it looked good but socially, there was a limit. guest: i think it is brilliant. i have never heard that before. there is a huge difference in between what people experience and desire and what is actually happening in this country. i believe in the 1960's, what we saw was a waking up among black people, latino people, exploited people of what was being done to them, and loo

to five year spread ok and from two to five year is completely flat and people are willing to buy vaughn's on the longer end of the spectrum. then the shorter of the spectrum ok what does that mean why do i care well the last nine times that has occurred we had a recession the last one time since one nine hundred fifty five and i heard some person on c. and b. c i did listen to it the volume on it made a mistake this morning i promise not to do that again but this person said it's different this time it does not matter because the yield curves inverting for technical reasons i say bunk ok the treasury is issuing bonds on the short end of the yield curve because deficits are thirty three percent year on year so they have no choice they can't issue bonds on the long end of the zero curve because there's no demand for that but why are you in the long and falling max let me see is it because or you know trump and paying shook hands and everything's wonderful no because global growth is slowing look at the emerging markets look at germany q three g.d.p. a minus sign japan q three g.d.p. a minus

hillary vaughn is at the right house with the details.eporter: the president and first lady melania left the white house in the middle of the night on christmas to visit his first combat zoning during this term. 5,000 military percent nell in iraq spent time with the commander-in-chief. the president said isis is nearly defeated and iraq will and launch pad for nip military action needed against the group. he pushed back against people saying leaving syria is hasty. he says he gave the military a 6-month extension to get the troops out. president trump: today they are not so dominant any more. you look at a map. two years ago it was a lot of red all over that map. now you have a couple little spots. we'll be watching isis very closely. reporter: this comes in the middle of a government shutdown over funding packages, and the border wall is standing in the way. trump was asked how long the shutdown will last and he made it clear he's not budging. president trump: whatever it makes, we are going to have a wall. we need safety for our countr

hillary vaughn in washington, d.c. with more. reporter: president trump surprised everyone today, popping up at u.s. military base in iraq, his first visit to a combat zone as president, he and first lady left the white house arriving in time for. -- >> we lost hillary. she had a lot of nice things to say. a fine report. we'll have more with brine suits and my monologue on why we can't trust some of our so-called allies in middle east, particularly turkey. >> in meantime, president trump signaling he is not backing down on his border wall fight with democrats. today in iraq president said, it all about keeping americans safe. >> how long do you think that shut down will last. >> whatever it takes. we'll have a wall, we'll have safety, we need safety for the country even from this stand point, we have terrorists coming in through the southern border, also. >> you know what, it was always easy. i guarantee, they would say you don't have a wall. you are not going to have -- folks are saying, can we have drones and technology, techno

william vaughn started the decorating.g >> it just brings us all closer together. >> his wife fondly remembering the mess >> everything around, the lights and all that in the yard. yes. >> married to william more than 40 years, they went through a lot. the earl sent him to vietnam twice. he was injured but still loved the adition. >> he was an amazing man. >> the last time he decorated the house was 20 years ago. just before he passed away. it has been too much work for the family to do without until now. >> so this is just in memory of him. just bringing back a lot of good tmories. >> stepping up deliver the warm memories, volunteers with decorate a vet. strangers wanting to honor his sacrifice. >> i love it. >> i'm shocked. >> off camera,te her dau had to plane is why all these folks showed up. my head is turning this way and this way. i wanted to know what was going on. they love me. >> a community's gratitude for a service to nation. shown through christmas cheed da culver. news4. >>> breaking at 6:00. guilty of first-

pierce vaughn and her father hall flew together, first from new orleans to detroit, then to ft. myers, and then of course on to detroit and then to hartford. hal's story was shared on facebook by a passenger who called him, quote, a fantastic >>> if you ask a teenaged boy what he would do with a million dollars, not many would give you an like garland omlafran has t story. >> reporter: garland benson is a little man on a big mission. the austin texas 14-year-old is trying to help save his big sister christiane. >> my sister has a rare and fatal disease called batten disease. >> reporter: 16-year-old christiane was diagnosed with the disease when she was 5. the rare neurological disorder degrades brain function and can cause blindness and seizures. there is no cure, only experimental treatments that may slow the disease. the family started a foundation to raise the $6 million for an fda approved clinical trial for christiane. garland promised to raise the last million by himself. he's almost there and needs less than $150,000. do you think he's going to be able to get it? >> yeah

hillary vaughn is at the white house with our most of current update. reporter: the president canceled his christmas and new years vacation to stay here and work out a deal. congress is mostly out of office. lawmakers are home for the holidays. nancy pelosi was spotted in hawaii today. the biggest roadblock to the deal is not trump's border wall, it's nancy pelosi. >> i think left to their own devices chuck schumer and the democrats would cut a deal in the senate. but if nancy pelosi cuts a deal before january 7 she is in risk of losing her speakership. we put the last offer on the table. you guys have done this for your own salaries. reporter: while the white house waits for the democrats to give a counter offer. the president is threatening to shut down the border. tweeting, we'll be forced to shut the southern border down entirely if the obstructionist democrats don't give us the money to finish the wall and change the ridiculous immigration laws the country is saddled with. nancy pelosi's spokesman said they have given the white house three paths to

back to building ♪ ♪ maria: saying farewell to the 41st president, hillary vaughn from capitol hill with very latest there. >> good morning, maria, 41st president has been lying in state and has been as thousands of people have come overnight to pay their respects. the former commander in chief herbert walker bush remain, former governor jeb bush, vice president mike pence delivered remarks honoring his memory. >> he once wrote a letter to his children saying that in his words describes my own life as it's been over the years and it is right now. ceiling and visibility unlimited. know that may well dedescribe essence of this man and it may well have been his vision. >> president trump and first lady melania came to pay respect, courageous, unyielding through highs and lows of 20th century, four people were delivered eulogies in president bush's honor tomorrow at his funeral including president george w. bush and canadian prime minister, former senator alan simpson presidential historian and thousands more will continue to see him, he will remain here until tomorrow morning, maria. maria:

and jessica vaughn, director policy at the center for immigration studies. good to see you, jessica. let's start with, judge selling said, the asylum rules and deportations are in violation of u.s. immigration laws. are they? >> no. they are not. under our law, people can qualify for asylum if they can show that they have been or have a reasonable fear of being persecuted for their political opinion, their race, their creed, citizenship or a few other factors. these have been gradually expanded in past years sometimes by the rulings of judges. and former attorney general jeff sessions, try to bring us back to adhering to the law because of this rush of asylum-seekers and our border. which has gone up exponentially and part also because of the catch and release policies. but this is really, absurd to think that anybody who simply claims to be a victim of violence or having witnessed gang violence or a victim of domestic abuse can come here and get asylum. that is not with the lower intended or what it says. lou: your thoughts on this because nowhere are activ

hillary vaughn is at the white house with what folks all across this country are saying as it relatesy. reporter: democrats are dumping on president trump blaming his shut down for recent volatility in the market. senate and house minority leaders, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi issuing a joint statement, saying quote, president trump is plunging the country in chaos. the stock market is tanking and the president is waging a personal war on the federal reserve but white house economic advisor kevin hassett says on fox business yesterday, that the white house is confident in the economic data, sales are strong, liquidity is there, calming the market from day-to-day is difficult, but he says he is not worried about a shut down, having any long term impact on the market. >> what is the impact on the economy and markets from the shutdown? you guys aren't concerned at all even if this would go on for several weeks? >> that's correct. in the end a few week shutdown will not be something that has any kind of significant effect on the outlook. reporter: blake the recent volatility in the mark

hillary vaughn at white house with the latest. hey, hillary. reporter: blake, president trump says the only problem the economy has right now is the central blake. sparking concerns that federal reserve chair jay powell may be out of a job as the president continues to rail against rate tykes. steve: is set -- chairman kevin kev. >> fed chairman's job is not in jeopardy by this president? >> absolutely. reporter: he says he supports the independence of the fed. overall the economy is going strong. i asks hassett if the president is concerned about long term impact on economy because of an extended shut down. hassett played down any stalemate and the it may slightly impact the gdp for the fourth quarter, but back pay for federal employees would give a bump in the gdp for the first quarter of next year. >> if the shutdown extended through the jobs survey week about january 10th, then the government workers who are not reporting to work would show up in the unemployment statistics as well. that would be more of a temporary thing. in the end a few

. >> hillary vaughn with the latest. >> good morning, lauren and kristina. they did not hear from one democrat during the first 5 days of shutdown. sarah sanders saying in statement they offered democrats common sense fix but they didn't respond. the and his team stayed over christmas, the democrats decided to go home, the democratic party openly chose to go keep the government close to protect illegal americans rather than american people, the president has 7 days to get 10 senate democrats on board before democrats take control of the house and the president thinks senate minority chuck schumer ready to make the deal but points to pelosi as road block. >> we have a problem with the democrats because nancy pelosi is calling the shots, not chuck. chuck wants to have this done. i really believe that. nancy is calling the shots and they all know, politically speaking i don't do it for politics, i'm doing nothing politics, politically speaking, people want border security. >> pelosi is pushing back saying in a statement, quote, democrats have offered republican

phil flynn at cme and our own hillary vaughn is at the white house. we'll start with you, hillary. reporter: good afternoon. president trump really declaring a 90-day trade truce with china during a heart to heart at g20 in argentina, with chinese president xi xinping. the trading partners agreed essentially to relationship reset. top white house economic advisor larry kudlow saying this at the white house lawn just moments ago. >> ambassador lighthizer will be in charge of shall we say enforcement, monitoring and timetables. there is nobody better than him in the business and i'm sure he will keep, try to keep china on track. they literally can start today. president trump made very clear he is our lead negotiator. nothing will happen without president trump -- president trump by the way has been very involved in the details of this. reporter: kudlow saying he is cautiously optimistic and really saying that a lot of the push for this actually came from president xi saying saying thate engaged a level of detail that was unusual and he was the one who made the pitch to really come t