with the shutdown now entering the fourth week, i want to flag a few key dates. january 11th marked the first time about 800,000 federal workers missed their paychecks. january 12th it was the longest in u.s. history. president trump was scheduled to go to davos on january 21st. he cancelled that trip. the state of the union is coming up january 29th. one wonders what his assessment of the state of the union is going to be when he delivers the address. late january and february is the start of the tax season. the debt limit, here again, expiring on march 1st. this is the date, but the census p bureau is working all yearlong. let's turn to our panel here.