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Days, and so well see what reaction is when the president announces that as we expect he will at 3:00 p.m. >> jeremy diamond, thank you so much. the presidents speech comes as a source tells cnn democrats are also preparing to propose a deal of their own to try to end the shutdown. lets check in with ryan nobles for a closer look at whats inside the democrats proposal, whats being offered. >> fred, the democrats plan is to pass a batch of bills out of the house and send them to the senate that...

The "new york times" is reporting house democrats have $1 billion for border spending in their package of bills to open the government. >> this as the president is making a speech he will give to the nation and the white house later this afternoon. together these developments could be some of the first signs of progress in the shutdown. as you wake up in the 29th day now. joining us, jeremy diamond, what are you learning about this potential coming closer together? maybe not closer together yet....

$524 million to improve ports of entry, and $563 million to hire 75 new immigration judges. but guess what, it doesnt include money for the wall. democrats will make the case that there are other more effective security measures. an excellent group of journalists to get us ready for the presidents remarks. cnn political analyst mark presten and michael shearer and david singer of times. >> what is trumps goal today? >> it certainly to try to turn public opinion back in his favor. this is all a p...

>> the short answer to your question is at least they are talking. it seems for the past 29 days, this has just been a staring contest between congressional leaders and the white house. but now were actually seeing some tangible offers being put on the table. lets talk about this proposal from democrats. theyre going to basically do it through a serie of legislative packages that theyre going to pass and then hand over to the senate and then allow the republicans in the senate to do with them as...

Have a deal of their own for the shutdown. >> no doubt, fred, theres a lot of deals back and forth here in washington. doesnt appear these two sides are actually talking to one another. as you point out in sara westwoods report there, democratic aides telling me theyve not been consulted at all about this proposal president trump is going to make this afternoon. one telling me democrats were not consulted on this and have rejected similar overtures in the past. it is clear he a republican and re...

Uncertainty that nobody should have to live with. at the end of the day the deal for the dreamers is going to need to permanently normalize their status. thats not a democratic thing. youve met these young people. theyre energetic and they want to contribute to the country. they dont know in many cases the countries theyve came from. a permanent solution for them is essential. >> youre absolutely right about that. democrats are reportedly set to add more money to a number of spending bills that ...

Republicans, to vote on the bills they keep bringing to the floor to reopen the government, as you mentioned, theyre going to add hundreds of millions of dollars more in border security funding. so specifically, $524 million, for, to repair ports of entry, along the border, and another $563 million, to hire more immigration judges. this is what a democratic aide tells me. as you mentioned, none of that money will be allocated toward the construction of a border fence, or a border wall. that woul...

-- they were astonishes and offended. and it was the same week that we learned that the administration has basically has no accountanting for thousands of children. everybody else is so concerned about how this all happen happened. they want to know what to do going forward. one bill would include $563 million for immigration junctions. another will include $524 million to expand facilities at ports of entry. a lot of these things are

Change for this president. you tell me why it is. >> so this president has been trying to deal with this issue for the past two years. and last year in the spring he brought democrats and republicans to the white house and the democrats wanted no part of it. >> not true, they offered him a deal with the money for the wall. >> this is the thing. first of all, the president is not just saying he wants $5.7 billion for the wall. i can go through, there is a list that the white house has released th...

>> so this president has been trying to deal with this issue for the past two years. and last year in the spring he brought democrats and republicans to the white house and the democrats wanted no part of it. >> not true, they offered him a deal with the money for the wall. >> this is the thing. first of all, the president is not just saying he wants $5.7 billion for the wall. i can go through, there is a list that the white house has released that they want to deal with this. they want $563 mil...