Back to work for federal workers after an unscheduled long weekend. President trump ending the threeday government shutdown. The government is funded for three weeks. Well done, congress. House and senate voted to end the stalemate after mcconnell fir firmed up assurance of daca and immigration. The president held two meetings to discuss immigration reform. One with six conservatives and two red state democrats. The president up late tweeting big win for republicans as democrats cave on shutdown. Now i want a big win for everyone. Republicans, democrats and daca. Especially for the great military and Border Security. Should get there. See you at the negotiating table. Cnn asks can a long term deal with reached by february 8th . More from Phil Mattingly. Reporter christine and dave. Three days. That is how long the shutdown lasted. Government will reopen. Hundreds of thousands of workers for the federal government will no longer be furloughed. You can look at the democratic votes in the
Im don lemon. Its 11 00 p. M. Here on the east coast. Live with the breaking news include lg this. Reporting the attorney general Jeff Sessions has been pressuring the fbi director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe. That the public urging of President Trump. We have lots of get to tonight. We want to get to pam brown. What is the white house saying . The white house did release a statement. Let me read it here. This is from White House Press Principle Deputy press secretary. As you see heres what he said. The president has enormous respect for thousands of rarng and file fbi agents. Who make up the worlds most professional and talented Law Enforcement agency. He believes politically motivated Senior Leaders including former fbi director comey. And others he empowered have tainted the Agency Reputation for unbias pursuit of justice. The president appointed chris wray because hes a man of true character, and integrity, and the right choice to clean up the misconduct