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Crushed sean hannity. last december, before the shutdown, president trump was demanding $5.7 billion in initial funding for his wall. the conference committee agreed to zero funding for a trump wall. and only $1.4 billion for other forms of border barriers including fencing. only the kind of fencing that already exists on the border. and that can only cover a maximum of 55 miles of the 2,000-mile southern border. that would cover almost 2.5% of the southern border. toward the end of the 35-day t...

But it seems tonight the right in congress, congressional republicans, have found their way to sanity in reaching an agreement with democrats to keep the government funded and completely abandon the trump version of a wall. the only truly vocal opponents of this deal are in right wing media where they all agree this is a crushing defeat for president trump. even the relatively vague outlines of the deal last night crushed sean hannity. last december, before the shutdown, president trump was dema...

Presidential town hall, former starbucks ceo independent howard schultz will be live in houston, texas, with poppy harlow talking about the 2020 election that is tonight at 10:00 eastern. and that is it for me. "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. im brooke baldwin. youre watching cnn. thanks for being with me. it looks like we can put those fears of another government shutdown to rest and if you dont believe me, just listen to the president. >> i dont think youre going to see a sh...

For more, lets bring in phil mattingly. i will make you a handicapper because i know you have been covering this so closely. does this look like it will get bipartisan support? >> it will definitely get bipartisan. i think there is an expectation with leaders and appropriators backing the deal that they should be okay with the votes. as you found out, most people have not seen the deal. as i speak to you right now the staff is actually drafting the deal of not just the department of homeland sec...

Now for this reason it was done to do good police work. >> have we heard anything from the two officers? >> no, they have not spoken or at least weve made multiple calls and attempts to reach out to them. they have not. we reached that chief. he did call me back. >> all right. martin savage, thank you. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. youre watching cnn. im brooke baldwin. it looks like we can put those fears of another government shutdown to rest. a white house official now saying the ...

He was even losing part of his base. hes not going to accomplish anything more with another shutdown after the failed 35-day shutdown. so he doesnt really have a choice, but i dont know if he understands that. >> with every shutdown, it seems like he gets less, right? but seriously, frank, this is according to a democratic source. $1.375 billion for physical barrier, for bollard fencing. the real test of the president is, you know, hes down at the border campaigning right now. whats he saying, a...

Conversation before about using executive action. taking it from military budget, from other areas that arent classic reprogramming. again, we have to see the details on that. i wouldnt have a problem if the presidents reprogramming some funds. for example, there is a fund called the treasury asset forfeiture fund to be used for any law enforcement purposes. that could be used under the law for whatever purpose they choose including border barriers. we have to see where the funds come from. >> r...

Like he gets less, right? but seriously, frank, this is according to a democratic source. $1.375 billion for physical barrier, for bollard fencing. the real test of the president is, you know, hes down at the border campaigning right now. whats he saying, and how are people going to react? and is he going to sign this agreement? >> well, i mean he may sign the agreement and then as kaitlan was saying, he could turn around and do an emergency declaration of some kind although that would put him a...

Three days before the possibility of another government shutdown, but is it a deal the president will accept? heres what he said a short time ago. >> i hope there wont be a shutdown. i am extremely unhappy with what the democrats have given us. its sad.tsave given us. its sad. theyre doing the country no favor. they are hurting our country very badly. but we certainly dont want to see a shutdown. but youll be hearing fairly soon. the bottom line is, on the wall, were building the wall, and were ...

This has got to be dealt with as an all or nothing. because the president has to get this done. its about security, and the politicians that are in the way, mostly democrat and including a few republicans, they dont really care about security. they are playing games with. >> harris: you mentioned, senator richard shelby of alabama. >> david: the former democrat he became convenient republican. >> harris: a probations committee, is what i understand. it is somewhat about the money because we are ...