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by police while trying to reassure the public. >> we are really pleased by the response and how our officers handled this situation. all three of the officers are in stable conditions, and there are no credible threats to new yorkers at this time. if. rich: alexis mcadams is live here in new york city. >> reporter: hi, rich. this all happened last night right in the middle of times square. we saw the police action and a lot of activity the, now were finding out exactly what went down. ...

there are now just five days for congress to,a vert a shutdown of the federal government. newly elected speaker mike johnson has announce a two-step plan to fund the government and it is running into opposition from democrats and some republicans. cnns manu raju has the details. >> speaker mike johnson in his first test as speaker unveiling the plan to keep the government open with just a handful of days before the end of the week deadline, but already facing fire from his right flank ...

Officials. the whole purpose was to show that somehow the russian government worked with the trump campaign to win the 2016 election. the idea that he can say with a straight face he was going to put that on solid grounds is laughable. we would have had our solid ground sometime in may of 2017 if there were real evidence. were in february 2019 and have seen nothing and i dont think well ever see anything. >> sandra: something to watch that interview. it is a big day where were going to learn wha...

Immigration democrats are really upset with, because the broader parameter was, in order to extend a fix for daca, you need some kind of legislative fix and also this is a republican congress, this is a republican white house. its no surprise that they want some kind of, you know, border security element, but the curbs to legal immigration, i think, have added another element to this. its going to be difficult. >> katelyn brings up a good point, angry people on both sides of the aisle. does that...

Areas that need to be improved. the border security element is what were still asking for. they presented a $33 billion plan of which 18 was physical structure. the durbin graham provided 1 year of funding. were testing new propertotypesr the wall -- >> heres the problem, the simple majority i expect you can get it in the house. but in the senate you need 60, you have 51 republicans, you need a bunch of democrats to support it. chuck schumer said theres revulsion to agreeing to short term spendi...

Gives the president a big lead and also getting daca advanced. why not close that deal as opposed to endanger it right before the cr expires when its in the interest of the democrats to show a dysfunctional white house? >> chris, the votes are there. if we are looking at a bipartisan bill, the votes are there. there are enough democrats and republicans who will come together on this bill and support a daca fix whether its a clean daca fix or whether its a daca fix that actually has border securi...

And also getting daca advanced. why not close that deal as opposed to endanger it right before the cr expires when its in the interest of the democrats to show a dysfunctional white house? >> chris, the votes are there. if we are looking at a bipartisan bill, the votes are there. there are enough democrats and republicans who will come together on this bill and support a daca fix whether its a clean daca fix or whether its a daca fix that actually has border security element. we had the progress...

Gives the president a big lead and also getting daca advanced. why not close that deal as opposed to endanger it right before the cr expires when its in the interest of the democrats to show a dysfunctional white house? >> chris, the votes are there. if we are looking at a bipartisan bill, the votes are there. there are enough democrats and republicans who will come together on this bill and support a daca fix whether its a clean daca fix or whether its a daca fix that actually has border securi...

>> im all for comprehensive. but we cant do it before the 4th of march. we have to protect these kids and obviously there will be a border security element of that. >> why does it take so long to do the right thing? everyone here knows the type of compromise we need on immigration. and everyone just wants to keep postponing it. >> bill: a sample of whats on the line. top republicans and democrats sitting with the president today. can they overcome years of partisan divide on the issue. adrienne ...

In some areas of arizona the terrain is so steep that you really cant put anything there, but sensors are do surveillance. it just depends on where you are on the border. i think the president is realizing that go. >> brian: i talked to senator language ford last week. you have this plan this week. senator corn in is thinking about doing it, too in texas. are you going to merge something and put it together that we could see in november? >> i think so. i think the best chance is to do this as pa...