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For these comments. they are looking for her to be stripped of her membership in the foreign affairs committee. the republican put out a statement just earlier saying he would try to move to take action against congresswoman omar. its unclear what we can do. many responding very sharply to those tweets last night, brianna. soon president trump is heading to texas for a rally to promote his border wall demand, as the clock winds down to another possible shutdown. and a possible 2020 and isis ...

Pelosi and mike pence sitting behind him there on the stage. >> it will be quite a moment, a real illustration of divided government. we have not seen that before during the trump presidency. and hes getting a real check on his power here from pelosi and from the house democrats. you know, theyre not bunddgingn this border wall demand and i think well hear the president make the demand at the state of the union that he sees a h humanitarian and security crisis at the border and the wall is neces...

>> and the fact that our diversity is our strength. differences in so many ways, including differences of opinion. that is our strength our unity is our power that may be what the president under estimated. >> 800,000 federal workers missed the second paycheck yesterday. the president ensuring workers receive back pay as soon as possible among the effects, the u.s. economy lost $6 billion during the shutdown that is more than the border wall demand. there were flight delays yesterday among the s...

It. >> the u.s. national parks are facing a garbage and human waste overflow. the federal workers who were carrying out maintenance activities on u.s. national parks are not getting paid, not working as part of the federal government shutdown. >> and the guardian calls the presidents border wall demand constitutionally illegitimate. at negotiations continue in washington for the second straight day democrats announced plans to vote on a spending bill starting this week to begin to reopen the gov...

You. >> reporter: now, wolf, were learning a little bit more about what went on during the two-hour meeting between the president and congressional leaders. someone in the room said the meeting wasnt so long because it was incredibly productive but because the president was essentially making the same arguments to the democrats that he made to reporters in the rose garden earlier today. we are told by sources that the president came into the meeting, he immediately launched into a hard line stan...

Youre in "the situation room". ♪ this is cnn breaking news. were following breaking news. president trump going to new extremes in his border wall demand 14 days into the partial government shutdown. tonight hes warning the standoff could last for months or even years. if doesnt get his way, mr. trump says he could go around congress and get the wall built by simply declaring a national emergency. the president speaking to reporters after talks with congressional leaders and democrats call...

Just within the last hour saying he never abandoned this concrete wall. even as the presidents friends and allies have been doing their level best to give this president something of an acceptable off ramp, some way to end this government shutdown without having to make it look as if hes caving in on his border wall demand, the president is actually putting us back at square one saying, no, i want this concrete wall. heres why. this border wall is an existential issue for president trump. this w...

President trump shows no signs of backing down over funding for his border wall demand, insisting yesterday in iraq the american people want it. take a listen. >> look, the american people public is demanding a wall. nancy is calling the shots, and they all know, look, politically speaking, im going to do it for politics. im doing nothing for politics. but politically speaking, people want border security. >> joining us now to discuss, the former press secretary for bernie sanders 2016 campaign ...

His stance. he has said hell come down from his border wall demand. hes also said that he doesnt necessarily need to have a concrete wall built at the border. as long as democrats agree to some kind of barrier in an agreement that would then be used to fund the government. democrats believe they have all the leverage here, that the longer this runs out, the better it is for them because then a couple days from now, january 3rd, youll have house speaker designate nancy pelosi reopen the governmen...

Or when congressional leaders will find their way through the stalemate. this morning americans are waking up to a federal government thats partially shut down. with congress at an impasse over president trumps $5 billion border wall demand. congress already approved funding for about 75% of the government, but about a dozen major agencies are dark this morning. during the shutdown, at least 800,000 government employees will not receive their expected paychecks with christmas coming fast. >> it ...