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Fight. the wall as a political issue has always been much more about the president and much more about his hard core bases represented by the house republicans, and on the senate side, a widespread agreement for the need of border security, and perhaps the need for some type of barrier, but this is not the hill they want to die on so to speak. and so to keep the government closed has a real effect on some of the republican senators, but whether anyone is going to go as far as what jeff flake tri...

>> they are now feeling the heat. it is not helping the president. it is not helping the republicans to be the owners of this shutdown. >> were asking the president to open up government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? why would he not do it? >> nancy pelosi walking away there. mary bruce live on the hill. but we did hear her say that we are offering the republicans a pathway. the president says he wont budge on the wall. pelosi says no money for the wall...

Political circles. >> so, lets get to martha raddatz live with us tonight from our washington bureau. and martha, what are your sources telling you tonight? does the u.s. government believe this is retaliation for maria butina? >> reporter: well, some think it very well could be, david. the russians will likely present some kind of evidence, fabricated or not. already, a russian news agency is saying whelan was caught with a classified list of russian operatives. but if convicted, whelan could f...

Valley police officer goes to court and the courthouse was packed. >> it seems like a basic thing we dont have. >> he is talking about garbage collection. with the federal government shut down, the bay area decides to pick up the slack. im spencer christian. winters deep chill will be felt again tonight. i will have the accuweather forecast coming up. live where you live, this is "abc 7 news". it was so unnecessary and devastating. >> community support on full display at a central valley c...

Affected. so many of them waiting to go back to work. thousands more may not get back pay. the president making it clear today that he is not budging. he wants that 5.6 billion to build his border wall. vowing to keep the government closed, quote, as long as it takes. and then, incoming house speaker nancy pelosi and democratic leaders arriving for their meeting with president trump today. and tonight, when asked if shes willing to come up with some of the money for that wall, she said no. nothi...

The president can look like hes fighting. even if he wins, our borders are going to be insecure. >> corkers whole argument is this entire shutdown is unnecessary. this is not about securing border. this is about the president trying to look tough and people are now going without paychecks. >> well, i think its unfortunate that the government is shut down. this has an impact, obviously, on a lot of people that arent getting paychecks. but also a lot of others that are planning on going to a natio...

Know is that kenia and the two other girls couldnt get in the club. the bouncers werent buying their fake i.d. cards. so they went to another club nearby, even took a few pictures. but they didnt tell anyone they were there. >> and i sent her the last message about 11:30 and nothing. >> reporter: so when the clubs closed, janet headed home without kenia, who she assumed was with some other friends. >> i thought, okay, theyre probably just having fun. shell call tomorrow. she would always call me...

Nothing. >> reporter: what janet didnt know is that kenia and the two other girls couldnt get into the club. the bouncers werent buying their fake i.d. cards. so they went to another club nearby, even took a few pictures. but they didnt tell anyone they were there. >> and i sent her the last message about 11:30, and nothing. >> reporter: so when the clubs closed, janet headed home without kenia, who she assumed was with some other friends. >> i thought okay, theyre probably just having fun, shel...

>> trish: is it time to say adios to sears? anyone who wanted to buy the troubled retailer out of bankruptcy had until 4:00 p.m. eastern to place their bid. where there any takers? it doesnt sound like it. jeff flock is in niles, illinois. its too bad, sears is such a part of american history. >> you said it, trish. weve been checking the fcc website and staying in touch withs ears. they have been tweeting some sales, the auto center tweeted a few things and, twitter has been blowing up. so many...

Presidents lawyer, sounding adamant that his client will not answer more questions from the special counsel. with just hours later, he didnt seem so sure. asked by the daily beast if it is his understanding that mueller is still looking to interview trump over the phone or in person, giuliani reiterated that it hasnt been formally closed yet, and that the loop hasnt been closed. so which one is it? as we head into the new year and try to make sense of the presidents lawyers contradicting stateme...