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Blumenthal, a member of the judiciary committee, and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first lets go to our white house correspondent kaitlan collins. kaitlan, the president sounded hopeful about negotiations to end the shutdown even as he was making some new threats. >> reporter: he did, wolf. he seemed to make two arguments while speaking to reporters in the rose garden, at times saying he felt the meeting was productive with democrats and this could be wrapped up pretty quickly...

To sign them. in fact, hes going veto them. thats what our reporting showed. in this statement, the white house said "they cant accept bills that have unnecessary spending while ignoring urgent border security needs." thats exactly what we expected to come from the white house and that continues as we are very much in this deadlock between the white house and democrats, something that only seems to be getting further and further by the day now, even though were 13 days into this. this comes as o...

Officially put out this statement, saying if somehow those bills do get to the presidents desk, hes not going to sign them. in fact, hes going veto them. thats what our reporting from this weekend showed. in this statement, the white house said they cant, quote, accept bills that have unnecessary spending while ignoring urgent border security needs. thats exactly what we expected to come from the white house and that continues as we are very much in this deadlock between the white house and demo...

House democrats are openly calling for impeachment, the president says, quote, you cant impeach someone who is doing a great job. ill speak with democratic senator ben cardin and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by with full coverage. but lets get right to the breaking news. our cnn white house correspondent, kaitlan collins, is standing by. kaitlan, if the president is talking tough, hes threatening, potentially, to go it along on the wall. >> reporter: yeah, wolf, the presi...

Crippled by all kinds of health and safety hazards. the popular campgrounds at californias joshua tree national park were forced to close today with toilets at near capacity. nick watt is there. >> heres some trash bags that we can have. do you guys need gloves? >> reporter: a small army of volunteers keeping joshua tree as clean as they can. >> were operating now, but im working 11 to 13 hours a day running what i do for a living, running rock climbing trips, and maintaining the park. yeah, wha...

President does sign this bill and we move forward over the next 30 days to negotiate what were going to do to keep dhs funded for the long haul, will you come up off your hard line of only funding $1.3 billion for border security? now, the democrats did not signal that they would, so the white house essentially said, what would be the point in us agreeing for the president to sign these six bipartisan senate bills if youre not going to come out any higher on that funding? so essentially, what we...

Yeah, what were doing right now is not sustainable. >> reporter: the tollbooths are closed. no one is collecting $30 a car. the park service right now limping along with absolutely essential stuff only. this park is still open, but the deadlock in d.c. does mean that campgrounds are now closing in campgrounds are now closing in california. all the campgrounds here at joshua tree closing down, and the issue, those toilet vaults. the volunteers can keep the toilets clean, but not to be too gross a...

Leverage for the demand on the border wall. a proposal which would just so happen to reduce the presidents leverage to demand funding for the border wall. the sit-down in the sit room led to nothing. for more on that, we have kaitlan collins at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, business is at a stalemate today now that the meeting with the president and congressional leaders yesterday ended with a deadlock and no progress made and the government no closer to be open than it was 1...

Currently serve. democrats made clear they want to move policies forward and they agree with and subscribe to if the president does not. they made clear they want to investigate the president and conduct oversight of the president. they say they can do both things at once. the white house has made clear the president calls it presidential harassment and they will be keen to fight every step of the way. we have to keep a close eye out. guys. >> thank you, phil. one of the democrats first order ...

Now that the meeting with the president and congressional leaders yesterday ended with a deadlock and no progress made and the government no closer to be open than it was 12 days ago when it partially shutdown. the meeting was in the situation room because officials wanted to communicate how serious the crisis on the border truly is. there was a lot of drama happening in the room. we are told by sources that the department of homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen started to give her brief...