I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Im not going to blame you for it. Well, hes got that right. And the blame is all his. But nancy pelosi clearly on the minds of top aides at the white house today. Watch this. Shes unwilling to actually do anything until she gets her speakership. This all comes down to mrs. Pelosis speakership. She does not have the votes, and if she cuts a deal with the president of any sort before her election on january 3rd, shes at risk of losing her speakership. So were in this for the long haul. Its a good talking point. Theyre all on message, but they are wrong. House democrats back in november overwhelmingly picked pelosi to be their nominee for house speaker. And shell likely have all the support that she needs when the vote takes place on january 3rd, which is next thursday by the way. Its coming quickly. And thats the date that the president and all those people who ar
Now, despite that tweet, and several other, blaming democrats for the shutdown, incoming acting chief of staff, budget director Mick Mulvaney says Congressional Democrats havent actually been invited to the white house for further talks. Mulvaney says the white house is waiting on a counteroffer for democrat, because recall last week, Vice President mike pence went to capitol hill, and offered support for a Border Security package, plus wall funding worth about 2. 5 billion, an offer that democrats rejected. Talks remain at a standstill. The president taking to twitter this morning, wrote, i am in the white house, waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what i hear, they are spending too much time on president ial harassment, that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military. Now, president ial harassment is the term the president has used for the investigations and oversight democrats have promised when they come
Goes on a twitter attack from deep inside the white house, with a shocking and baseless accusation. These words from the president. Any deaths of children or others at the border are strictly the fault of the democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They cant. If we had a wall, they wouldnt even try. Cnns Sarah Westwood is at the white house. Sarah, to blame democrats for the deaths of Migrant Children is a place we havent seen this president go until today. Reporter thats right, ryan. This is certainly New Territory for President Trump who is alone here at the white house and has been fuming about democrats refusal to provide any money for his border wall. Hes been trying to blame them for everything, for the deaths of those two Migrant Children to the shutdown of the federal government which the president once said he would be proud to own. The stalemate has prolonged the shutdown into an
Wall and change the ridiculous immigration laws our country is saddled with. All of President Trumps latest finger pointing is further truth that the president is not going relent. Remember this . I am proud to shut down the country on Border Security. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Is he taking the mantle . Sarah westwood joins me live from the white house. Has the white house heard at all from nancy pelosi . The white house is saying they havent heard from nancy pelosi or Chuck Schumer since offering nearly a week ago a deal that could have seen the president settle for less than that original demand for 5 billion in border wall. Now mick mulvaney, the income being acting chief of staff budget director said this morning that the Democratic Leaders have not been invited back to the white house for further talks and he suggested that the white house now is simply waiting for a counteroffer from the democrats, all while hinting that the president would be wil
Saudi flees justice. A new call for the Trump Administration to confront saudi arabia over an Exchange Student accused of killing an oregon teenager in a deadly hit and run. The backlash after a black hotel guest is confronted with security. Two workers have now by fired. What the hotel is now saying. Good evening and thank you for joining us this saturday. Im Jonathan Karl in for tom llamas. We begin with a storm threat, coming on the heels of record breaking rains in the south, you see the drone images of high water in georgia, and blowing snow on slick roads causing treacherous travel conditions in eastern new mexico and the texas panhandle. And now two systems team up to ring in a soggy new year in the northeast. Rob marciano starts us off. Reporter the new storm coming together and heading east, just as millions are digging out or drying out from a massive storm that prompted dozens of water rescues, like this one in north carolina. Oh, my god. Reporter watch this suv being swallo