To mount juliet, tennessee. Christy walked in for a get together and got the surprise of her life. Not a dry eye in that house. Thanks for joining us. Busy day. Im dana perino. Heres shep. Shepard a live look, the Eisenhower Executive Office building next to the west wing where were about to hear live from the president in the wake of an extraordinary morning. The pressure on President Trump accelerating and in moments hes scheduled to speak. Two big issues, first, the president s decision to withdraw troops from syria. Widely criticized by members of his own party, his own advisers and generals and cabinet. Our own reporting that he stopped listening to top leadership, didnt inform our allies or the pentagon. Hes getting praise from putin and condemnation from conservatives. At the same time, in the face of pressure to build that wall, the newly announced president ial decision not to sign the
shortterm budget deal that easily passed the u. S. Senate. His base was rebelling. The Freed
you go back to the president and say we ve demonstrated we can t tackle, this it s up to you, mr. president. just in the past couple minutes, shep, the house rules committee has started to meet to prep that amendment to tack on to this government funding bill. our colleague, caroline mckey said it s $5.7 billion. that s the actual dollar total here. here s the other problem the president has. i was on a press gaggle with richard shell born. he was asked if president trump would sign the bill. he said i m sure mitch mcconnell wouldn t forge ahead if he didn t have some assurances that it would be signed. when you look back the 24-36 hours, mcconnell did that and look who might have egg on their face, this is a real problem for republican leaders on capitol hill, shep. shepard: he just talked about steel slats is. there a dance of words that