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How much harder does that make it for congressional republicans to recalibrate? >> i think every previous president has said some humility in accepting a midterm loss. this president knows one mode, forward, attack, offense. as he feels more threatened and closed in, hes oscillating and swinging more wildly and fighting leak -- like a cornered badger. its only going to get worse when he faces democrats in charge of house committees in the next year. >> cornell, he seems to be oblivious to what h...

Attacking what he calls failed generals who have criticized his troop pullout. ill be speaking with democratic congressman, reuben giago and our correspondents, specialists are standing by with full coverage. we do begin at the white house, and with cnns jessica dean. no movement, jessica, on this shutdown standoff. >> reporter: no. no movement from here at the white house, brianna. as you mentioned, president trump here at the white house after cancelling those new years eve plans mar-a-lago. h...

Deal. >> the president seems to be disputing john kelly. he gave the forthcoming interview to the l.a. times. >> reporter: john kelly is saying what the president hinted at on twitter. this isnt going to be a concrete wall. when you look at the picture, it was a galvanized steel fence. here is what he is saying here, to be honest, its not a wall. the president says wall. oftentimes he says barrier or fencing. now, hes tended toward steel slats. we left a concrete wall early in the administration...

A piggie bank to use to start spending money to hire key staff. this allows her to move from her reelection campaign into a mode of starting to lock in some of the staff that you really need to get moving and to build a viable 2020 campaign. the second thing i think they want to lay down a marker. obviously when senator warren returns to the senate this week, shes going to be sworn in for her second term. theres going to be a lot of other potential candidates in the cloak room. by coming out tod...

Midterm setback acknowledged it. this one did not. how much harder does that make it for congressional republicans to recalibrate? >> i think every previous president has said some humility in accepting a midterm loss. this president knows one mode, forward, attack, offense. as he feels more threatened and closed in, hes oscillating and swinging more wildly and fighting like a corners badger. its only going to get worse when he faces democrats in charge of house committees in the next year. >> c...

>> and i am proud. and i it he will you what. >> i disagree. >> im proud to shut country the border security. i will take the mantle and i will be one that will shut it down. im not going to blame you for it. >> they have no votes scheduled on reopening the government. jessica dean joins us now. it appears the president is independence, at least primary, in the optics of the moment. he not calling anyone in from the other party to discuss opening up the government. >> yeah, good morning to both ...

President trumps press secretary, the acting chief of staff, all saying that its all nancy pelosi and the democrats. why is pelosi to blame when he said he would be proud to own this? >> we knew the president was going to do this. he whas one mode of operation which is to blame the opposite party. he clearly took responsibility for the quote, unquote, shutdown in that oval office meeting we all saw. this is what his base wants. i think david is right when hes saying hes looking at that 40% of pe...

>> i can tell you from my own experience of having served three years in combat zones, its always about developing partnerships and being the indispensable leader of those partnerships, where we leverage good relationships, like the kurds who were the ones doing the fighting against isis. we were in the train and assist mode and the question i would have is whether with a u.s. withdrawal of this relatively modest contingent of 2,000 troops, it may degrade the kurds ability to finish the fight ag...

Changer for the secret service. now that they understand a vulnerability like this can telegraph the movements of confidential and private travel by the president, you know, theyll just change. theyll change their tactics. in this case it really didnt amount to cancelling the visit or jeopardize the mission at the end of the day. however, going forward its going to change the way that they operate. >> does he have to travel in that specific plane? i know there are two versions of that plane that...

>> a barrier, a wall, or steel slats, whatever you want to call it, its all the same. >> ed: but earlier today he appeared to return to campaign mode and was talking tough. >> how long do you think the shutdown will last. >> whatever it takes. were going to have a wall. we are going to have safety. >> ed: in moments, congressman peter king joins me live with more on this historic trip and more importantly perhaps what comes next in the showdown over the wall. but first, senior political correspo...