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Billion demand for border wall funding. >> what donald trump and the republicans want to do is waste $5 billion in taxpayer money op an ineffective, medieval border wall that is a fifth century solution to a 21st century problem. yes, we need comprehensive immigration reform. yes, we need to enhance border security. but we are not willing to pay $2.5 billion or $5 billion and wasting taxpayer dollars on a ransom note. jon: garrett tenney is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: negotiation...

Speaker and so thats holding it back. >> the white house budget director, mick mulvaney, says the administration offered democrats a deal that would spend lesson a wall than the $5 billion the president is demanding. he said democrats have shut down discussions.s a deal tosay they had fund the government until the president demanded more moneysi for a wall. new york congressman and democratic caucus chairman, hakim jeffries, tweeted, "day seven of the trump shutdown. republicans continue to hold...

Refused to deny the story. capitol hill teams and leaders from both parties havent been seen lately on capitol hill. republicans say democrats of shutdown negotiation, democrats a the shutdown should never have happened, new york congress minute democratic caucus chairman jeffries tweets day 7 of the trump shutdown, republican told the american people hostage, we refuse to pay a $5 billion ransom note, in other words, take a hike, congressional leaders will give 24 hours notice to return to wash...

Until after she is elected speaker and so thats holding it back. >> the white house budget director, mick mulvaney, says the administration offered democrats a deal that would spend lesson a wall than the $5 billion the president is demanding. he said democrats have shut down discussions. democrats say they had a deal to fund the government until the president demanded more money for a wall. new york congressman and democratic caucus chairman, hakim jeffries, tweeted, day seven of the republican...

Speaker and so thats holding it back. >> the white house budget director, mick mulvaney, says the administration offered democrats a deal that would spend lesson a wall than the $5 billion the president is demanding. he said democrats have shut down discussions. democrats say they had a deal to fund the government until the president demanded more money for a wall. new york congressman and democratic caucus chairman, hakim jeffries, tweeted, day seven of the republican shutdown. republicans cont...

Capitol hill themes as leaders from both parties have not beenn capitol hill. republicans say democrats have shutdown negotiations, democrats say they shut down should have never happened. new york congressman and democratic caucus chairman, tweets, "day seven of the trump shutdown, republicans continue to hold the american people hostage. we refused to pay $5 billion ransom note, in other words, take a hike." congressional leaders say they will give members at least 24 hours notice to return to...

Plus a new poll on the public appetite partner impeachment. >> and we begin with a live look at the capitol on day eight of the partial government shutdown. two big stories developing today, president trump canceling plans to fly to mar-a-lago for new years eve and threatening to close down the entire u.s.-mexico border if democrats refuse to fund the wall he promised his voters. and new details on how low the president was willing to go. nbc news learned that president trump backed down on hi...

Her. >> we have a government shutdown were dealing with still. yesterday, incoming acting chief of staff nick mulvaney said the white house could come off the $5 billion demand and they would be willing to take something over the $1.3 billion or $1.6 billion that has been offered. do you have any idea what number they would be willing to take at in point? >> well, thats not clear right now. what is clear is that this is the third trump shutdown of 2018. theyve gotten themselves into a difficult ...

Different offers to extend funding into the new year. theyve gotten themselves in a difficult situation and theyre looking for us, democrats, to give them a lifeline. we are not going to allow the american people to be held hostage tore a $5 billion or somewhere south of that ransom note in order to build a ridiculous border wall thats not going to make anyone safe. >> weve heard 5 billion, weve heard $1.6, is there any situation, congressman, in which the democrats will in fact be more willing ...

What actions should the border patrol take to keep young migrants safe? im frances rivera at nbc headquarters in new york. heres whats happening. we begin with new reaction from democrats on day eight of the partial government shutdown and the detail of how low the president was willing to go to end his own shutdown. nbc news learned trump backed off on his original demand of $5 billion for the wall, revising that figure down to $2.5 billion. democrats rejected that figure a week ago and are d...