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These cracks within his base and realize his position is untenable. now, is that going to push him closer to negotiating with democrats or is it going to, perhaps, prompt him to revisit declaring a national emergency so he can leave it to the courts? see, i did everything i could, then, perhaps, re-open the government and claim that, you know, he still etched out -- eked out some sort of a victory here. >> we saw a trump campaign fund raising e-mail, trump campaign, a letter signed, or at least ...

Untenable. now, is that going to push him closer to negotiating with democrats or is it going to, perhaps, prompt him to revisit declaring a national emergency so he can leave it to the courts, say i did everything i could, then perhaps reopen the government and claim that, you know, he still etched out -- eked out some sort of a victory here. >> we saw a trump campaign fund-raising e-mail, trump campaign, a letter signed, or at least attributed to the president saying "the only reason democrats...

Tonight $5,000, thats how much "the new york times" is estimating the average furloughed worker has missed in pay since the shutdown began. and theres no end in sight tonight. >> reporter: the shutdown impact is spreading sparking protests from thousands of airport workers across the country who are going without pay. and there is also growing security concern for air travelers. the tsa is reporting skyrocketing absences. 6.1% yesterday compared with 3.7% the same day last year. >> right now im ...

Political commentator mia love. thank you for joining us this evening, mia. im so glad to have you on. >> thank you, don. >> lets talk about this. speaker pelosi suggested the president delay his state of the union address until the shutdown has been resolved, citing security concern. >> uh-huh. >> this is a power move, and its something the president has not dealt with yet in his presidency. >> well, you said something that was really important that everyone has to remember. she holds the cards...

>> im not denying the president so lets get a date government is open and pay the employees. maybe he thinks its okay to not pay people that do work, i dont. >> dana: one about the reason, olivia, the security concern has come by the wayside? >> it sounds like it, the original concern was not a specific security threat but status security special event. as you know the executive branch required to furnish a list of those particularly things like the super bowl or party nominating conventions and...

Actually canceling it or whether or not it was a political statement. buff how many people in our audience think and this is just a question. how many of you have think she does not want to give him the political stage, you know, all eyes are going to be on him and at some point you know our president. if he is in front of a joint session of congress, and she is sitting right behind him, dont you think at some point is he going to turn around and say the reason our government is not open right n...

Offguard to hear giuliani say that. lets talk about the government shutdown for a moment. this kind of impasse between house leadership and president before the state of the union address somewhat unprecedented, no? >> yeah. thats also because this entire shutdown is unprecedented. were seeing responses to a situation that we just never have been in before. you know, the state of the union address does not have to be delivered in person. i believe it was 1986 after the challenger explosion when ...

We cant do it. theres no controversy here. if the government reopens, thats fine. >> something i didnt know was that the house of representatives and the senate have to pass a formal resolution inviting the president. she can stop that resolution. she has veto power over whether the state of the union takes place. thats pretty bad ass right there. >> she said if he wants to do it, submit it in writing, a written document, or do it from the oval office. >> he doesnt want to do it from the oval of...

The union. >> ive heard the arguments time and again. >> neil: why is she doing this two weeks ahead of time? >> on top of everything, theres a concern here. >> what? >> the cap -- >> do you believe the security concern is total b.s.? >> i believe we have people, not enough resources to secure our airports -- >> homeland said its not true. its not true. the secret service says its not true. that argument is off the table. >> are there delays right now? are there lots of people -- >> neil: just a...

The recommendation of a single reload employee, she asked the president to pull the plug on the state of the union address. republicans in congress say this is more about politics than it is protection. >> in a remarkable move nancy pelosi today sent a letter to president trump asking him to postpone this months state of the union address or deliver it writing. shes had no state of the union has ever been given during a government shutdown, she packed her request to security concern. in his lett...