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Thats not an option im sorry. you want to take money, take your own >> trump confidant, roger stone in a d.c. federal court room tomorrow >> are you willing to deal with going to trial >> i dont answer hypothetical questions. i have no intention of doing so, however. >> after hes fired, michael flynn, they thought that would end the russia investigation >> inglis en, flynn is the only guy who spoke to the russians apparently i think this is going to end it. >> i stand before you today to announc...

Islam in 1980, the two countries are diplomatic to one another. thanks to all of you for being part of my davos program this week. ill see you next week. hello, everyone, and thank you so much for joining me this sunday. im fredricka whitfield. the u.s. government is open for business for now, but the clock is ticking. democrats and republicans have just 19 days to agree on a bill to fund the government past february 15th. if they cannot, the president has threatened to use executive actio...

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It does have the security funding for month by month that they had asked for pretty much in the neighborhood originally. so its a few months through february of the billion dollars -- more than a billion dollars that they had asked for for security, which was for other security needs and fencing and repairs and personnel and things like that. so thats in there, but clearly, no, it does not have the wall. and as speaker pelosi made clear at the meeting in the white house, they didnt have the vote...

No wall funding for the president, right? >> um, well, that is correct. it does have the security funding for month by month that they had asked for pretty much in the neighborhood originally. so its a few months through february of the billion dollars -- more than a billion dollars that they had asked for for security, which was for other security needs and fencing and repairs and personnel and things like that. so thats in there, but clearly, no, it does not have the wall. and as speaker pelos...

Made a cornerstone of his election campaign. the notion of building a physical wall. he has not been realized at this point. and he wants to make sure that it is. there is a huge political component to this. that is a major issue right now. even if it could have major ramifications. a shutdown cost a ton of money not just for the people that work in government agencies. but for the economy in general. financial people like to head certainty and as much ability as possible. still a major problem....

Do you think that park rangers who work around the country are making six figures? do you think they are making what betsy devos or wilbur ross make? on one day? theyre not. and theyre going to suffer. and theyve got to feed their families. so its very cavalier and its very nice, you know, to throw out the entire drain the swamp line and all of this stuff. but theres very real people. some of whom, by the way, are probably trump supporters. who are going to feel a lot of pain in their pocketbook...

Probably trump supporters. who are going to feel a lot of pain in their pocketbook. >> steve, what do you think the 2013 shutdown cost? >> i dont know the number. >> and neither does the president, i would guess. right? $20 billion. .3 percentage points in gross domestic product. federal government had to pay additional interest on payments that were late because of the shutdown. hundreds of patients were prevented from enrolling in clinical trials at the national institutes of health. $4 billio...

Now. let me get a sense of the cost of this shutdown. we talk about the agencies that are being scaled back or closed. just on a day-to-day basis, how much is this costing? >> the 2013 shutdown cost $8 million a day. thats going to be a significant toll that over the weekend its not going to be quite as bad. there are federal parks that are closed, federal employees working while on furlough. but the real pain begins tomorrow where a lot of members including members. military would be working an...

Who did stand up and fight for us. >> so palin also said its time to, quote, stiffen our spines for the 2014 midterms. lynn, where will the growing fracture take the gop? >> i think in the primary it will help wipe occupy centrist republicans and it will get marginal figures who may nopt whip.upy centrist republicans and it will get marginal figures who may nopt whip. but because of the botched rollout of obama care, this has turned out better than the republicans expected. the shutdown cost eve...