Shutdown Stopping News Today

Government if people begin to recognize -- >> yeah. >> -- these are part of our everyday lives and they want to see this shutdown stopping. i think it will be hard for him to be remembered well for having owned the shutdown and making it happen as he has without compromise. >> doris kearns goodwin, always an honor to speak with you. thank you for being with us tonight. coming up, why we still have no idea just how many children have been separated from their families under the trump administra...

Its the tsa. and maybe there will be a shift, and that would be a big shift in terms of how people view government if people begin to recognize -- >> yeah. >> -- these are part of our everyday lives and they want to see this shutdown stopping. i think it will be hard for him to be remembered well for having owned the shutdown and making it happen as he has without compromise. >> doris kearns goodwin, always an honor to speak with you. thank you for being with us tonight. coming up, why we stil...

So it does sound like its a live option. the president is considering it. hes been talking about this over and over again. as you mentioned earlier, theres a lot of lawmakers on capitol hill and its a possibility that you could have lawmakers on both sides who would support a challenge to that in the court and the challenge would essentially say that there is no national emergency right now. so, the president can declare a state of emergency, they can make things up, as youve been pointing out, ...

Encouraging in terms of the shutdown stopping. no progress yet. the pain is coming. for some its here. one point, phil matingly pay as you go spending rules could force cuts to medicare. the stakes are growing, whether its the kind of crisis the president sees or one that millions could be feeling. i spoke b about it with one of those republicans jim was just talking about. brian fitzpatrick, who voted last week with democrats on bills to reopen the government. >> congressman, with the president...