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Behalf of some of them. >> yeah. >> is that part of the equation, getting enough attention in the shutdown talks? >> i would have loved to have heard a mention of anything about the 800,000 people, especially the 20,000 that i represent. but day-to-day, it just gets, when are we going to hear something? when are we going to hear something? its frustrating at this point because it would have been nice to see something to give us a little bit of hope that something was going to happen. >> sarah, b...

Day. and president trump is planning to make another offer to democrats, this time, its his speech to the nation from the white house this afternoon. >> yeah, now, a senior official says the president will not back down from his demand of a border wall. but he will offer other concessions. in a video posted to his twitter account, the president didnt give a hint as to what those concessions would be, but he did stick with a familiar message. >> everybody knows by now that our southern border is ...

Federal government in this conversation. lets get back to negotiating. lets get back to legislating the way the framers intended us to. eric: and that may, or his remarks within an hour, perhaps, maybe could start pushing the ball toward that. as you point out, employees miss a second paycheck midnight on tuesday. so that continues, and we know what theyre going through. congressman dan kildee, thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you, eric. eric: of course. we will have white house...

Have turned 90 this month. that wraps up this hour. ill see you at 1:00 p.m. right now more news with hallie jackson. >> thank you very much. i am hallie jaxen ckson. the presidents lawyer tells us its not true. apparently the special counsel has the receipts to prove it. the reporter behind the story joins us live as we break it down. were live on capitol hill where some democrats want an investigation now and at least one dem wants impeachment or a resignation. lots of moving pieces this morni...

Ego is everything. she is challenging him on that in a very public way. >> well, exactly to that point, ben, what better way to make the president unhappy than to deny him a big national television audience? so shes saying, yeah, just deliver it in writing the way woodrow wilson did it. >> yeah. >> what do you make of the back and forth? >> thats not something the president is going to do to deliver that as a written address. hes not one to, a, write a whole lot, or, b, not taking advantage of a...

Its a distraction from what else is happening in washington. this evening, 800,000 american workers will not get paid, and is the president about to bypass congress to get the wall built? matt gutman with what the president said. hes in mission, texas, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president trump traveling far from washington and those stalled shutdown talks, trying to drum up support for his wall by warning of a national security crisis at the border. >> if you dont have it, its going to be n...

President trump heads to the southern border to make his pitch for a wall. there is a total breakdown in shutdown talks. the president will travel to mcallen texas to speak with border security officials today. joining us is senator henry quahar which includes 290 miles of the southern border, eight points of entry between the united states and mexico. congressman, thank you very much for being with us. the president is visiting your district. is there a crisis there? >> no, there is not. every ...

Compromise. >> i hope it works out. i hope that we can secure the border and get government back working. maria: when is your next meeting with your colleagues? what is the catalyst thats going to get things moving? >> well ill be back tomorrow in washington and this afternoon , theyre meeting at the white house. i know my top aid shannon heinz of the appropriations committee will be at the white house this afternoon. i think theyre looking, theyre probably sparring if you want to say that to se...

Or something doesnt feel right, tell somebody so they can have the information to act on it. >> stephanie gosk, thank you so much. coming up, the latest on the shutdown talks or lack there of. trying to give the president a way out and hes undercutting them on twitter. ercutting them on twitter.

Welcome back. sticking with our politics lead, were days away from democrats taking control of the house and likely launching a series of investigations into the trump administration as well as the trump organization. and to staff up, democrats on key committees are on a hiring spree, looking for top investigators and lawyers. cnns phil mattingly is on a very quiet capitol hill. phil, first lets start with where things stand, if anywhere, on the shutdown talks. >> yeah, if you can hear an echo r...