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As it is given that we have not heard of full articulation of it is not likely to succeed. certainly not in syria and we just dont know what the future will hold for baghdad given that it now sounds like there will be an increased troop presence in iraq. >> and hopefully well hear soon an articulation of president trumps vision. hans nichols, kevin barron and ned, thank you. when we come back, before heading to iraq, the president spent much of the holiday alone in the white house stewing over...

Is there a way to break the ice? and wall street grinch delivering a nosedive to stocks as the president launches another attack on the federal reserve. but was it the treasury secretarys phone calls that sparked the slide? welcome to a special holiday edition of "the lead" im jim sciutto in for jake tapper. we begin with a not so merry christmas eve. here in the nations capital, federal government is in the third day of a partial shutdown with lawmakers home for the holidays and the threat ...

Any government shutdown. >> i will take the mantle, i will be the one to shut it down. i wont blame you for it. last time you shut it down, it didnt work. i will take the mantle for shutting it down and i will shut it down for border -- >> how long before a deal is reached? if trump stays in d.c. in the shutdown will be sitting in residence watching tv and likely stewing. could see movement saturday or sunday or whenever the president has had it with wall-to-wall news coverage of the third gover...

In d.c. during the shutdown, hell be sitting in the residence watching tv and likely stewing. remember not even two weeks ago the president said he would take responsibility for any government shutdown. >> i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. im not going to blame you for it. the last time you shut it down it didnt work. ill take the mantle of shutting it down and im going to shut it down for border security. >> he made it pretty clear there. so we could see movement tomorr...

Knowledge in this area. >> honestly this makes what obama did in iraq, its replicating that but in many ways its even worse. lots to get to. lets begin with breaking news in the drama unfolding over whether or not there will be a partial government shutdown tomorrow night. at issue the bipartisan short-term spending bill that was expected to sail through the house today after the senate overwhelmingly approved it late last night. it is whats called a continuing resolution. it would fund the gove...

Staff to george w. bush and news news political analyst andy card, yamiche, aaron still on set. kristin, to you. the president held this emergency phone call to paul ryan. safe to say the president seems to be stewing over this, perhaps in a different place than he was 24 hours ago? >> reporter: i think stewing is the exact right word, hallie, and hes tweeting about it, and were sort of left to read the tea leaves at this point because white house officials dont know exactly what was said betwee...

Where could this be heading, if you will? >> reporter: look, john, even though this day soeis over and saw that, the michael cohen story is far from over and i think it could be just beginning. he has made it very clear that he intends to continue cooperating with investigators and last week, we sort of found out the broad strokes of how michael cohen has been cooperating including sharing with special counsel robert muellers office and conversations he had with people close to the white house a...

To have you back. well talk about your thoughts on the census. i know thats something youre passionate about. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, alex. joining me now, liz goodwin and shawn sullivan, hey, guys, good to see you both. liz, ill start with you here. do you think investigating the president is going to be the democratic partys focus come next year? where do you think the president might be most vulnerable if that is? >> yeah, well republicans were saying all last yea...

Mueller following the president beforehand didnt make any public announcements. made no notable public moves in the lead up to the election. that was a sugar high period for trump. he was on the campaign trail a lot which he loves to do. hes in front of adoring audiences. he was talking up a red wave. then things just sort of came to a head. the election didnt go as well as he wanted it to obviously. and hes now faced with the possibility of having a very sort of inconsequential lame duck and th...

Beforehand didnt make any public announcements. made no notable public moves in the lead up to the election. that was sort of a sugar high period for trump. he was on the campaign trail a lot which he loves to do. hes in front of adoring audiences. he was talking up a red wave. then things just sort of came to a head. the election didnt go as well as he wanted it to obviously. and hes now faced with the possibility of having a very sort of inconsequential lame duck and this whole mueller thing c...