where is the emergency. you have to establish that in order to do this. beyond that, this will be a terrible use of department of defense dollars. shepard: the president announced today he ll visit the southern border this thursday and he s not budging on more than $5 billion in money to build the beginning of that wall. he did say he would build a steel barrier instead of a concrete one. some democrats say a boarder wall not only goes against all of american values it s also not going to work. they say they support other forms of border security and are willing to give some money for it. now with democrats in control of the house of representatives, they re planning to vote this week on bills to reopen all government agencies. if the white house and the congress can t come up with some sort of agreement, hundreds of thousands of federal workers may not get paychecks again on friday. now, team fox coverage. the chief correspondent michael manual reporting from capitol
an rhode island congressman david cicillini. that s this sunday on your local fox station. check the tv listings. ahead, a new lawmakers comments about impeaching the president sparks strongs remarks. team fox coverage continues next. breaking news right now. look at the dow. 733 points. talk about the exact opposite from yesterday. the corner of wall and broad, it has been brutal as of late. today some good news down there. we ll find out what is causing it. did we just forget about apple s problems? all of a sudden today it s about jobs. the job numbers came out. they were exceptional and the dow is responding in a big way. what does the future bring? much more on that and the
and we begin with breaking news. the major power shift in d.c. where democrats now officially control the house. speaker nancy pelosi took back the gavel moments ago. to the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, i extend to you this gavel. [applause] trace: the freshman class of lawmakers bringing a whole new dynamic to capitol hill aside from being the most racially diverse, more than 40 women joining congress. once the fanfare is done, it s down to business. now the government shut down stretching into day 13 and still without any end in sight. we have team fox coverage. kevin corke is at the white house. david spunt is in the washington bureau. first to kristina partsinevelos
they work 100%. it s never going to change. a wall is a wall. the others just we can have all the dones flying over the people last night as they tried to rush the border. the only thing that stopped them was the wall. that s the president s position. now you may have also noticed for the folks that have been watching this afternoon, the presumptive incoming speaker is here at the white house for the meeting. yesterday i mentioned that she had a tweet where she effectively shot down the president s offer. she said we re fortunate as democrats to have a great opportunity to show how we will govern responsibly and quickly pass our plan to end the irresponsible trump shutdown. so you get a sense, trace, of what the mood is like and as i get more information and material, i ll be certain to pass it along to you. for now, back to you, my friend. yeah, back to you. kevin corke live at the white house. team fox coverage continues. the fox business network s edward lawrence reporting liv
folks. thanks, kristen. thank you. heather: our team fox coverage continues on the government shut down. kevin corke reporting live from the north lawn. good morning or good afternoon, kevin. i m so used to being here in the morning. and i ve worked with you very early. good to be with you this afternoon. i want to tell you, heather, able a possible meeting a briefing to be given by dhs officials from the trump administration to a senior cadre of congressional lawmakers wednesday. there s been reporting that that could happen and i say possibly because we have also gotten new reporting from chad pergram, our senior producer on capitol hill that it s not entirely certain that this briefing will take place because some of the key players are not in washington. some congressional aides say the offer is grandstanding, if you will, but the trump administration. the president is appearing to offer just a bit of an olive branch to incoming speaker nancy pelosi.