who skipped a meeting at the white house today. white house aides placed name cards in front of empty seats where the democrats chuck schumer and nancy pelosi were supposed to be seated. without the help of democrats, the president is still hoping his own party can line up enough votes to pass the gop tax cut plan. in a hastily called statement, the president insisted he's on top of north korea after the communist regime defied mr. trump's fiery warnings in the past and conducted another intercontinental ballistic missile test. >> we will take care of it. we have general mattis in the room with us and we've had a long discussion on it. it is a situation that we will handle. >> reporter: but the president saved his toughest talk for democrats, who backed out of a meeting at the white house aimed at keeping the government running. the white house left the seats for congressional democratic leaders, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, empty. >> they've been all talk and they've been no action. and now it's even worse. now it's not even talk. >> reporter: with just ten days and counting until a government