workers who are either furloughed or forced to work without being paid. the big battle remains the border wall. the president is demanding congress give him $5 billion for it, but he doesn't have the votes in the senate. and he's still not backing down. he was asked just today how long the shutdown may last. >> whatever it takes. i mean we're going to have a wall. we're going to have safety. we need safety for our country, even from this standpoint. we have terrorists coming in through the southern border. >> the president as well as investors, though, getting a christmas break on wall street. the dow jones soaring more than 1,000 points today, erasing what was a disastrous, disastrous christmas eve loss. president trump is only adding to the market's chaos and volatility. he's said to be upset with the treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, doesn't feel he's doing enough to calm wall street jitters. and the president's been hinting that fed chairman jerome powell's days may be numbered in that post. here's what he said just