problems and for the partial government shutdown. now, since politicizing the deaths of those two migrant children, the president has also been going after senate democrats for their refusal to vote for any wall money. recall that a bill providing $5 billion worth of appropriations for the wall failed on the senate and that's the thing that ultimately triggered this government shutdown on friday. now, despite the white house trying to pin the blame for this partial shutdown on democrats, democratic congressional leaders have not actually been invited to the white house for further negotiations. that's according to acting chief of staff, slash, budget director, mick mulvaney, who said the white house at this point is pretty much just waiting for a counteroffer from the democrats, even though they haven't been invited here to present that kind of offer. mulvaney suggested that trump might be willing to come down off of that demand for $5 billion in border wall funding but he didn't specify by how much. and meanwhile, the president is reviving threats to shut down the southern border and to cut off funding to honduras, el