there are now currently seven appropriations bills that have not been passed. that's the 25% of the government that's currently shut down. democrats will package six of the bipartisan senate bills and send those over to the senate. they will do the seventh, the homeland security bill, the one that's the most contentious, could include wall funding and a short-term basis through february 8th and send that, as well. pam, it's worth noting, this is not the end of the story. senate republicans, including senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, have made very clear, unless the president signs off on something, they are not willing to move forward on it, that means democrats might do something legislatively in the house, but the pathway to ending this is still very much, pam, an open question. >> very unclear at this hour. phil mattingly, thank you so much for bringing us the latest there. and i am joined by my wonderful panel here to discuss all of this. a lot of news for a new year's eve. typically it's a slow news day. not today. we are, what -- >> trump is the president, you know. >> trump is the president, that's right. that's right. and we're in day ten now of this government shutdown, as phil just pointed out. both sides at an impasse, no end