that's part of the reason you don't see serious negotiations because no one on capitol hill, including republican senators who were embarrassed and left holding the bag, is willing to vouch for what it is the president exactly is willing to go for. you have seen vice president pence and jared kushner, his son-in-law go up to capitol hill repeatedly but to no apparent end and part of the reason is that president trump has a habit of undercutting all those who should and ought to be able to speak for him and in previous administrations, that's how it worked, and so you have a situation where nobody, whether it's an internal, domestic political dispute or an international dispute, nobody can speak for the president except for the president because that's the system that he's designed. that's made us headed into something that resembles a dictatorship, much more than the united states of america. >> and nearly a month with the government shut down, thank you both, i appreciate your time. >> thank you. is it more important than ever that the american people