process to demand something he never got. he inflicted pain on more than a million americans for no reason, no result. adding insult to injury the democratic leader scolded president trump for this long unnecessary battle. >> hopefully now the president has learned his less soon. we cannot ever hold american workers hostage again. >> cnn joins me live from the white house. it is only for three weeks. what happens if at the end of this three week period the president is not going to see any border wall money? >> reporter: according to what he told reporters today it will shut down or they will invoke to fund and build his border wall. today he faced political reality that democrats do not want to pay for the president's border