including that money last night. the president this morning urging the senate majority leader to go nuclear. here on the hill, the waiting game. everyone not at the white house just has to wait and see what's going to happen inside that meeting. and so do we. we're going to keep you posted as soon as that wraps up. we also expect to hear from the president at a separate event this hour. he is reportedly in a tail spin facing the shutdown. an erratic stock market, backlash from his own party about his decision to pull troops out of syria and secretary of defense jim mattis resigning in a stinging rebuke of the president's policies. we are following all the breaking news at this hour. geoff bennett is at the white house, garrett haake here on capitol hill, also with us amy stod dard and ken vogel, political reporter at "new york times." geoff, what do we know about this last minute meeting with republicans? >> i think it's safe to assume