to end the government shutdown. joining me now, jason johnson, editor of "the root" and an msnbc contributor, and back with me shermichael singleton and alexi mccommon. let me go to you, lexi, how do you react to what mr. mulvaney was saying on "meet the press." >> it seems he is adding more to the story than there needs to be, talking about the different structures of the wall. president trump has started calling it a barrier, which i think is interesting because it suggests a concession. trump is digging his heels in and demanding a border wall and the wall he sees fight and that only he agrees on. republican sources told us at axios just last night and today that one way that the shutdown could sort of, you know, come to an end is if these 800,000 workers we talked about at the