Furlough. 420,000 people doing essential jobs, including about 55,000 at the tsa. Theyll stay at work but not get paid. A lot of folks who will not be getting any paychecks over the holidays. Just last week, the president said, if a shutdown happens, blame him. Ill tell you what. I am proud to shut down the government for Border Security. Because the people of this country dont want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. So i will take mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I wont blame you for it. The last time you shut it down, it didnt work. I will take mantle of shutting it down and ill shut it down for Border Security. Imagine that. Today president changed his tune, starting with a tweet this morning. Also, later during a press availability. This, he said, would be a democratic shutdown. Even as he tried to avoid accountability, to shift the blame, it is now his job with lawmakers in both parties to clean up the mess which we are now learning wont be happening tonight. Phil mattingly joins us with more from the capital. Despite the lastminute meetings, a shutdown is guaranteed. Exactly. The house ha adjourned for the night. There will be no votes tonight. The top leaders are going home. If theres a deal to be had, it will not be tonight. The shutdown will start. The question s whether or not there will be a shutdown. The question, is there a deal that could be made over the next day or two or three. And heres the reality. As you noted, for days on end, there appeared to be no movement whatsoever. The president making it very clear his top line was 5 billion for the border wall and democrats making it clear they wouldnt go anywhere near that and making it clear they thought they had the upper hand. What we do know, over the last couple hours, the flurry of negotiations, Jared Kushner coming up to capitol hill, shuttling back and forth, there is some sign the white house is willing to deal. The question is what that deal will be. Nick mulvaney, the Vice President , others, are still willing to meet. When you talk to democrats theyve made it clear. Theyve put a bipartisan option on the table. A sixweek stopgap bill. The house is up to this point rejected that option. So where are the potential areas of agreement . What has been batted around over the last couple hours is perhaps moving back to what was the senate agreed upon in a bipartisan manner . 1. 6 billion for security. With some other funds the administration will have access to. If that sounds familiar, it is because it was rejected earlier in the week by democrats. Where this all ends, nobody knows. There will be a shutdown at midnight and talks to find a way out of this will continue. We heard senators on the floor the last time they spoke saying, listen. We wont come back unless theres something that all sides are willing to back here. So that next vote wont happen, any idea when the next vote might happen, it sounds like no. Not at this point. Thats tangible movement. The idea that the show votes, or the procedural votes, people putting up bills and having messaging votes, thats in the past. Thats the agreement reached. No, there was no agreement reached on policy grounds but there was that the next time the United States senate holds a vote, it will be on an agreement. When that agreement comes together, when it takes place, that remains to be tbd. People im talking on caution that theres a lot to go on. A lot that needs to happen in the hours and days ahead. And there is a lot of movement that needs to happen from the president s baseline and from the democrats baseline for anything to occur. So right now, everybody is in wait and see time. The reality is we wont hear anything until at leaf tomorrow. 800,000 americans wont be getting paid through the holidays. Lets get more on how this is unfolding at the white house. Jim acosta, youve been there following this. There is talk of compromise from the white house . Do you have any idea what that looks like . What theyre willing to give on . We saw the president earlier tonight putting out that tweet. He is not even demanding a wall. Hell take fence made of steel slats after all the months of campaigning and saying mexico will pay for the wall, he is now willing to give all that up for steel slats at the border. Putting that aside, we did run into the chief of staff who said he thought there could be a deal before midnight. I also talked to a Senior Administration official in the last few moments who said, it is not quite midnight. So theres the potential they could strike an agreement. As Phil Mattingly was saying, the mechanics arent really in place. There arent members on the hill in the house and senate to approve a compromise. Who are not we get an agreement before the clock strikes midnight, perhaps there after, somewhere there after, i suppose you could have a technical shutdown. Maybe an agreement in place before we wake up tomorrow morning. That is the best case scenario. I think the president has indicated, and ive talked to sources over here and theyre indicating, the president is willing to dig in on this fight over Border Security. He wants some kind of consolation out of all this. And at this point he hasnt seen one yet. Thats the 28 president views it. He wants a win that reflects on him. Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal today had a tweet that speaks to the shutdown but also the perceptions of larger troubles happening at the white house. Im quoting now. President ial free fall riding amtrak back to the senate. The only firm tracks seem to be the ones under the train. Bipartisan leadership must restore rational governing abandoned by an impet with us petulant chief executive. Joining me now, bernie sanders, independent from the state of vermont. Thank you for taking the time tonight. Youve heard the president. Youve certainly heard Republican Leaders say this budget crisis is now on everyones shoulders owned by the president. You just had it right on your program a few moments ago. The president said i take responsibility for the shutdown. You have republicans running the senate, running the house, the president says he wants a shutdown. I think the American People are cheer about who caused the shutdown. The one point that your very comprehensive analysis missed, two days ago, unanimously, the United States senate reached an agreement to make sure the government did not shut down and extend process into february. Then what happened is unfortunately, President Trump watched television. He saw something on fox tv. Heard something from rush limbaugh. And he changed his mind and sadly, really sadly, the entire republican congressional caucus in the house and the senate kind of caved in to him. And it is a heck of a way to run a government when you have a president who sees something on television, tweets out his view and you have both the republican bodies and the house and the senate cave in to. So the figure in that measure that was passed, the senate was 1. 6 billion. From the democrats perspective, are you or others willing to go any higher . Look, i think the wall is an absurd idea. I think it is a waste of money. I think it fans trumps illusions. No, i will not support 5 billion or money for a wall. Everybody and i think he lies on this as well as Everything Else. Highs when he suggests that democrats or progressives are not determined about Border Security. Of course we are. Everybody is concerned about Border Security. If you want to do it intelligently and cost effectively, you dont get to a wall. There are much better approaches than that. Im sure you saw the president s tweet going after this slats model. Not a wall. He called it a steel slat barrier. Theres the picture. It looks almost medieval with the pikes on the top there. Does that make any difference to you or other democrats to not have a wall . To have a fence . We have an infrastructure in this country. Our roads, our bridges, our Water Systems which are crumbling. We have veterans sleeping out on the streets right now. We have kids who cannot afford to go to college. We have a lot of needs thin thi country. And spending 5 billion on a wall is not one of our priorities. And we have to get our priorities right and take care of working families in this country and not just trumps illusions. What do you say to the folks who say that democrats, really they sense the president being weak here. He is about to lose one chamber of congress to democrats. He knows the time is waning. The democrats see an opportunity to stick it to the president here. I dont think it is a question of sticking it to him. It is a question of spending taxpayers money in an intelligent way. In a rational way. With so many terrible needs in this country, elderly people watching this program, trying to get by on 12,000 a year. People cant afford their prescription drugs. There are much better ways to have Border Security. The departure of the defense secretary, in the wake of a decision to summarily withdraw u. S. Troops from syria, the home of isis. Now the president is ordering the having the presence in afghanistan, the home of al qaeda. In your view, are americans less safe today as a result of those decisions and the departure of the defense secretary . Look. Weve been in afghanistan for 17 years. Syria is an enormously horrible and complicate civil war. In my view we need begin the process of bringing our troops home. But you dont do it by a tweet. You dont do it without informing your allies. You dont do it in a way that leaves allies and innocent people in a very dangerous situation. Ie, the kurds. So you need a process, an International Process to bring our troops home. And that certainly is not the way an impulsive president like trump is functioning. Speaking of the former gop senator from maine, william cohen, i asked him last night if he believes donald trump is fit to be commander in chief. He said no. Do you agree . I dont believe temperamentally that donald trump is fit to be president of the United States. You cannot have a president who makes important decisions and overrides what the United States congress has worked hard to do because he saw something on a tv program. Thats not the way the United States government should be functioning. Thanks for joining us tonight. Thank you. Next, our political experts will weigh in. 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Mexico will pay for the wall. Its just not true and it never was. Now it seems that hes calling for a steel slat barrier that in actuality, even you and i could pay for. If could i begin with you, it was days ago that the president said in no Uncertain Terms, that he will happily, proudly own this shutdown to shut down the government. I am proud to shut down the government. The people in this country dont want criminals and people who have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. So i will take the mantle. Ill be the one. The last time you shut it down, it didnt work. And ill going to shut it down for Border Security. Now, of course, hes claiming to blame the democrats. How can he possibly do that . Well, i have to tell you, out here in flyover country, not a lot of people who. Reporter real concerned that who is responsible for it. All the people pointing back and forth. When i heard him say that in the white house, it made me smile. I knew immediate reply bipartisan government and washington would be all atwitter about it. Out here we dont really care who is responsible. Those of houston voted for the president , who supported the president. Its okay, the president said in no Uncertain Terms repeatedly and proudly and loudly that doesnt matter . I dont care who is responsible. I want a wall. We have people dying every week because of opioids. 75 come across that border. And the experts tell us, the wall works. 89 of the Border Patrol officers want that, give it to. They im tired of people dying in my little town. I want to see the no of the opioids stop. Your response . We should find Real Solutions by using real facts. We know that this president is no friend of facts and no friend of the truth. Thats why he has to resort to fear mongering. It is ridiculous for people to take him seriously when he said he would build the wall and make mexico pay for it. That was lie number one. Making mexico pay for it. Number two, the majority of voters want the wall. The majority do not believe a wall will be successful. Can we talk about real comprehensive Border Security . Real strategies that will secure our border . Absolutely. Guess who has done that historically. Democrats. Undocument immigration was at a full time high. When barack obama came into office, he put in a comprehensive strategy working republicans to devote real strategy and tactics on Border Security. Guess what. It worked. Immigration from mexico which was the largest at the time is now net negative. Now lets find a solution to keep the Central Americans moms and dads and safe in their own countries so they dont have to come here. But thats not what this president is interested in. He wants to deport kids instead of criminals of he wants to deport grandmothers instead of gang members. Lets focus on Real Solutions. I want to get to you, too. You know that when you speak to the experts, the nature of that border, hundreds of miles long, there are some places where the law makes a difference and some where it doesnt. Where would it strike folks, even folks who defend that bored per this is more about a political pledge than the actual goal of defending the border. A quick response. Charlie, i want your view. I want to hear charlie, too. That i know the border, the solution on the border, Border Security isnt entirely wrapped around a wall. I know the democrats voted against kates law