End. Democrats takes over the house of representatives. It is expected they will choose nancy pelosi as their leader. Making her the first woman to reclaim the speakers gavel. Democrats will hold a wide margin in the house. 235 to 199. The ability to pass legislation will be ham strung by the gops sixvote margin in the senate and the president s veto pen in the oval office. Even show, the president faces a brand new reality, which started yesterday. The president sat down with Democratic Leaders in the situation room to talk about the Border Security. They redirected the conversation to their plan to end the Government Shutdown now entering the 13th day. More on that in a moment, but the latest on the balance of power, lets go to Phil Mattingly on capitol hill. Reporter christine and dave, thursday marks a new era in washington. Congress and the white house. Democrats take majority in the white house. Divided government, here we come. It is not the fact that policy wise or politically, we are not sure what will happen over the next two years, it seems gridlock. It is who is coming to washington. If you look at the 2018 elections, the class said they will change d. C. You have fire brands like alexandria ocasiocortez and rashida talib. They made it clear they dont agree that Congress Business as usual is something they subscribe to. In all, you have 40 women coming to congress. More than ever before. On the other side of that, 20 veterans are coming to congress as well. You have a new group of africanamericans and new group of the first two muslim members of congress to ever serve. Nativeamericans to serve. Diversity is the biggest story of the class. Diversity is the biggest story of the 116th congress. The questions are not just the make of congress, although it is important that it reflects far more of the country that they currently serve. It is what actually will happen. Democrats made clear they want to move policies forward and they agree with and subscribe to if the president does not. They made clear they want to investigate the president and conduct oversight of the president. They say from leadership on down they can do both at once. It is something we have to keep a close eye on. The white house has made clear the president calls it president ial harassment and they will be keen to fight every step of the way. We have to keep a close eye out. Guys. A lot of work ahead for Phil Mattingly. As we mentioned at the top of the agenda for the democrats as we mentioned the democrats first order of business is proposing a way out of the Government Shutdown. A proposal which would just so happen to reduce the president s leverage to demand funding for the border wall. The sitdown in the sit room led to nothing. For more on that, we have Kaitlan Collins at the white house. Reporter dave and christine, business is at a stalemate today now that the meeting with the president and congressional leaders yesterday ended with a deadlock and no progress made and the government no closer to be open than it was 12 days ago when it partially shutdown. The meeting was in the situation room because officials wanted to communicate how serious the crisis on the border truly is. There was a lot of drama happening in the room. We are told by sources that the department of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen started to give her briefing to the lawmakers and nancy pelosi interrupted and the democrats wanted to layout their plan to reopen the government. That is when Chuck Schumer proposed the house and senate pass the bipartisan six bills to keep the agencies open and negotiate what they wanted to do for the dhs for the long haul. That is an idea the white house is opposed to. The white house asked the democrats to do that and have the president sign the bills, will you come up with the requirement of 1. 2 billion for the border wall. They want to make that number higher. Democrats said they are not willing to do so and they are essentially back to square one here. Talks have been delayed when the white house says they invited the same lawmakers to come back to the white house to continue negotiations. In the words of one white house official, prepare for a long shutdown. This could go on for a while. Christine and dave. Kaitlan, thank you for that. After meeting with the president , Democratic Leaders told reporters they believe they gave mr. Trump a chance to do so. He did not do so. I said mr. President , give me one reason why you should continue your shutdown of the eight cabinet departments while we are debating our differences on Homeland Security. He could not give a good answer. We are asking the president to open up the government. We are giving him a republican path to do that. Why would he not do it . Earlier in the day, the president made clear he is standing his ground on funding for the border wall. He says he will not compromise on keeping americans safe. Would you accept anything less than 2. 5 billion . Not 2. 5. We are asking for 5. 6. Somebody said 2. 5. No, look, this is National Security were talking about. Senator Lindsey Graham says the shutdown is at a defining moment for the president and republican party. He tells fox news for trump to fold on border wall is not an option. If he gives in, that is the end of 2019 in terms of him being an effective president. Donald trump has made a promise to the american people. He will secure our border. Thats the end of us if we give in on this issue as republicans. Senator graham is proposing his own shutdown solution. 5 billion for Border Security in exchange for the passage of the bridge act. A bipartisan bill to protect dreamers from deportation for three years. President trump taking a few parting shots at his former defense secretary james mattis. The president claiming he quote essentially fired his former pentagon chief when mattis resigned in protest. Here is the president taking on mattis departure it. What has he done for me . How has he done in afghanistan . Not too good. Im not happy with what hes done in afghanistan. I shouldnt be happy. He was thankful when i got him 700 billion. And then the following year, 716 billion. I wish him well. I hope he does well. As you know, president obama fired him and essentially so did i. I want results. In fact, mattis quit. He resigned. The president asked him to leave earlier. He moved up his departure date by two months. Aides telling cnn that the president was frustrated by the Media Coverage of mattis resignation letter. President trump talking back plans for immediate withdrawal from syria. The original 30day drawdown plan is physically impossible without significant risk to u. S. Forces. Pentagon Officials Say four months is closer to reality. Speaking to reporters at the Cabinet Meeting yesterday, the president would not commit to a longer timeline. You used the word slowly when you talk about withdrawal. I never said fast or slow. What is your timetable . You are describing withdrawal . Somebody said four months. I didnt say that either. Were getting out of syria. Cnns Barbara Starr has the latest from the pentagon. Reporter dave and christine, officially, the Trump Administration has no specifics to make public about when and how 2,000 u. S. Troops will come out of syria. The president now saying he was never in a big rush. He never said they are coming out tomorrow. In fact, last month, in a white house produced video, he said they were all coming home and all coming home now. Hes beginning to hear from his commanders and a lot in Congress Southern about too much rush on bringing the troops home. They have to be brought home and in a safe and protected manner. It could take potentially, unofficially, as long as four months to bring the troops out and all the equipment and weapons that they are inside syria with and they have at a number of Forward Operating bases where they are located. All of this is more complicated than the president perhaps imagined when he first talked about it. One of the enduring questions is, what about isis . At first, mr. Trump saying isis was defeated. Hearing from his commanders, not so fast. There are still pockets of isis in syria. They very much want to go after. Dave and christine. Barbara starr, thanks. President trump touting the progress his Administration Made with north korea and showing those at the white house as what he characterized as proof. I got a great letter from kim jongun. Those few people that i shown this letter to have never written letters like this. This letter is a great letter. We made a lot of progress with north korea and kim jongun. He expects a second meeting with the north korean dictator arranged in the not too distant future. The president griping that his administration is not Getting Better credit for better relations with north korea. If someone else were in the white house, you would have a quote nice big fat war with asia. A rare warning from apple. The u. S. And china trade war are is hurting iphone sales. Ceo tim cook warned of lower sales from the holiday quarter. He blamed the outlook on the u. S. And china trade war and the slowing chinese economy and a number of other factors. Including cheaper iphone battery replacements. The outlook is to be 84 billion. It is down from 89 billion. Cook said the tariffs and trade war put additional pressure on the u. S. Economy. If you look at our results, our shortfall is over 100 from iphone and primarily in greater china. As we look at what is going on in china, it is clear the economy begin to slow there for the second half. What i believe to be the case is the trade tension between the United States and china put additional pressure on are thth economy. Iphone puts 15 on chinese economies. And this is underlining the slowing economy in china. When you think about it, iphone in china is a luxury product. When you see that part of the market decline so quickly, it tells you something about what is happening in the chinese economy. Is that proof the trade war is working for the president . The question is who has the leverage . If you didnt have the United States stock market falter at the end of the year, you would say for sure all of the pressure on china. We shall see. Ahead, nobody has been there before. Not even pink floyd. Until now. Next, the winner to the race to the far side of the moon. 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Paul traveled for personal reasons and for business. Russia was one location he went to and he gathered friends on social media and some are russian. He visited them while in russia. Reporter whelans arrest has sparked intense speculation in washington about what the agenda of the kremlin is here and if they are seeking an exchange for titfortat. This could be retaliation for maria butina. That raised new questions if the russians are seeking a titfortat or exchange. At this moment, all we have to go on is what the fsb has to go on and what we have been told by the state department and the visit by the top american diplomat. Dave. Nathan, thank you. China has become the first nation on earth to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. State television announcing last night the Lunar Mission landed a rover near the south pole. For the latest, lets bring in matt rivers live from beijing. Reporter christine, the change 4 made its way to the far side of the moon. It successfully landed around 9 25 p. M. Eastern time on the u. S. East coast there. It is a big deal for the Chinese Space program. The first time you can say they entered into the space history books, i guess you call it, in their own right. Not u. S. Or russia, but china. They will do a number of things on the far side of the moon. They will see if certain plants can survive. They will explore the north and south poles to see if there is water or are other resources there. They will listen to deep space. The moon itself blocks a number of electromagnetic signals from the earth. With the moon in the way, the lunar will listen to frequencies deep in space. Scientists say this will help them learn about deep space. A number of things china can do there. What this sets up is a new space race with the u. S. And china. China is making its way on the moon in only the way the u. S. And russia has done before. Thank you, matt. Bernie sanders said he was not aware of Sexual Harassment and pay disparities in the 2016 campaign. The senator offering an apology to any woman who feels like she was not treated appropriately. On wednesday, the New York Times said several women had come forward with Sexual Harassment and targeted disr disrespect on the campaign and not adequately addressed. Sanders said the campaign established new protocols for handling Sexual Harassment allegations. A frightening scene on the hardwood as a man meets backboa backboard. Andy scholes has the details in the Bleacher Report next. [ dog snoring ] baxter. Its bedtime. Peace of mind should never be out of reach. [ voice command beep ] xfinity home. Xfinity home connects you to total Home Security you can control from anywhere on any device. And it protects you with 24 7 professional monitoring. I guess were sleeping here tonight. Xfinity home. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Call, go online or demo in an xfinity store today. A College Basketball player probably has one heck of a headache this morning after trying to block a shot last night. Andy scholes has the video in the Bleacher Report. Good morning. Dave, i have been watching basketball since i was 6 years old. I have never seen a guy hit his head on the backboard like the player from North Central college last night. Watch and listen to this clip. Ouch. Blaise meredith was able to walk off the court. He also was okay and able to go back into the game a little bit later. Congrats to blaise for creating a clip that will live on youtube forever. This is the best in the basketball season. Valparaiso down and he lets it go from halfcourt. Markus golder is mobbed by his teammates. Is going to the College Championship game on your bucket list . The price on stubhub is down to 150. Before the game, it was 750. For perspective, the get it price for last years game was 1,700. The factors speculating over why the prices have dropped. The game is in santa clara, california. Not an ideal place for two southeastern schools. The most entertaining part of the loss to the magic is the dunk contest. Look at this youngster. The cartwheel 360 split twohanded slam. Got all ten from the judges, dave. I want to see an