For the national title. We have all the late night highlights. Alabama led this game early in the second quarter. All orange after that. Welcome to early start. It is tuesday, january 8. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with the president launching an allout pr blitz to make the case for his border barrier. Tonight he will give a 9 00 p. M. Televised address on what the white house is calling the humanitarian and National Security crisis on the border. That speech will be carried on all the networks including right here on cnn. The whoite house also announcin that the president will visit the border on thursday, the location officially undisclosed, but the Washington Post reports that there is restricted air space over mcallen, texas. Two sources tell us that the president decided to make his primetime speech after allies told him his arguments arent resonating, some saying that his slogan is getting worn out from overuse. Mike pence and Kirstjen Nielsen laying the ground work for the president to possibly declare a National Emergency to get the wall built using military funds. At a press briefing, they used the word crisis 37 times. The president vowing to keep the government shut down until he gets his wall however long that takes. Meantime hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace to miss their first full paycheck on friday, thats right, midnight tuesday the deadline for those checks to be cut. Congressional correspondent Phil Mattingly has the latest from capitol hill. Reporter has the partial Government Shutdown enters its third week, it is clear that there is no end in sight. You have negotiators on both sides deeply enfren entrenched. Both are playing to bases that dont want negotiations, bases that didnt want compromise. And as it currently stands, there is no Clear Pathway out of this. Why that matters is because the pain of the partial Government Shutdown is going to start to be felt. It is interesting, over the course of the last couple weeks, it has been somewhat muted. It is only 25 respect about of t the 25 of the government that shut down. And you also had the holidays which played a role. A change of the new congress. But when it starts to bite is when people start to miss their paychecks. Starting this friday, it will be the first full paycheck, the bulk of the 800,000 federal workers affected will start to miss. And as the weeks move on, the pain becomes more and are more acute. You have federal housing vouchers, potential tax refunds, all sorts of issues because of those agencies being hit down. Now, in the past, those have been the issues, that has been the pain that has brought lawmakers to the table. They are hearing constituents saying enough is enough, time to make a deal. The problem right now when you talk to negotiators on both sides is they havent gotten any sense that that is doing anything to change the dynamic at the moment. In fact it seems like both sides are just digging in further. You have the president s primetime address tonight. You have mike pence the Vice President planning to come to capitol hill later this evening to basically rally republicans, to stick together. Democrats are doing the same saying they will block anything in the senate in a comes to the floor so they can stick together. Basically both sides playing to their base, both sides playing to politics. And to be frank, both sides believe they may have the winning hand at least as iter pertains to the politics of it. That of course didnt actually pertain to the personal of it, people actually affected, those people dont seem to have a say and as long as that is the case, i think the real concern up on capitol hill is that there is going to be no deal, there is going to be no pathway forward and again, it is not days were talking about, it is quite possibly weeks. Christine and dave. Democrats are demanding a chance to respond to President TrumpS Immigration speech tonight. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer releasing a joint statement saying now that the Television Networks have decided to air the president s address which will be full of malice and misinformation, democrats Must Immediately be given equal air time. Cnn plans to carry the democratic response live. Details about who will speak and for how long have not been finalized. Some democrats though already dismissing the president s pitch even before it is made. I expect the president to lie to the American People. Why do i expect this . Because he has been lying to the American People and his spokespeople continue to lie to the American People. When a serious sanctions bill comes up for a vote later this morning, democrats will attempt to block it. According to a senior aide, Party Leaders are discussing the idea of broadening the strategy to all legislation. Two first raised the idea to put pressure on the president and mitch mcconnell. Cardin and van hollen represent thousands of furloughed government workers. You can expect to get your tax refund on time even if the shutdown drags on. The acting director of the office of management and budget announcing refund checks will be sent out during a shutdown. That reverses a long standing policy. According to Senior Administration official, budget officials are relying on a 2011 men kn memo that argues refunds can be paid during a shutdown. They plan to recall a significant portion of furloughed employees as tax season approaches. And the shutdown stalemate is compromising the efficiency and security of the nations air traffic system. The president of the air Line Pilots Association writing a letter saying because of the shutdown, there are fewer safety inspectors at the faa and that adversely affects the air Traffic Control system. On friday cnn reported hundreds of tsa screeners and officers called out sick last week from at least four major airports. Tsa Spokesman Says that the agency is closely monitoring that situation. An Advocacy Group asking congress to provide back pay to court tor contractors. Regular federal employees get back pay for the time they were furloughed or worked unpaid, but that is not the case for contract workers. They are usually just out of luck. The new letter from the professional Services Council reads these contractors work side by side with their government counterparts motivated by the same goals of Public Service and safety. They deserve to be treated the same as their federal civilian counter parts. Minnesota asenator tina smith ad five democratic colleagues pushing a bill that would compensate low wage contractors at the end of the shutdown. Three of the four living expresident s deny telling President Trump they distinguish they had built a wall on the southern border. Heres what mr. Trump is claiming. In should hathis should havey all of the president s that preceded me and they all know it. Some of them have told me that we should have done that. Well, weve checked. Jimmy carter says it wasnt him. The nations oldest living former president tweeting i have not discussed the border wall with President Trump and do not support him on the issue. Was it george w. Bush . His Spokesman Says, quote, they have not discussed this. Bill clinton . No. His spokes man says he, quote, never said that and adds mr. Clinton has not spoken to President Trump since the inauguration. That leaves barack obama who has not responded dwreirectly to th claim but has publicly denounced the notion of a border wall. Came nil la Kamala Harris s begin a book tour. And beto orourke is planning a solo road trip to meet voters outside of texas. The journal says that he will pop into places such as Community College campuses as he considers whether to enter the 2020 race. Orourke does not plan to make a final decision on a bid until at least february Julian Castro plans to announce his decision on saturday. And former arizona congresswoman gaby gby giffords will return to capitol hill next week. She plans to introduce a bill background checks. The shooting in tucson nearly killed giffords and left six others dead. The background check proposal appears unlikely to advance in the republicanly held senate. Aruth Bader Ginsburg is absent from supreme court. She has been recovering at other after surgery. She had two other bouts with cancer which never caused her to miss any oral arguments. A Spokesman Says she will still vote on the cases by reviewing transcripts. Wall street is recovering from its worst december. The dow built on the 757 point rally, however the market rally faded throughout the day. The dow had been up 255 points at one point. The s p 500 closed up near 1 , the nasdaq closed up 1. 3 . And u. S. Oil prices jumped more than a percent to 48. 61 a barrel. Crude has closed higher six straight days, the longest winning streak since july 2017. What is driving the turnaround . Cautious optimism about the trade war and health of the chinese and american economies. Investors are hopeful that the u. S. And china will get a breakthrough on the trade talks that began on monday in beijing. U. S. Futures right now are higher on the second day of those trade talks. The dow has surged 1750 points, that is 8 since christmas eve. That is why you dont sell right in the middle. Big rout. But apple fell slightly yesterday. Its stock has fallen 36 since october 3. Apple now behind amazon, microsoft and google in market value losing about 500 billion in market value over the past three months alone. That is 500 billion. So remarkable because that is such a widely held stock. You probably have it in your 401 k . And the declines have been so swift and aggressive. It has an iphone problem, it relies so much on the iphone for its sales. It has so much of its revenue tied to it. And there are concerns about, you know, is the iphone not just china, it is more than that. A lot of things, yeah. Ahead Actor Kevin Spacey pleading not guilty to charges he groped an 18yearold bus boy in nantucket. Why the Defense Attorneys asked the court to preserve cellphone records from the alleged victim. Are you taking the tissue test . Yep, and my teeth are yellow. Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. And they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Know about cognitive performance . As youd probably guess, a lot. Thats why a new brain Health Supplement called forebrain from the harvardeducated experts at force factor is flying off the shelves at gnc. 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He is your mvp. It is the Second National title this three years for clemson and coach dabo swinney. Tigers finished the season a perfect 150 and time to recognize them as one of the great teams in the history of College Football. 19 past the hour. Kim jungun arriving in china in a bulletproof armored train if three days of meetings with president xi. What is this about . Lots of mystery. We go live to beijing next. And unlimited is better with a phone included. Its true. Forty bucks with the other guys, doesnt include a phone. So, start the new year right. Join tmobile and get unlimited with a phone included for just forty dollars per line. Unstopand its strengthenedting place, the by xfi pods,gateway. Which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. Well almost anything. Leave no room behind with xfi pods. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Click or visit a retail store today. Kim jungun arriving in china for three days of meetings. He came in an armored train. Here is his motorcade parading down beijings most famous boulevard. According to state run media, he was invited by president xi jinping. Their meeting comes as negotiators wrap up trade talks with chinese officials. Matt rivers tracking the latest live from beijing. Okay, peel away the mystery for us. What is this meeting about and why could it be that xi jinping has summoned kim there . Reporter i think if you were to make an educated guess about that, and to be clear we do have to make an educated guess because when it comes to north korea and china, these are not two of the most transparent governments in the world. But i think really when looking at precedent from last year, i think this meeting is all about an upcoming summit between the United States and north korea between kim jungun and donald trump. Remember last year the leader of north korea, kim jungun, came here to beijing came to china twice to meet with xi jinping before his summit in singapore in june with donald trump. He then went to china a third time right after that summit. So if precedent is any guide for us here, when kim jungun comes to china, it has something to do with donald trump. At least that is what recent history tells us. So i think given what we know about how the North Koreans are preparing, about how the americans are preparing for a summit, this meeting will be all about kim jungun getting on the same page with his ally she sxi jinping. And we know that the United States is going over potential locates for that summit. Cnn has reported that the americans are considering locations in hawaii, vietnam and even thailand for a potential second summit, but that is what this meeting is all about. And that is not enough for you here, remember what we were doing live shots on yesterday, the trade delegation, they will leave beijing tonight, no actual progress being reported as of yet, but that is something also well be waiting to hear more information. Do you think well get any kind of a statement or readout from the between days of meetings between the u. S. And chinese officials on trade . Reporter generally thinking i think that that will happen after the u. S. Delegation gets back to the u. S. Thats what weve saen befoeen. Matt, thank you so much. Coming up, President Trump all in on immigration with a primetime address and trip to the border over the next three days. How the democrats are responding next. clients voice remember that degree you got in taxation . danny of course you dont because you didnt your job isnt doing hard work. Its making them do hard work. And getting paid for it. vo snap and sort your expenses to save over 4,600 at tax ti