The only difference is you know more about me now than you did a week ago. Iowa senator joni ernst says she was not ready she is confronting painful memories of abuse and rape after they were public willlized in divorce pap. Welcome to early start. It is almost friday as we like to say. We start with the state of the disunion. The state of the Union Address, well, it is on hold indefinitely. President trump blinking in his high stakes battle with nancy pelosi after a day long power struggle with the House Speaker. The president actually backing away from a fight tweeting this is her prerogative, i will do the address when the shutdown is over. Im not looking for an alternative venue. I look forward to giving a great state of the Union Address in the near future. That capitulation coming 11 hours after he firmly vowed to somehow deliver the address from the house as planned, writing it would be so very sad for our country if the state of the union were not dwlifshdelivered assign time, on nancy pelosi did not even consider allowing a vote to let the president speak. I still make the offer that we need the agreeable date so that we can you might recall pelosi initially claimed security was the reason for delaying the president s address. Heres what mr. Trump had to say about postponing his speech. Nancy pelosi, or nancy as i call her, she doesnt want to hear the truth. And she doesnt want more importantly the American People hear the truth. So we just found out that she has canceled it and i think that is a great blotch on the incredible country that we all love. It is a great, great horrible mark. The white house appear the caught off guard by pelosis pushback. Cnn learned the president s team believed the speaker are was only suggesting the address would be postponed so they decided to call her bluff. Pa he lolaelosi tweeting i hopeg near future you will support the house passed package to end the shutdown. Day 34 dawns this morning and there are signs that the administration is bracing for the shutdown to go on for who knows how long. The Washington Post reporting that acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has asked agency heads to list vital programs that would be jeopardized if the government remains closed into march or april. The post also reporting that House Democrats are preparing to back increased spending on border security, but not a wall. That is if the president agrees to reopen the government first. The senate is set to vote today on dueling bills that would do just that. One bill backed by republicans would fund the president s border wall. The democrats proposal has no money for the border wall. Neither bill is expected to pass, but there are signs of fracture within the gop. At least one senator, cory gardner of colorado, is expected to vote for the democrats clean bill that does not include border wall funding. Ohio senator rob portman also has concerns about the president s strategy. I never believe that shutting down government provided leverage. One, i think that it is a bad idea to shut down government. The taxpayer ends up losing. Families of workers end up losing. The economy ends up getting hit. So it really doesnt make sense. 800,000 employees, the end of the workweek means a second paycheck missed. By the end of the work workers will be owed about 6 billion, that is more than the president s demands to pay for the border wall. All five former Homeland Security secretaries including john kelly have cosigned a letter to the president and congress that says we write to you today with a simple message, fund the Critical Mission of dhs. In addition to kelly, two of those former secretaries served in the obama era and two others from the bush era. One critical component of dhs is the tsa. The shutdown is taking an enormous toll on its agents. In minneapolis st. Paul for example, they have been forced support each other with this makeshift food bank. And air Traffic Controllers are facing serious challenges as well. It does affect your sleep at night. How can you be well rested when you dont know when the next time that you will get paid. Pretends litend like your last was this december and you do not know when you will get paid again. The biggest toll i have right now is the human toll. The fatigue in my Work Environment right now where im seeing routine mistakes are actually happening because they are thinking about which credit cards can i consolidate up for zero interest, who is giving you a break on your phone bill, or which company is helping you out so you can skip your mortgage. 87 accidents have not been investigated by the ntsb since the shutdown started, that includes plane, car and train accidents. And some of the nearly 6,000 secret service staffers coping without paychecks are carrying these special challenge coins. They originated in the military for special recognition. Dont worry youll get back pay is printed on one side. The other side, United States secret service essential personnel. As if it is a combat mission that they are all brothers and sisters in arms enduring and surviving. One of the president s top economic advisers says the economy could show no growth in the First Quarter if the shutdown drags on. Thats right, the United States economy will stall because of the Government Shutdown. Here is Kevin Hassett talking to poppy harlow yesterday. Could we get zero growth . Yes, we could. Okay. Wow. If it extended for the whole quarter and given the fact that the First Quarter tends to be low because of residual seaso l seasonality, then you could end up with a number close zero. But the Second Quarter number would be humongous. Some economies predict a downturn by next year, but he says it is close to zero. He continued to continued job gains as a healthy sign. Boeing is urging washington to reach a deal to reopen the government warning a prolonged shutdown could hurt its business and the aviation industry. Boeing and other defense officials scheduled to report their earnings next week. Michael cohen postponing his public congressional testimony scheduled for february 7 citing ongoing threats against his family. A source telling cnn cohens wife and fatherinlaw feel threatened by attacks from President Trump and his attorney rudy giuliani. Do you make a deal to keep his wife who supposedly maybe im wrong but you can check it. Did he make a deal to keep his wife out of trouble . He should give information maybe on his fatherinlaw because that is the one that people want to look at because where does that money that is the money in the family. Im telling you, it come from the ukraine. The reason that is important, he may have ties to something called organized crime. The president was asked about the postponement wednesday. He says that he has been threatened by you and mr. Giuliani. I would say hes been threatened by the truth. Hes only been threatened by the truth. Democrats say not testifying is not an option for cohen and they are considering whether to subpoena him. We will get the testimony assure as night becomes day and day becomes night. Cohen reports to prison to begin his three year sentence in march. The first time republican senator joni ernst is speaking out about pain testimony moments she endured in the past. The highest ranking woman in Republican Leadership and army com basilibat veteran says she forced out following public reports of divorce papers. She said i didnt want to share it with anybody in the era of metoo survivor, ive always believed that every person is different and they will confront their demons when they are ready and i was not ready. Ernst described a violent episode where her then husband grabbed her by the throat and pounded her head and she also said she was raped during her time as a student at iowa state university. She says she always has and will work hard to support people who have been in her shoes. Ive always been a strong proponent of working for those survivors of Sexual Assault and domestic violence. Understanding now that people will view my work in those areas not as a senator that is working to support them but now as somebody who has been in that situation that will be supporting them. But what i want to remind everybody is that im still the same person as i was a week ago. The only difference is you know more about me now than you did a week ago. Ernst denied allegations made by her husband in the divorce affidavit that she had an affair. Cnn has attempted to reach out to gail ernst for someones but we have not heard back. Another democrat in the 2020 field. He is a guy 37yearold south bend indiana mayor pete buttigieg. He served in the navy during the war in afghanistan. He says his message is one of generational change. It is time for a new generation of leadership in our country. And that we cant nibble around the edges. There is no going back. That there is no again in the real world. And that we cant rewind to 1950 or for that matter to 2010. 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