Agency and now more than 14,000 people from that department join the hundreds of thousands of Government Employees who have been furloughed. Meanwhile President Trump and congress are no closer to reaching a deal. The president s response a torrent of tweets threatening to shut down the southern border if funding for a wall is not approved. Lets bring in boris sanchez. Who is the president negotiating with . Reporter thats a good question. Its not clear that either side is really talking to each other right now. Yesterday you had the incoming acting chief of choice, Mick Mulvaney here on the north lawn of the white house telling reporters that talks had broken down so its not clear that republicans are speaking to democrats about a deal right now. We should point out the president last night left the white house to have dinner at the Vice President s residence. He was joined by mike pence, jared kushner, and Mick Mulvaney as well. Likely the shutdown the topic of conversation there. But its unclear exactly what may come of that meeting. Where things stand right now, its simple. Republicans believe Mick Mulvaney, the president included, that all the cards are in Nancy Pelosis hands. They believe the democrats are not willing to deal until she is sworn in as speaker of the house. Cnn had previously reported she had the votes to become speaker, this is well before the government was shutdown. But the belief expressed by Mick Mulvaney yesterday was she wasnt confident she had the votes so it was in her advantage for the government to shut down to secure the speakership. Democrats said as soon as they take power theyll vote on one of three measures to reopen the government, none of them include funding for the border wall. So theres that Sticking Point and worry none of them will make it past the senate. There are a lot of government workers that are furloughed and not likely to be paid into the new year. And the longer this goes on, more agencies will shutdown or suffer. Heres a glimpse at what will happen. All smithsonians and zoos will shut down on january 2nd. After the 2nd, the federal Communications Commission will have to stop taking complaint. And the trade commission is having to suspend the investigation into facebook and other social media companys inappropriate use of private users data. So the longer this goes onning, the more well feel the effects of it. And well ultimately find out if theyre willing to make a deal. What is now becoming a protracted shutdown is having real consequences for the hundreds of thousands of Government Employees who find themselves without steady, reliable income. Overnight, as we said, the Environmental Protection agency joined that list of Government Departments who shuttered due to lack of funds. Now theres 14,000 epa employees who are less than a week from having to pay mortgage, rent or utility bills with no money coming in. I have two mortgages to pay. So i havent even looked at how my Checking Account is going to balance out. I dont have children. For people with kids in school, extracurricular activities, putting food on the table for the kids, those are things that make it more disgusting whats happening with the federal government right now. So how do republicans and democrats get through this impasse . Were going to bring in political commentator and anchor of Spectrum News errol luis and kelly lawrence. Thank you for being with us this morning. Lets listen together here to representative denny hoyer. He was asked he said listen democrats are prepared to vote. Theyre prepared to vote on the bill on any bill, you know, that comes to them that has gone through and passed the senate committee. Then he said this about President Trump refusing to accept any legislation that does not embrace funding the wall. Lets listen. Thats not compromise. Thats not working together to accomplish an objective. And frankly, he made a promise that was ill informed an ill advised promise. He said the mexican people were going to pay for it. That was babaloney, he should he known it was baloney. Is there a political price to pay the longer it goes on . Because it looks as if there is no negotiation going on. Thats right. There is a lot of baloney that was talked about. The notion that the Mexican Government was going to pay for this was always a nonstarter. There is a political cost to be paid because there are lots of Public Employees who are not going to look kindly at the republicans or the democrats, the president or congress, if they continue to experience hardship. We should be clear, theres some give here, a little bit of room. I just recently heard from somebody, a federal worker, that said until the end of january its not going to get Super Critical for most people if they have any kind of resources just because they just got a paycheck. So if you miss two paychecks youre really in bad shape. For others it might be an inconvenience, but the politics of the situation are not going to get more favorable over the next few days as the congress sits and is sworn in. The democrats are not going to make life any easier for the president. Hes in a difficult position. Cant the republican senator pat roberts said we on the republican side dont want to vote for a bill the president wont side. Essentially hes laying it on the democrats and their leaders to come up with a bill the president can stomach . Is he trying to say here the republicans hands are tied . I think everybody feels like their hands are tied but nobody comes out looking great here. You have nancy pelosi right now vacationing in hawaii when were hearing stories about federal workers worrying about how to pay their bills. But lets face it, the democrats have the upper hand here, donald trump said publically in his famous meeting, i would be proud to shut down the government for the border wall. So its very hard for President Trump now to paint this as a democrats problem. I have to say, with the small bit of negotiation weve had, the white house keeps coming down, originally they demanded 5. 7 billion for a border wall. I heard mike pence in the latest negotiation, which was a few days ago, said 2. 5. 2. 5 billion, exactly. And the democrats are saying no. I think they think they can do better. Lets face it, the senate voted n unanimously right before the shutdown for a bill that would fund the government through february 8th with no wall at all. Once that happened, Donald Trumps conservative base was very jupset and you had prominet conservatives saying this was outrageous. And donald trump immediately backtracked. Because of that, republicans voted for a bill once a week ago without funding for a border wall, democrats think why wont they do it again . Its reported the president is staying in washington, he cancelled his trip to mara lar go because of whats happening. Should others have stayed as well . I dont know if they had the votes to do that. Paul ryan could have tried to round up members of his caucus but the 115th congress was over. He wasnt going to be able to force his members, many of whom lost their races, its one thing to ask a lame duck to go to the wall for you literally and politically, but once they lost their job, its no point in coming back. He didnt have the votes, they werent able to do much, theres no negotiation worth having and the democrats didnt have to come back either. They had no reason to. This is a question for the 116th congress. The republicans had full control and its going to make it much harder for the president because democrats will turn around and say, you had full control of the government and you shut it down. And so, its not again, its not going to get easier. Its going to get a little bit harder. I want to read something from the Washington Post this morning talking about a change, the Trump Administration is planning to start requiring migrants stay in mexico while their cases crawl through the u. S. System, the courts, and thats something that could take months and it puts the onus on mexico to hold onto the migrants until their case is solidified. Its been called a disaster. People in mexico saying theres no programming, funding, people said tijuana is going to be a waiting room. Do you expect any challenges, they argued the policy will reduce the number of migrants trying to game the system. Is there a concern that situations like this, that are under the radar right now could go through . That there could be movement there because everybody is so distracted with whats happening right now with the shutdown . Thats a great question. Hopefully, you know, your reporting and mentioning it like this will keep it in peoples minds. I cant understand this administration. There are some arguments to be made for changing that policy. And, of course, kristen kneel zen is not making them. She is making an offensive argument that all Asylum Seekers are playing the system. I heard they might get more asylum cases decided and through because if they keep the people in mexico they can go through the cases more quickly and theyll be able to not cap them. Right now its capped because they can only deal with so many a day with the people there. But again this administration isnt making those sensible arguments. They want to focus instead on heated rhetoric that might appeal to some people in this polarized country but not others. You have the president talking about shutting down the border, why do we need a wall then . I thought they were coming illegally. Shutting down the border is shutting down the legal crossing. You have so many confusing things coming out of this administration. I hope despite the shutdown that some of the issues will be taken seriously and lawmakers will soon return to washington and if not open the government at least open their minds to solving some of these problems. Next week they will be back at it with a democratic house. Well see what happens from that point on. Always appreciate both of your insights. Thank you. Thanks. Several people have been arrested in the death of a California Police officer. Well tell you why police say more arrests could be coming. Whoooo. With tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. And see all the hotels for your stay tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites. To show you the lowest prices. So you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. Dates, deals, done two more arrests made overnight in the case of an alleged cop killer in california. The man hunt for him is over, but Corporal Ronil singh was killed the day after christmas during a traffic stop in newman, california. Police arrested the suspect about 200 miles from the crime scene. They say he came to the u. S. Illegally and may have been trying to go back to mexico. This alleged killeder and seven others have been arrested, including his girlfriend and brothers. Sarah side ferhas more. Reporter the han hunt is over for the suspect in a Police Officers killing. Now were hearing from his devastated family. Less than 48 hours after losing his brother, his hero, his friend, reggie singh stepped to the mic. He just learned his brothers suspected killer had been caught. Hes not coming back, but theres a lot of people out there that misses him. And a lot of Law Enforcement people that i dont know worked days and nights to make this happen. Reporter ronil singh came to this country as an immigrant from fiji. He was living his version of the american dream. He wanted to become a Police Officer and he did just that. He dreamt of a family. Five months ago he and his wife welcomed their son into the world. But at 1 00 in the morning the day after christmas, singhs dream bankruptabruptly ended. I did not know Christmas Morning at 4 00 in the morning when i said goodbye to him and sent him off to his family that it would be the last time that i saw him. Reporter police say singh was killed by Gustavo Perez arriaga, who unlike singh, had come into the country illegally. Deputies caught up with arriaga at a home near bakersfield, california after a massive man hunt. This criminal, mr. Arriaga, crossed our border illegally into arizona some time ago. He is a criminal. He has two prior arrests for dui. Reporter several people were arrested, including arriagas brother and a coworker who were accused of lying to authorities impeding the ability to find him faster. The sheriff could not contain his outrage over californias socalled sanctuary law. Under sb54 in california, based on two arrests for dui and some other active warrants this criminal has out there, Law Enforcement would have been prevented, prohibited, from sharing any information with i. C. E. About this criminal gang member. Reporter some Law Enforcement officials completely disagree saying the law actually encourages people to come forward who would otherwise avoid helping Law Enforcement because of their citizenship status. But the sheriffs sentiment has been embraced by others, including the man with the largest megaphone. President trump tweeted about the case using it in his battle to build a border wall to keep Illegal Immigrants out. No matter who wins the political battle, there is little that can ease the pain of the singh family. Their one small so las, singhs k9 partner sam will become the family pet. The political director is retiring the dog because as the chief put it the singh family shouldnt have to lose another family member. Police have arrested about six people in connection with this case and they say there may be more arrests to come. President trumps trouble with the truth. The Washington Post has published its latest tally of his false or misleading claims now for the first 700 days. Well show you what the latest bunk claims look like. Give up the big pay raise you just got . You havent gotten one in more than ten years. More than ten years. We got you a big one. I got you a big one. Plenty of people that came up said we can make its smaller. We can make it 3 , 2 , 4 . I said, no, make it 10 . Make it more than 10 . That was President Trump having more trouble with the truth this week. Here are the facts. Troops have been given a raise every year for more than three decades. The raises for 2018 and 2019 did not even come close to 10 . Theyre 2. 4 and 2. 6 respectively. Its day eight of the partial Government Shutdown over the president s demand for 5 billion to pay for a portion of his border wall and roughly 800,000 workers have been furloughed or expected to work without pay. And mr. Trump made the baseless claim this week that most of the people not getting paid are democrats. The president has made thousands of false claims in the last several months, the count, 7,546 false or misleading claims in the first 700 days of his administration. When we started reporting for that tally, i searched for a way to make something to make a false statement tangible. I used a version of a party game i didnt like as a kid but it works like this. Guessing the number of gum balls in a jar. Ever since we have used gum balls in jars to show you the thousands of misleading claims. Heres a look at those claims now, 7,546 gum balls. Were filling our 14th jar in fewer than two years on the job. For some context after the first count in january, the president was averaging roughly five false claims per day. By the posts counts, hes now doubled that. Joining me now, joseph po relly, u. Re relly, and dave painter. Joseph, i want to start with you. I understand you support the president s policies, you support his judicial appointments, his performance with the economy thus far. But are you not alarmed by the sheer number and of provable false claims the president makes . No, im not alarmed. This was a guy speaking in high peer bow lee throughout the campaign. I dont seem to recall i love your gum ball idea, i think its creative. I dont recall a similar game when president obama was president. I think the media cannot be reported to a holier than thousand standard. Holier than thou . Yes. Let me pause. With this weeks example, hes standing in front of men and women putting their lives on the line to protect all americans sure. Let me finish that was a comma. He also sood there and said this was the first theyd gotten a raise, which was not true, he was not telling the truth about how much the raise was, were now at 7,500 of these. Part of the reason you didnt see this kind of display and tally is because there werent so many a day. Im glad president obamas statements like manufacturing jobs didnt come through. Maybe he meant the first in ten years, he meant 2. 6 multiplied by his four year term all of that would be wrong. What i meant about holier than thou media coverage, we saw from the same trip the media speak in incredible terms that the troops were violating rules that trump had given, all that wasnt true. Yet newspaper outlets ran stories cover to cover saying it was. Richard let me come to you. I hesitate to use the word lie because its not clear first its clear what the president said was just false. Its not clear whether hes intentionally telling these boldfaced provable lies or he has no idea what hes talking about. Hes been lying his entire life, everybody in new york knows that. Ever since he was a kid. And then he goes off and dodges the draft with a foot doctor who lies to get him out of the draft. And then we have the casino in new jersey, 900 million worth, thats why nobody in new york will loan him money and he needs to go abroad to borrow his money. The bottom line is hes been lying for decades but its about