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was and still is for infrastructure funding, and that $40 billion of the infrastructure deal was set aside to make sure what happened at that bridge does not happen at another bridge. this stop is part of biden's tour through battle ground pennsylvania, a state where a close senate race between dr. mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman who is there with limb right now could decide who controls congress. joining me from philadelphia, is white house correspondent mike memoli. you're in philly where the president will be tonight for a private fundraiser for lieutenant governo...

Offer of a bill for $2.5 billion, an offer democrats reportedly rejected. there's not clarity on what kind of deal the president would support, what kind of deal would get the government reopened. it is clear the president is frustrated, increasingly, with his inability to get any money for his signature campaign promise. it's also clear that the shutdown could last well into next week and beyond as democrats prepare to retake the house and therefore shake up the dynamics of negotiating power in just five days, ryan. s. >> sarah westwood, thank you for that update. let's take you now to the so...

Story now and take you to the southern u.s. border. that's where cnn's nick valencia is. he is in el paso, texas. nick, where you are near the mexican border is essentially the reason that the government is partially shut down heading into a second week. are u.s. officials there taking a look for themselves, and what are they saying about the situation? >> reporter: well, dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen making a visit to the border this weekend on friday and saturday, releasing a statement saying that this is her 16th trip in the last year to the southern border. and what she saw firsthand were...

In north korea. this is will ripley's 16th trip there. he joins us live from pyongyang. what is the word on the ground, will? >> reporter: it seems, chris, more likely than ever that north korea is going to go through with this threat that was made at the united nations general assembly last month to detonate a nuclear device over ground. it would be the first since china did it back in 1980. it may seem counter intuitive to all of us. why do something that could be so dangerous on so many levels? but the sense that i get is they believe very differently about nuclear weapons than we feel in t...

Me they can't hit the midnight deadline for reauthorizing it. do you feel optimistic they'll get it tonight? >> by midnight tonight? >> not by midnight tonight. but in time to do damage? >> i think in the end we will. i think it won't have that much real damage on people. i would like to really make sure the 9/11 community kind of takes a deep breath, and -- i know there is a lot of worry out there. a lot of excitement. take a deep breath and know we're working very hard, very diligently to get this law passed. next tuesday we're back down in d.c. again, it will be our 16th trip down since jan...