Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181229:10:01:00
I'm george howell, cnn newsroom starts right now. at 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, we started with the government shutdown and for hundreds of thousands of federal workers it's starting to hurt. the u.s. president now threatening to close the southern u.s. border if he doesn't gt what he wants. the actual concept of closing the entire border would be a major challenge. there are hundreds of ports from texas to california. a great deal of commerce also moves in both directions. mr. trump seems willing to shut it down unless he gets congress to approve the $5 billion he wants for the border ...