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Crushed sean hannity. last december, before the shutdown, president trump was demanding $5.7 billion in initial funding for his wall. the conference committee agreed to zero funding for a trump wall. and only $1.4 billion for other forms of border barriers including fencing. only the kind of fencing that already exists on the border. and that can only cover a maximum of 55 miles of the 2,000-mile southern border. that would cover almost 2.5% of the southern border. toward the end of the 35-day trump shutdown, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell told the white house that republican senator...

But it seems tonight the right in congress, congressional republicans, have found their way to sanity in reaching an agreement with democrats to keep the government funded and completely abandon the trump version of a wall. the only truly vocal opponents of this deal are in right wing media where they all agree this is a crushing defeat for president trump. even the relatively vague outlines of the deal last night crushed sean hannity. last december, before the shutdown, president trump was demanding $5.7 billion in initial funding for his wall. the conference committee agreed to zero funding ...

Presidential town hall, former starbucks ceo independent howard schultz will be live in houston, texas, with poppy harlow talking about the 2020 election that is tonight at 10:00 eastern. and that is it for me. "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thanks for being with me. it looks like we can put those fears of another government shutdown to rest and if you don't believe me, just listen to the president. >> i don't think you're going to see a shutdown. i would never accept if it happens but i don't think it's going to happen. >> that was ...

For more, let's bring in phil mattingly. i will make you a handicapper because i know you have been covering this so closely. does this look like it will get bipartisan support? >> it will definitely get bipartisan. i think there is an expectation with leaders and appropriators backing the deal that they should be okay with the votes. as you found out, most people have not seen the deal. as i speak to you right now the staff is actually drafting the deal of not just the department of homeland security measure but seven appropriations bills. what's important, the top lines that we have in talki...

Now for this reason it was done to do good police work. >> have we heard anything from the two officers? >> no, they have not spoken or at least we've made multiple calls and attempts to reach out to them. they have not. we reached that chief. he did call me back. >> all right. martin savage, thank you. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. it looks like we can put those fears of another government shutdown to rest. a white house official now saying the president is likely to sign an agreement on border security and just listen to the president. >> ...