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Federal workers not digging in as all. we begin with john at the white house. >> reporter: i should point out vice president, secretary homeland security, acting omb director just completed one hour pen and pad briefing with reports on where we are in terms of the government shutdown and fight over border security. vice president saying day after christmas, the white house made what he called a good faith offer to democrats to say listen, we'll take $2.5 billion for the wall as part of border security package. vice president saying democrats wouldn't entertain the idea and in talks over the we...

For us it doesn't bother what they want to call it they can call it a wall a levy wall. steel barriers that doesn't matter to border p patrol agents. we need a barrier so we can protect our country and keep our people safe and border patrol agents safe as well. ainsley: i know there is 16 different sectors and each sector was asked to present recommendations to the president and his team on how to move forward. did all 16 recommend the wall? >> yes. the majority of the sectors did recommend some type of physical barrier. some of those sectors also recommended that the upgrade the existing phys...

Border security package. but the wall and the wall that the president -- that the president wants has become this moral issue for the democratic party. they see it as a sign of something that america just shouldn't be. so they're not willing to fund that part of what the president is calling for. and the two, while in dollar sense and budget sense may not be too far apart, if you look at the broader -- sheer size of the federal budget, the president is not willing to budge from the $5.6 billion the house passed last year. and what was interesting to me in that long post we saw earlier today is...

Now, despite that tweet, and several other, blaming democrats for the shutdown, incoming acting chief of staff, budget director mick mulvaney says congressional democrats haven't actually been invited to the white house for further talks. mulvaney says the white house is waiting on a counter-offer for democrat, because recall last week, vice president mike pence went to capitol hill, and offered support for a border security package, plus wall funding worth about $2.5 billion, an offer that democrats rejected. talks remain at a standstill. the president taking to twitter this morning, wrote, i...

Border security package that included funding for the wall. democrats had rejected that number. the white house is increasingly pointing the finger at pelosi for dragging on this shutdown, claiming that her upcoming speaker's race has limited her ability to negotiate with this administration, to strike a deal that could reopen the government. but, ryan, there appears to be no end in sight for this shutdown as both sides remain entrenched and there doesn't appear to be any kind of deal that funds the wall or border security in the offing. >> sarah westwood at the white house. let's move to el p...