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Remaining government spending bills again all that may be for naught if the senate is not on board. now, as you can imagine, we don't anticipate seeing the president later on today but you never know. he may decide to pop by. i'm extending an invitation is what i'm doing. if that happens we'll let you know my friend. happy new year, >> stand by if the president comes out we'll be coming back to you. good to see you, sir. >> congress was in session ever so briefly yesterday but made no effort to reopen the government. kicking the can to 2019 where we are. the 115th congress meets one last time ...

Will will not accept. they say it's difficult to know where the white house stands at this point. we've heard the white house tal about the $5 billion #be needed that. the big sticking point for the white house has been and remain to be wanting some sort of physical barrier at the u.s. mexico border. >> never a dull day at the whit house. thank you so much. >> qubit. >> the markets are closed for the holiday after the dhows worst christmas you drop ever which followed the presidents latest tweet storm attacking th federal reserve and questionabl moves by his treasury secretary. more on all of ...

>> ♪ >> the fundamentals of the economy are still great. the stock market is down. unemployment is historic lows and investment high and business confidence fundamentals of the economy are great, the stock market is down, it goes up and down, unemployment that historic lows, capital investment start, business confidence still high, gdp is solid, the fundamentals still good. >> that is the and coming chief of staff on the economy, donald trump put it in his own words tweeting the only problem our economy has is the fed. they don't have a feel for the market, they don't understand trade wars o...

>> the commander-in-chief calling troops and visiting with coast guard folks in person. michael warren, senior writer at the weekly standard, alex wayne, white house editor for bloomberg news and tom rogan, commentary writer for the washington examiner. your thoughts on the commander-in-chief. he has not been to a war zone. is he going soon? >> he is going soon, we will see that before christmas but potentially in the next couple weeks. afghanistan is the natural place he will go. one of the interesting things with the president we have seen with chief justice roberts, separation of powers, no...

It. >> mike: calling the troops and visiting with some coast guard folks in person, let's bring in our panel. michael warren, senior writer at the weekly standard. tom rogan commentary writer for the "washington examiner." your thoughts at the commander in chief, he's not been to a war zone yet, is he going soon? >> i think we will see that before christmas but potentially even the next couple of weeks. one of the interesting things for the president is you see, we've obviously seen chief justice roberts, the separation of powers and constitutional powers. the president earlier today was speak...