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Areas and it's a big wall, it's a strong wall, it's a wall that people aren't going through very easy. you're going to have to be in extremely good shape to get over this one. they would be able to climb mt. everest a lot easier, i think. >> the conservative house freedom caucus is so unhappy with the compromise border bill its members introduced a short term resolution to keep the government funded for another week. this he hoped to buy time to into esht a getter graet. trade talks between the u.s. and china under way in beijing, this is the third round of recent negotiations. if a deal is ...

Agreement. critical trade talks between the u.s. and china getting underway in beijing. if the deal is not reached by march 1st, u.s. tariffs on chinese imports skyrocket from 10 to 25%. if enough progress is made president trump may let the deadline slide. let's go live to beijing and bring in matt rivers. all indications are we will let this deadline slide? >> reporter: if there's enough progress here, dave, then that's what the president is saying. we are hearing some positive things from the u.s. side. steve mnuchin who is one of the co-leads of the delegation left his hotel. he said so ...

That first meeting with china for a trade deal. european markets opened higher. in the u.s., futures up a tad here. the dow striked a four-day losing streak with a nice 1.5%. the nasdaq and s&p 500 adding more than 1.5% as well. oil stocks rose and a bounce in crude oil, after opec said it would cut production. president trump said he's willing to stretch that meeting with china the two sides are close to a deal in the trade war. >> if we're close to a deal and we think we can make a real deal and it's going to get done. i can see myself letting that slide for a while. >> letting that deadli...

I do think that from a political perspective, that monday deadline has become a line in the sand, because i do think for susan collins, she really went to the mat and others, jeff blake and bob corker, to say to republican leadership, you can't shove this behind closed doors. mitch mcconnell didn't want to keep this door open in the first place. and at 3:00 in the afternoon, he seemed to be saying on the senate floor he wouldn't. by 6:30, having talked to other members of his conference, he had. so, i think even from those people who really want to hear from her, they're not going to let this ...

Paying attention for months did not expect any kind of deal to happen in december. remember, this is a lame duck session and people who have been watching this for a long time said probably the best is a temporary fix and then take up the big issues in 2013. that's been the outlook all along. here we are and what's happening? that's what's happening. going through the drama and on script, really. woinging up to some kind of temporary deal and unfortunately dealing with the big issues all of 2013 but i mean, it's just going to go on for a while. i mean, this is not quite as climatic as it seems...