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President, hold firm. >> garrett haake there on the hill. let me get over to chance nichols on the north line of the white house. hans, the president had lengthy remarks related to this. i think the bottom line for him, shut down, dug in. that's it. >> reporter: it is clear the president wants to get something. now, what he actually wants, whether it is a fence with slats or an actual wall, the president when you listen to what he said in those remarks a couple of days ago, it is clear he is willing to keep the government shutdown for some time. >> i can't tell you when the government is going...

Won't go out in a public forum where people might be able to read his mood. you don't want to tip anything off to a bunch of traders on wall street that are working hard over the long weekend or this holiday week, trying to give them an indication of which way the market is going. one quick note is they're saying holiday sales are strong and that the secretary of the treasury was just trying to get some real-time market data and some feedback about those calls. there's no hidden liquidity crisis. f hallie, now we finally said hidden liquidity crisis on air. >> oh. despite him saying that, we'r...