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Leaders of both parties from both houses set to attend. a lot of questions, however, about whether this is substance or just show on the part of the white house to understand why you need to understand the last 24 hours. yesterday afternoon democrats along with republicans accepted the white house invitation. hours later, however, the white house issued a statement saying the democratic plan was, quote, a nonstarter. this morning the white house suddenly said it would invite tv and print press into a cabinet meeting. it's basically a big public event for the president just before democrats arr...

The senate republicans have nowhere to go and the president has nowhere to go, and he needs to accept the $1.3 billion, and the other 1.3 billion that he got last year, and he has not spent, and that is 2.6 billion for the barrier, and the voices of the american people say that we want people to go back to work. there are reports of trash in the national parks and museums are closed, and these are the things that begin to hit the americans in a real way. i they republicans are going to be feeling that particularly in the western states. >> and garrett haake, just to give you an indication of w...

>> a lot of your supporters are hoping you will stand firm on that $5 billion mark or something big for the wall. are you willing to continue the shutdown if that money does not come? >> we have no choice. we have to have border security. we're not giving up. we have to have border security and the wall is the big part of border security. >> a tweet posted just hours ago, trump signaled he would not support democrat's plan to reopen the government when congress returns to the hill on thursday. thursday being the same day democrats will assume control of the house. trump wrote, the democrats ha...

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...

Into next week when the democ t democrats take control of the house. we bring in garrett haake on the steps of the white house, and we have been talking about thef ri day with little to show for it. give us a sense of where the negotiations are standing at this hour if at all they are taking place. >> yeah, i wish i could bring more good news, but right now, the progress of are reopening the government is in a slim to none category. the last major move happened saturday when the vice president came here no the capital and made chuck schumer an offer somewhat lower than the $500 billion number ...