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We are hours away from a key meeting at the white house. president trump invited all those folks you see on your screen from both parties to join him for a briefing today on border security. but a hill source tells us this meeting appears to be more of a stunt than a serious attempt to have a discussion about ending the shutdown, so that's where we begin at the white house. good morning. so very powerful important people will all be in the room with the president. and what can we expect? >> reporter: hey there, poppy. yeah, it is unclear what will come of this meeting. we heard that it's takin...

>> economist worried if we do go off the fiscal cliff, it's now averted strike would have combined for a deadly one-two punch to the u.s. economy. now the overall deal is at 100% signed off on by februar february 6, then we are right back to where we were this morning and again the national retail federation and the florida governor rick scott will be urging president obama to prevent a strike invoking the tap partly act and something not done since president george w. bush did it in 2002. back to you. >> doug: phil keating in miami. the so-called milk cliff that would also kick in to effect t...

So there's more to it than just not wanting to expose him to mistakes. i think it's a very deliberate, calculated move. you cannot find out where mitt romney is on days that they don't want to tell you. >> perfect example is when the news came that he was going to join speaker boehner. i'm a capitol hill reporter. i knew that before the romney campaign reporters did. >> from your hill source. >> from the hill source. >> right. >> there's a story in the a.p., the number one news service in the country, talking about casey hunt, extraordinary article, talking about how this is one of the most se...