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We're waiting for the house, now in democratic hands, to vote on a series of funding bills to reopen the government. the white house has already threatened to veto the legislation, making it more of a negotiation tactic than anything else. so is the president's non-conference press conference early today. what was -- explain what happened in the briefing room today, because it certainly wasn't a briefing. >> reporter: it certainly wasn't a briefing, because a press briefing reporters get to ask questions and that didn't happen. but they said there was going to be a press briefing with the pres...

Get into the weeds of what's going on, process, procedure. 750,000 people that work for the federal government aren't getting a paycheck they thought they would get over the holidays. that's the bottom line for folks. on the other hand, the president is tweeting a video that looks like it was taped this week about border security, fighting for the wall. no matter what, chuck, he is breaking a campaign pledge. remember, the pledge wasn't just build the wall, it was build the wall, have mexico pay for it. now the president is threatening a shutdown if taxpayers don't pay for it and if congress d...

Deadline. the deadline has come and gone and come and gone and the white house keeps setting additional ones. what do you think of the latest one? >> you're right,it's self imposed. seems like we've had 10 nafta dead lines. the deadline is really self imposed. they're trying to get it done before the new mexican president goes into office, december 1s december 1st. they really want canada involved. so that's why you're seeing them make this last minute push. eboni: when the president says as he did last night in west virginia, your neighbor, that canada must be fair or we'll go without them es...

>> neil: then what does it potentially extend to? >> what the government is doing right now, what the president is doing is using this as a negotiation tactic. while they are not putting the consumer friendly stuff on just yet, if china doesn't back down, the consumer stuff is going to go back on that list. that's when the consumers should start getting very, you know, a little concerned. to the reporter's point, we shouldn't -- this is very small tariffs happening right now. but, if this increases, if china doesn't back down, then we could have a major problem. >> neil: the reason why i menti...

Secretary seems to think the threats to keep canada out from president trump are part of a negotiation tactic. >> remember, nafta went into force in the mid- 1990s. the nest texas was the canadian u.s. free trade agreement signed in 1998. it's that agreement that brought mexico to the table. they thought they were losing out on an agreement that benefited canada and would institute more trade to the north. that same tactic is now being used in a reverse way. it's been a canada back to the table after the president negotiated a better deal with mexico. >> reporter: canada has repeatedly said th...