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Might be more amenable to them would be a pathway to citizenship, a broader deal for some of the president's minority priorities. it's a strategic objection right now, one that makes clear at this point there is still no path forward. >> phil matingly, thank you so much on capitol hill for us. one thing is clear, people and industries are suffering. federal employees working without pay is really just the start here. the last food stamp payments were just mailed out. federal assistance for low income housing is about to expire, and safety is being compromised in many areas like travel. cnn a...

Unfortunately we can't say a deal has been made. don't expect a shutdown deal in the next few days. lawmakers are already out of town. another sign no deal in sight at least in the near term. the battle between the president and house speaker nancy pelosi has taken a public and ugly turn. the president nixed pelosi's war zone trip after she said he should delay his state of the union address until the government is back open. he says he delayed her trip on a military plane because of the shutdown. critics say it looks like payback. just hours after the announcement, the first lady took an air ...

Encouraging in terms of the shutdown stopping. no progress yet. the pain is coming. for some it's here. one point, phil matingly pay as you go spending rules could force cuts to medicare. the stakes are growing, whether it's the kind of crisis the president sees or one that millions could be feeling. i spoke b about it with one of those republicans jim was just talking about. brian fitzpatrick, who voted last week with democrats on bills to reopen the government. >> congressman, with the president poised to dig in more on the shutdown with the speech tomorrow night, visit to the border on thur...

We don't know what it is or what will result, but the fact that the conversations are happening at all and he was so trouble and torn about this nomination for the last couple of days, it shows you that something is clearly happening right now. wolf? >> stand by, phil. dana is getting information from her sources. >> i am told by a source familiar with what is going is that there are serious conversations under way about how and weather a brief additional investigation could be done by the fbi and a vote to be delayed by no more than one week. those are the discussions that are going on right ...

Republicans -- you see orrin hatch and the chairman are not pleased there is a set back to their plan. chuck grassley having covered him for many years. when he said 1:30 there will be a roll call and the hearing will start at 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., he is very, very precise. he is not happy about this nearly 15 minute delay right now. clearly he doesn't have a lot of choice. phil matingly is on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: how few people have any idea what's going on. it's usually pretty easy to find out what's happening or get a degree of the sense of things. staff from the l...