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Agenda. that's not going to happen. hr-1, the first piece of legislation in the new congress is going to be over this fight. and also there's been another tactical problem here and that is half the government, more than half, has been funded by appropriations bills that actually made it to the president's desk because the armed services committee had their act together. for example, they're fully funded through the end of the fiscal year so we're not in the middle of a shutdown, we're in the middle of a partial shutdown. the post office is open, the military is operational, dhs is closed but t...

During the campaign stressed a different message. >> mexico will pay for the wall. i promise. >> and of course it was only a few weeks ago that the president himself said -- seemed to say he would take responsibility for a shutdown. >> i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. the last time you shut it down, it didn't work. i will take the mantle of shutting down. >> annie karni, i'm curious because we're seeing some reporting now that republicans, but also folks in the white house, maybe the president himself, now like the idea of this exten...

Purpose of it? we do that for the military, we do that for all of the infrastructure programs, and this member of congress isn't about to give the president a $5 billion slush fund to go build a wall wherever he wants to build it, whether it's necessary, whether it's useful or not. tell us precisely where you want to build that wall, mr. president, precisely how you're going to use the money for observation devices. and by the way, are you going to take care of the people that do arrive here seeking asylum rather than letting them die of some illness. >> meanwhile, politico is reporting that, ...

They could do either and it will be a tactical question which they want to do. >> this is not the first government shutdown we've been through. a couple of high-profile ones over the last generation. during one of those donald trump said he believed responsibility for a government shutdown belongs to the president. back in 2013 he said that president obama should be fired over a pending government shutdown. >> who's going to bear the brunt of the responsibility if indeed there is a shutdown of our government? >> if you say who gets fired, it always has to be the top. problems start from the to...

There's a political risk there, a political problem for republicans in standing on that with the general electorate? >> there's a risk but it's not overwhelmi overwhelming. it does show support underwater but it's been growing for the wall. if you're trying to break into someplace and there's a wall, it's going to be harder to get into. >> christian whiton and john garamendi, thank you for joining us. up next, a new court ruling, a surprise court ruling has thrown a big wrench into efforts to get to the bottom of alleged ballot fraud in north carolina's ninth district. i'm going over to the ...