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Jim, we've been zigging and he's been zagging. what happens? >> reporter: yeah. to follow the bouncing bill, is the way it's been today, ana. i think mitch mcconnell did something very stunning there a few moments ago to see the senate majority leader really get out ahead of the white house and announce what the president of the united states is going to do with something as big and important citizas preventing an costly government shutdown, i don't think you can, you know, underline that enough. that is a really stunning thing to take place, because, typically, what you would have, ana, as yo...

Pounced it included they and vote on it and basically box the president out to the point of which he were to voty, then i thit the and -- he's already doing that yesterday in a pool spray in the cabinet room. he said we have $23 billion for bored are security, pi he says we have more ways to understand

Good points were made, but i don't want to see another one. there's no reason for it and we're going to look at the legislation when it comes and i'll make a determination then. >> cnn white house correspondent abby philip there for us from the north lawn. so this compromise, it includes $1.3 billion, a little over that for the border barrier which is less than what was proposed before the government shutdown. so what is the president's rational for signing this? >> in many way, brian a the president doesn't like this agreement. he has told people that he thinks it's a pretty bad deal, but he'...

That again? >> i definitely agree there's no appetite at all for a shutdown. here we are a few days before the friday midnight deadline. the president definitely doesn't want a shutdown. so, what can he do? he has this deal in front of him and he can sign that deal. definitely conservatives and his supporters are very upset. that's where this part two comes in where, you know, they're talking about -- there's been a lot of talk about a national emergency. we're hearing it might not be that but more that he would find money and be spending it on the wall. he actually hinted at that in his tweet...

Some money to spend on the wall. he mentioned it earlier in the pool spray he played with the cabinet -- at the cabinet meeting. that's the direction they're going in. i said this is what we're hearing. of course, this is president donald trump so anything can happen before friday. he can change his mind five times before that. but as of today, that's what we're hearing. >> kim, a question coming out of what anita just said, why then the friday night theatrics? >> well, that's how the president works. i mean, he is trying to message all the way to the end, trying to, you know, allay the fears ...