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>> well, fred, there's two ways to look at it. one, are lawmakers in a position they can't pay their bills, at risk of losing health care, and the answer is no. that probably makes them less empathetic from an instinctive perspective. i think also, both sides see something bigger than this right now for them, in the risk reward category. neither side is ready to give a little bit. we are as of today in a situation where this is the longest federal government shutdown in history, where the president is vacillating about whether or not to declare a national emergency to get out of it, and where ...

>> what do you make of the president with regards of the government shutdown? what do you make of the president saufing his demands with regards to the border wall funding? >> reporter: i think he sees the writing on the wall in terms of this has not been great for him and his popularity because he bran branded this the trump shutdown, now he's trying to call it the schumer shutdown but the public may not be buying that and republicans aren't trying hard to join the president in terms of the blame game. i don't think he wants this to take up his entire january. he sees the real world implicati...

The debate he wants to have is sole on the security situation along the border. not about the broader government shutdown and the effect it's having on every day americans. the white house indicates they're willing to put a shutdown continuing. this is a president that's gerding for a fight, for 2019 and even 2020. at this time, at this hour it doesn't look like they're in a compromising 3450d or there's an end in sight to the government shutdown. >> hans nichols live for us. >> hundreds of thousands of federal employees are watching what's happening at this hour. dozens of smaller agencies,

Fraction of an inch. quick ten seconds. >> i say that he has the ability to continue to lie, to continue to focus on something else and i think that's what we're missing's that even if we decide or we are now deciding that he may lose on this issue, he has the ability to lie, create new facts and create a whole another issue his base will then follow. a quick break. much more to come. shutdown continuing. clock, lower right-hand side of your screen. 8.5 hours now since a quarter of the government stopped being funded. jim mattis calling it quick this week. the man in the situation room with ...

It would be my intention to resolve these issues as quickly as to be. it is my intention to address daca. >> the senate majority leader addressing immigration reform. is that enough for democrats to back a spending plan to reopen the government? signs are mixed. we will find out at noon today. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. you think we get a deal at noon? >> i think they are dug in. >> i see the shutdown continuing. government shutdown day three. the pain feels real. it is monday. unpaid furlough for about 800,000 federal workers. at noon today in the...