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Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell put forward an amendment urging that troops stay in syria and afghanistan. also, the congressional budget office stands by its conclusion that the shutdown cost our economy $11 billion, twice the money trump wanted for his wall, even though the white house doesn't agree with that figure. here with some perspective on presidents facing their own internal challenges, john harris, editor in chief and co-founder of politico. before that he was a veteran of the "washington post," and surviving the white house, he went on to become a biographer of bill clinton....

Skeptical of the effectiveness of a border wall. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell put forward an amendment urging that troops stay in syria and afghanistan. also, the congressional budget office stands by its conclusion that the shutdown cost our economy $11 billion, twice the money trump wanted for his wall, even though the white house doesn't agree with that figure. here with some perspective on presidents facing their own internal challenges, john harris, editor in chief and co-founder of politico. before that he was a veteran of the "washington post," and seizure vooif surviving the ...

Without a strong border, america is defenseless, vulnerable and unprotected. >> we need strong borders. we need strong barriers and walls. >> we are pulling back in syria. we're going to be removing our troops. >> we have all watched together this president get challenged on his pronouncements, often from inside his own administration. for starters, at the top of this hour, remember, we heard from the intelligence community, but today we learned a defense department official was openly skeptical of the effectiveness of a border wall. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell put forward an amendm...

Than three weeks. it appears the president has learned absolutely nothing. today the nonpartisan congressional budget office estimated that the shutdown cost the u.s. economy $11 billion, including $3 billion that will never be recovered. in other words, the president effectively lit that money on fire in a fruitless effort to get funding for a wall he famously promised mexico would pay for. in the briefing room today the white house simply refused to acknowledge the finding. >> no, i won't acknowledge any of that right now. now that the government is reopened, the switch goes right back on. t...

With or without congress. >> reporter: it's unclear exactly how the white house believes it'll be different a second time around. they don't really have the numbers when it comes to congress. remember that only one democrat in the senate voted for the white house's plan to reopen the federal government. that was joe manchin of west virginia. we don't know exactly where the president thinks he'll get support. and if he has to bypass congress it'll be likely declaring a national emergency on the issue of immigration. the president has not moved in that direction in part because there's no guaran...