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It's a distraction from what else is happening in washington. this evening, 800,000 american workers will not get paid, and is the president about to bypass congress to get the wall built? matt gutman with what the president said. he's in mission, texas, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president trump traveling far from washington and those stalled shutdown talks, trying to drum up support for his wall by warning of a national security crisis at the border. >> if you don't have it, it's going to be nothing but hard work and grueling problems. and by the way, and death. and death. a lot of death...

President trump heads to the southern border to make his pitch for a wall. there is a total breakdown in shutdown talks. the president will travel to mcallen texas to speak with border security officials today. joining us is senator henry quahar which includes 290 miles of the southern border, eight points of entry between the united states and mexico. congressman, thank you very much for being with us. the president is visiting your district. is there a crisis there? >> no, there is not. every day we get 1.3 billion dollars of trade between the u.s. and mexico. it is a booming economy at the ...

Compromise. >> i hope it works out. i hope that we can secure the border and get government back working. maria: when is your next meeting with your colleagues? what is the catalyst that's going to get things moving? >> well i'll be back tomorrow in washington and this afternoon , they're meeting at the white house. i know my top aid shannon heinz of the appropriations committee will be at the white house this afternoon. i think they're looking, they're probably sparring if you want to say that to see what they can talk about, how they can get there. they're not there yet but they could get th...

Or something doesn't feel right, tell somebody so they can have the information to act on it. >> stephanie gosk, thank you so much. coming up, the latest on the shutdown talks or lack there of. trying to give the president a way out and he's undercutting them on twitter. ercutting them on twitter.

Welcome back. sticking with our politics lead, we're days away from democrats taking control of the house and likely launching a series of investigations into the trump administration as well as the trump organization. and to staff up, democrats on key committees are on a hiring spree, looking for top investigators and lawyers. cnn's phil mattingly is on a very quiet capitol hill. phil, first let's start with where things stand, if anywhere, on the shutdown talks. >> yeah, if you can hear an echo right now when i'm talking to you, dana, it's because there is a distinct lack of humans on capito...