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As it is given that we have not heard of full articulation of it is not likely to succeed. certainly not in syria and we just don't know what the future will hold for baghdad given that it now sounds like there will be an increased troop presence in iraq. >> and hopefully we'll hear soon an articulation of president trump's vision. hans nichols, kevin barron and ned, thank you. when we come back, before heading to iraq, the president spent much of the holiday alone in the white house stewing over everything from the government shutdown to the mueller investigation. could this be a preview of...

Is there a way to break the ice? and wall street grinch delivering a nosedive to stocks as the president launches another attack on the federal reserve. but was it the treasury secretary's phone calls that sparked the slide? welcome to a special holiday edition of "the lead" i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper. we begin with a not so merry christmas eve. here in the nation's capital, federal government is in the third day of a partial shutdown with lawmakers home for the holidays and the threat of political paralysis stretching well into the new year and the next congress. nearly 1 million ...

Any government shutdown. >> i will take the mantle, i will be the one to shut it down. i won't blame you for it. last time you shut it down, it didn't work. i will take the mantle for shutting it down and i will shut it down for border -- >> how long before a deal is reached? if trump stays in d.c. in the shutdown will be sitting in residence watching tv and likely stewing. could see movement saturday or sunday or whenever the president has had it with wall-to-wall news coverage of the third government shutdown this year. starting things off for us tonight, nbc news chief white house correspon...

In d.c. during the shutdown, he'll be sitting in the residence watching tv and likely stewing. remember not even two weeks ago the president said he would take responsibility for any government 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'll take the mantle of shutting it down and i'm going to shut it down for border security. >> he made it pretty clear there. so we could see movement tomorrow or the next day or whenever the president has had it with wall to wall news coverage of the ...

Knowledge in this area. >> honestly this makes what obama did in iraq, it's replicating that but in many ways it's even worse. lots to get to. let's begin with breaking news in the drama unfolding over whether or not there will be a partial government shutdown tomorrow night. at issue the bipartisan short-term spending bill that was expected to sail through the house today after the senate overwhelmingly approved it late last night. it is what's called a continuing resolution. it would fund the government through february the 8th. here's what's holding it up. president trump's border wall. the...