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The funding deadline is this friday, but leaders have introduced a two week funding bill hoping to delay a fight over the president's proposed border wall. the measure would keep the government running through december 21st. president trump has already said he's open to the short term funding extension. "the washington post" robert costa joins us now with more on this and, rocket, what are you hearing? >> what we're hearing most members want to avoid a political shutdown. mitch mcconnell knows a lot of his members in the senate want to work criminal justice reform this month so there's an idea...

Welcome back. it's deadline week to keep the government funded and open. the money runs out on friday, but there is talk of a temporary extension. why? because of the differences the president's border wall chief among them or taking center stage at the capital. the republicans are pushing for an extension and democrats prefer a one-week stop gap. the president is said to be okay with an extension and firm on what he needs in the final plan. $5 billion for his border wall, tweeting just this morning, we would save billions of dollars if the democrats gave us the votes to build the wall. people...

He could expect him to come to the united states and he told reporters aboard air force one the united states is considering three different sites for the second summit with the north korean leader. no word as to where that will be. january or february, that's coming up soon. the president potentially setting himself up for yet another sitdown with the north korean leader. >> sarah westwood, thank you so much. live pictures of air force one at joint base andrews. the president making a lot of news on his flight back from argentina as sarah discussed talking about this pause at least in tariffs...

Congress budgets down the road is the farm billl and highway programs the house defeated legislation twice giving more money but also a path to citizenship for some dock of recipients m why some look at as amnesty is more important than amnesty is more important than the border wall. >>mpor they could enact temporay legislation or republicans could push for the stopgap measure some democrats would agree to the plan that is with the hamstringing democrats right away there is a lot of pressure on the president to make good of his campaign promise and to shut down as president trump to say he has...

Specifically. within the career foreign service officers and the state department and the defense department, now he really wants people who are going to say yes to him and be more aligned with his thinking, if you look at pompeo and bolton and others. so what will his departure mean? probably he'll be replaced with another yes man who is going to be supporting what trump's determined agenda is before he has the consultations that a normal national security process would pursue. what does that mean for the world? that a lot of these people will go and be seen as speaking on behalf of trump, bu...