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Commentator tara setmeyer. first of all, tell me what you think about this strategy policy-wise of pushing the envelope, shutting the government down partially in order to get money for a wall. >> well, you're assuming there as a strategy. unlike shutdowns in the past, there actually has been strategy into what they were going to accept, how long they were going to do it, how long it was going to go. i don't see that this time around. it seems to be impulsive. we know that the president has made this a priority since his campaign, but he had an opportunity to negotiate with democrats last year...

This kind of behavior is not acceptable? that's really where it lies is with them. i just want to say merry christmas to all of those federal workers throughout who are working without pay who still hold the line with us, despite this president's temper tantrums. thank you and merry christmas to everybody. >> thank you, tara. i know you have a very important meal waiting for you that your mother is cooking. send pictures. >> i will. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, dana. >> and we have this breaking news, an 8-year-old boy in the custody of u.s. border protection died. officials say the b...

Families, he doesn't care about federal workers, who in a "washington post" story federal workers said they couldn't buy christmas presents, a federal workers who lost his wife and say he couldn't buy a headstone. i don't know what federal workers he's talking about? his millionaire counselors like kellyanne conway? i don't know what the hell federal workers he's talking about that are cheering him on with. the every day people not getting paychecks are going to feel that. the senate republicans are not happy about the shutdown either. kansas senator pat roberts, he's not thrilled with this. a...

Is the most power, especially in the area where the u.s. have been, that's the area that the russians have been interested in. certainly the russians will have a lot more freedom to do that in the future. within of the countries or the country a will have almost no influence over the future of syria and large parts of that region now will be the united states, pamela. >> fred pleitgen, thank you for breaking it down for us. i want to discuss this with cnn military analyst major general spider marks and tara setmeyer.

Transform the power of the courts. but look, this is one in many nominees we have out there. look, i still support judge farr. i think he was not as involved with the helms activities with regard to what many perceive as voteser suppression. he has said as much and i believe him. he has been very vocal with regard to voter i.d. election security which i think is important and defending congressional lines which is what he has done which i think is important. that being said, it is not unusual to see some people that don't agree with how he acted have issue with that. as senator scott, there ar...