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The plan, whether the president will sign it, or won't just change his mind a moment later. >> we talk about the wall and what his voters are demanding. i will say i spent 510 days on the campaign trail. and the wall was a big thing. everyone liked talking about the wall that showed up at trump rallies. not many of them were going to hold the president to the standard of building the wall. i talked with people who would say, even if he doesn't, i just think he's going to be a good leader. i wonder if the president remembers that or he has anyone around him saying, they just wanted you to get i...

Jake, first to you. in watching that, it's kind of hard to remember we're in the midst of a government shutdown. how are lawmakers viewing what we just saw? >> reporter: tough to say because many of them are not here yet. a few things to point out. the president said he will not back off of $5 billion expenditure for the border wall which is significant. there's no way come tomorrow, the house is controlled by democrats and democrats are not going to give donald trump $5 billion for that wall. number two, you kind of think about how effective that whole thing would have been last week when the...

25 billion. that was for overall homeland security. that was for much more than the wall. the wall was a piece of that. >> how long will you keep the government shutdown? >> as long as it takes. i'm prepared. i think the people of the country think i'm right. i think the people of this country think i'm right. i could have done nothing. i could have had a lot easier presidency. i'm here. i want to do it right. i'm not only talking here. i'm talking about middle east problems and north korea problems. i think i have the highest rating -- i don't know. they like me. they say i'm the most popular

Forward. listen. >> we pushed the pause button until the president from whom we will need a signature, and senate democrats from whom we will need votes reach an agreement. no procedural votes, no test votes, just a meaningful vote on a bipartisan agreement whenever that is reached. and it's my hope that it's reached sooner rather than later. >> president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. the wall is president trump's bone to the hard right people. it's no way to spend $5 billion for a political bone. >> let's get right to cnn congressional...

Until the president, of whom we will need his signature, and senate democrats, from whom we will need votes, reach an agreement. no procedural votes. no test votes. just a meaningful vote on a bipartisan agreement whenever that is reached. and it's not hoped that it is reached sooner rather than later. >> president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. the wall is president trump's bone to the hard right people. it's no way to spend $5 billion. for a political bone. >> let's get right to cnn's congressional correspondent phil mattingly on capit...