they said that he will not be speaking tonight. maybe there will be a paper statement. maybe a tweet. we don't know. but i'm sure the american people would like to know from their leader what's going on. how does he stand on this? let's bring in -- >> hey, don. >> is that scott? go ahead, scott. >> i just wanted to respond to brian real quick on the president. brian said they won't accept a three-week deal. they don't want this deal that's currently on the floor that passed the house by a big margin. the only thing they will accept according to brian is to stick a daca fix in there, whatever that looks like. i'm not aware of the legislative language it would be. let's just pretend there is a document floating around. so that's the only thing they will accept. otherwise, it is permanent shutdown. it is indefinite shutdown. what is there to negotiate? what would you have the president do if the only thing the democrats will accept is this one thing and nothing else? there is no negotiation. this is just simply the democrats saying, we will keep this government shut down indefinitely until we get the one thing we want and only one thing. >> how about eassure the