asking federal agencies to find the money for border security. that is, in fact, taxpayer money. if you ask economists, the new nafta trade deal is not going to result in more money that is miraculously going to be used for the wall. it's not clear where the claim is coming from, but clearly, this is a white house trying to find a way out of this problem and by friday we will either have a government shutdown or president trump will sign some sort of short term bill to fund the government until february. joining me now to discuss, democratic congressman of new jersey, chair of the bipartisan problem solvers caucus. thank you for coming on. i want to get right to it. mitch mcconnell just announced he is going to bring a continuing resolution for a vote later today that would fund the government through february 8. chuck schumer has said he is open to that right now. do you think a shutdown will be averted? >> i think this is good news. i think it is signaling that we