to the shutdown, shifting from last week saying he'd be proud to take responsibility for shutdown if it was over the border what towel his adee's signaling he might be willing to sign a temporary spending bill that would have kept the government opened until february 8th. actually, he was going to reject that compromise, a bipartisan compromise and hold firm on his $5 billion number, shutting the government down. sources say the president has become increasingly sensitive to criticism from his conservative allies he was surrendering on his demand for a border wall by signing that continuing resolution that would have averted this shutdown. the president, obviously, holding firm to that number, but not offering clarity on what else he might consider in terms of coming down for 5 billion. >> that lack of clarity has caused a lot of headaches on capitol hill for negotiators trying to figure out what exactly he might put his signature on. there is just no point in law