until the president and senate democrats have reached an agreement. >> white house officials say the president is not budging from his demand for $5 billion for a border wall. president trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. plain and simple. >> the other big story of the day is lawmakers battle it out over a border wall battle. >> the next session is thursday. not the shutdown fight has so many people in washington worried. the president is trig.ing what he calls concern as he puts the idea of firing the fed chair and unprecedented number of cabinet vacancies. ryan nobles is joining us live