said brace for a long shut down. the white house won't say what kind of compromise they would accept. the leadership said no compromise is possible unless the president abandons his wall and the incoming acting white house chief of staff said democrats walked away from the negotiating table and left town. still in town for the foreseeable future is the president. the president will stay in washington for new year's eve instead of jetting off to mar a lago. he is marooned in the white house, blame gamesmanship and threatening to close the southern border if he doesn't get the wall money he wants. the white house is taking active measures to shirk responsible and shift it to representative, nancy pelosi who is likely to be the next speaker of the house. >> she is unwilling to actually do anything until she gets her speakership. >> this comes down to