security, congratulating his administration, and promoting fox news programs. senator lindsey graham did have lunch with the president. he told reporters afterwards that the president is in a good mood. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: that's right, ryan. senator graham suggested that president trump remains optimistic despite the stalemate that has dragged this partial government shutdown into a ninth day. graham said he pitched the president on what he describes as a potential breakthrough, if it were to gain traction. that's a deal that would trade some funding for the border wall for temporary protections for the dreamers, the young people protected under daca. graham said the president didn't commit to that deal but described it as interesting. keep in mind that budget director/chief of staff nick mulvaney had already signaled the president was willing to back off that demand for $5 billion in border wall funding. in fact, vice president mike pence pitched democrats on a deal that would involve the president settling for about half of that just last week. the democrats rejected that