the shutdown. and the fact is the speaker of the house is third in line in our government after the president and the vice president. so exposing her trip to a war zone is pretty questionable even these days. and because, of course, the %-p. did you know that? white house official tells cnn the president has been watching the tv coverage and is pleased. so we can probably expect more of these bare knuckle tactics on both sides. on both sides. and speaking of the president watching tv, here's something he apparently wasn't pleased about. sources telling cnn he was startled when his nominee for attorney general william barr said this on live tv during his confirmation hearing. >> i told him how well i knew bob mueller and how the barrs and muellers were good friends and would be good friends when this is all over. >> the president reportedly