mike? >> jason, good evening. >>the senate is due to return tomorrow afternoon but there are no signs of progress at this point.t. president trump in iraq today was asked how long the partial government shutdown would last. >> whenever it takes. we are going to have a wall, we are going to have safety. we needgo have safety for our country. we have terrorists coming in through the southern border. >> it is not clear the democrats want to cut a deal with the president with nancy pelosi facing a critical vote to become speaker on january 3rd, and clearly not wanting to look like she is caving to the president. on christmas eve, the top democrats in congress went after the president on the partial government shutdown. leader nancy pelosi and senate democratic leader chuck schumer saying, "the president wanted the shutdown but he seems not to know how to get himself out of it. as long as the president is guideded by the house freedom caucus, it is hard to see how he can come up with a solution that can pass both the house and senate and end his trump shutdown."an