serving in congress has come to, this frustrated congressman said. and partial government shutdown is looming and less than 36 hours away. no matter how it ends, it highlighted how politically weak the president is. with the democrats taking over the house, it is not going to get better for him. let's go to kasie hunt, and chief white house correspondent hallie jackson in a moment. couple of members of congress in here. k kasie, we are an hour behind schedule. >> reporter: it is an epic meltdown. we came in this morning, everyone was sunny, cheerful, holiday sweaters worn in the hall wa hallways and everybody came out singing the opposite tune. the freedom caucus was putting incredible pressure on leadership, but rank and file republicans would have been probably willing to go along with them, didn't have a