so why does it matter to you? because of this. the wall fight. the president demanding more than $8 billion for it, on top of the $8 billion he hopes to get from his national emergency. this is a re-election pitch. president trump basically saying, hey, the reason you should re-elect me is these are great, frankly, rosy predictions for the economy. with fears of another shutdown, what does this mean for the country's bottom line? we have a lot to get to. let's get to geoff bennett at the white house and garrett h k haake on capitol hill. let's talk about the pr pitch on this. in past presidencies, you often see the commander in chief going out, trying to sell his budget plan, even though everybody knows it is not going to go anywhere politically. >> reporter: right. look, for donald trump, retail politics has never been his thing, right? the view from the white house is that the president is selling his vision for america in tweet after tweet, in speech after speech, and even in this new budget request, by way of the