Until the president , of whom we will need his signature, and senate democrats, from whom we will need votes, reach an agreement. No procedural votes. No test votes. Just a meaningful vote on a bipartisan agreement whenever that is reached. And its not hoped that it is reached sooner rather than later. President trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. Plain and simple. The wall is President Trumps bone to the hard right people. Its no way to spend 5 billion. For a political bone. Lets get right to cnns Congressional Correspondent Phil Mattingly on capitol hill. Youre hearing that this could get worse before it gets better. Yes, fred, thats exactly right. At least this current state, there are no clear pathways out of the negotiations that have occurred behind the scenes. What im told is there has been proposaled traded back and forth from the white house to democrats and back, and at this point, they are still, what i have been told, billions of dollars apart, and obviously one crucial issue, you heard it from the Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on the senate floor, democrats are not willing to budge in the idea that they will not provide a dime in border wall funding and the president s threshold is 5 billion and willing to come down wut there needs to be money for the wall and if youre reading tea leaves and given that pretty much lawmakers are not here today, thats what a lot of us are left to go. If you look at the meeting in the white house, the lunch that you mentioned that is going on in the white house right now, and who is attending the lunch, members of the hausrd line, the Freedom Caucus, Lindsey Graham, and richard shelby, but if you look at the list, talking republicans and democrats about the attendee, nobody views that list as the time of people that are going to help the president move any closer to have a deal. The Freedom Caucus is a conservative group in the house and to keep the president sticking to the fight. And the funding for the wall, given that that is occurring, given that negotiations really havent moved that far over the course of the last 12 to 15 hours, you mentioned it is 14 hours into the shutdown, we probably shouldnt be talking about the hours that this will take, we could talk about the day, maybe even longer according to aids. I will note Vice President mike pence making his way back to capitol hill, he was in here with mick mulvaney, the incoming chief of staff and Jared Kushner the president s soninlaw and senior adviser, he has been trying to take an active role in talks and discussions and negotiations but at this point, nobody believes anything is happening any time soon. It might be a long wait at this point. Phil mattingly, thank you so much. So President Trump, you know, delayed his holiday trip, to his maerlg resort in south florida, and says that he is working hard at the white house trying to resolve the shutdown and we just mentioned the lunch there. Lets check in with senior White House Reporter sara westwood. What are you hearing about what productive material could come from this lunch . Reporter well, fred, President Trump has really been all over the map when it comes to this funding fight. First he said about a week ago that he would be proud to be responsible for a shutdown, if it meant getting money for his border wall. Then his aides signaled that he would be willing to sign that temporary spending deal that passed the senate. It would have kept the government open to february 8. But by thursday, he had changed his mind, put his foot down again, taking a hard line stance, in favor of his 5 billion. And thats how we got to today. Theres still not a lot of clarity coming from the white house about just what kind of legislation the president would be willing to sign. Thats causing a lot of headaches for negotiators, the president had become increasingly sensitive to criticism from his conservative allies that he was essentially surrendering by taking that temporary spending deal that would have kept the government open, and forfeited his last best chance to get the wall before democrats come into power, in the house, in january. Now, this white house meeting that you and phil mentioned, it is really just with people who already agree with the president on funding for the border wall. And as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell mentioning, what the president needs to do right now to break the log jam is how to get people who dont agree with me, senate democrat, whose votes he will need to get something passed in the senate. Remember he has to have Ten Senate Democrats come across the aisle, at least ten, if he doesnt lose any members. Democrats to come across the aisle and vote for what he wants to sign. The border wall funding and the white house is not signaling how far down from the 5 billion he would be willing to come. There is a lot of wait and see until the president clarifies his position right now, fred. Sara westwood at the white house, keep us posted. Lets talk more about this. Cnn political analyst brian kelum, and Washington Bureau chief of the chicago sun times, lynn sweet. Good to see both of you. Happy holidays. Brian, you first. Whats the point of this lunch . If it really is, you know, preach can to the choir . Well, because you like to hear the choir sing back at you on occasion, i suppose. What this situation boils down to, fred, it three things. First of all, he was willing to compromise, on wednesday gave the signal he would compromise and then heard from ann coulter the intellectual equivalent of an empty wasp nest in the middle of winter and when she went after him, he capitulate and Rush Limbaugh weighed in, and pharoah hardened his heart. Thats how we got to where we are. And the border wall, it is a very disingenuous issue. They tell us it will stop illegal immigration. A lot of the illegal immigration is from people who overstay their visas. Then they say it will stop terrorism. I covered that border for five years. There has been very few cases of terrorism. Most terrorists come in the usual route, the terrorists from the middle east, and where he says, and then finally, he talks about it curbing drug problems. Well it is not. There is a demand for drugs in this country. So all three of these issues are just disingenuous. And the real reason why this is an issue for ann coulter and for other republicans, is that they believe that the people coming in from south of the border, are brought here to vote democrat. And so theyre brown people, it is a racist argument, and it is a political argument. So today, when he sits there in that lunch, he is preaching to the choir, talking to the choir, and theyre bolstering each other, and theres nothing being done. So then lynn, you heard from the minority leader Chuck Schumer, you know, who was trying to be both instructive and also had admonished the senate and said you know what, this administration has barely spent money from last year, so he says this is, and im quoting now, ineffective law, the majority of people dont even support. Meaning this 5 billion for the wall. Or any amount of money for the wall. Because schumer was saying, look, we have three proposals on the table, two of them are democratic, and one is from Mitch Mcconnell, and they all are promising 1. 3 billion for border security. But no funding for the wall. So is this both sides just simply digging in their heels . And this promises that this is going to be a very long Government Shutdown . Because neither side is going to budge . Well, ive been through these shutdowns before. And these deals materialize somewhere. What is giving them an escape to all of this, because this is the christmas holiday, people all over the place are on holiday, so you wont feel the impact of it in the way you might otherwise. But i want to unless youre a federal worker. One of the 800,000. Thats true. But you might, it just is not the same, this is the most unusual week of the year, where people, a lot of people are off, and might not have trials scheduled, trips to National Parks scheduled. But my point being, i dont want to negate in any way the toughness that this is on federal workers, who may be in a tough position. I want to go back to schumers speech. Because he had two parts in it. One that was a strong argument, one that was a weaker one. Saying what people rely on, or setting the pulse. Most people think this or that, it is something that is easily debatable. And what is not as debatable is schumer understands how federal government works, and this is such an important point, let me just plow through this. Most federal projects do not get full federal funding all at one time. The white house has not put o , out,out its not saying 1 billion year one and then whatever, and if you cant spend the money in the pipeline, it is hard to justify in routine projects getting all of the money at once. Thats why there is this term called ready projects and all that, all this to say that schumer really struck on something, that you cant spend all this money in one year, so why do you need it in one year. He is getting to the heart of governing. I mean he is being very critical and saying mr. President , you dont know how to govern. Yes. And youre not leading thats why i think, fred, you need to Pay Attention to this, and then the other thing that democrats are a little slower coming back to, is they dont even have to necessarily debate about the wall, because if mexico is going to really pay for it, it would have been a nonstarter. And thats where i think youre going to see some of this discussion going, bringing it back to a point, sometimes people forget. So then brian, the flip side of that, you have the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell placing the blame on democrats and saying wait a minute, the pressure is on you, on you two come around, and to compromise and to get government running again. Well, and then mitch is ignoring the point that lin just made, and he knows it all too well. Thats mitch playing to the base, to the president s base. Because mitch knows all too well, senator mcconnell has been there for a long time, he knows how this game is played, and he knows that if you dont spend the money, everything that lynn just said, i wont repeat, but he knows this. So when he is saying what he is saying, he is being disingenuous. In order to sell it. The president came out and owned this. He said he would be happy to shut it down. Said it was his shutdown. And it is difficult to walk that back. Well, no, how do you walk that back . I mean he is saying it, and so are other republicans who are supporting him, who are saying, yes, it is on the democrats, you own this. But the president said he owns it. But fred, he has walked everything back at one point or another, since hes been there. Since day one. When they showed his picture and said that the inaugural crowd was the largest ever. They create the facts. And then they want us to report them. It is a long cry from where it was, when reagan, larry said, speak, dont tell us how to stage the news and we wont tell you how to report the news. This administration wants to stage it and change how it is reporting. This is not news. This is how trump operates. We will leave it there for now. Merry christmas. Brian, lynn, good to see you both. Appreciate it. Good to see you. All right, still ahead, a new resignation. Over President Trumps surprise withdrawal of the u. S. Troops from syria. The top u. S. 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Another member of the Trump Administration is resigning over the president s decision to pull u. S. Troops out of syria. Brett mcgurk, the man the president put in charge of destroying isis, has resigned. Mcgurk is the special president ial envoy for the Global Coalition to counter isis. Mcgurks resignation follows defense secretary James Mattiss stunning resignation on thursday, that resignation shocking washington and stunning u. S. Allies. With me now is arwa damon, cnns international correspondent. What are u. S. Allies saying . Theyre reeling, as you can imagine, because up until that moment, where President Trump tweeted that he was withdrawing all u. S. Forces from syria, everyone thought that americas strategy, a strategy that they had just recently also had emphasized to them by brett mcgurk himself, was to stay the course in syria, until isis was completely eradicated to. Train up adequately the local forces there. And to continue to add a buffer to irans influence. And now, none of that is anything remotely close to what americas strategy or should i say trump strategy seems to be in syria. And then you also have to look at americas adversaries in the region. I mean who is welcoming this . The syrian regime, the iranians, and the russians. Turkeys position . Well, turkey is yes, a nato ally, ankara and washington, erdogan and trump right now, much closer than they have ever been, following that phone call that took place, that according to erdogan, was part of the framework that resulted in this troop withdrawal, but turk irk position also quite interesting in that turkey has its own agenda, wants to go after the syrian kurds that america has been supporting. It has thrown everything into a fair amount of chaos. You spend a lot of time in syria, in the middle east region as a whole. When the president says the u. S. Has won this war with isis, how do you see it . Its so naive. Isis is not just an army. Isis is, as you have been hearing repeatedly, an ideology. First of all, it is not necessarily been entirely militarily defeated, either. It still exists. And there is still fighting in parts of syria, along the border with iraq. There are still pockets of isis in iraq as well. And then of course, up have the isis ideology that continues to inspire across the globe. And to come out and say, and make a statement that is so definitive, that isis has been defeated, it is just incredibly misleading. And potentially could have some fairly serious repercussions. Because in trying to navigate sort of this broader war on terror, figure out how you do defeat an ideology, that in and of itself is quite challenging, and then if we just briefly take a look at history, and lets just go back to some of isiss previous incarnations, back when it was the Islamic State of iraq, or back when it was al qaeda in iraq, and various junctures of history, those entities were declared defeated, only to regroup, reemerge into something even more powerful than before. All right, arwa damon, thank you so much. Lets discuss now how pulling u. S. Troops from syria could impact National Security, with me right now is samantha, a former adviser to National Security adviser, and i have a cough drop in my mouth and hopefully it doesnt come flying out of my mouth as we talk, so bear with me. The president says the war against isis is successful, its over, or is this really an issue of im just tired of this war, and the u. S. Troop involvement . Well, i think we just need to take a step back and think about what bringing these troops home to quote the president , he said this earlier today, would actually mean. It would mean removing 2,000 or so u. S. Troops from the battlefield in syria, where they have been training local Kurdish Forces. That means that these Kurdish Forces will be left high and dry in terms of continuing to advance the skills that are needed to combat isis. At the same time, it is unclear whether the troops that are leaving syria would be lets say prepositioned at other locations throughout the region to continue supporting the mission to counter isis in some way, shape, or form. But i have to say, per the conversation with arwa damon a moment ago, i know brett mcgurk who was leading special efforts and the special envoy to combat isis, since i met him in baghdad in 2007 and he has served his country off and on since then, and i think his decision to leave was incredibly difficult, but part of it must have been motivated by the fact that it was going to be very difficult for him to implement his roles and responsibilities, as part of this Global Coalition, because of this u. S. Troop withdrawal. If the United States is leaving, the kurds high and dry, if the United States is leaving the other 78 members of this Coalition High and dry, how can someone like brett mcgurk say that he is actually able to fulfill his responsibilities . So leaving syria is a direct threat to the syrian people. It is a direct threat to the United States. If isis is able to regroup and attacks us or our allies. And it is also a direct threat to our credibility as part of any kind of coalition going forward. Sam, talk to me about how conflicted brett mcgurk musting feeling or felt at the moment, did must be feeling or felt at the moment of his resignation, and it was reported earlier that he was in iraq, and here he is meeting with allies, and learns, you know, in a public method just like everybody else who read the president s tweet, the u. S. Troops are being pulled out and how difficult that it is for someone in his position who is trying to give assurances to allies that were in this together, only to find out that the u. S. Is pulling out, and leaving a lot of allies scratching their heads about what just happened, and this is the way were informed . Well, on a personal level, as i mentioned, fred, brett has served his country off and on for over a decade, whether in iraq, syria, or various roles and responsibilities. So from what i know, he is really a dedicated public servant. But this impacts his ability to do Something Else which is very important. Part of the coalition exercise, part of his roles and responsibilities, as a president ial envoy, is to convince other countries and other organizations to continue to keep assets in the fight. This has been an ongoing conflict. Isis is nothing new. It was born several years ago now. How could brett mcgurk, or anybody in that position, continue to speak with other members of the coalition, ask them to continue working to combat isis on the ground, and to stay engaged in the fight, when the United States is leaving . It is just a nonsensical and illogical position for him to be put in. And finding out about a president ial policy by tweet, unfortunately, this isnt the first time. I really feel for anybody who is trying to actually implement National Security policy right now, they think they know the way ahead, and then they just go on twitter and see Something Else. And sam, now on the issue of u. S. Troops, you know, withdrawing from afghanistan, this is what senator Lindsey Graham had to say about that notion. What would happen if President Trump decides to pull everybody out tomorrow . We need to ask that question to our military leadership. Ive asked that question. And they give me a very blunt answer. This place would fall apart. We could, if we make the same decision we did in iraq, leave too soon, set in motion chaos that would make iraq look like a walk in the park. And i think one of the most likely outcomes would be the second 9 11 coming our way. Your thoughts on his comments . My thoughts are that he is completely right. Our own pentagon issued a report this summer, saying that the only, one of the only reasons that weve made progress in increasing the capabilities of the Afghan National defense forces, the only reason that we have been able to lay the ground work to really landmark negotiations of the taliban is because we have the troops that are there, supporting the national, the afghan forces, and providing the enabling conditions, such that these other tracks can continue. And i have to say, fred, the taliban is rejoicing in this reported announcement, for a reason. Theyve gotten what they want. A u. S. Withdrawal, without having to give anything up. The whole point of negotiations was to get something from the taliban, before we gave them this gift of a u. S. Withdrawal, so i think it is very likely that negotiations and the political track will fall apart based on this announcement. Sam, thank you so much. And happy holidays. Up next, is the white house fed up with the fed chair . President trump discusses firing Jerome Powell, after the latest Interest Rate hike. How will this play out after the worst week on wall street in a decade . More on that coming up. Theres no place like home argh im trying. Yippiekiyay. Mom. Welcome back. A bad end to an awful week on wall street. The dow closed down 414 points on friday. And for the week, it fell 6. 9 . Thats the deepest weekly plunge since the recession of 2008. And sources are telling cnn that President Trump is blaming the federal reserve, and higher Interest Rates, for the market slide. He is even thinking of firing the fed chairman jerome pow am. I want to bring in economist joseph guzman, good to see, you joseph, so who is to blame here . Frederica, thank you, good to see you. And happy holidays. I was about to say happy new year. I am getting ahead of myself. Happy holidays. Who is to blame . Do you blame the fed chairman . Do you blame the hike in Interest Rates for the kind of slide that has been experienced this week . Well, certainly seems like the markets have responded to those hikes. We have an economy that has really been roaring. We are basically the supreme economy of the world. We have the most competitive economy in the world, we have the best haven for foreign direct investment, and we have full employment. We have growth in sectors, the president has been improving our trade agreements in a bilateral and mu tie lateral fashion so we level the Playing Field and one of the best signs that weve had is the growth in wages, which is, which means that this economic upturn is not temporary. But it looks like something that is sustained. Is it a combination of things that would we have an economy that needs room to grow. Is it a combination of things that would bring, i have a feeling you are getting some feedback in your ear piece, so we apoe, apologize for that, hopefully we can fix that for you, im wondering if it is a combination of things, that laid the ground work for the kind of volatility weve seen in the past week, there by, if that is the case, there a singular fix . Or would it be a combination of things . Well, it is always a bin nati nati nation, combination, the post election response of the economy, was not great, and then this last Interest Rate increase was also, not great, but we, the bottom line is that the president sees that we have an economy that needs room to grow, and so raising the rates right now might actually precipitate a recession. And we dont want that. We would like to see the economy continue to grow at the clip that it has been growing at, and sustain 4 , if possible, which is something that no one expected. Or thought possible. But the president s economic policies and tax cuts and probusiness policies, and trade policies have really improved the economy, and we are seeing full employment. We have seen employment on a level that we havent seen in 50 years. Does sends additional jitters when you have the pra, the prest talking about the firing of a fed chairman, of Jerome Powell . Well, the president certainly has the right to express his displeasure at the reaction of the fed. And i think, i dont think it increases uncertainty. It shows that the president is determined to grow the economy. And he is showing that in many ways. And weve done many things to reduce jitters. One of the things we underestimate is the foreign environment, where we are improving or working toward improving our relationships, our trade relationships with multiple entities and partners, and so balancing the Playing Field. Joseph guzman, we will leave it there. Thank you so much. And have a Great Holiday. Coming up, President Trump and his acting attorney general hitting a bit of a rough patch. Cnn has learned that Matt Whitaker may already be in the trump doghouse after just a few weeks on the job. The incoming chair of the House Judiciary Committee is demanding an appearance from acting attorney general Matt Whitaker, who oversees the russia investigation. New york democrat gary nadler made the demand in a letter to the d. O. J. In a tweet, nadler said, he will not take no for an answer. This, as cnn learned, President Trump ripped into whitaker at least twice, in the last few weeks. Multiple sources say trump was angry that federal prosecutors who whitaker oversees referenced the president s actions, actually incriminating him in crimes. His former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to. None of this suggested that the president directed whitaker to stop the investigations however. Joining me is Robert Muellers former assistant at the department of justice, michael velden. Happy holidays. Good to see you. Happy hollan holidays. And whit cher has been called on the carpet, for not protecting him, not standing in the way of prosecutors who were also making ties between Michael Cohens charges and the actions of the president. Is this of concern . Of course it is of concern. The role of Matt Whitaker, or any attorney general, is not to protect the president personally. But rather to administer justice fairly. And indeed, there are rules in his own administration, written by his own white house council, don mcgahn, that limits the nature of the communications between the white house and the d. O. J. , so as not to create an appearance of partisanship in the administration of justice. This seems to violate that, the spirit of those regulations. And so on top of all of this now, we also learned that whitaker disregarded advice from a d. O. J. Ethics official to recuse himself from the russia probe. Can he be made to recuse himself . Or when a recommendation comes in, from someone on ethics, should he be honoring it . Yes, he should be honoring it. No, he cant be required to recuse himself, because i believe in this case, the decision was that it creates the appearance of conflict, but not that he has an actual conflict. So i would think that the discretion that he exercises should be to recuse himself, so as not to create the appearance of some wrongdoing on his part. But he clearly has elected not to do that. And goodness knows what sort of reaction he would get from the president if he were to recuse himself. Two attorney generals in a row recusing themselves might be more than the president could tolerate. And representative nadler, he wants whitaker to testify to the judiciary committee. Do you expect that will happen . Well it is not sure what he wants him to testify about. If he wants him to testify about the circumstances under which he was appointed, communications between himself and the president , leading up to this, that might be problematic from an executive privilege standpoint. If he wants to get some assurance from Matt Whitaker that while he is in his job, he will administer justice fairly and impartially without interference is that like a mi mini swearing in without getting a nomination . And before he was appointed, he had written some pieces on cnn. Com, and spoken on television, sort of critical of the mueller investigation. Then he gets appointed by the president in a way that made people think that he was there to in some way interfere with it. So i think nadler in his oversight responsibilities is fair to want to find out that that isnt true, and that what whitaker, that whitaker will be an honest broker. We will leave is there for now. Michael, thanks so much. Thank you, fred. U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is recovering from surgery to remove a pair of cancerous nodules from her lung. The 85yearold justice underwent the surgery six weeks after she fell at her office and fractured three ribs. So that is at the same time doctors discovered the malg nant nodules. A Court Spokesperson says there is no evidence of disease anywhere else in her body. She is expected to remain in the hospital for several days. Still ahead, police in colorado make an raefrt in the case of a mother missing for nearly a month. Why authorities are now charging her fiance with firstdegree murder. Next. If you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, Little Things can be a big deal. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not an injection or a cream. Its a pill that treats differently. For psoriasis, 75 clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. 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Though they have not found her body. Cnns kaly hartung is following the developments from colorado. What more do we know about these charges and the circumstances . Reporter well, fred, even without Kelsey Berreths body being found, investigators have enough evidence that led a judge to sign that arrest affidavit for Patrick Frazee. Patrick frazee now being held in a jail without bond in a charge of firstdegree murder and a charge of slolicitation for firstdegree murder. The District Attorney went to Great Lengths to help us understand, more than just a discussion was had between frazee and another individual about plans to commit this crime, but rather, actions. Theres with a firmness of intent to commit this crime, with another person. And now, the arrest affidavit and all other investigation records have been sealed by a judge. The judge saying that will remain the case, so long as this investigation is ongoing, to protect it. But the judge said that will not be the case indefinitely. So it could be about 30 days or so before we really learn any more about that evidence, that investigators collected. Again, primarily at Kelsey Berreths home. They say they believe that is where her murder was committed. Investigators have been very tightlipped themselves throughout the course of this investigation. But there was one piece of information that really brought a lot of questions about, and that was three days after Kelsey Berreth first went missing, on november 22, on november 25, her cell phone sent Text Messages to Patrick Frazee and also to her employer telling her employer at least that she would not be showing up to work for the next week. Those cell phone messages were sent after pinging a tower in idaho. Investigators say that is in fact, where her cell phone ended up. And they are still working to recover it. But that is just one piece of an investigation that is still continuing, that we will be interested, to find some resolution to, this has been a multistate, multijurisdictional investigation, fred, and it will continue for some time. We will be looking to see Patrick Frazee back in court on december 31. And in the next week to ten day, the District Attorney here will be filing a formal charge against him. But in the meantime, Patrick Frazee will remain behind bars. We do know that the daughter he and Kelsey Berreth shared, 1yearold is being returned to kelseys family safely. Thank you so much. Still ahead, cut your hair or dont compete . A High School Wrestler forced to make that choice during a competition. More on the controversy after the break. The greatest wish of all is one that brings us together. The final days of wish list are here. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Only at your lincoln dealer. 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How often do we get to know exactly how brave we are . I often thought my comedy was just to make things be all right. Love gilda, new years day, at 9 00 p. M. Well, welcome back. A new Jersey School district has banned a referee from officiating wrestling matches after he forced a student to cut his hair or forfeit a max. The moment was captured on video and it was tis drawing outrage. It shows a member of the School Athletic department cutting the teams dreadlocks so he doesnt have to forfeit his match. The black teens teammates and coaches offer support. After the white referees ruling. The wrestler went on to win his match but now the state Athletic Association has launched an investigation. Cnns Paul Sandoval joins us with the late est. We have been told that the referee will not be refereeing any matches at the buena School District until the actions are reviewed. The new jersey attorney general civil rights zdition, division says it is looking into the bias that may have played into the situation. And the varsity wrestler stepped on to the mat to compete before the referee told him his hair length and head gear were not compliant with regulations and before forfeiting the match, the School District says it is the wrestler who decided to have his haircut on the spot and thats where the video picks up. The constrict says none of the staff, the district says that none of the staff influenced him in the decision. And the School District points 0 ut that the referee is not working for them but is part of the state inter scholastic Athletic Association. Who are they . The governing body that oversees high School Athletics. The question now that the School District, that the snchld jsiaa and the state Civil Rights Division have to answer is this a case of bias . Usually, the Athletic Association leads the way in these kind of investigations, involving players and coaches, but technically since the referee is a member of that association, that is why the state has agreed to take the reins in this, as they continue to investigate. We should mention, though, that cnn has attempted to reach out not only to the referee in question, but also the parents of that student, and we are still waiting to hear back. Back to you now, fred. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Thanks so much for being with me this afternoon. We are hoping that you are having a Great Holiday season. Dont forget to join Anderson Cooper and andy cohen as they cohost cnns new years eve coverage live from times square wi kate bolduan, im fret ricka whitfield, see you back here tomorrow. 3 00 eastern. Noon out west. Im ana cabrera. Live in the cnn newsroom. And we are not Just Cruising into the holidays this weekend, no way. In fact, right now the usual washington turmoil has spilled into literally the entire country. President trump and his latest dispute with democrats in congress is insistent on money to build a wall on the u. S. Mexico border. His stairdown with u. S. Senate leaders is not longer confined to the capitol because the stubbornness, the inability to make a deal, the American People are without a fully functioning government right now. Hundreds of thousands of working before christmas without being paid. Tsa screeners not being paid at the airport. And hoping the paychecks catch up with them later and the amtrak running but not being paid. And the National Parks, operating on a skeletal crew. And the coast guard, men and women protecting
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