Don lemon. President trump tonight trying to make the case for his wall, calling it critical to security at the border. But did his last ditch effort persuade americans . This is a crisis he wants you to believe is worth shutting down huge swaths of the federal government for, leaving 800,000 employees without pay. A lot of what the president said tonight doesnt hold up to scrutiny. And in their response, the democrats accused him of appealing to fear and ignoring facts, blaming him for the shutdown, which is now in its third week. The secondlongest ever. A lot to talk about. And i want to discuss it with just straight off the bat with journalist maria elena salinas. Good to be with you. Thank you so much, don. Good to talk to you. So, the president began his remarks tonight, maria, by saying that the United States is out of space to detain the people who are coming here. Speaking of crisis of the heart and the soul and the plight of the immigrants coming here. Listen to this and then well discuss. Last month, 20,000 Migrant Children were illegally brought into the United States, a dramatic increase. These children are used as human pawns by vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs. 1 in 3 women are sexually assaulted on the dangerous trek up through mexico. Women and children are the biggest victims, by far, of our broken system. This is the tragic reality of illegal immigration on our southern border. This is the cycle of human suffering that i am determined to end. Maria, lets just get to the facts. The mess created at the border as a result of the detention of the children and families, the change in the asylum rules, that is a problem of the president s own creation. It is. This was lie after lie after lie, and yes, of course, its a crisis of the heart and the soul, and trump is creating a crisis of the heart and the soul by poisoning hearts and souls with his rhetoric against immigrants. And what i just heard and what you just played right now, it doesnt make sense. Hes talking about apples and oranges. Yes, its true that people risk their lives to come here, and we have to imagine, we have to be a little bit more compassionate and imagine how desperate a family must be and what danger they are in in their own country to take that very treacherous trip and risk their lives to come here and look for asylum. Now, if anybody is breaking the law, its the trump administration, because our law clearly says that we are obliged to listen to their case, listen to them, and if its not true, if we do not believe them, if theyre not credible, when they probably have to be sent back, but thats why the courts have stopped this. So, trump is basically breaking the law with some of his executive orders saying we will not listen, we will not listen to these asylum cases and we will not accept these people, when we are not obliged to accept them, but we are obliged to listen. To listen, yeah. Let me ask you. The president brought up a number of incidents involving Illegal Immigrants who have committed crimes, he says. Watch this. Day after day, precious lives are cut short by those who have violated our borders. Ive held the hands of the reaching mothers and embraced the griefstricken fathers. So sad. So terrible. I will never forget the pain in their eyes, the tremble in their voices, and the sadness gripping their souls. How much more american blood must we shed before congress does its job . Listen, terrible stories, and we dont want to minimize the pain of any victims, any family, that anyone is feeling, right . But the facts show that undocumented immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than u. S. Citizens. Definitely. And, you know, this is one of the things that concerns me the most as a latina, as an american. That trump continues to equate immigration with crime, with terrorism, with violence, and its just not true. Tonight, he said thousands of americans have been brutally killed by what he calls Illegal Immigrants. I prefer to call them undocumented immigrants. He said thousands of lives will be lost in we dont do something about this. Thats just not true, as you said. Statistics show that u. S. Citizens are more likely to commit crimes than immigrants. And if we have a national crisis, really, its because our easy access to guns. If we have a national crisis, its because of the massacres, sandy hook, parkland, las vegas, i mean, were not safe here in this country, but were not safe in our schools, in our churches, in our parks, in concerts, because of these massacres, none of which were committed by immigrants. So, you know, this is really bald for the latino community, because we continue to see an increase in hate crimes. Yeah. And incidents where americans attack and criticize those who look different and those who sound different, those who speak other languages, and this is really a crisis for us as a community, to have such negative rhetoric thrown at us. Maria, i want to ask you, because you say that youve noticed a lot of support for President Trump in the latino community. Tell us about that. What specifically do they support . I do. Ive seen it a lot. Ive seen a lot of comments on social media, where people are buying some of these arguments against undocumented immigrants, and its very sad to see that our own people, who are immigrants themselves, are attacking these immigrants that are trying to come in, knowing themselves how difficult the situation is in a lot of these latin american countries. And, you know, theyre buying it, and some people, just like some other trump supporters, are saying, well, you know, so what if he tells lies, as long as we have lower unemployment among the latino community. And i just think thats not acceptable, not for our community, not for anyone in the u. S. To say that it is acceptable for the president of the u. S. To lie over and over and over again and to create these kinds of situations where people are afraid. Americans are afraid of immigrants and immigrants are afraid of going out. You know, hes separating us into us and them. And lets just remember that the majority of latinos in this country are u. S. Citizens, and we feel that we are also being attacked just because of the color of our skin or the accept in our voice. I have a similar experience to you among people i know who are immigrants, and who i have a couple friends whose parents tried to come over illegally a number of times, didnt make it, were sent back, and then finally came over and now theyre here and they say, oh, those people shouldnt be doing that at the border when all the cameras were down on the border, and it was just it is just perplexing to me. Those people are trying to come through, many of them through legal ports of entry, why would you think they shouldnt come over when thats how your family came over, and even you. Is it you, okay, were here, shut the door behind us . Whats going on . I dont understand that, because the immigrants that we see at the border now are no different than the thousands that have come or maybe even millions throughout the years. The difference is that in this caravan, they come together, so they look like they are together in larger numbers, but they really are not much different. Another criticism that i hear is, why are they using their kids, theyre bad parents, its their fault in anything happens to their kids. Ive covered the border for years and years and years, for decades, actually, and ive covered latin america, also for decades, and for a long time, people have criticized those who come to this country in search of a better life, to make money, to send it back to their families, and leave their kids behind. And that, in a way, is one of the reasons why a lot of these gangs recruit these young kids that are left there alone, with a grandmother, with an aunt, a neighbor, and now they are bringing them, because of the dangers of leaving them there, theyre being criticized. We need to be humanitarian. We need to listen to their stories. And thats probably one of the reasons why trump is doing this, because i think the media has done a good job in covering the humanitarian part of it, i see a lot of stories on cnn, on other networks, i read a lot of stories in newspapers, about humanizing these similar grants, telling their story, allowing them to say why they came here, what was their condition like in their home countries . And, up know, thats why now President Trump is using these words, like humanitarian and, you know, we want to make sure that they are sent back in a safe manner and a humanitarian matter trying to this is a crisis of soul. Trying to appeal to the sensitive side of american. Appeal for compassion. Exactly. But hes actually poisoning it. We always love having you on. Thank you, please come back. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, don. Absolutely. I want to bring in frank and phillip. Guys, good to see you. So, frank, straight up, the first address from the oval office, thats a big deal, right . Very big deal, yeah. And quite honestly appearing stiff. This is not his best venue. There he is right there. He tried to make the case that the real crisis is at the border, but do you think tonights address, did it show that there was a credibility a crisis of credibility, maybe . Yeah, no, i dont think tonights address is going to move the needle at all. People have heard him say these sorts of things before. As you were playing that tape at the beginning, i was struck by what dissonance there was between his manner and his words. So, he was talking right off the top, he talked about africanamericans, when talked about hispanicamericans, latinoamericans, he mentioned women and children. These were remarks to portray him as mr. Empathy, but he delivered them in a robotic fashion that gave the lie to the idea that he really feels this empathy and hes really concerned about human suffering. He is not concerned about human suffering. He wants to get this wall because he promised it to his base. His pride is on the line. So, hes doing what he thinks might move the needle, but this isnt going to do it tonight. Interesting. Im going to get your opinion. But i want to listen to some of what the president said from the oval office. Watch. How much more american blood must we shed before congress does its job . To those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, i would ask, imagine if it was your child, your husband or your wife whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken. To every member of congress, pass a bill that ends this crisis. I mean, just watching that right now, to franks point that strikes me, i remember back in 1998 when Michael Dukakis was asked, what if your wife had been murdered, would you support the death penalty, thats a valid point. But remember, while this was a speech that, as usual, included falsehoods, lies and statements which were not accurate, the biggest argument that he made, which was false, was this argument that these immigrants who come into the country illegally are inherently dangerous. And thats the point he was making there. He said, you need to worry about them, theyre going to come and theyre going to kill your family. That, itself, is not a true statement. Certainly there are incidents. Its interesting, its something hes clung to forever. Exactly. Hes been consistent, if not nothing else. This is the same donald trump who came down the escalator at trump tower and said mexican rapists. Hes right back there, and really, hes never left for me, that was american carnage, from the inauguration. Right. I want to get to again, its important to point out the facts. Theres a 2018 study which reviewed criminal conviction data from the Texas Department of public safety, found that immigrants, legal or illegal, are less likely than nativeborn americans to be convicted of a crime. Throughout the country, there is also generally a decrease in the number of violent crimes, thats according to the fbi. So, it doesnt add up. Its awful right. These tragedies. Shouldnt happen, but they take those tragedies to use that narrative to say that all, right . Right. But the amazing thing about this, and again to franks point is, thats because donald trump is in a tough political fight right now and hes not used to it. What hes doing is reverting to form. He won the presidency. He won the nomination first by getting republicans that were loyal to him because he took this hard line on immigration. He carried that through the general election. Its the only argument he knows. And he beat the pundits in 2016. They all say im going to lose, im going to beat them. He beat them using this argument. What hes doing is, more than anything else, simply going, well, this worked last time and trying to use the same hateful rhetoric. The amazing thing is, he hasnt yet realized that everyone in 2016 who voted against him heard him make these same cases and arent going to be swayed. I think the amazing thing, why wasnt he doing this for the last two years . Hes now working with a democratic majority in the house. He wasnt trying this hard to get his beloved and oftpromised border wall when republicans had control of congress. That is just surreal. Frank, this is your piece, your latest piece in the New York Times, and you said it isnt about a wall. The headline is up there. The wall is a symbol of Donald Trumps neediness. Theres not enough concrete in creation for that job. Thats what you call a burn. I mean technically. Why do you say that . I think if you look at this presidency, from beginning to end, you see time and again, President Trump doing things that are just meant to prove his potency. Things that are meant to make him feel good. We talked about this one night on the show when he finally made that first visit to troops in a combat zone. And he didnt thank them for their service, he told them they should thank him for having gotten them a pay raise and given them shiny new equipment. I watched the president up to this moment, and it so often feels like a sequence of events designed to make a man feel better about himself. Not about making America Great again. You said its not really a wall that trump is after, if, indeed, it ever was, its a victory for victorys sake. Its a show of his might. What happens if he doesnt get this wall . What happens to his potency . I think this is a crisis of confidence for him. But hell move on and make a raft of excuses. Hes expert at making excuses when nothing is his fault. Hell weave some new fictions that serve that purpose. I know what you say, ill take you at your word that thats it. Other people say this is about, hes got to do it for his base or hes in real trouble. You dont think this is about if he loses conservative media and those people who have those giant megaphones, thats where the real trouble is. Yeah, i mean, i think thats generally true. Im not sure conservative media is going to go anywhere. Fox news, 50 republicans say its their most trusted news source. I dont think fox news is worried about controlling the Republican Base, i think theyre worried about making sure the Republican Base still likes them. I think it certainly is the case right now, he says jump and they say how high. If that doesnt continue because their viewers like that. I dont think, while Something Like 90 of republicans approve of the job that donald trump is doing, its really only a small portion of that base which is really, really fervently excited about this wall. I think to franks point, the way this thing ends, donald trump comes up with a copout. Hes going to come back to some sort of line what does he need money for, if the walls already built . Because conservative media is smart enough to recognize that the wall isnt being built. And he got himself into this position where he is trying to do the thing he always said he was going to do, even though he never really had a plan to do it. Where was he for two years . For two years asking the wrong guy. Conservative media will say, the walls already built like he says. No, thats not what ann coulter tweets. Thats why he unfollowed her. Burn. Now that is a burn. Its true. Thank you both. We have news tonight about the russia investigation, did Paul Manafort feed information to a close kremlinlinked associate . Robert mueller says he did. More on that next. One small so. It supports your heart. Brain. Eyes. And joints. Megared. danny after a long day of hard work. You have to do more work . vo automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. danny every day youre nearly fried to a crisp, professionally vo you earned it, were here to make sure you get it. Quickbooks. Backing you. Lawyers working for Paul Manafort have accidentally made public the clearest public evidence yesterday of coordination between the campaign and russians, revealing in a court filing that manafort shared polling data with an alleged russian operative. This was while he was serving as a Trump Campaign chairman. Information was improperly redacted by manaforts lawyers so journalists were able to read the portions they blacked out. The filing was the teams response to accusations that he had lied to the special counsel. So, lets discuss this. Matthew rosenberg and phillip mudd are both with me. Good evening, gentlemen. Number one, how does this happen, but listen, sharing polling data with a russian intelligence operative, this is a bombshell. Is there legitimate explanation for this . I phillip, phillip. Yeah, i i cant think of one, but thats thats my judgment. Thats not a legal issue. The legal issue i would have here is pretty simple. Youre talking about one case in isolation, thats Paul Manafort. There are other cases, obviously, the special counsel is looking into, for example, other people involved in the campaign who were in contact with wikileaks. The one piece missing here, and were about half a step away from that, don, is we have Paul Manafort offering information, polling information to someone who is evidently connected with russian intelligence. The one question why . What did the Campaign Want to get in return, in particular, did they want to offer the polling information to ask or suggest to russian intelligence that russian intelligence offer to intervene in the campaign, by, for example, buying stuff on facebook. We dont know that yet. Thats the final shoe to drop here, don. How do you not redact . I mean, doesnt he have competent lawyers . Like, what is going on here, matthew, before i go on, i want to ask you about the reporting, but this isnt the first time this kind of mistake has happened, and god bless the incompetence. Because really we were in a meeting on a Conference Call on something totally unrelated, one of my colleagues figured out the redaction issue, and everybody got excited. It worked out in your favor. This is what the New York Times is reporting tonight. That both manafort, rick gates, they transferred data to konstantin kilimnik, how significant is the timing . Spring 2016, the campaign is gearing up. Kilimnik is a guy with ties to gru, the Russian Military intelligence service. He may have once served in it. Hes working for an oligarch who manafort used to work for. They have a kind of business dispute, and manafort is now trying to help this guy to settle a business debt. He, of course, is close to putin and the kremlin. It just doesnt look good. You know, at some point, weve had a lot of campaigns with kind of hinky things in the margins, but why are all these people in the campaign tied back to shady russian characters . Theres something here that, beyond the legalities of what mueller is looking into, just politically, a lot of questions and they remain answered. Matthew, listen, manafort was the Campaign Chairman from march to august of 2016. What kind of polling information would the trump team have, at that point in the campaign . How detailed . I mean, i imagine pretty detailed. Especially going into august, you know, youre trying to figure out, okay, what do we got to hit . Where are the states where we think we can win . Thats pretty close to the election. They did a pretty good job in it, apparently. Phil, we know that russians were attacking the 2016 election, targeting u. S. Voters. We know they wanted to hurt clinton and help trump. How helpful would this data be in that effort . I think, depending on the sort of granularity of it, for example, you talk about countywide or statewide data in places like florida and pennsylvania. Remember, don, were looking at one piece in isolation. We also know that roger stone, there are allegations about his contact with wikileaks. If you put all this information together, is Paul Manafort providing this information to a potential russian intelligence asset at the same time as somebody else connected with the Trump Campaign is talking to wikileaks about where they might intervene in u. S. States. You cannot look at one of these cases in isolation. And thats one of the challenges for the Mueller Investigation, why this is taking so long. You have to put this together like a rubix cube and say, what was everybody doing at the same time . Manafort, stone, et cetera, in terms of the campaign. If im looking at this, im saying its significant. Phil, i want to ask you, youve been at border briefings before, correct . Yes. I want to get back to the border with the president tonight. So, you watched. Did anything jump out to you, things that did or did not come up in the border briefings as to what he was saying . There was one thing, don, let me take this away from politics and get into practice. You could talk about organized crime, you could talk about gangs, could talk about human trafficking. My world for years was counterterrorism. Between 2002, when i returned to the cia, and 2010, i was detailed to the fbi for a few years between 2005 and 2010. I was thinking today, i run every day during my run, i must have sat in maybe 1,500, 2,000 threat briefings. That is people in this country who are trying to blow something up and people trying to come into this country to try to sponsor an act of terrorism. 1,500, 2,000 threat briefings, i cant remember one game out of 2,000 threat briefings, where we spent a lot of time talking about the southwest border. Thats 2,000 threat briefings. So, what jumps out to me, when i see people, including the secretary of Homeland Security talking about the threat of terror coming across the southwest border, my experience was, if you had told me years ago that there would be a conversation in this country about terrorism with the origin coming across the southwest border, i would have looked at you like you had three heads. We didnt experience it. That wasnt my world, don. Thank you, phil, thank you, matthew. Appreciate your time. Yeah. So, back to russia. At the end of the day, does this court filing that weve been talking about, hold evidence that manafort colluded with russia . Im going to ask john dean next. Care for the clothes you love with woolite detergent. The new concentrated formula. Gives you 30 more loads and gently cleans. No stretching no shrinking no fading woolite. Cares as much as it cleans. Unstopand its strengthenedting place, the by xfi pods,gateway. Which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. Well almost anything. Leave no room behind with xfi pods. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Click or visit a retail store today. New Court Documents have revealed that Paul Manafort shared polling information with a russian operative during the 2016, so, is that collusion . Heres what congressman Eric Swalwell of the Intelligence Committee says. Yes. The Trump Campaign met with and worked with russian spies while russia was interfering in our democracy. We know the russians were weaponizing social media, putting out targeted ads, they were putting posts on facebook and youtube, you know, and if they were doing that in a targeted way with the information that the Trump Campaign had about, you know, what areas you should do that, what type of voters you should do that, that would be collusion. Lets discuss now. Former white House Counsel john dean is here. John, good evening to you. Good evening. So, listen, his Campaign Chairman shared polling data with a man tied to russian intelligence, allegedly tied to russian intelligence during the campaign, how is that not collusion . It is collusion. I agree with the congressman. In fact, while i was in the green room and reading the New York Times story, which actually advanced the story by adding gates to the sort of corroborating that the information had been passed, i said, listen, this is collusion. Its what its called. Its also a potential evidence of a conspiracy. Theres probably much more that we dont know. At what point can that case be made for a criminal conspiracy . I think gates is the one that will make the case. Hell say, we had an agreement with the russians. We were working with them. We were supplying them information, we knew they were helping the campaign, and they were asked for what we could do to help target things. And thats exactly what they did. John, is it conceivable to you that manafort would be sharing confidential Campaign Polling information, discussing a ukrainian peace plan with a man tied to russian intelligence without trump knowing . Allegedly tied to russian intelligence, without trump knowing . Its very difficult to envision that. He he and his partner, gates, were obviously in on a lot of this information. It was going upward. They werent freelancing. Maybe the offer to brief the oligarch he was in debt to may have been freelancing. But i think this is a very small campaign. This isnt a large organization. Its a mom and pop operation, and so its hard to imagine that they didnt share information back and forth. Yeah. The New York Times is reporting tonight that both manafort and rick gates transferred data to kilimnik in the spring of 2016. What does that mean for the Mueller Investigation . Well, it means theyve been on this information for quite awhile. You know, when i downloaded first learned the court posted on their website the response to the special counsels pleading on whether they were going to fight it or not fight it, it never occurred to me to try to remove the redaction. I just printed it out. But apparently it was not that difficult to do it, so, you know, the world now knows and the times was able to take it a little bit further and add gates to the story. Yeah. So, mueller has accused manafort of lying about contacts that he had with the white house, a section of this document that was supposed to be redacted reveals that one of those contacts was the president himself. Is that significant . I think it is. You know, the its hard to tell what the president knew and, you know, manafort is certainly not the most reliable person. Hes not likely to be somebody theyre going to call as a witness in any proceeding. They might call him for a witness in the congress to get more information, but i cant imagine that mueller, who has now really said he is a liar, and he broke his plea agreement with us, so, hes not a reliable source for them for much of anything. But its its a huge day in advancing the story with that redacted material actually surfacing. John dean, always a pleasure. Thank you. Thank you. The president s shutdown is creating major problems, not only for individual federal workers, but for the whole country. What you need to know, next. So, this is Important Information you need to know, okay, about this whole shutdown, in just a few minutes, at midnight, there is a deadline that will come and go. Many federal workers arent going to be happy about it, since there doesnt seem to be a deal in the end to end the shutdown, by then, the government wont be able to make its next payroll. That means workers will have to wait until january 26th at the earliest to get their next checks. Thats a big deal, especially for people who have bills to pay and families to feed. We know the federal government is based in washington, but there are federal workers who are going without pay all over this country. Analysis says that outside the d. C. Area, the states where workers affected by the shutdown are most concentrated are alaska, montana, wisconsin, new mexico, West Virginia and idaho. But the truth is, wherever federal employees are not getting paid, there will be problems because of it. In california, there are well over 30,000 federal workers affected. There, cnn is reporting that excessive absentees by tsa officers currently working without pay have impacted Security Operations at Palm Springs International airport. The tsa employees who are not getting paid are being told they may be disciplined for missed shifts. In alabama, where there are significantly fewer federal workers, there are still significant affects. In the town of aliceville, there is a medium security womens prison with nearly 300,000 prison workers. Many of those workers drive in from the surrounding areas to spend money at the towns few towns and gas stations. If the prison employees are not making money, which is now likely the case, they are not spending money, as well. And that means the town isnt making money. And while federal workers are almost certain to receive their pay back eventually, the same assurance doesnt hold for federal contractors. Bloombergs analysis says that during the shutdown, federal contractors could be out an estimated 200 million a day in lost of delayed revenues. And federal contractors work all over this country, like julie burr in kansas city, missouri. She said her life savings have been depleted as a result of the shutdown. And this is how shes managing to get by. Fortunately, i was given the advice to set up a gofundme, and i made a goal of approximately two months of salary, because i wasnt sure how long this would last and i have met my goal, so, i appreciate everyone helping with that. Thats going to help get us through. It helped with my january rent and will have to help with february rent, also. So, for some people affected by the shutdown, it simply comes down to being able to put food on their table. The New York Times talked to a janitor at the department of agriculture. She hasnt been paid since the shutdown began, and she is worried that she wont be able to eat. She told the times, i have put a lot of food in the freezer and we are taking it all out. That last fish and the last shrimp and the last chicken is all were eating now. Im worried about not having food this week. When she was told that President Trump suggested that the shutdown could last months or years, she said, oh, my god, were going to die of hunger. Lets discuss now, and Ashley Stephens is here, a spokeswoman for the professional services council. Ashley, good evening. Good to have you on. Hi, don. Glad to be here. This is really awful, when you hear these stories, and there so many of them. Tell us what your workers do. What kinds of jobs are they doing, or not doing, as the case may be . Right. So, the professional services council, were the leading trade association representing the Government Technology and professional Services Federal contractors. We have contractors representing 400 companies. Contractors in every state representing every federal agency. As you mentioned, don, you shared the stories of julie and julia. Just like the shutdown is impacting them, it is equally hitting federal contractors, but if not a little bit harder so, and thats because, as you mentioned, as Government Employees ultimately will receive their back pay, contractors, historically, have never received back pay. And thats one thing were focusing on at psc, is to make sure that contractors who are not getting paid now will receive back pay after the shutdown ends. All those people that you mentioned, that you that work for you, what do they do . It ranges on from your lower wage workers, you have janitorial staff on up to higher skilled aerospace engineers, we have folks who do Data Research in health care, working across all agencies. So, as you realize this is a partial shutdown, not all agencies are impacted, but for those that are, this is really taking a toll on a lot of Contractor Companies who are really trying to struggle to find ways to just pay their employees, if they have the resources, but what were seeing even from some of the smaller businesses, they may not have the funds to pay employees, as my ceo has said, theres a possibility that if this shutdown continues, some of the smaller businesses may ultimately shutter their doors for good. Go out of business. And we dont want to see that at all. And a significant number of people you represent, like a lot of americans, they live paycheck to paycheck, little savings, and as contractors, they will never get back pay. Exactly. And again, we see the gamut. There are folks, no matter what their salary is, the point we want to make is, they are committed to the same mission of Public Service as their counterparts who are Government Employees. They work sidebyside every day achieving the same mission. Whats happening with the shutdown, this American Public is not they are not having Agency Missions fulfilled because of the shutdown. So, yes, folks are going, theyre living in uncertainty. They dont know where their next paycheck is coming from, that creates uncertainly around, when am i going to pay my mortgage how am i going to eat . How am i going to take care of elderly or disabled loved ones . There are a lot of factors on the table. The way we can mitigate this, we asked leaders to prioritize fully funding to end the shutdown and offer back pay for contractors. Earlier today, psc sent a similar letter to the president , saying, hey, listen, please. We ask you to work with congress to bring this to an end. Yeah. What weve noticed, don, is that in the last 22 government shutdowns, Government Employees were always made whole and always received their back pay. We want that equal treatment for contractors. We want to see that happen after this shutdown ends. That these contractors are made whole. The president says that he can relate to workers like your members, that they will adjust. What do you say to President Trump tonight . You know, i think everyone has had to adjust, and i think weve had to adjust for reasons that were beyond our control. So, i think the adjustment that we all would like to see made is full year appropriations, and thats what were working for. Weve said to President Trump, as we did earlier today in a letter that we sent, hey, we want to work with you and congress to bring an end to the partial shutdown and lets get folks back to work. Lets get Government Missions fully up and running so that we can serve the american people. Thank you, appreciate it. Please come back. Hopefully, honestly, we dont need you to come back, right, that the government will be back up and running and everybody will be getting their paychecks, but if we need you, please come back. Absolutely. If im back, youll be hearing that contractors are receiving their back pay. Thank you, don. Hey, listen, sometimes when you misspeak, i misspoke when i talked about the prison in alabama. The facility, i said there were 300,000 workers, theres actually 300 workers. Well be right back. of us doh omega3s. Which is why megared advanced 4in1 packs more omega3 power into one small softgel. It supports your heart. Brain. Eyes. And joints. Megared. Followup to the story that we did last night on singer r. Kelly. The lifetime documentary series surviving r. Kelly has revived allegations of abuse, predatory behavior, and pedophilia against him. Now theres word that he could be facing an investigation by the District Attorney in fulton county, georgia. An attorney for the family of joycelyn savage, one of the women featured in the documentary, says he was contacted by the d. A. s office after the series aired. Investigators reportedly seeking information about incidents that allegedly took place in kellys georgia home in 2017. The d. A. s office wont comment, but joycelyn savages family is speaking out to cnn. Theyve claimed shes having a sexual relationship with kelly and that shes being manipulated by him into cutting off contact with the outside world. Although joycelyn made a statement in 2017 saying she was not being held against her will. Heres her family. We havent seen our daughter. We as of right now today have no proof of life. No. Whatsoever. We get and thats hard for me to say, but i have no proof of life that my daughters living right now. None. Shes 23 now. Shes in her mid 20s. In your mid 20s youre supposed to be living your best life. Youre supposed to be, you know, having fun and not like being ruined by . Some we want to get back to where she was before she left. The cook county District Attorney in chicago where the singers originally from says her office has been in charge with two families represented to allegations against r. Kelly. Shes asking anyone with information to speak up. Please come forward. Theres nothing that can be done to investigate these allegations without the cooperation of both victims and witnesses. We cannot seek Justice Without you. A lawyer for kelly says theres nothing there, that the prosecutors going on a fishing expedition which will result in false accusations. Well keep you updated. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. Include a friend. Is betteu and unlimited is better with a phone included. Its true. Forty bucks with the other guys, doesnt include a phone. So, start the new year right. Join tmobile and get unlimited with a phone included for just forty dollars per line. President trump making his case on immigration. But did he change any minds . Mr. President , reopen the government, end this shutdown now. The democrats head back to the white house today to meet with the president. Are they ready to make a deal . Its official, hundreds of thousands of federal workers will not receive a paycheck friday. Well tell you their stories. It may be the clearest