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Monday, january 21st, im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis burgdorf. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell will hold a vote this week on President Trumps proposal to fund the wall and end the shutdown, even though democrats are united in opposition. On saturday the president offered a temporary threeyear protection for young undocumented migrants under daca program, as well as immigrants from countries on the temporary projected status protected status list, excuse me. It is trumps first public offer to democrats since the shutdown began back on december 22nd. Now at 31 days and counting, House Speaker nancy pelosi called the proposal a nonstarter and said that his offers of protection do not represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to peoples lives. On sunday trump tweeted multiple times about pelosi, accusing her of behaving irrationally, calling her a radical democrat and telling her to clean up the streets in San Francisco which trump called disgusting. Last night on msnbc James Clyburn said the white house proposal did not go far enough. If a high school daca person were to accept this deal, in three years, what would happen if that person is away in school trying to get a College Degree or some other post secondary education in pursuit and look up, three days expired three years expired and they are back in the shape that they were in before. What if the president made those daca protections permanent, would this change this equation . Yes, it would. Tps as well. Speaker pelosi says that democrats will vote again this week to reopen the government wi with Vice President mike pence they would reject. You can open the government tomorrow, then you can negotiate about this. Because, i mean, you know, frankly, chris, what the American People want us to do is to work on their priorities and the American People want us to secure the border. All right. So President Trumps immigration proposal is being met with deafening silence, no at single democrat has publicly expressed openness to it. According to axios a senior white house official said their strategy which was created largely by Jared Kushner and Vice President mike pence was to get trumps compromise immigration bill through the senate with an overwhelming vote and pressure House Democrats to speak from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But axios says that the democrats do have a consensus, no immigration talks until the government is back open. Axios adds that even the moderates who sometimes break with the party like Democratic Senators joe manchin and chris coons are sticking with the leadership on this. But republican senator James Lankford said the president s offer is a straw man proposal that is not meant to become law. What i encouraged the white house to do and multiple others encouraged the white house to do is put out a proposal, they have listened to a lot of democrat and republican members for the last month, this he have heard all the demands, this he know all the background. Put out a straw man proposal, get something out there the president can say i can support this and it has elements from both sides, put it on the table then open it up for debate. The vote this week in the senate is not to pass the bill, it is to open up and say can we debate this, can we amend it and make changes . Lets find a way to be able to get the government open because there are elements in this that are clearly elements that have been supported by democrats strongly in the past. New developments in the russia probe. The president s legal team just extended the timeline yet again concerning those discussions to build a trump tower in mass could you. First Michael Cohen told congress that talks with russians ended in january of 2016, then it was thought to be later in summer of june of 2016, more or less, now the president s attorney Rudy Giuliani says there was a, quote, an active proposal with the russians until at least october or possibly november of 2016. In an interview with the New York Times giuliani quoted the president as saying that trump tower moscow discussions were, quote, going on from the day i announced to the day i won. Here is how giuliani phrased it yesterday on meet the press. Well, its our understanding that they went on throughout 2016, there werent a lot of them but there were conversations. Cant be sure of the exact dates, but the president can remember having conversations with them about it. Throughout 2016 . Yeah, probably up to could be up to as far as october, november. Our answers cover until the election, any time during that period they could have talked about it. As far as the president was concerned an active project to at least october or november of 2016, an active potential deal. Yeah, i would say an active proposal. As the times points out the timeline means that the active proposal for the trump tower moscow project was still out there when trump sought a deal to end sanctions on russia. When he pushed the putin talking point question questioning the legitimacy of nato, you remember that, and of course during his infamous, russia, if youre listening remarks about Hillary Clintons 30,000 emails. Rudy giuliani also added confusion to the question of whether President Trump spoke to Michael Cohen before cohens testimony to congress. Speaking with the New York Times about the president s written answers to special counsel bob mueller, giuliani said, quote, there was no question that he was asked by the special counsel a question that said did you talk to him before he testified. He said, quote, there were questions like, did you talk about the moscow project with Michael Cohen. To which he answered yes. But here is giuliani on sundays shows. Did President Trump or anyone on the trump team talk to Michael Cohen about his congressional testimony before he before he gave congressional testimony or after he gave congressional testimony . As far as i know President Trump did not have discussions with him, certainly had no discussions with him in which he told him or counseled him to lie. If he had any discussions with him, they would be about the version of the events that Michael Cohen gave then which they all believe was true. But you just ak nongd that its possible that President Trump talked to Michael Cohen about his testimony. Which would be perfectly no recall al. Which the president believed was true. So its possible that pd that, that President Trump talked to Michael Cohen i dont know if it happened or didnt happen or it might be Attorney Client privileged if it happened. Buzzfeed news is standing but its reporting that President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress Despite it being disputed by bob muellers team. Muellers spokesman peter carr said buzzfeeds description of special statements to the special counsels office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohens congressional testimony, are not accurate. President trump said that he, quote, appreciates the statement from the special counsels office, but as we mentioned, buzzfeed stands by its reporting. Here is one of the storys coauthors speaking to cnn yesterday. Anthony, doo you have any why you evidence since thursday night that supports your story . I have further confirmation that this is right, were being told to stand our ground. Our reporting is going to be borne out to be accurate and were 100 behind it. Who is telling you that . Im not going to talk about my sources. I can tell you that, yes, indeed, the same sources we used in that story are standing behind it, as are we. So the sources in the report were described as, quote, two federal Law Enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the trump tower in moscow. The Washington Post writes, quote, people familiar with the matter said the special counsels spokesman told others in the government that he would have more vigorously discouraged the reporters from proceeding with the story had he known it would allege cohen had told the special counsel trump directed had im to lie, or that the special counsel was said to have learned this through interviews with the Trump Organization witnesses, internal Company Emails and text messages. There is a little irony in hearing President Trump say that the statement coming out of the muellers team is correct after bashing mueller consistently. Joining us now editor and chief of plit toe magazine blake hall southeast shall. Everybody i assume in washington and here they are talking about this buzzfeed debacle, if you want to call it that. What do you make of it . I think theres a debate about whether the special counsels office was denying just a specific aspect of buzzfeeds story or whether their intention was to wipe it off the map full stop. The Washington Post reporting suggests that the special counsel really wanted to dispute this central premise of the story, which was that that cohen was directed to lie by the president and that the special counsel had evidence of that. So we dont really know yet and buzzfeed is standing by its story, but i think its telling so far that other outlets have not followed their reporting, which suggests either that they have really burrowed in sources that only they have access to or it suggests that maybe they didnt get something quite right. I think the nuances here are extremely important. One thing we do know about President Trump is that he doesnt always give clear instructions and that also he doesnt use text or email. Its not like youre going to find some smoking gun, you know. Whats app message from President Trump saying, hey, michael, do she a solid and lie to congress. I think the way that President Trump gives orders is more indirect. So he might have said Something Like, you know, michael, i know youre going to do the right thing, and its ambiguous and thats why we really need to get exactly what the words were, if there were words. I think its telling that Rudy Giuliani kind of walked back the denials yesterday. That was pretty fascinating. Its not, you know, the best kind of lawyering ive ever seen in my life. I think a lot of people are saying it was similar to when President Trump told james comey the director of the fbi at the time i hope you can let this flynn thing go, the emphasis being on the word hope. It wasnt a direct order. Its also interesting the special counsel chose this specific story to speak out on. Theres so many other stories as to what the special is gathering and they have never come out and said this is wrong. Lets talk here about the president s deal, the deal that the president is trying to make and get the Government Back open, blake, with the daca offer to democrats over the weekend. Do you think thats sort of enough of a give on the president s behalf to get shutdown negotiations going again . Well, democrats are definitely saying its not and i think the tell here is if it were a serious offer you would have gone privately to schumer and pelosi and said, hey, listen, im going to give this speech on saturday, here is whats in it, i just want to gauge your reaction. Instead he kept it close to his vest and just sort of dropped it on a saturday afternoon, and that suggests what hes really trying to do is put democrats on their back foot and put the burden on them to reopen the government. As we saw, you know, from clyburn yesterday, they are not about to do a deal that trades a permanent wall for temporary relief from frankly the conditions that trump imposed on daca and these Asylum Seekers, tps. Three years from now, who knows who is going to be in power, but i think if you are a democrat youre thinking, you know, President Trump he cant play the arsonist and the fiber gate. He created this problem with the Daca Recipients and we need to give them permanent security in their lives, full stop, in exchange for even talking about Something Like a wall. We will find out tomorrow as well if the Supreme Court decides to take up that case. Thank you. We will talk to you again in just a bit. Still ahead, the president finally responds to Nancy Pelosis request to postpone the state of the union. We will have the latest on that. Plus snow, ice, tornadoes, just plain cold out there. We will have the mixed bag of extreme weather that is affecting much of the country. 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Security is no problem and my written acceptance while a contract is a contract ill get back to you soon. However, pelosis deputy chief of staff drew hammel responded to be clear the Speakers Office never received a, quote, written acceptance from the president. President trump attended the dig any if i had transfer ceremony for the four americans killed in last weeks suicide terror attack in syria which isis has now claimed responsibility for. Army chief foreign officer jonathan farmee, navy chief shannon kent, civilian Operations Support specialist and former navy s. E. A. L. Scott wirtz and gadir tahir were killed in the attack. Prior to departing on saturday he discussed what the ceremonies mean to him while giving an update on the status of isis. I think its the toughest thing i have to do, when im going to meet relatives of some of our great, great heroes that have fallen, i think it might be the toughest thing i have to do as president. When i took over syria was loaded with isis and, again, when you say to it and ive always said who are we killing isis for . You know, the worst enemy of russia, iran, syria, you look at it, is isis. So were killing isis for people that arent necessarily always in agreement with us. Lets put it that way. Weve done assad a very big favor. You do have to ask yourself were killing isis for russia, for iran, for syria, for iraq, for a lot of other places. So that attack occurred less than one month after the president proclaimed isis in syria defeated, something Vice President mike pence repeated hours after isis claimed responsibility for last weeks deadly attack. And we are bringing our troops home. The caliphate has crumbled and isis has been defeated. You were briefed before that statement about the fact that there had been this horrific suicide bombing that killed four americans. Is that what the defeat of isis looks like . Look, the progress that we have made against isis since this president came into office has truly been remarkable. There are isis fighters still in the region, but weve taken back 99 of the territory that the caliphate had claimed in a very real sense the isis state has been defeated. The pentagon estimates that isis may still have as many as 20,000 to 30,000 members still active to syria and iraq combined. Lets switch gears and get a check on your weather with meteorologist michelle grossman. A lot of people waking up to frigid temperatures this morning. Thats right, lewis. You want to layer up, light, loose layers because we are feeling frigid air, potentially dangerous and deadly air out there. Lets talk about whats happening right now, wind chills in the northeast, windchill warnings, advisories because we will feel 15 to 35 degrees below what is typical for this time or below zero and 20 to 30 degrees what is typical for this time of year. Bone chilling cold today. Its short lived but will be a cuff day for many of us out there. Chicago 8 degrees, windchill of 8, columbus 1, 3 throw below, washington, d. C. 9. I walked down the street and saw that thermometer at 11 and it was cold. That cold that hits you in the face as you walk out the door. We are going to be close to breaking records in boston, kalamazoo, trenton and wheeling, west virginia. That deep freeze is in place, looking at that cold air coming down from canada and looking at temperatures well below what is typical for this time of year. We will talk more about that, also tracking another winter storm and that will arrive by wednesday or thursday. We will talk more about that coming up. Bill must have stayed home because it was too cold. His covers are still here. We hope youre enjoying it, bill. We do. Thanks, michelle. Still ahead, super bowl liii is finally set and for the First Time Ever both games going to overtime to determine that matchup. 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After falling behind 130 in the First Quarter los angeles makes a come back, shutting out the saints in the second, and then keeping pace before tying the game at 20 in the Fourth Quarter where they get some help from the referees who failed to call the rams cornerback roby coleman for pass interference after he made early contact with new orleans receiver tommy lee lewis. Its pretty blatant. The saints would have to settle for a field goal leaving enough time for the rams to make the tying field goal and send that game into overtime with the ball in the opening possession of ot, new orleans quarterback drew brees is hit as he makes a throw and the pass is intercepted by l. A. Safety john johnson near mid field and a few completions later sets up kicker greg zur line who nails a 57 yarder for the 2623 victory. With that the matchup for super bowl liii is set as the next nfl champion will be decided in a battle between new england and the Los Angeles Rams on february 3rd at mercedesbenz stadium in atlanta. In case you were wondering who the president will be rooting for in the big game, he tweeted his congratulations to the patriots shortly after their win, guys, but honestly this is a true battle of old versus young. Jared goff 24 years old has to look a veteran like tom brady in the eye on the field at the super bowl. And so many incredible story lines about the super bowl but quickly its disheartening to see the nfc game decided about i that call. That call that was blatantly a lot of people upset this morning. The refs in the afc game had so many important close calls that could have changed the direction of that game and i think by most accounts they felt that the refs did a great job in that game compared to the nfc. Too bad for new orleans. A lot of great story lines coming out of that. Thank you very much j still ahead, the latest on the Government Shutdown as the democrats reject the president s new offer. Plus a Senate Democrat wants Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen investigated for perjury. We will tell you why next. For perjury. We will tell you why next. Went to ancestry, i put in the names of my grandparents first. It gave me a leaf almost right away. Within a few days, i went from knowing almost nothing to holy crow, im related to george washington. I didnt know that using ancestry would be so easy. But some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. Fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. Some only call when they have something to sell. Fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. And while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. Fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. 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For reluctant democrats he tried to make the border wall seem less ominous. Its not from sea to sea, its 234 miles of additional steel barrier. Reporter for conservative critics who questioned giving three years of legal status to qualified young immigrants and refugees, pence drew a line. This is not amnesty, theres no pathway to citizenship. Reporter but the president sent mixed messages on twitter. At first saying no, amnesty is not part of my offer. But left the door wide open. Amnesty will be used on a much bigger deal. Whether on immigration or something else. But Many Democrats are rejecting the plan. Democratic president ial candidate Kyrsten Gillibrand. What it really shows is his lack of compassion and empathy for people that are suffering and i think its an nonstarter. Reporter but virginia democrat senator mark westerner called the president s updated offer a starting point. Listen, going into negotiations im all for it, increasing border security, im all for it. Reporter shutdown politics puts the president s biggest audience of the year on ice. Wednesday Speaker Pelosi indefinitely postponed the january 29th address. Lets talk about when we can do it at a time when government is open. Reporter the president finally responded. Nancy, i am still thinking about the state of the union speech. There are so many options. He suggested she broke their deal. While a contract is a contract, ill get back to you soon. After todays mlk holiday senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says the senate will start voting this week on the trump proposal. They need several democrats to get on board and that is a major challenge. Separately, House Democrats will pursue a series of their own bills to reopen the government including more money for border security, but not for a border wall. And tuesday night marks the next payroll deadline, without a solution 800,000 federal workers would miss another check. Ayman. Thanks to Kelly Odonnell for that report. As the Government Shutdown has dragged on President Trumps poll numbers have been slipping and william crystal of the bulwark got this analysis from bruce jory. Trumps job Approval Rating is down to 31 among independents in gallup, his Approval Ratings in rasmussen down from 48 to 49 range of last last year to the 43 to 44 level of the past week or so. The mar ris data for pbs shows a drop of 10 in job approval among republicans and a design of 11 among white evangelicals and 17 among suburban men. This as the Pew Research Center asked americans what they think the outcome of trumps presidency will be in the long run. 47 say he will be unsuccessful, while about 3 in 10 say he will be successful, and 23 say it is too early to tell. The 47 who say trump will have an unsuccessful presidency is far higher than what americans told pugh about other president s mid kay through their first terms. An Atlanta Journal constitution poll finds trump is more unpopular in georgia than House Speaker nancy pelosi. Trump at negative 19 points, pelosi at negative 9. A democratic senator has asked the fbi to investigate Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for perjury in light of newly released details of the trump administrations family separation policy. Oregons jeff merkley obtained and publicly released a december 2017 document that showed nielsens staff considered a wide range of wags to hand the influx of Asylum Seekers at the southern border including a policy that would separate family units. The administration has been adamant in their denial of such a program. Here is what secretary nielsen said when asked about the policy under oath before the House Judiciary Committee just last month. Im not a liar. We have never had a policy for family separation. A policy of family separation would mean that any family that i encountered in the interior i would straight. It would mean that any family that i found at a port of entry i would separate. It would mean that every Single Family that i found illegally crossing we would separate. We did none of those. In his letter to fbi director Christopher Wray senator merkley writes in part in light of these conflicting facts, the fbi should immediately investigate whether secretary nielsens statements violate federal statutes that prohibit perjury and false statements to congress. A spokeswoman for the department of Homeland Security said the lead document only shows a, quote, menu of options that secretary nielsen had and that she specifically rejected the family separation choice. Joining us editor and chief of prit co magazine blake hounshell. Talk to us about what a possible purge i didnt investigation would look like. Well, this is obviously, you know, pretty hard ball tactic by senator merkley. All he has done so far is referred this to the fbi. Im skeptical that the fbi would take Something Like this up. I think the bureau would understandably be reluctant to weigh in on what you could argue is really a policy dispute between democrats and republicans. Certainly there are shades of gray in what in the memo that merkley found, but i think its pretty clear that secretary nielsen was being disingenuous. I mean, they had to know that this, quote unquote, zero tolerance policy that they put into place would mean that families were going to be separated at the border because you cant detain children as if they were criminals like you would the adult parents who came across illegally. So both sides i think are playing politics here, but and thats exactly why i think the bureau would be very, very hesitant to open a real investigation. Blake, lets talk about the Government Shutdown, its impact for federal workers. Day 31, payments have been missed. Weve been showing heartbreaking images of federal employees over the weekend having to go to food banks to get food. The president has given two critical speeches about this Government Shutdown, a state of the Union Address as well as the one that we saw on saturday. He mentioned drugs, he mentioned gangs, he mentioned crime. He has never once in either of those two statements by our account mentioned the federal workers. What is going on with this white house that they are not even able to express any sympathy or outrage for what is happening to these federal workers in these prime time public eechlts . Its really unusual. Usually in these situations the president is the one who is sounding the alarm about the impact on federal workers and their families. In this case the president , i think, you know, from what he said in the past he thinks they are all democrats. He thinks they are his political adversaries so hes not shown very much sympathy for them if at all. There was a tweet last night, i think, pretty late, you might have been watching the patriots game and therefore missed it, but he certainly passed up ample opportunity to highlight you know, there are people going to pawn shops and selling their tvs. Unbelievable. Its heart breaking. It raises questions as to who is driving some of the messaging that is coming out from the white house on this particular issue. Blake hounshell, always a pleasure. Thank you. Now for an update on the 2020 president ial democratic field, less than a week after announcing her bid for the white house hawaii congresswoman gab gart may have not one but two races to campaign for in the next election cycle. The Honolulu Star advertiser, excuse me, reports that Senate Senator kalele plans to challenge gabbert when she is up for reelection in 2020. Here is what her response was to that news yesterday. Are you concerned at all about a primary challenge . Im not thinking about politics right now, im looking forward to seeing how i can best serve the country. And new york senator Kyrsten Gillibrand isnt shying away from her previous tough stance on immigration after announcing a 2020 Exploratory Committee last week. Take a look, you said you were, quote, a firm opponent of giving, quote, amnesty to illegal aliens, unquote, you said english should be the official language of the United States, you called for expediting deportation of undocumented immigrants. I know you have very different positions today but let me ask you if trumps immigration positions are racist, were they racist when you held some of those positions as well . They certainly werent empathetic and they were not kind and i did not think about suffering in other peoples lives. One person who wont be throwing their hat in the 2020 ring, pennsylvania senator bob casey. 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On this special day. One day after pence quoted kings i have a dream speech to defend President Trumps border wall, believe it or not. I think what the American People saw the president do yesterday was say, you know, i want to set the table for us resolving this issue in a way that achieves his objectives to secure the border and the humanitarian security crisis and the Government Shutdown, but also to bring together bring together the democrats priorities to accomplish that. Thats what the American People expect us to do. Honestly, you know, the hearts and minds of the American People today are thinking a lot about it being the weekend where we remember the life and work of the reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. One of my favorite quotes from dr. King was now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. You think of how he changed america, he inspired us to change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union. Thats exactly what President Trump is calling on the congress to do. Not real sure how do you think that statement went down . Yeah. So the backlash as you can imagine was swift on sunday. Democrats, activists, many others all called the use of kings words disgraceful and an insult to his legacy. Less than a year after his d. C. Speech king gave a sermon in east berlin where he specifically addressed the issue of a wall. At the time it was the berlin wall which divided the is it city from 1961 to 1989. Saying, quote, here on either side of a wall are gods children and no man made barrier can obliterate that fact. Powerful words. Powerful words for sure. Lets get a check on your weather now with meteorologist michelle grossman. Michelle, it is an extremely cold morning this morning, actually, dangerously cold. Absolutely. Yeah, we have potentially deadly cold out there. We are looking at a deep freeze all throughout the day. Its not going to last that long, we will warm up by tuesday and wednesday, but today absolutely in the deep freeze, we had that arctic air plunging down from canada. Temperatures 15, 20, 25 degrees below what is typical for this time of year. So for today chicago only topping out right around 18, its going to feel like 13 throw zero, we have the cold temperatures, winds gusting to 40, 50 Miles Per Hour in some spots, could lead to Power Outages and thats going to be the bad news with that cold air in place. Cleveland 16, albany 2, but its going to feel like 28 below zero. By tuesday a little bit warmer, still below normal for this time of year, 29 in philadelphia, 10 degrees below where we typically end up. Roanoke 35, pittsburgh 32, wednesday, theres your bigger warm up. We will be above average new york city 42, thats 5 degrees below where were typical for this time of year. We have a storm system headed our way and that will bring us rain, snow. We will talk more about that later. 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In china, the economy grew. 6. 6 and it still the slowest growing economy. And one of the many impacts were seeing on the back of the Government Shutdown. The fine theyre considering imposing on facebook is related to violations from ten months ago and violation in terms of its users and personal information they released around this. They are potentially looking at a record penalty. Back to you. Thanks so much. Coming up, axioss mike allen has a look at this mornings 1 big thing. And government trumps proposal to trade daca for funding. And governor jay inslee joins the conversation. Count on, the conversation is staying happy and healthy. So, i add protein, vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. Boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals your body needs. All with guaranteed great taste. The upside im just getting started. Boost® high protein be up for life. Introducing the all new lexus es. 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We know Democratic Leaders have been trying to tamp down the conversation. They know there are political complications from it. You constantly here nancy pelosi and others saying lets wait for the mueller report. My colleague, axioss alaina treen, talked to the offices of all 64 of the new House Democrats and only seven of them said, yes, i want to impeach donald trump now. 48 of this many said wait for the mueller report. So theres real caution right now. Very few people are rushing to go on the record to say nows the time. Do we have a better sense or explanation as to what are some of the motivators or factors as to why these democrats are backing off for calls for impeaching the president at this point . Thats a great point. If you look at this new and bigger democratic majority, a lot of those by definitions are ousted republicans flipped red district courts. They want to get the lay of the land, as my grandma would say, before they plunge in to taking a hardandfast position on this. That could change very fast. We saw this with nixon, we saw this with clinton. When a few go, a lot will go. But at the moment, the impetus and momentum isnt as fast as some pro distriedicted. Lets turn to the shutdown and the president s announcement over the weekend with his offer to end the Government Shutdown and daca. What are sources telling axios on the likelihood . What weve been hearing is democrats are not on board with it. What are sources telling you guys about whether or not democrats could get on board with this plan . No, thats right. Were seeing a real examination of the president s reputation as the congratulate negotiator, great deal makers. The president was inaugurated two years ago yesterday and people are looking at this and saying how would we grade him as a ceo . Our intelligence is that that speech on saturday, just like the address to the nation in primetime, which in one poll moved 2 of people as weve seen here on msnbc, didnt do its job. This is very interesting after the president s speech on saturday, next door in the Eisenhower Executive Office building, mook pence and Jared Kushner met and they made it clear theyre trying to divide democrats. Theyre trying to get some of the rank and file, some of the newer democrats to peel off and theyre not getting that. It doesnt seem to be in the cards right now. Some are saying it was more of a political offer than it was to actually stop the shutdown. Go to signup. Axios. Com. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. Morning joe starts right now. I have a dream. That was dr. Martin luther king jr. Speaking at the march on washington, march 28th, 1963. And democrats balk at president s plan to reopen the government. And trump might have talked about building a trump tower. Some big implications there. And another summit with north koreas dictator is taking shape. Were going to ask a top expert on the regime why. Welcome to morning joe, it is monday, january 21st. We have