Hey there, fred, the meeting just ended a short time ago between Top Administration officials and these aides for democratic lawmakers. There is no clarity yet on exactly how that meeting went. We did see several of those officials go into the west wing after it wrapped up. So we may get a tweet from the president , depending on whether he feels he may want to chime in at this point. And so far, as you know, fred, both sides have simply been entrenched. President trump yesterday admitting that he told lawmakers we keep the government shut down as long as it took. Months, year, potentially according to one source, even to the next election, until he got funding for his longpromised border wall. The president has demanded 5. 6 billion to fund his wall. He repeated that yesterday. Though we have seen him shift in the last week, on how that wall is going to get built. At one point, suggesting he wanted to see a concrete barrier in some portions. In others, steel slats, or a seethrough barr
Reached, the shutdown which he said he would rather call a strike could last months or even years. Joining us to talk more about plans for the meeting, cnn White House Reporter Sarah Westwood and Kristin Holmes from capitol hill. The president says where are the dems. Theyre next door at the Eisenhower Executive Office building. What are we expecting will happen this morning . Reporter well, victor, expectations for a breakthrough today are low after Democratic Congressional leaders and the president emerged from high level talks in the situation room with different tomatoes. They would like the government reopened while negotiations continued. President trump described the meeting as productive and the democrats describe it as contentious, but indicating his willingness to keep the government partially shuttered indefinitely until he gets funding for the border wall. He is holding out for the amount. One of the last pieces they passed when they were still in the majority, the presiden
Cnn newsroom. Our top story 800,000 u. S. Government workers are beginning their third week without pay and theres no sign the situation will improve anytime soon. The u. S. President says hes prepared for the partial Government Shutdown to drag on for a year or more. Unless Congress Gives him 5. 6 billion for a wall on the u. S. Southern border. Democratic leaders left the white house offering little hope of a resolution. They said discussing a border wall was not possible until the government reopened. But mr. Trump says he doesnt need congress to get what he wants. He claimed he could get pentagon to do it if congress refuses. We get details from the white house. Reporter President Trump amping up threats, d clairing hes considering using Emergency Powers to do it. We can call a National Emergency and build it very quickly. Reporter after a twohour meeting that democrats described as contentious, trump threatened to leave the Government Shutdown for years if it comes down to it. Abs
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