week s pay and the following week s pay, if you ever really looked at those people, i think they d say mr. president, keep going. this is far more important. i want to thank you all. they ll be very working very hard over the weekend. thank you very much. and there you have it. the president wrapping up an extensive news conference in the rose garden. this follows the meeting he held with top democrats and republicans meeting with president trump again with no end in sight for the partial government shut down which has dragged on now for two weeks. good afternoon. i m trace gallagher in for shepard smith. the president saying today s meeting was productive. democrats called it contentious. democrats are urging president trump to reopen the government while they hash out their disagreements on money for the president s border wall so hundreds of thousands of federal workers can get paid. we made a plea to the president once again, don t hold
millions of americans hundreds of thousands of workers hostage, open up the government and let s continue the discussions. so we told the president we needed the government open. he resisted. in fact, he said he would keep the government closed for a very long period of time, months or even years. the president later confirmed he did say the shut down could go on for years. but he said he doesn t think it will. he s not backing down his demand for billions of dollars for his border wall. are you still proud to own this shut down? well, you know, i appreciate the way you say that. once i m very proud of doing what i m doing. i don t call it a shut down. i call it doing what you have to do for the benefit and for the safety of our country. democrats now control the house and they passed a spending plan last night that would end the partial shut down. but does not include any money