over the next several months for the midterm elections. they also say they ll hold up to ten rallies like this in battleground states. they did announce a few of the states today. texas, ohio and pennsylvania all will have rallies like this. the left and the women s march organization very, very focused on taking away congress, both the senate and the house from the republicans and making it democratic. and our thanks to miguel marquez for that report. across the atlantic, women in london have also been showing their own solidarity with the demonstrators we saw in the united states. cnn s erin mclaughlin was at the rally there. reporter: despite the rain and the cold, people from across london are here at downing street to send the message that time is up. i was actually speaking to one person who was here. she was telling me that she felt obligated to be here after
will not come into work that can affect contracting. it can affect other maintenance programs. something very big concern to the secretary of defense, james mattis. reserve training will be canceled as well. all these things having an effect. not necessarily on active military operations, but lot of the support services which is why secretary of defense mattis said a shutdown would have a terrible impact on the united states military and the department of defense. but u.s. troops around the world would continue performing their jobs. back to you. all right, thank you for the reporting. and not surprisingly, democrats and republicans in congress remain at odds. but new york state and federal officials are in agreement on the statute of liberty. the monument reopens on monday, despite this soft shutdown. our polo sandoval explains. reporter: this morning when america s most recognized landmarks expected to reopen amid this shutdown showdown. well can tell you that the statue of l
and i think president trump, that s why he is arguing for the nuclear option. because i think he feels that the partisans are so far from making a deal that a simple majority is the right way to get something done. we ll have to see how this plays out, gentlemen. thank you so much for your time and we ll stay in touch you. thank you. with the government shutdown continuing so far, that means the following also continues. hundreds of thousands of nonessential employees are furloughed. that means they stop working without pay until congress is able to agree on a bill for the federal budget. the military is considered essential and still reports for duty. but the 1.3 million active duty personnel won t be paid if the shutdown continues after february 1. that s where it bites. that s where people get hurt and they feel the true effects of what s happening. but hey, guess who still get theirs paychecks? members of congress. it s written into law. so national parks also closed.
lindsey graham, hey, bring me a deal. i ll take the heat. i ll get it done. what did senator graham do? donald trump s former golf buddy? he brought him a deal with dick durbin. they presented a comprehensive plan that had bipartisan support and the president rejected it. and so at the end of the day, you ve got a president who refuses to cut deals when he is supposed to be the ultimate deal maker. i think that s a testament to his failure as commander in chief and leader of our country. but it s all how you look at it. some is saying the president is keeping good distance from this so both sides can work it out and then he is prepared to silent. and that s right there. is no point for the president to get involved at this stage. this is a conversation really between the two houses of congress and their leadership. so no, i think the president is actually doing the right thing here. but as we can see, daca is a very controversial topic. and president trump is saying he is ready to
president trump has never had the highest approval ratings, even during the campaign those numbers are pretty low, and he still won. so i think you see the president and the people close to him clinging to that. we still won but the numbers are not good and you re seeing they re going low and lower with his base and some of the polls that tend to be higher for trump are now lower. i think that they re having a hard time and also doing something and this is president trump mostly, but he s pushing away congress who he needs. he needs republicans in congress on his side. he s starting to make this drift between them even larger and you re seeing thom tillis, a reliable republican, he introduced legislation to make sure that, make it harder for trump to fire the special prosecutor this week. that seems significant to me, because if rank and file republicans are now kind of going against the white house, that shows that they re seeing that their base is not demanding them be as aligned w