Yesterday afternoon. So the Senate Democrats have the ability right now to open the government and agree to the deal. The president just a few days ago said he was proud to author a shutdown of his own government. Sources gave mike this number. That the white house lowered their demands to 1. 4 billion nor new fencing and 400 million for other security priorities. Still Schumers Office rejected it. Spokesperson said on saturday the Vice President came in for a discussion and made an offer. Unfortunately we are still very far apart. Asked yesterday why democrats wont budge just a little bit further on the border wall, democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon had this to say on abc this week. We are absolutely willing to fund Border Security. The American People want to spend money in a smart way. 5 billion a lot of money. Thats 650,000 children attending head start. Its 2 million meals a day a year for a year for seniors. And to spend it on the fourth century strategy rather on stuff t