hav have. love it. we should go there next year, alisyn. let s do that, erica. let s do that. erica hill is with me this morning. john berman is off. we are only 16 hours away until the ball drops here in new york s times square, if i don t screw it up. someone will be there, helping out tonight. i m very excited to watch you there tonight. i m so excited. a group of journalists have been chosen to push the button that drops the ball. i m one of them, representing cnn, of course. we ll talk about that later on in the program. of course, a lot is happening on this morning. we are not going quietly, 2018. the new year brings no change. the federal government remains shut down now for ten days, no end is in sight at this hour, president trump has dug in on his demand for billions of dollars for his border wall concept. it seems to be changing by the day.
mike: we expect president trump to take action for deferred action for childhood arrivals, daca. likely to turn it over to congress. does this lead to immigration reform in congress? what about combining the border wall concept with daca? everybody understands our immigration system is broken. congress needs to act, and this is a role for congress. that s one thing we can talk about. we need to secure our borders but we also have to have an immigration system that works. if i m correct about what the president will do, he will give congress six months to act and congress needs to do their job and solve the problem. mike: there has been talk of tying harvey funding to raising the debt ceiling. that s never a popular vote with your republican members. here is steven mnuchin from fox news sunday. stick with the president and i believe it should be tied to the harvey funding. our first priority is to make
for deferred action for childhood arrivals, daca. likely to turn it over to congress. does this lead to immigration reform in congress? what about combining the border wall concept with daca? everybody understands our immigration system is broken. congress needs to act, and this is a role for congress. that s one thing we can talk about. we need to secure our borders but we also have to have an immigration system that works. if i m correct about what the president will do, he will give congress six months to act and congress needs to do their job and solve the problem. mike: there has been talk of tying harvey funding to raising the debt ceiling. that s never a popular vote with your republican members. here is steven mnuchin from fox news sunday. stick with the president and i believe it should be tied to the harvey funding. our first priority is to make sure that state gets money. it s critical.