neil: we know what the president might be considering. there s a briefing that might happen soon. and might have to do with trade. what do you think? the fact that they are talking a little bit more in earnest is a signal. at the end of the day, the math has to work where they have to be able to figure out something to get 60 votes in the senate. the math has to work in the house, and the key linchpin of the whole thing is whether or not the president would sign it. if the president doesn t push for the border wall or a down payment and turn interim spending bill for that wall, the government is going to remain closed. it s that simple. neil: the administration planning to see what he could do going into march and april. that is something that came out yesterday. white house chief of staff was a get into it. owen b was asking questions about keeping things close for weeks. you might hit a tipping point. federal workers missed their second paycheck on friday and people are looki
the question is not where is nancy? she won t have any negotiations. she just said no, we re not going to do it. neil: when she says a wall is immoral and steny and others say it s not immoral, it s might not be the key part of this, but even the democratic measure in the senate called for a little more than $5 billion for security funding along the border without outlining a structure per se. so just seems for want of a better team to be about semantics now, right? it s an issue that is political. this is what we have to talk about. this immoral argument is the most adrift in hypocrisy. some say it s fashionable along the left to call the border wall immoral. i don t see those folks saying, let s go take down the walls that exist. immoral is immoral. abortion is murder. there s no doubt about that. we ll call it what it is.
democrats on the record and bide your time, neil. a number of ways that they can go with this thing and doesn t make you look good if you do end around. sometimes you have to face your troubles head on. he feels like he s in the right and he will wait and we ll get a state of the union where it should be, in the capitol. neil: thanks. i want to take a peek at the corner of wall and broad. we were down 22 points. it had nothing to do with the shut down. legitimate concerns this could spread to our economy and this notion this this does weigh on the american psyche. there were more back and forth on the china trade talks and the friction. in the end, we ended the day as we started the day. we re up throughout this shut down. 34 days we ve been doing this. all the major averages are up double digits. that s the market s view.
roberts say the president would consider a c.r. if it includes a down payment on the wall. we re also saying there s a possibility of a white house briefing coming up. we ll keep you tuned to that. this tsa worker situation where one and ten are not showing up for the jobs and the longer lines, it depends on what airport you re saying this. it is raising concerns from some of the big airline ceos concerned about timing issues and down to the safety of the skies. alicia acuna at denver with more. how are things there, alicia? hi, neil. her at denver, they re not feeling it so much. a couple of tsa agents said right now they re okay. two more weeks, morale will go way down. i m going to take you to hawaii. the hawaii news agency is reporting that some tsa workers are resigning due to financial hardships. the tsa says they have found money to help workers with parking and transit. some of them can t even drive
it isn t. it s the most wonderful life on earth. is this affecting you? not me directly. but i think it s disgraceful. i m a government contractor. i m not on furlough. i m just not allowed to work. we re not guaranteed back pay like full time employees. paralyzing the country. it s not a good thing. we have to solve the problem. i m a former naval officer a veteran. you have the coast guard going without pay right now. it doesn t make much sense at all. put the government back to work and take care of the wall another time. i d like to go back to work. neil: great wisdom in that. lauren simonetti talking to average folks and how they feel