Developments. Reporter reporters are staged just outside the oval office now ready to go into the oval whenever the president invites them in for his discussion obviously a much anticipated moment at the white house. Do they have a deal . Do they not have a deal . Do they have something in between that might be an interim step along the way to a deal we dont know as we stand here right now. A lot of rumors swirling around washington and wall street but the chinese delegation is here, theyre in the oval office now. We expect to see the president at some point we just dont know exactly what theyre going to stay Stephen Mnuchin came to the Briefing Room a short time ago, i asked him for an update on the talks and whether or not its possible we get to the end of the day today without an announcement of any developments at all we declined to answer the question he said the talks so far have been productive and that time of the day they were going in to brief the president but no specific in
Familiar with the fact they like to put spending bill deadlines up against the holidays to force some action and urgency. If we are putting up against thanksgiving, hypothetically, Everyone Wants to go home to and Everyone Wants to get this done. That is the scenario lawmakers are hoping for. You never know what will happen here knock on look at the knock on wood that it does not happen. But like you said, house lawmakers are circulating a draft, a continuing resolution that would extend current funding levels likely through november point first. That is something we could see as early as next week. It is possible the committee could meet tonight, a vote on that measure. Lawmakers are preparing the shortterm spending fix because the appropriations process at the moment is a little stuck. It is being mired in some partisan disagreement. Markup, ithave house doesnt spending bill bills they have to revisit. They got started on their own process this week. Funding is set to run out. There
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Until the sun comes up here in japan. The president met with working dinner with the Prime Minister of australia. In about nine hours or so the president has the next meeting with the Prime Minister of japan, shinzo abe. Sources close to the Administration Believe they will talk about trade with that deal. They say a trade deal with japan is more likely than a trade deal with china in the near term. The president , source close to the trade talks says that the meeting between the two delegations, chinas delegation, the u. S. Delegation will happen on friday that is a day ahead of the meeting between President Trump and president xi. The president believes, chinese believe that a precon condition for the two meeting, the white house is pushing back saying there are no conditions that have been agreed to. He is perfectly happy where we are, where he is in these socalled negotiations and talks, and if need be we may move ahead, we may move ahead. Okay. On additional tariffs. Reporter chin