proper border security, we wouldn t have to work so hard. eric: that of course is president trump declining to rule out another government shutdown in two weeks, while continuing to threaten to declare a national emergency if a deal is not met with democrats to include funding for his border wall. the deadline is february 15th, for the lawmakers to reach an agreement, the deadline getting closer. i think what the president is saying is if we don t compromise, and he s put it on the table, real compromise, things that democrats want, but if we can t get compromise outs of speaker pelosi and get to a good solution, then he would be forced to go to the national emergency route. eric: will he do that? we are joined by an axios reporter. it is 48 hours plus before the state of union and all ears will be on the president if he s going to declare or say he may declare a national emergency. what do you expect we will hear? the president has definitely