sandra: right now, we are hearing the president is on the south lawn taking questions. we expect him to discuss the shutdown battle and earlier this week he was taking aim at the democrats who went to puerto rico for a working vacation. the president has been sounding off on this on twitter saying i m in the white house waiting. the democrats are everywhere but washington as people await their pay. they are having fun and not even talking. as we await the president, he is talking to reporters now. congressman, andy biggs, sits on the house judiciary committee and joins us now. obviously, the president could make some news here, depending on what he says. he is headed down to to talk to the farmers in new orleans. a big moment for the president and those farmers. a lot to discuss there. a lot to discuss here. first off, what do we do if the shutdown continues? the president says, 15 minutes, that s all i need and we can solve this.
but he did weigh in via facebook. i urge both sides to come back to the table as soon as possible and keep working around the clock to preach an agreement soon so that teachers and students can get back to the classrooms where they belong. reporter: 31,000 teachers are supposed to be out on strike today here, bill, in what is the nation s second largest school district. there will be 2000 substitute teachers brought in. that is very few, obviously, for the more than half million students within the l.a. school district. an open question, where those students will be, where their parents will decide to send them or keep them at home. it is going to be a very interesting day to see what kind of impact this strike has and whether it is the nation s second largest school district. bill: affecting a lot of people. john anan than hunt, live today.
that shots have been fired at a ups facility in logan township, new jersey, 200 birch creek road. the state police are responding to the incident at the logan township ups facility, the nypd count counterterrorism unity saying they are monitoring the reports of the active shooting. as we learn more, we will bring na to you. president trump: a lot of the democrats were in puerto rico 1 celebrating something. i don t know. maybe they are celebrating the shutdown. we have a very big crisis, the humanitarian crisis on the border. everybody knows it. they know it. many of them are saying, we agree with you. many of them are calling and many of them are breaking. the republicans are rock solid. we have to take care of our border. the democrats have to do something. we need their votes, otherwise,
constructive way to handle it. i am here for as many as 20 debates. governor, thank you. you can choose to watch as much as you want. thank you, gov. sandra: we are still awaiting president trump s departure at the white house. it could be happening at any moment now. will he talk to reporters on his way to new orleans. we do not know. if he does, we will certainly take those comments. russia reports the shutdown battle, still dominating headlines. we will take you there live, if, indeed, he does speak to reporters. bill: this story on friday. wow, was this a stunner. that s the suspect in the jayme closs kidnapping set to make his first court appearance in a matt fer of hours as we learn more about who he is, jacob patterson. there has been a lot of emotion. there was one scene that showed a number of people assisting with the search. this has been an emotional time for this community.
makes people very frustrated with their government. they say, look, we get it. border security is important. we get that democrats don t necessarily want to give money for the wall. let s come up with some kind of solution. you have to be in washington. tom picked up on an important point. you have five republican senators coming out asking for the government to run again. four of them are up for re-election in 2020. when you have 22 republican senators up, and one of those really up for re-election and possibly has a primary from his right is mitch mcconnell, the governor of kentucky, matt bev vin, could primary him. if he did that, he would have an opposition. i think this does not end until bevin declares one way or the other what he is doing. kristin hit on this. you have majorities that are in favor of border security. certainly, republicans. a lot of independents and some democrats. you have that juxtaposed with the idea a majority of folks don t want to see the government sh