president had spoke with michael cohen ahead of his congressional testimony. that comes after reports that president trump directed cothob lie to congress about a trump tower in congress. cohen is now a convicted fell listen. giuliani went on to say if the pair did talk it s, quote, perfectly normal. we have it all covered for you this morning. let s start with lauren fox who is live on capitol hill. good morning. reporter: good morning. the president of course trying to mix up the shutdown over the weekend saying on saturday that he wanted $5.7 billion for that border wall and he was willing to make a deal. he would extend daca protections for three years as well as protections for temporary protected status immigrants. now, democrats saying it s a nonstarter. nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, she rejected it immediately and the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, had had this to say about the president s plan. it was the president who