if there s no compromise in congress. louisiana republican senator was on with neil cavuto earlier today. let s just begin a practical matter. if the president sneezes, somebody s going to file suit in the 9th circuit court to say that it is unconstitutional. so if the president declares that he wants to use in a declaration process money for the southern border, it is going to be tied up in court. president trump has given mixed messages on declaring a national emergency, but he does not say, and he says without hesitation, that he does have the authority to do that national emergency and build the wall, if he wants to. republicans and democrats will be back on the hill monday. we will see then, eric, if there s any real progress as we get to the one-month mark of this shutdown. eric? eric: the clock is still ticking. david, thank you. arthel? arthel: for more on this, let s bring in a retired supervisor for i.c.e., also assigned to the u.s. marshal service fugitive