we will get this fixed. tim fox news sunday, mick mulvaney says while he is optimistic and hopeful congress can reach a deal to end this soon, he believed some democrats wanted the shutdown to distract from the president the comp which men on the anniversary of his exoneration. up i get over that, there s a chance this thing gets done before 9:00 on monday morning and if that doesn t happen it can go several days. other democrats want to see the president give the state of the union during the shutdown. albania said the administration is doing everything it can to minimize the impact of everyday americans that the longer the shutdown goes, the harder it will be to do. gillian: thanks for that, garrett. leland: as curate and he told us, a war room being convened at the white house they are down to what they just called their essential staff and i lost every one of those pictures of the essential staff is the fellow sitting next to me, deputy white house press secretary.
unhelpful in providing any real details about exactly what s going on. today, even though the state department is not sharing much of what s happening in cuba, they did take a big dramatic step. they announced they re pulling about 60% of the u.s. embassy staff out of the embassy of the united states and cuba. about 50 americans working at the havana embassy and the only ones to stay behind now are so-called essential staff, people there just to carry out emergency services. the state department has also announced they ll stop processing visas in cuba indefinitely. as of monday, no more visas issued. from the embassy in havana. warning americans against traveling to cuba saying, quote, we are unable to identify the source of the attacks. so this is a very strange story. the administration has not blamed cuba for the attacks. as of now, there appears to be no evidence of culpability that we know of by any particular country or actor, by cuba or
would cause the symptoms that diplomats have experienced in cuba. so we know these incidents started in the fall of last year and then stopped for a while and then this summer, apparently, they picked up again. the most recent reportedly happened in late august. and we know all of that stuff from reporting, not from our government, not from the state department. they ve been tight lipped an unhelpful in providing any real details about exactly what s going on. today, even though the state department is not sharing much of what s happening in cuba, they did take a big dramatic step. they announced they re pulling about 6% of the u.s. embassy staff out of the embassy of the united states and cuba. about 50 americans working at the havana embassy and the only ones to stay behind now are so-called essential staff, people there just to carry out emergency services. the state department has also announced they ll stop processing visas in cuba indefinitely. as of monday, no maore visas
inhumaneness of drive hunt dolphin killing and the u.s. government opposes drive hunt fisheries. in kabul there. sima? this is being described as one of the most brutal attacks against foreign nationals. the united states has responded by stepping up its skrurt directive by declaring a wide city in the area where the attack took place, which basically means only essential staff can make essential trips in and out of this. when it comes at a time when nato-led troops are drawing down, well under way and many analysts say this may be the time that the afghan people will need more foreign assistance and help than ever before. back to you, christie. thank you. let s get to india now with the death of a socialite spark controversy. christie, a private affair
sides desperately try to stop the escalating violence. more than 1,000 people have been killed and about 200,000 have been displaced. it s gotten so bad, the u.s. is urging all americans to evacuate the country. advice many u.s. citizens are taking, helped by marines from a special crisis response unit. only essential staff will remain at the embassy. as cnn s senior international correspondent arwa damon, she got rare access inside the war zone. reporter: prior to the recent outbreak in fighting, the united nations was not patrolling like this in the streets of the capital, juba, nor was it in most parts of the country. in fact, the united nations was seriously considering refocusing its mission, focusing more on development. that is how optimistic people were about the prospects for this country. but now, that has all changed. so our focus was really shifting in line with the situation we thought prevailed