official points of entry. we should note justices can vote by phone or email. i didn t know that. the news continues, we ll hand it over to chris cuomo, cuomo prime time starts now. jimmy, merry christmas. all the best. you, too. welcome to prime time. the partial government shutdown happens in three hours, midnight eastern. what s it over, a word, frankly, wall. they can t agree on building the two sides, but boy, can they agree on digging. the hole they re putting us in gets deeper every day. we have the latest developments of what this shutdown means coming up and we re going to go one on one with the freedom caucus republican who is pushing for the righteousness of this showdown, first up. does the president actually get a win here, even with his base? that s our great debate, and he was the last pillar of stability and strength in a chaotic administration. what does the resignation of defense secretary james mattis