The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Correa mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 3691. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 158, h. R. 3691, a bill to require the t. S. A. To develop a plan to ensure that t. S. A. Material disseminated in major airports can be better understood by more people accessing such airports, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Correa, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Green, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Correa. Mr. Correa thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on this measure. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Correa thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield
5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, thanks for being with us. We start with the latest ripple in the partial Government Shutdown showdown. The raise that many federal employees had expected to take effect in january, that raise is no more. The u. S. President has cancelled it. And this adds insult to injury for more than 800,000 federal employees who are beginning their second week without paychecks. For his part, President Trump says hes sitting at the white house waiting for democrats, he says to come over to work on a deal, though hes been out of sight, hes still on twitter. Our Sarah Westwood has more from the white house. Reporter President Trump is alone in the white house and fuming about democrats refusal to provide any funding for his promised border wall. Hes been trying to blame them for everything, from the deaths of two Migrant Children at the southern border earlier this month to the partial Government Shutdown that he once said he would be proud to own. Now the president
Economy . All options are on the table. Acting chief of staff is Mick Mulvaneys also head of the White House Office to oversee the federal budget saying democrats refused a counter offer to the initial pitch and said everyone should settle in for one of the longest shutdowns in history. Last night they called us saying that they werent going to counter this. The discussions have broken down. We expect it to go on for a while. Geez. Now the big question is how long . Joining us is pentagon correspondent hans nichols, jake sherman covering congress for politico, Brett Stevens in studio with me for the New York Times and msnbc political con trib josh rosor the and jennife. What is the white house strategy here, hans . Reporter they want to expand the things potentially on the table for negotiating so the president threatening to shut down the border. Softening or not clear on how much and dont want do get hard enned into a position for Border Security and not talking about 5 billion. Also
At 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we are seven days in now, and no end in sight. The partial u. S. Government shutdown drags on. The u. S. President continues to dig in, and congress has gone home for the year. In the middle of it all, some 800,000 government workers unsure of when they will be paid next. Cnns abbey philip picks it up from here. Reporter with the government still partially shutdown and no end in sight, President Trump was back at the white house and tweeting after his surprise trip to iraq. After claiming this week the federal employees supported the shutdown many of those workers have said to me and communicated, stay out until you get the funding for the wall. These federal workers want the wall. Reporter the president is now taunting democrats in a tweet by claiming, without evidence, that most of the 800,000 federal workers affected by the shutdown are democrats. That comment prompted backlash from one of the largest unions representing federal employees. The
Want to go to cnns Boris Sanchez at the white house. Boris, apart from the president s threats, were also hearing a new attempt to shift blame to the presumptive new speaker of the house. Yeah, thats right, jim. This morning, the incoming acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, said he had a gut feeling that Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer wanted to strike a deal with republicans over the Government Shutdown, but he believes that its nancy pelosi, the House Minority leader, the likely future speaker of the house, who is Holding Things back because he believes she doesnt have the votes to become speaker. Effectively, the white house is at a standstill in discussions with democrats over border wall funding. Mulvaney confirmed some reporting that the white house made an offer to democrats that included less than the 5 billion that the president demanded for his wall. Mulvaney would not give a specific figure, but that lines up with what cnn reported in the last few days, that an offer