degree? the fed is trying to engineer a slowdown and then a soft landing for an economy that has been running too hot as it s come out of covid. this also could be the higher borrowing costs starting to catch up with consumers. as i said, they re making judgments a little different today than last month or certainly last year. we ll watch these numbers and see what they say to us. the auto sales number i thought was interesting in there. we ve seen auto sales coming down a little bit, prices coming down. prices may be coming down, wait, those rates to buy a car are a little higher right now, i m going to back off a bit. also if they re starting to drop, you might wait to see if it will go lower. christine, thank you. you re welcome. a stop-gap bill to avert a government shutdown heads to the senate after passing the house overnight. that measure would extend government funding through december 23rd which gives negotiators more time to authorizes a broader full-year funding deal
possible state of the union address during a government shutdown soon entering its 34th day as the 11th hour gets under way here on a wednesday night. and it goes on. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 734 of this trump administration. and as the government shutdown heads into day 34 by the end of this hour, a senior official s telling nbc news the white house is preparing for this impasse, get this, to potentially continue for many more weeks. that is just ahead. we begin with long-time trump personal attorney michael cohen suddenly pulling the plug on his upcoming live congressional hearing. cohen says he will not testify publicly on the 7th of february because of intimidation coming from the president. cohen s legal adviser lanny davis issued a statement today that reads in part, and we quote, due to ongoing threats against his family from president trump and mr.
and as the government shutdown heads into day 34 by the end of this hour, a senior official s telling nbc news the white house is preparing for this impasse, get this, to potentially continue for many more weeks. that is just ahead. we begin with long-time trump personal attorney michael cohen suddenly pulling the plug on his upcoming live congressional hearing. cohen says he will not testify publicly on the 7th of february because of intimidation coming from the president. cohen s legal adviser lanny davis issued a statement today that reads in part, and we quote, due to ongoing threats against his family from president trump and mr. giuliani, this is a movie script, as well as mr. cohen s continued cooperation with ongoing investigations, by advice of counsel mr. cohen s appearance will be postponed to a later date. this is a time where mr. cohen had to put his family and their safety first. last week on this network davis
and as the government shutdown heads into day 34 by the end of this hour, a senior official s telling nbc news the white house is preparing for this impasse, e get this, to potentially continue for many more weeks. that is just ahead. we begin with long-time trump personal attorney michael cohen suddenly pulling the plug on hir upcoming live congressional hearing. cohen says he will not testify publicly on the 7th of february because of intimidation coming t from the president. cohen s legal adviser lanny vi davis issued a statement today that reads in part, and we quote, due to ongoing threats against his family from president trump and mr. giuliani, this is a movie script, as well as mr. cohen s continued cooperation with ongoing investigations, by advice of counsel mr. cohen s appearance will be postponed to a later date. this is a time where mr. cohen had to put his family and their safety first. last week on this network davis made a similar accusation.r. w
was collusion. think about how much their argument has changed. it went from there were no contacts with russians to there was no collusion with russians to we tried to collude, to collusion is not a crime. if it goes on, rudy s going to say it s not jail, it s a gated community. isn t a crime. if this keeps going rudy will be telling trump it s not jail, it s a gated community. seth meyers gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour starts right now. tonight, a rare public statement from the special counsel pushing back on last night s explosive buzzfeed news report. robert mueller s office says references to evidence of the president ordering people to lie to congress are not accurate. plus, the government shutdown heads into a fifth week with more drama but little progress between democrats and this administration. why the gop seems to be staying on the sidelines. hundreds of thousands of federal workers still in limbo.