And welcome to a special edition of americas news headquarters. Im Leland Vittert live at the white house. We have the Principal Deputy White House Press secretary standing by in just a minute. Gillian, in some ways as much as the focus is here on the white house, its just as much with you on capitol hill. Gillian absolutely, leland. There are thousands of people, theyre down by the Lincoln Memorial today and the reflecting pool, just one of the cities here in washington, holding womens rallies. Well go down there live in a few moments. So stick with us. Our own Caroline Shively is standing by and shell bring us the latest. Both the house and Senate Working hard this weekend to try and come up with a deal to end the Government Shutdown that began last night. President trump took to twitter earlier this morning to weigh in on the shutdown, pointing the finger at democratic lawmakers for failure to come to a deal. House democrats held a News Conference just a few moments ago, peter doocy
Capital in tallahassee. Meanwhile, here in washington, moments ago, President Trump finished up what the white house billed as a listening session that really turned into an open exchange of ideas and emotion. Where Fox Team Coverage tonight. Steve harrigan is in parkland, florida, with the students story down there. We start off with chief White House Correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. Good evening. It was another extra in a moment at the white house. The nation allowed to listening to students from douglass high and the parent of one of the children killed there appealed to President Trump to not let the Douglas School shooting be like all the others this nation has seen. To actually make a difference this time. In the state dining room today, six students from Douglas High School and their parents come abroad to washington by the department of education. Nothing ever that horrible should ever have to happen to you. I was lucky enough to come home from school. Maybe compro
Delivered. When the president heard about the contours of the deal on the phone with senator durbin, he was thrilled. He invited senators durbin and graham to the white house. But the hard right attacked between. A meeting that could have ended in a bipartisanvolved into one e most infamous meetings of his presidency. But still, we went back to work. Excuse me. I have a cold. But still, we went back to work to strike a deal with the president. Yesterday i talked to the president in the morning. We were not far apart on the issues. A deal. To Fund Military and critical programs for the middle class. Can be struck. We agreed to the contours of that deal. An immigration deal was then reached. We could address Childrens Health insurance, other health issues, disaster aid. We went to meeting and had a long and productive discussion. I told the president we democrats were willing to fund the military at the highest levels in history. Far above even his budget request. I reluctantly put his w
The serious bipartisan negotiations that have been going on for months now to resolve our unfinished business, military spending, disaster relief, health care, immigration , and Border Security will continue. It would be my intention to resolve these issues as quickly as possible so that we can move on to other business thats important to our country. However, should these issues not be resolved by the time the funding bill before us expires on february 8, 2018, assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address daca, Border Security, and should. So i will add my vote for this this agreement as the majority leader has simply outlined, that we have a c. R. That runs through february 8, we seek to have an agreement on immigration before that time, as well as the other outstanding issues, but if an agreement has not been reached by february 8, that we move to immigration, and that the senate deals with it as the senate should,
First democrats need to come back, nancy pelosi needs to come back from hawaii, less mula for dhs and custom Border Control and they need to come to the table and fully Fund Democracy and demand and that the congress and the executive branch work together. Ellison barber live at the white house with the latest on this, hi, ellison. Hi, laura, we heard from South Carolina republican Lindsey Graham. He was at the white house today having lunch with President Trump, he said they met for about 2 hours talking about syria and also the government shutdown, Lindsey Graham said he left the meeting feeling encouraged at the same time he said President Trump is firm in his commitment to make sure theres money for Border Security a wall, he talked about the wall being used assort of an all encompassing term for Border Security. He said though he felt in his discussions with the president that they talked about the importance of a deal because he said theres no way that they are going to be able t