sure the house will pass it and we could have a shutdown tomorrow night. reporter: that s right. it was striking to hear from house speaker paul ryan. we weren t expecting that. of course he emerged after that meeting that he had with president trump and he said the bottom line is they want to keep the government open, but they also want to secure more funding for the president s border wall, that signature campaign issue. so what are the methods to keep the government open? the house speaker didn t answer that. there doesn t seem to be a clear path at this point. and we have been here sort of working our sources throughout the morning, ali, at the white house trying to get a sense of what president trump is thinking, where he s leaning. and it s notable that officials here just don t know. he has been infuriated by the coverage, the fact that some of his conservative allies have been out on the air waves, sean hannity, ann coulter, essentially saying that he s caving by not getting
holding a press conference and making a statement? what s the advantage for donald trump? you mean why play by the rules when you won doing it your own way? there s no doubt about it the first week and a half has been good for donald trump. his poll numbers are up. you see his popularity growing nine or ten points, even folks who voted for him but had unfavorable views, you see that going up. it s been interesting while his cabinet has been very monolithic, it s been almost all white males we ve seen appointed so far. the fact you re beginning to hear about tulsi gabbard, other people, be interesting to see if he takes that forward. i think december is a warmup. i think january is where it gets interesting. you talk about the wall, talk about obamacare, but the real fight starts with the supreme court, right? we got a nomination waiting there. i think it will be interesting to see when he decides to fire that bullet. does he wait for his state of the union address, his very first or
it s been interesting while his cabinet has been very monolithic, it s been almost all white males we ve seen appointed so far. the fact you re beginning to hear about tulsi gabbard, other people, be interesting to see if he takes that forward. i think december is a warmup. i think january is where it gets interesting. you talk about the wall, talk about obamacare, but the real fight starts with the supreme court, right? we got a nomination waiting there. i think it will be interest to see when he decides to fire that bullet, does he wait for his state of the union address, his very first or do it even sooner? he can do it as soon as now if he wanted to tell us where he s leaning. peter, again, why the video, why not the press conference? ? earl, how do you think trump is handling his image right now? you know, it s e pekted. why hold a press conference and get asked tough questions when you cab put this out there. he s been very effective at this. the substance is one thing we nee