the federal government shutdown entering its third week with no major progress after three straight days of meetings over the weekend. the president s border wall still the barrier to a deal. on sunday, the white house laid out budget requests including $5.7 billion for what they are calling now calling a steel barrier. and $800 million to address urgent humanitarian needs. acting chief staff mike mulvaney admitting president trump took the concrete wall off the table during talks with democratic leaders on friday. call it a wall, call it a fence, the president actually said he didn t care what you call it, he even offered to let the democrats help him design something. he said as long as it is effective, he doesn t care what you call it. the president weighing to declare a national emergency at the border to fulfill his signature 2016 campaign pledge. that idea nfacing swift pushbac from democrats. look, if harry truman couldn t nationalize the steel industry during war time,