White House Press Secretary will be answering questioning. It comes as President Trump told the wall street journal theres a 5050 chance that negotiations will succeed. If they fail, they could lead to either another Government Shutdown in about 18 days time or to the president declaring a National Emergency to get the money to build his border wall. Lets go live to jim acosta. So jim, its still stunning to me to see this new u report from the cbo that the Government Shutdown has so far cost the u. S. Economy 11 billion. Thats right. And thats a dollar figure thats double what the president was asking for for his border wall down on the border with mexico. Now some of that will be recoupeded according to the cbo. Once these federal workers start receiving their back pay, but at the end of the day, there is going to be a big hit to this economy and i suspect Sarah Sanders will be asked about t t that. Thats the latest time estimate as to when this is going to get started and as you were
Allegedly. Also this from brazil there hour, dangerous flooding, hundreds of people missing following the collapse of a dam. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. We want to welcome our people here in the states and all around the world, im george howell. Im natalie allen. Newsroom starts right now. The 35day nightmare is finally over for 800,000 u. S. Workers. The president suddenly dropped his demand as a price to reopen the government. Instead, mr. Trump quietly signed legislation to put Government Employees back to work, with pay for three weeks and in return, he got nothing. One of his advisers called it a humiliating loss. Also on friday, roger stone, his relationship with donald trump goes back many decades, now, he has been arrested by the fbi. This exclusive video from cnn, caught in the net of the special Counsel Robert Mueller, now facing multiple federal charges. Well have more on roger stone in just a moment. We begin with cnns jim acosta. Well have the latest from
Teenagers harassing a native american elder. What he says scared him most about that confrontation. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 01 on the u. S. East coast, a forceful no from democrats to the Trump White House after the president s latest proposal to end the Government Shutdown fell flat. Mr. Trump offered to temporarily lift the threat of deportation hanging over 1 million undocumented immigrants, but only if he got his border wall. The plan includes 5. 7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. This is not a 2,000 mile concrete structure from sea to sea. These are steel barriers in high priority locations. The top u. S. Democrat, House Speaker nancy pelosi, rejected the deal before it was even offered. She said the president was just recycling old ideas that had already been turned down. In the meant
Enough. Many people thought thats what i should do. The president also had a lot to say about the arrest of his long time ally, roger stone, saying he was very disappointed to see the arrest, his words, go down that way. All this while Robert Mueller the special counsel is out with a new filing alleging more russian interference this time, aimed directly at discrediting muellers investigation. A prorussian twitter account allegedly used information from the account from Concord Management and consulting, information that was not publicly available as part of a Disinformation Campaign against a russia investigation. Its complicated, but were going to break it down for you. Were going to start with shiposh shimon. The president is weighing in on his arrest of his long time ally, roger stone. He said the level of force used in the raid was unusual. Is that true . Heres the thing, i think what makes this so unusual is that the president is weighing in on the arrest of someone who is charge
The month long impasse. You acknowledged that it is possible that the president talked to Michael Cohen about which is perfectly normal. Perfectly normal to talk to a key witness about his testimony. Snow is gone, but some of the coldest weather of the year greeting the northeast this morning. And the super bowl is set after one of the craziest days of football you will ever see. Super bowl nine for brady and belichick. Congratulations to new england. Your 11 month super bowl drought is over. I know you have strong feelings about this. It was an incredible championship sunday. If you are a saints fan this morning, you feel robbed and you should. And the nfl should do something more than apologize. Im sure they hear you. Good morning and welcome to early start. Im laura jarrett. Im dave briggs. It is Martin Luther king jr. Day. It is day 31 of this Government Shutdown. We start with the president after a 40 tweet sunday trying to find the political middle ground if there is one to end t