calls in the last few days mostly to republicans to talk about this, to urge agreement but to reassure them he wasn t going to give away the sword to democrats. he did make a big play today by bringing chuck schumer to the white house. in a small meeting today attended by four people, the president, senator schumer and each of their chief of staffs. certainly no deal struck. and here we are now under a half an hour until we hit january 20th, the one year anniversary of this president s nomination, where he should be over ipmar-a-lago where he should be receiving a glitzy galla to commemorate his one year in office and instead he s overseeing a government shutdown. quoted the president as saying in effect this was going to ruin his party. there s more than one meeting to that phrase.
the presidency under our constitution system is not irrelevant. he s the person who signs things into law. and for most of us in the house and senate on the republican side, we re interested in what his views are. and those have not been made fully apparent yet. coming up on morning joe, senator bernie sanders will weigh in on the funding showdown set to take place in the senate today. and president trump may be leaving for florida this afternoon amid had concerns of a government shutdown. according to bloomberg, the president will mark the one-year anniversary of his inauguration with a galla at his mar-a-lago resort tomorrow night. tickets for the event reportedly start at $100,000 a pair which includes a dinner and photo with the president. for $250,000, couples can also take part in a round table with the president. the will benefit the trump presidential campaign and the