obtain what they called critical national security briefing on the front line. the president brought that bus to a screeching halt with a letter marked dear madam speaker he wrote due to the shutdown i m sorry to inform you your trip to brussels, egypt and afghanistan has been postponed. we will reschedule this seven day excursion when the shutdown is over. among the grounded was adam schiff who was supposed to be on the trip with pelosi and complained this was what he called fifth grade conduct by the president. white house aides said this was not a tit-for-tat. the president says pelosi should stay in washington to negotiate oh and they say while the military aircraft has been put on hold it is pelosi s prerogative to fly commercial if she wants to. tucker? tucker: highly amusing. ed henry thank you very much. michelle richie a former press secretary for the policy communications committee. she joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. thanks, tucker, for having me. tucker: so