specific that he would have to see during these talks to then trigger his announcement of a national emergency, his declaration. he didn t answer. he said we d have to wait and see, we ll tell you soon. the president also made a statement that made waves, suggesting that he had given up on the idea of a concrete barrier between the united states and mexico, saying that now it ll be steel, a steel barrier between the two nations, suggesting that democrats don t like concrete. boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. well, the shutdown is taking a toll on many americans. government employees and vendors aren t getting paid, and people who rely on government services could be facing delays. here s a look at some of the impact. funding for food assistance programs is running low. some airport security workers are calling out sick. the nation s tax collection agency, the irs, might not be able to pay out tax refunds during the shutdown. and at national parks trash and human waste are pilin
it s a national emergency. reporter: i followed up in asking president trump if he had a specific deadline or something specific that he would have to see during these talks to then trigger his announcement of a national emergency, his declaration. he didn t answer. he said we d have to wait and see, we ll tell you soon. the president also made a statement that made waves, suggesting that he had given up on the idea of a concrete barrier between the united states and mexico, saying that now it ll be steel, a steel barrier between the two nations, suggesting that democrats don t like concrete. boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. and as the shutdown drags on many government employees are facing their own financial challenges. as paolo sandoval explains there could soon be delays in government services. reporter: it s week 3 of a shutdown showdown between the president and lawmakers with americans caught in the middle. 800,000 federal employees considered essential continue to e
and didn t come back. kelsey was baby-sitting the boys, 8 and 11. hours ticked by. she called her mom. where are you? she didn t answer. then i called her back around lunch and she didn t answer. i called her pretty much all day long. her dad was at work, her mom was, who knew where? wasn t like her to do this. is she the sort of person who would take her cell phone with her? it was attached to her hip. you could easily get ahold of her in. yes. and you couldn t? no. she was in a panic. she called her dad who had gone from his day job to his night shift. i m sure you told your dad you were worried. we kept in touch during the day. did he seem to be worried? he did. we could never get in touch with her. at midnight, it was clear, something was terribly wrong. scott left work to file a missing person s report with the
i think they were talking. nothing too extreme. maybe a couple dates. albert knew daniel through mutual friends. we would hang out with daniel, i would text him and say, hey man are you coming out. he d meet up with us. but albert hadn t spoken to daniel that weekend and didn t know daniel and brooke had been texting each other, making plans to meet up. investigators say they called the number listed for daniel on brooke s phone. he didn t answer. you couldn t find him? couldn t find him. investigators learned daniel lived in colorado, he was just in knoxville for the game. were you worried when you couldn t get a hold of him when he was out there? yeah. daniel had flown back to colorado by the time he got on the phone with the sheriff s investigator. basically interviewed him. where was he? from what i understand he was at the ball game. daniel hawkins told
been reduced from cement to a beaded curtain. president trump insisting he will not back down when he was asked how long the shutdown to drag on. whatever it takes. i mean, we re going to have a wall. lawmakers are due back on capitol hill, and president trump was asked specifically if he would accept $2 billion in border security funding, a steep drop off from the $5 billion the white house was demanding initially, and he didn t answer. boris, thank you very much for following all of the events there. the president tweeting moments ago. we are waiting to see if he has more events over the course of the day. joining us now, retired air course colonel. this trip not without controversy, and the president lied about military pay raises,