senate and most of us know each other. mrs. lowy, who chairs that, and i have worked on committees before. so we re optimistic, and we want to find the right solution to keep our borders secure. jon: ellison barber join withs us from west palm beach with the latest. ellison? reporter: we re moving closer and closer to that new shutdown deadline, and as we get closer, president trump seems to become increasingly pessimistic about those bipartisan negotiations. i m saying the democrats are obstructing. and they re always doing that. you hear about human trafficking, drugs, gangs, crime. they re only doing it for one very simple reason. it s one simple reason, couldn t be simpler, because they think it s good politics for 2020. because they say maybe we can beat trump because this is a big issue. reporter: the president describes the talks as a waste of time. during an interview with the new york times when he said he would allow them to finish the talks, them being the group of r
to help others, i mean, god bless you. and they don t do it, you know, for the glory. thank you is, is nowhere near enough. in less than three weeks from today congress and the trump administration run up against another shutdown deadline so will the government stay open some federal employees we talked to do not sound so confident
and nation s capitol resuming normal operations for the first time in 35 days as members of congress try to avoid another shutdown, the clock ticking 20 days before another shutdown deadline, the president threatening to declare a national emergency if a border deadline deal is not met by february 15th. and the president backing down without getting any funding for a border wall. here are the senators with the daunting task of finding a bill the president will support and house speaker nancy pelosi, the democratic speaker emerging as the clear victor in the stalemate with some warning democrats may be declaring victory too soon and 800,000 workers still on the line, vowing to pay back as soon as possible those two paychecks
two. the two issues are different in syria. our commitment to those two different locations and those two fights are significantly different. so i wouldn t want to draw this causality between leaving syria and leaving afghanistan. it is not implausible. but also at least we have had 17 years, albeit far too long. we have had sufficient time to begin to create conditions in afghanistan where governance can improve, security force and training can improve, law enforcement can improve, et cetera. i could see if there was an emotional connection, why would we not see the same thing with afghanistan. thanks very much. the shutdown deadline, that s tomorrow. and the future of a short term spending bill passed by the senate not clear anymore. president trump taking aim at democrats this morning saying that he will not sign any of their legislation unless it has,
19,000 texts. the russia probe has now cost taxpayers more than $25 million. that was quite an interview on fox news sunday as well. congress is running out of time to keep the governments open. the shutdown deadline is friday at midnight. and the house is on break until wednesday. so not a lot of time left. they are regenerating the message that he is willing to shut down the government if he doesn t get his a $5 billion for the border wall. we will do whatever is necessary to build the border wall. that would just be part of the wall.