i fascinating to watch it unfold. he made a good and presidential decision. he he s right trying to do the state of the union somewhere else or knocking on the door and being rejected or whatever would be a mess. this president lost the shutdown fight before it ever happened when he had everybody in the oval office and said, i will take credit for the shutdown. i would be proud to shut down the government for border security. the fight was over and it is not salvageable. welcome to divided government. for the first time, democrats can t just go up and complain and whine, they actually have power. the president is wrapping his head around what that means. and not just power, but a powerful person who wields the power in a very direct and specific way. that s right. my understanding in talking to people around the president
something they would like to get done on health care. that has all ground to a halt on this shutdown. that s one of the frustrating things for people inside is that this isn t i know that immigration is the number one issue to republicans and they understand that, too, and they understand how important the wall is to the president s supporters, but as this like increasingly looks like an agenda without an end, this shutdown fight, it does start to worry people in the white house about, well, how do we get things back on track? they were supposed to be in re-election mode right now. this isn t a great way to start re-election mode. great to have you and to all three of you, thank you for starting off our broadcast on a tuesday night. as we continue, the fbi s dispatches from the field on how this shutdown is threatening national security let s not forget. and later, a senior administration official has some advice for rudy giuliani. if what he s saying isn t helping the home team,
shutdown fight, it does start to worry people in the white house about, well, how do we get things back on track? they were supposed to be in re-election mode right now. this isn t a great way to start re-election mode. great to have you and to all three of you, thank you for starting off our broadcast on a tuesday night. as we continue, the fbi s dispatches from the field on how this shutdown is threatening national security let s not forget. and later, a senior administration official has some advice for rudy giuliani. if what he s saying isn t helping the home team, let s stop saying it. the 11th hour just getting started on a tuesday night. [ dog snoring ]
doing like. infrastructure. right. infrastructure, there s still threats of another infrastructure week, but, you know, they would like to be sort of taking a victory lap on things like criminal justice reform, on this new nafta they negotiated. they would like to be really hammering away at china, negotiations there. they would like to be not disturbing the you know, the stock market with talk of the shutdown. there s a lot of things the white house would like to be doing right now that they can t be doing. health care, maybe there s something they would like to get done on health care. that has all ground to a halt on this shutdown. that s one of the frustrating things for people inside is that this isn t i know that immigration is the number one issue to republicans and they understand that, too, and they understand how important the wall is to the president s supporters, but as this like increasingly looks like an agenda without an end, this shutdown fight, it does start to
i think i found someone who also might like the gig, mitt romney. he just started a new job as senator, but that was when he was running for senator, he said my favorite meat is hotdog, by the way, that is my favorite meat. it seems like the most important job qualification to me is you have to like the product you re selling. and mitt romney loves the product. that s all we have for tonight. we ll be back tomorrow with more. the beat starts now. we have a lot of ground to cover tonight. a top diplomat overseeing russia resigning after gop senators strike a deal to soften sanctions on a deal linked to putin and paul manafort. also, as mitch mcconnell stands by trump s shutdown, we go on the ground to see pressure building in red states. an executive who ran trump casinos says you have to understand trump s bankruptcy mindset to get where we re headed in the shutdown fight. the top story tonight is a white house on edge. a new book dishing on the chaos trump aides now anonymously