if they cannot, the president has threatened to use executive action to fund his border wall. that historic shutdown cost the u.s. economy at least $6 billion according to a new report bystander ab by standard and poor s global ratings. so was the shutdown worth it and where do things go from here? lawmakers on both sides weighing in this morning. shutdowns are never good policy, ever. they are never to be used as a means to achieve any kind of goal, no matter how important that goal may seem to be. we cannot have the threat of a government shutdown hanging over our people and our economy. we all know that these workers were held hostage by the president. we all know it s a strategy the american people abhorred, and that s why the president had to cave, but we also want to make sure it never happens again,
with us. and coming up, it looks like both sides are digging in for a p protracted shutdown battle over this wall. just one working session left. is the shutdown destined to slide into 2019? big new developments in a neverending race in north carolina. some big surprise events today. i m going to head over to the big board, break down what is going on in that uncalled and very much contested election in the 9th district of that state. plus, the white house reportedly feels like it is winning the fight over funding for a border wall. but is there a price that is coming for them? do voters care enough to make this shutdown worth it for them in the end? finally, let me finish tonight with the big stories i ll be keeping my eye on in the new year. this is hardball, where the action is. where the action is. the wonderful thing about polident
rhodes, that you for being with us. and coming up, it looks like both sides are digging in for a protracted sh protracted battle on this shut down. is it destined to go into 2019. some big surprise events in north carolina. i ll head over to the big board and break down what is going on in that uncalled and very much contested election in the ninth district of that state. plus, the white house reportedly feels like it is winning the fight over funding for a border wall, but is there a price that that is coming at for them? do voters care enough to make this shutdown worth it for them in the end? finally, let me finish with the big stories i ll be keeping my eye on in the new year. this is hardball where the action is. this is hardball where the action is.
trump backs down, no wall. david frumm, annie karni, ben rhodes, that you for being with us. it looks like both sides are diggi digging in for a protracted battle on this shutdown. is it distestined to go into 20 some big surprise events in north carolina. i ll head over to the big board and break down what is going on in that uncalled and very much contested election in the ninth district of that state. plus, the white house reportedly feels like it is winning the fight over funding for a border wall, but is there a price that that is coming at for them? do voters care enough to make this shutdown worth it for them in the end? finally, let me finish with the big stories i ll be keeping my eye on in the new year. ing my eye on in the new yea r. (burke) parking splat. and we covered it.
sign up, say mitch mcconnell, quilt playing games. don t shut the government down. let s do this. we can do this in the next three or four days. if you can t do, the forced choice, it is a dpoersed choice, you and i are in agreement in that. the question to you is, you know, is the shutdown worth not just taking essentially the c.h.i.p. deal and fighting on daca and other stuff down the road? well, we just can t as i said, chris, we just can t keep running the government one month at a time, so nobody can plan anything. it s expensive for taxpayers. we don t know what s going to happen next month, next year. i talked to a number of people from children s hospitals. i know i know all kind of people in children s hospitals, i work with them all the time. i actually wrote the grad would medical education bill 20 years ago that funds education for pediatricians in this country. and they want more certainty. health care system, the community health centers, as