And now this. Quite out of the blue today, President Trump saying in no Uncertain Terms that it is democrats to blame when Migrant Children die on the southern border. These words from the president today. Any deaths of children or others at the border are strictly the fault of the democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They cant. If we had a wall, they wouldnt even try. Cnns Sarah Westwood is at the white house now. Sarah, this is the first time that the president has even mentioned those Migrant Children who tragically died on the border, and he made it a political attack. Was there anything before or after that tweet to explain what he was talking about or even give it context . Reporter well, ryan, President Trump has been fuming about democrats refusal to provide any funding for his border wall and hes been searching for different ways to blame democrats for immigration problems and f
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im ryan nobles in today for ana cabrera. President trump so far out of sight this weekend. Hes not athis resortin florida. Hes not taking part in new years celebrations, ask hes certainly not visiting or hosting any federal employees, any of the roughly 2 million american men and women who work for the United States government, especially anyone attached to the nine cabinet departments that are shut down for more than a week now. People working without pay were fold to stay home because the president and Congressional Democrats cant settle on a dollar amount to earmark for a wall on the mexican border. And now this. Quite out of the blue today, President Trump saying in no Uncertain Terms that democrats are to blame when Migrant Children die on the southern border. Those words from the president today, through his twitter feed, he wrote, any deaths of children or others at the border are strictly the fault of democrats and their pathetic immigration p
New year, and there is little hope for progress when it comes to the partial u. S. Government shutdown. We are now seven days into this thing. It is the same shutdown the u. S. President once said that he would own. President trump now pointing the finger at democrats. Neither side seeming willing to budge. Jessica dean has this report for us. Reporter President Trump is back in washington and back on twitter. Less than two hours after arriving home from his whirlwind trip to iraq the president tweeted about the Government Shutdown saying, do the dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are democrats . The president of the American Federation of government employees, one of the largest unions representing government workers, pushed back against trumps claim the shutdown affects mostly democrats saying, a Government Shutdown doesnt hurt any one Political Party or any one federal employee more than another. It hurts all of them. While in iraq the president repeatedly avoided
Giuliani says the president will not answer any more questions from the special counsel and negotiations are still open, so which is it . And putins punch. The russian leader claims hes ready to deploy an invulnerable recall super fast missile. How big a threat does it really pose . Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim acosta, and youre in twoon twoon. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on both ends of pennsylvania avenue where congress and the white house seem only to agree on one thing, the Government Shutdown is not ending any time soon. Within the past Hour Congress formally reconvened but only for a few minutes and adjourned until next week. Meanwhile, President Trump is back from which is his wirl whind trip from iraq and tweeting excuses and taunts to democrats. Well speak to Jerry Connolly, a member of the House Foreign Affairs and oversight committees and our correspondents and analysts have full coverage of the days top stories. Let begin at the white house with c