and on the democrat side, more than 220 democrats have signed on as cosponsors of this resolution, and the main argument here in terms of the division between the two the branches of government is that it is under the constitution where the spending done by only congress for taxpayer money and in this instance, the president wants to divert money that was appropriated by congress for other purposes. and to use it as part of his package of border wall funding. and that s the argument democrats will make. the president saying he s got his own arguments. expect this to be high profile, tuesday is the day when the house will vote alex? thank you for the heads-up on that, kelly o donnell from the white house. now to the race for 2020. all roads leading to iowa. senator kamala harris just rapped up a talk in des moines at the state capitol and von hilliard has been in iowa for about a month. let s get to what senator harris
affected by the partial government shutdown in its 12th day. 420,000 of them are on the job because they re essential. they re not getting paid. they include workers like air traffic controllers. fbi agents, border patrol agents, customs and border patrol agents as well, even food inspectors. they will be paid once the government shutdown ends. there s no guarantee furloughed workers will receive back pay believe it or not. you have 80% of federal employees that work outside the d.c. area, they re wondering when their next paycheck will arrive. joining me now is von hilliard who s talking with federal employees there. i know you talked to two air
president trump is heading to mississippi tomorrow where he ll hold not one, but two rallies on behalf of republican senator cindy hyde smith. after failing to pull in more than 50% of the vote on election day, hyde smith is slated to compete in a run-off against democrat mike espy. on twitter, trump said hyde-smith is an outstanding person who is strong on the border, crime, military and the second amendment. the president s visit comes as hyde-smith is facing tough criticism for a series of recent comments, including one involving the phrase public hanging that s been deemed racist. and now there s new reporting from the local jackson free press that the senator attended and graduated from an all-white segregation academy while in high school in the 1970s. there s a lot there. let s bring in political correspondent von hilliard on
correspondent von hilliard on the ground in mississippi and has been following this race closely. vaughn, what s the latest on the race there? what are folks saying about the chances that espy could pull this out on tuesday. you caught up with senator hyde-smith? good evening. i ll be frank. it s been a tough race to cover over the last week. particularly around these comments, around the conversation of race. about one-third of the electorate here in mississippi, kasie is african-american. and the question is how many republican voters are ultimately going to vote for mike espy in this race and having conversations with folks here around the state over the last several days, a lot of the republicans we talked to say that she did apologize in that debate and that the issue is ultimately that she stands for being pro-gun, pro-life. those issues are going to lead them to the polls to vote for hyde-smith. there s been a lot of concern. republicans we ve talked to and african-american vo
ailing gop senator thad cochran is refusing to answer questions about her support for the confederacy. just watch nbc s von hilliard trying to get her to respond. why not speak about the issue. these are really interests there s a lot of people we talked to across this state who are concerned about your remarks. why not speak to this issue. your comments offended a great number of people. i have no, you haven t. i m wondering, what is it you re apologizing for. senator, how the brooks academy. you shouldn t cited jefferson davis, you said this is mississippi history at its best. senator, what did you mean by that. standing inside of jefferson davis s house. a third of your electorate we re planning great, thanks for being here.