has quit in protest. mike, to you with the senate being in session, is there any sign of progress over this partial shutdown there on the senate floor? well, alex, we did hear from mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer when the senate opened at noon in washington here today, and really we ve been through this so many times, alex, as you ve outlined. there s sort of a pattern that beau sides fall into. neither side wants to be seen as walking away from the negotiations. chuck schumer said there have been talks behind scenes. at the same time it s clear the democrats feel they do have the upper hand in these negotiations. it was just yesterday in a record duration five-hour vote on the senate floor while
ready to come back and vote at any time. the president is here in washington by himself. the first lady and barron trump are already in mar-a-lago. he s already wanting to get down there as soon as possible. it seems as and ladies, good to see you both. thank you so much. thank you. coming up, nbc news reporting we may be nearing a report from robert mueller on his investigation but with the special counsel s report heading root into the hands of president trump s outspoken acting attorney general, what will that mean for mueller s findings? at mean for mueller s findings?
your district borers washingtde washington. you have a lot of constituents who work for or around the government. what are they feeling? in is a bad deal for america. it s particularly burdensome on the district that i represent, the fourth congressional district in margin. these are men and women who go to work every day in service of the american people. they are food inspectors who are going to be off the job, people who work for tsa and do custom inspections at the port of bat mo the border and they ll be off the job. i believe there was a bill that was passed unanimously for back pay funding for those people in maryland. it s because they ve got a lot of people that work in their districts. these folks in maryland are the ones doing the job of the federal government, but at least