make a deal. as the stalemate drags on, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are either sitting at home wondering when they will be paid or are working without pay, like say tsa agents. and now the president is so we improved everything. threatening a shutdown of we used 50% fewer ingredients another kind. a full one, at the southern border, if he doesn't get the added one handed pumps funding for his wall. and beat the top safety standards cnn's sara westwood is at the the new johnson's® white house and we understand that the president is in choose gentle washington, but all the key players are gone until next year. right? >> that's right, martin. president trump is alone here at the white house, and increasingly frustrated with his inability to get funding for the promised border wall and he has been continuing to blame democrats for the persistence of the partial government shutdown, even though just a couple of weeks ago, recall that he said he would be proud to own any shutdown if it was in pursuit of money for his border