prorated down payment. it's all you hear about when you're on the subway these days. people are talking about this. anyway, kaitlan collins, thank you very much. shortly before air time i spoke with maine independent senator angus king who caucuses with democrats and voted today for the democratic shutdown bill. senator king, since you voted earlier today, the president has said he is open to a, quote, prorated down payment on a border wall. he says he'll reopen the government in three weeks if democrats agree to that. are you entirely clear on what that actually means? would you support it? >> well, i am unclear on what it actually means. but the concept is that he's still trying to bargain about opening the government. and part of the whole purpose of what we were talking about today is let's get the government open, take a deep breath, consider his proposal in a reasonable, rational way and come to some conclusion that i think we're going to be able to work something out that he can support. but he's putting on this extra