campaign a candidate who repeatedly went out of his way to defend russia and despite the briefings that we were talking about here, russia had over him $300 million projects, something -- an enormous amount of money, and they could continue to dangle that over him throughout the election. that's a huge problem. >> yeah. okay, guys, i want to talk shutdown with you in just a moment but not before we go right now to mike va cara who's joining us from capitol hill to get his take on the very latest there. is there any hope there in the halls of congress, mike? >> reporter: well, it's kind of quiet around here. congress is gone. they're not coming back until tuesday and that is going to be a significant day. first of all, they weren't supposed to be here next week at all. they were going to take off for the marlin luther king obser observanc observances. as soon as the president finished, they hit send on the blast e-mail, mitch mcconnell