Terms of protecting the president s heart down the road. Sanjay, thanks very much. Sanjay gupta, always providing us excellent, excellent information on these kinds of procedures. Thats it for me. Ill be back at 5 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. In the meantime, the news continues right now. Top of the show, youre watching cnn. Im brooke bolduan. The government runs out of money in two days time and the usual quick fix may not get the support it so desperately needs. You heard me. Its gotten to the point on capitol hill, even kicking the can down the road is a tough sell. Were talking about this shortterm stopgap of the continuing resolution. People refer to it as a cr. So republicans, got one together and these are some of the details to keep the wheels running until the 16th of february but some factions may get in the way, the conservative House Freedom caucus, they want more money dedicated to defense spending while democrats are feeling pressure from the hispanic caucus who, by the way, met with the white house chief of staff john kelly today. Were talking to one of the members in just a bit here. Its members with some Democratic Leaders insist any funding bill must help d. R. E. A. M. Ers, the young undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As kids trying to avoid deportation. But wont matter if republicans cant manage to get enough to pass this cr which is why the Freedom Caucus so critical. Can republicans, who, keep in mind, control the white house and the house and the senate, avoid a shutdown all together . Heres how House Speaker paul ryan. I think cool heads will hopefully prevail in this thing. Votes . Not yet. The briefing just wrapped. Jim acosta is our chief correspondent. If the government shuts down, democrats get the blame. Thats what i ask myself every morning when i open my eyes, but i think we have to wait and see over the next 48 hours. You heard the White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders say they want a clean two Year Spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down. They may have no choice but to sign a continued resolution to keep the government running and at this point, how many strings are attached and what are the strings and do they have enough to lure enough democrats over to get this thing over the hump . Because at this point, you have a number of democrats and i think Lindsey Graham may have indicated in the last several minutes he may not be keen on cr and that if they do not solve this dacca issue, this d. R. E. A. M. Er issue, they may not have enough democrats to push this over the line. You heard Sarah Sanders preview what the white house is going to say if the government shuts down on friday, a reminder, one day before the one Year Anniversary of President Trump sworn into office and supposed to go to maralago, you heard sarah say its going to be democrats to blame if that happens. I think it has to be spoken after this briefing, brooke, because it was extraordinary, that speech that senator jeff gave earlier and responded to that and you heard senator jeff lake issue this warning to the country and the congress that it has to step up against a president who continues to go against the press and denigrate free press in the country and all you heard in response from the white house to that is a personal attack on senator jeff lake that, of course, hes criticizing the president because of his poll numbers. I thought that was worth underlining as well and the specter of steve bannon who left the white house and he never really left the white house and sarah said during the briefing the white house was in communication with bannons team yesterday to make sure that bannon knew what the white house essentially wanted him to say or not to say while he was talking to investigators yesterday. And i thought that was very interesting because it seems even though steve bannon has left the white house, he has not truly left the scene and the white house saying during the briefing, brooke, and my sense from talking to people, they are concerned about what steve bannon has to say and partly because the president has attacked him so much, they are worried that bannon is feeling emboldened to say whatever he feels he needs to say, brooke. Jim acosta, thank you with all of the headlines. Were going to go deeper into them now. Thank you, my friend. Sa sabri sabrina. And a friend of President Trump and john, former tax and investigative counsel for the Senate Finance committee. Sabrina, starting with you. People wrapping their heads around this play. People dont want the government to shut down. Republicans want some things and democrats want other things but now you have, talking about chip, Childrens HealthInsurance Program. Its not, dacca is something separate but the republicans said, okay, well extend funding for chip, which is something very enticing for a lot of these democrats and well extend that for 6 years, daring democrats to vote now. Absolutely. I think part of the calculation there is that they do not believe its good politics to wait for a Government Shutdown over the specific issue of d. R. E. A. M. Ers. The olive branch on Childrens HealthInsurance Program is to put those in a tough spot and a bill that includes it. Having said that, theres never been a Government Shutdown when the party controlled and both chambers of congress as well as the white house and i think that there is a lot of pressure on republicans to corral votes within their own party and not clear that the republican led house can pass another shortterm continuing resolution. A lot of their members express frustration with the stopgap measures that kick the can down the road and impose yet another arbitrary deadline to resolve in the coming weeks and months. This could sort of be moot in a sense, because republicans could have enough votes to get this through and kick it down the road a little bit farther but then you have more hard line conservatives, you know, mark and House Freedom caucus and they have their own issues with some of whats in this. How do you see it playing out . I think the democrats have more to lose here than republicans, believe it or not. Why . If it is seen as being held up because of immigration and dacca, then the democrats will have drifted so far from where they were 5 or 10 years ago where they have a distinction between souths and noncitizens. Youll have big rallies and protests in cities like new york and san francisco, and then mexican flags and other flags. Thats the vision that americans see that, wait a minute, this party shut the government down. Hurting people who do live here and our citizens. That could become the narrative, so i think the democrats are playing fire here and i think the republicans have to offer and olive branch and chip is it, but i think the republicans would rather wait to get a good deal than a bad deal. Is your party playing with fire . Government 101. Keep the government open. The republicans control white house and its incumbent on them to get the vote. Democrats are clear they want to protect these d. R. E. A. M. Ers. These are children that were brought to the United States by their parents through no decision of their own and are now being threatened to be kcked out. So trump created this problem because he ended this program. Excuse me, he then offered a deal to senator schumer and pelosi to fix the d. R. E. A. M. Ers program and to extend it. He then asked for a bipartisan solution which was delivered to his doorstep and now hes threatening to shut down the government unless he doesnt want to get everything he wants in this spending bill. Isnt it just a sad state of affairs with Childrens Health care and an olive branch . Its an emotional argument used to get what they want. I think everyone can get something and no one will get 100 . Thats not how it works but i think the real issue is, is it over illegal immigration and yes, theres a lot of kids who were here and we all want them to be able to stay. And then shut down essential services and the government because of people who are here illegally. Thats a problem that needs to be dealt with and hurt our own citizens. People will say, excuse me. Really . Play some sound and get reaction and turning the page, the president s own party, jeff lake took to the senate floor this morning. And we know hes been extraordinarily critical of the president in the past. Thats not the news. I mean, hes also not running for reelection and can speak freely. He took on the president attacking the truth. Here he is. No longer can we compound the attacks on truth with our silent acquies acquiescence. No longer to the constitutiinst and the president who cannot take criticism who must constantly deflect and distort and distract and find someone else to blame is charting a very dangerous path. And a congress that fails to act as a check on the president adds to that danger. Not criticizing because hes against oppression but criticizing the president because he has terrible poll numbers. I think hes looking for attention. I think its unfortunate and i think our position here at the white house is that we welcome access to the mediaer everyday. Going back to senator flake, you know, hes not only calling out the president. Hes calling out members of congress for standing behind the president and saying, you need to call out his lies. When it comes to this president and the way hes undermining u. S. Democracy or threatening a lot of the traditional norms that uphold this government and its system, but he also has said time and again, he thinks republicans are somewhat complicit in not speaking out enough and not using the authority that they have as members of congress to act with the check and balance. They campaigned and said they would be if trump was in fact elected. I do think theres some critics who say, at the same time, hes largely voted in line with this president s agenda, although, he differs on some key issues like immigration and he has significant oversight powers as a senator. I think theres a question to where this is going. Does he plan to use this authority more in the coming year now that he has nothing left to lose and mount an independent challenge come 2020 . That remains to be seen and remarkable to see a sitting senator on the party attack in this way. Is he wrong . I think he was gut tsy to do that and over the top. I think that fundamentally, this needs a very strong media, but lets face it. The media had oops moments too and in the gallup poll since 2004, steadily declines the trust that they had in the media. Can we talk about the trust of the president . It didnt start with President Trump in the last year. It started 15 years ago and its eroding and that in and of itself is very problematic. Theres a lot of blame to go around. I think President Trump is silly when he starts going on the tangents. I think it does not make him easier for him to get his agenda passed. Not just silly, but its lying. Sometimes its totally wrong. But its not just one person or one party. Theres a lot of blame to go around and thats being seen and felt by the American People as a whole. How do you see it . I started my career in washington as a lawyer doing oversight work in congress. The oversight branch. You know, i started my career working with republicans hand in hand doing oversight on the Bush Administration and they were willing to hold them to account back then on a whole host of issues. Thats something that washington needs again, and particularly with this administration who have, you know, attacked the media and made all of these misleading claims and you need t another branch and thats the role of congress. I agree with blake 100 here. Please, dont start saying any u. S. President is anywhere near a joseph stalin. Can we all agree on that one . I think there was much to do about comparisons and i hear you. Its the atrocities thats not comparable. Thank you all so much for the conversation here. Coming up next here on cnn, despite a glowing review by the white house doctor, new questions asked about the president s health reports. Does the president have Heart Disease . And steve bannon strikes a deal in this russia investigation. He agrees to sit down facetoface with a special council. Bob mueller and his team and the House Intelligence Committee who grilled steve bannon for more than ten hours. Youre watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Through dna i found out that i was only 16 italian. He was 34 eastern european. So i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors we thought was italian was eastern european. This is my ancestor who i didnt know about. He looks a little bit like me, yes. Ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. 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The fact that President Trump said that russia is helping north korea get supplies and in violation of International Sanctions and point number one and two and developing long range missiles to hit the United States. So lets begin with that first point. Bob, we bring you in. Our cnn and Intelligence Security analyst and cia operative. One, the fact that the president is saying russia is helping north korea get supplies. What do you think . About that . I think hes right. I mean, this missile technology. Too fast on a short time. Undoubtedly and probably good intelligence on this. Theyre getting it from russia and thats not to mention violations on oil imports into north korea and the rest of it. The russians are not our friends. They are enjoying this. North korea is causing us so many problems. The president s right. Stand by, bob. Ive got Barbara Starr joining us as another voice here at the pentagon. We get this information and go ahead and tell us more because i understand one of the headlines of north korea, the president wont say if he is considering or the u. S. Is considering a preemptive strike. What do you know . Brooke, thats right. No president is going to talk about future military strikes, but what we do know is President Trump like every president has that full range of options for north korea. Were in a period right now of a lot of contradictory language and its hard to unpack what it all means. Mr. Trump has been publicly very conciliatory towards kim jongun saying hed have a Good Relationship with him, however, you parse whether that language is a future relationship or an existing relationship. Hes got that conciliatory language on the one hand but on the other hand, his button to push Nuclear Weapons is bigger than kims button. And in a period right now going into the olympics where everybody wants to have a peaceful olympics but i think everyone is looking at what happens after that. With this story telling us is that nothing fundamentally has changed with kim jongun but all accounts from the u. S. Intelligence community has no interest, no inclination or intention of giving up his nuclear and missile program. That puts mr. Trump in a very difficult position. The sanctions are one tool. Diplomatic action, the threats of military action. But if kim isnt going to give up his weapons, what are you really going to do about it . You know, you have russia helping, you have china helping. You cant be in a constant state of unrest with two major countri countries. Its becoming a very big problem and we have people, top officials telling us it could be the case that were on the edge of the United States simply having to accept the reality that north korea is a nuclear state. They will not be denuclearized and have to learn as a country, the United States, to live with a Nuclear North Korea and that would be a really major change and something mr. Trump would find very different than the policy he wants which is denuclearization. China and russia, hes making it clear. They are not helping with it and kim is not about to give it up. Bob, i want you to jump in on this. The other headline in the papers and out of cnn today is ahead next month, you have the olympics held in south korea. The news with the south and the north set to march together this year. What do you, i mean, its a springily behavior. Other experts say its perfect from the northern perspective of placing this wedge right between the south and the u. S. In this relationship with the south and the north. Exactly, brooke, they want to outmaneuver us, the north koreans do and split off south korea because we dont have a ready solution in what to do about the missiles. Theyre trying to drive this wedge between us and combining