furious saints fans suing the nfl over the bad call that cost new orleans a trip to the super bowl. good morning, welcome to "early start." >> good to have you back. how was your time away? >> what did i miss? >> did you miss the saints game? >> no, i saw a lot of football. i missed a lot of news. >> unfortunately the government shutdown has not changed one bit. wednesday, january 23, 4:00 a.m. in the east and the shutdown drags on. the senate set to take two votes tomorrow on competing bills to end this 33 day old government shutdown. neither of them is given any real chance at success. one bill backed by republicans would fund the border wall at the full $5.7 billion he has demanded and would offer three year extensions for d.r.e.a.m.ers and immigrants in the u.s. on temporary protected status or tps. the democrats proposal has no money for a wall, it would reopen the federal government through february 8 while negotiations for a permanent fix go on. both proposals sxenkexpected to because neither would get the 60 votes to advance. >> sarah sanders would not directly answer cnn's question whether the president would veto the democrats' plan. >> if it gets 60 votes, is the president going to veto that bill? >> look, the president has a proposal on the table. he has laid out what he would like to see and he has made in a clear time and time again. the real question is why are democrats not supporting the president's proposal. >> democrats pushinging back saying the republican plan is one-sided and made in bad faith. house speaker nancy pelosi tweet going if trump gets away with shutting down the government to get what he wants, he will do this again going forward. he will continue to hold workers hostage to his demands. fbi agents sound going the alarm oefsh over the shutdown, say serious damage is being done to their counterterrorism and anti-gang operations. dozens releasing a report that includes the impasse is weakening national security. the president of the fbi agents association calling on lawmakers to figure out a solution fast. >> realistically, fbi agents should not have to go work at a store stocking shelves because they can't feed their families on their government job. they are still working 50 plus hours a week. so when are they going to find time to go get that second time. it's ridiculous. >> the tsa also pleading for help as the shutdown drags on. according to an internal e-mail obtained by cnn, officials are asking for 250 officers to move, to move temporarily from their home airports to bolster staff at airports that are shorthanded. 10% of the tsa workforce had unexcused absences over the weekend, that is three times the number a year ago. >> the shutdown over the president's demand for stronger border security forcing the state department to cancel an international conference focused on border security. the conference was scheduled to take place next month in scotland with a goal of preventing the transfer of weapons of mats destructiss des conventional weapons across border. >> the smithsonian has closed its museums and the national zoo. closure of its restaurant, shops, imax theaters and other operations is costing the institution a million dollars in unrecoverable revenue each week. >> head of the coast guard says m members of his service branch are relying on pantries and donations and he calls it unacceptable. admiral schultz tweeting out a video of support to his struggling team. >> we're five plus weeks into the anxiety and stress of this government lapse and your nonpay. you as members of the armed forces should not have to shoulder this burden. i find it unacceptable that they have to rely on food pantry and donations. >> devastating. on january 15th, thousands of active duty coast guard members did not receive their regular paychecks marking the first time in the history u.s. service members were not paid during a lapse of government funding. >> a branch of america's military not being paid. i mean that is just unbelievable in today's society. >> not just a braench, bbranch, president talks about drugs in this country and the coast guard keeps a lot of those drugs out of this country. >> and the idea of bread lines for the federal workers, a make shift food pantry in brooklyn, outsi outside the barclay center. tonya smith says she's never had to depend on anyone else for food but she has no choice. >> i can't believe this is happening. every day i'm like wow, here we go again. and i stay watching the news just to hear something positive, but it is not working. >> split samith says if the shu lasts another week, she will be spendingi inall her time travel from food pantry to food pantry. for more on how you can assist, go to cnn.com/impact. >> and then there is the state of the president's state of the union address. still a little vague this morning. house speaker nancy pelosi calling for the address to be delayed or delivered in writing because the government shutdown. white house press secretary sarah sanders says that is not stopping the president for now. >> nancy pelosi invited the president, he accepted. she cited security concerns as a potential reason to delay that. the united states secret service have addressed those concerns and we're moving forward until something changes on that front. >> pelosi appears to be playing hardball. over the holiday weekend, the administration asked for a walk through in the house to prepare for the state of the union address and that request was denied. >> robert mueller wants to know more about the trump campaign's relationship with the national rifle association. a former trump campaign aide tells cnn he was asked about it a year ago when he was interviewed by mueller's team. and cnn has learned the special counsel has been asking questions about the nra as recently as a month ago. more from sara murray. >> reporter: good morning. we are getting our first sign that the special counsel is interested in the trump campaign's relationship with the national rifle association during the 2016 election. nunberg telling when i was interviewed by the special counsel's office, i was asked about the trump campaign and our dealings with the nra. the questions from nunberg's interview are the first indication that mueller has been probing ties to this powerful gun rights group and mueller's team was still asking questions about this as recently as a month ago. investigators wanted to know how trump and his early operatives first formed a relationship with the nra and how trump wound up speaking at the group's annual 2015 meeting. the nra hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing by law enforcement, but it has come under plenty of public scrutiny for its ties to russians like maria butina. she actually admitted to trying to build relationships with the nra and trying to influence u.s. relations with russia. lawmakers have also been looking into the nra financial support ever trump in 12016 and whether there were any large sums ever russian money that flowed to the nra, something the nra denies. we don't know if he is just covering all of his bases. the special counsel's office declined to comment. we should note when mueller posts a series of written questions to president trump, trump was not asked about the nra. back to you. >> thanks. michael cohen's testimony before congress next month will not include any topic that is under investigation. that is according to top republicans on the house oversight committee. they claim cohen's lawyer said the testimony would be unsatisfying and frustrating because so much is off-limits. that could mean that the president's former turn won't discuss lying to congress about the trump tower moscow project or the payments made to women during the 2016 campaign for their silence. the newest member of the committee this will question michael cohen is alexandria ocasio-cortez. the freshman democrat from new york is one of several young progressives to join the oversight panel which will be very active investigating the trump administration. rashida la teen and ayanna pressley will also be on the committee. they are expected to hear testimony from cohen on february 7. sources tell cnn president trump is not mad at rudy giuliani despite the conflicting answers the attorney has given recently. giuliani said sunday that the president had been involved in talks about the trump tower in moscow nearly up to election day 2016. >> throughout 2016 -- >> yeah, probably up to could be up to as far as october/november. >> that answer contradicted months of statements by trump and his team that discussions ended in january 2016. within a day giuliani had to walk it back saying his comments were hypothetical, even so a source familiar with the trump legal team says, quote, rudy is not getting fired. the president thinks giuliani is effective. another source tells us giuliani is one of the few people that the president has not been screaming about over the last few days. >> one wonders if it muddies the waters or if there is a strategy at all. larry kudlow is denying reports that the u.s. canceled a meeting this week with the chinese government as the two countries rush to strike a trade deal. reports suggest that the united states had turned down an offer by chinese negotiators to hold preliminary talks this week, deputy level kind of planninging this week ahead of the critical meeting with china's chief trade negotiator next week. >> there were no other intermediate meetings scheduled. the story is unchanged. we are moving towards negotiations. >> vice premiere is supposed to meet for two days of talks next week. a spokeswoman says preparations for the talks is ongoing. the two countries are racing to reach a deal by march 1. if there is no deal, the u.s. jacks up tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods to 25% from 20 1r -- 10%. it just shows you the whiff of any change of those negotiations could really move markets. march 1 is a tough deadline. and what larry kudlow is saying there is no scheduled preliminary talks. no, there weren't. the reporting was that the chinese said let's have a pre-roind here pre pre-round here to lay out some goalposts and the u.s. said no. an out of control car on a slippery highway heads straight for a state trooper. see what happens next. and the next big american city that could soon be dealing with the teacher's strike. alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a fabric softener too. 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what are you doing to keep yourself as safe as you can for what could be taking place around you? you have to be safe, everyone. >> gardner called the crash that killed the young girl devastating. the student at the center of that confrontation with a native american elder says he wishes it could have been avoided. catholic high school student were criticized when a brief video surfaced showing them wearing make great american again hats and mocking phillips. a second video surfaced sunday showing another group identifying themselves hebrew z israelites taunting the students before the encounter with the native american man. here is what is saying. >> as far as standing there, i had every right to do so. my position is that i was not disrespectful to mr. phillips. i respect him. i'd like to talk to him. i mean, in behihindsight, i wis could have avoided the whole thing. >> phillip has offered to visit the school in kentucky to talk about the importance of respecting other cultures. the white house says it has invited the students to visit but not until after the government shutdown ends. >> were they doing the tomahawk chop? 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republicans would fund the border wall with the full $5.7 billion he has demanded and it would offer three year extensions for d.r.e.a.m.ers and immigrants in the u.s. on temporary protected status. the democrats proposal already passed by the house has no money for the border wall. it would reopen the federal government through february 8 while negotiations for a permanent fix go on. both are expected to fail because either would need 60 votes to advance. >> sarah sanders would not directly answer cnn's question about whether the president would veto the democrat's plan. >> if it gets 60 votes, is the president going to veto that bill? >> look, the president has a roam proposal on the table. he's laid out what he would like to see and he's made it clear time and time again. the real question is why are democrats not supporting the president's proposal. >> democrats pushing back saying the republican plan is one-sided and made in bad faith. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeting if trump gets away with shutting down the government to get what he wants, he will do this again going forward, he will continue to hold workers hostage to his demands. fbi agents sounding the alarm saying serious damage is being done to their counterterrorism and anti-gang operations. dozens of agents releasing an anonymous report that concludes the impasse is weakening national security. the president of the fbi agents association calling on lawmakers to figure out a solution fast. >> realistically fbi agents should not have to go work at a store stocking shelves because they can't feed their families on their government job. they are still working 50 plus hours a week. so when are they going to find time to go get that second time. it's ridiculous. >> the tsa also pleading for help as the shutdown drags on. according to an internal e-mail obtained exclusively by cnn, officials are asking for 250 officers to move temporarily from their home airports to bolster staff at airports that are short handed. 10% of the workforce had unexcused absences over the weekend, three times the number one year earlier. >> the shutdown over demand for stronger border security forcing the state department to cancel an international conference focused on stronger border security. yes. the conference was scheduled to take place next month in scotland with a goal of preventing the proliferation and transfer of weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons across borders. the smithsonian managed to stay open for the first 11 days of the shutdown, but has since closed and its museums and national zoo as well. they say the closure of restaurants, shops, imax theaters and other operations is costing the institution roughly $1 million in unrecoverable revenue each week. ahead of the coast guard says members of his service are relying on food pantries and donations during the shutdown. that's right. a branch of the united states military is not being paid for the first time anyone can remember. admiral karl schultz tweeting out a video of support to his struggling team. >> we're five plus weeks into the anxiety and stress of the government lapse and your nonpay. you as members of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden. i find it unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donations to get through day to day life as service members. >> on january 15th, thousands of active duty coast guard members did not receive their regular paychecks marking the first time in history u.s. service members were not paid during a lapse in government funding. >> impossible to imagine, isn't it? >> in the largest economy in the world, there are bread lines for american government workers. the sign of absolute failure is remarkable. a make shift food pantry for federal workers springing up in brooklyn. sonia smith, a furloughed tsa employee, drove all the way from queens. she's never had to depend on anyone else for food, but as sole provider for her family, she has no choice. >> i feel like i'm in another world. like i can't believe this is happening. every day i wake up, aim lii'm wow, here we go again. i watch the news just to hear something positive, but it is not working. >> sonia says she is burning through her savings and if the shutdown la lasts another week, she will spend all her time travel from food pantry to food pantry. for more information on how you can assist, go to cnn.com/impact. the state of the president's state of the union address is still a little vague this morning. nancy pelosi calling for the address to be delayed ordinary dlifsh delivered in writing. sarah sanders says that is not stopping the president for now. >> nancy pelosi invited the president. he accepted. she cited security concerns as a potential reason to delay that. the united states secret service indeed have addressed those concerns and we're moving forward until something changes on that front. >> pelosi appears to be playing hardball. over the holiday weekend, the administration asked for a walk-through in the house to prepare for the state of the union address. that request was denied. special counsel robert mueller wants to know more about the trump campaign's relationship with the national rifle association. a former trump campaign aide tells cnn he was asked about it a year ago when he was interviewed by mueller's team and cnn has learned that the special counsel had been asking questions about the nra as recently as a honmonth ago. more from sara murray. >> reporter: good morning. we are getting our first sign that the special counsel is interested in the trump campaign's relationship with the national rifle association during the 2016 election. sam nunberg telling when i was interviewed by the special counsel's office, i was asked about the trump campaign and our dealings with the nra. the questions from nunberg's interview are the first indication that mueller has been probing ties to this powerful gun rights group and mueller's team was still asking questions about this as recently as a month ago. investigators wanted to know how trump and his early operatives first formed a relationship with the nra and how trump wound up speaking at the group's annual 2015 meeting. the nra hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing by law enforcement, but it has come under plenty of public scrutiny for its ties to russians like maria butina. she actually admitted to trying to build relationships with the nra and trying to influence u.s. relations with russia. lawmakers have also been looking into the nra financial support of trump in 2016 and whether there were any large sums of russian money that flowed to the nra, something the nra denies. we don't know if he is just covering all of his bases. the special counsel's office declined to comment. we should note when mueller posed a series of written questions to president trump, trump was not asked about the nra. back to you. >> thanks. michael cohen's testimony before congress next month will not include any topic that is under investigation. that is according to top republicans on the house oversight committee. they claim cohen's lawyer said the testimony would be unsatisfying and frustrating because so much is off-limits. that could mean that the president's former attorney won't discuss lying to congress about the trump tower moscow project or the payments made to women during the 2016 campaign for their silence. the newest member of the committee that will question michael cohen is alexandria ocasio-cortez. the freshman democrat from new york is one of several young progressives to join the oversight panel which will be very active investigating the trump administration. joining her on the committee is rashida tlaib of michigan, aiyayanna pressley of massachusetts. they are expected to hear testimony from cohen on february 7. investors are also worried about a recession. according to a survey, 73% of 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we asked her about that before she spoke at this event here behind me. we also asked her about the growing 2020 democratic field. here is what she had to say. >> donald trump won't even pay the people of puerto rico the courtesy of acknowledging the deaths of the people they love. and now that he is caught in this fight to try to find funding to be able to build a monument to hate on the southern border of the united states, he looks over to puerto rico to see if he can take away unspent dollars that were designated for relief efforts. that is just fundamentally wrong. >> reporter: the 2020 field is growing by the day. how do you set yourself apart from everybody else who is already in or is going to get in? >> i think this is an exciting moment. it is a reminder that democrats have a lot of ideas and a lot of energy. >> reporter: later today, senator warren is headed to south carolina, a state where it is going to be very important for the democratic candidates to get the support of african-american voters. when i asked her how she plans to doing that, she said she simply will continue to talk about issues of racial inequality. now, all of this as the shutdown in washington, d.c. continues on. she says it is simply up to president trump and mitch mcconnell to reopen the government. christine and dave, back to you. >> mj lee in puerto rico for us. an alzheimer's detection breakthrough, a new study found that simple blood test could predict if someone will develop alzheimer's disease up to 16 years before symptoms begin. the test measures changes in the levels of a protein in the blood called neural filament. a rise in levels of the protein could be an early sign that degenerative brain disease. >> important breakthrough. let's get a check on cnn business. global stocks mostly lower amid uncertainty over trade talks in asia a mixed importance. searching for direction is what i would say here looking at futures right now, slightly higher just a bit here. but the dow declined 302 points yesterday. renewed concerns about global growth, slowing global growth, and the u.s./china trade war. the nasdaq lost almost 2%. worries about global growth amplified by the imf cutting its 2019 economic outlook, a weak u.s. home sales report and new signs of trade tension between the united states and china. spotify is making it easier for users to mute artists they don't want to hear. the feature lets you block an entire artist from playing songs from the library chart list or even radio stations. rollout of the feature comes during a height of a movement to mute r. kelly following years of allegations of sexual misconduct. the feature appears to only be accessible on the mobile app, but once the artist is block bed, it also applies to the desktop player. netflix scored 15 academy award nominations, ten of those for "roma," including one for best picture. after the nominations were announced, politico reported that the service is now the newest member of the mowition picture association of america. it is the first tech company to join the hole would i trade group that includes all the big studios. >> i did not zero madsee "roma." but i did see rbg. it is fantastic. "early start" continues right now with the latest on the longest government shutdown in our nation's history. day 33 of the government shutdown. two competing proposals to end it. look for a vote tomorrow. does either have a chance? >> i find it unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries. >> fbi agents should not have to go work in a store. >> frustration mounts. federal workers set to miss another paycheck in a couple of days. striking, los angeles teachers are back in the classroom today, just as teachers in another major american city vote to walk off the job. furious saints fans are actually suing the nfl. that bad call that cost the new orleans saints a trip to the super bowl. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> so, i'm right in my nonfootball sportness that was terrible? >> nonfootball sportness? yes, that was inexcusable. my 10-year-old is re-enacting the scene. >> i'm christine romans, it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. the senate is set to take two votes on competing bills to end the 33-day old government shutdown. one bill backed by republicans would fund the