And a Daring Rescue caught on video, officers try to save a teen who fell through the ice, they go under themselves. Everyone is okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Happy friday, january 25th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Not so much a happy friday for those 800,000 federal workers however who will miss a second paycheck on this day, day 35 of the partial government shutdown. Democrats and republicans dueling bills to reopen the government, both failed in the senate. But that set the stage for lawmakers working behind the scenes on a solution. More than a dozen senators from both parties trying to put pressure on both sides. They want President Trump to reopen the government temporarily and nancy pelosi to make more commitments border security. The white house indicating it would be open to a three week stopgap funding bill only if it included a large down payment on the wall. One of the ideas suggested is they pay sort of a prorated down payment for the wall, which i think people agree that you need. Democrats greeted that idea with skepticism. He is talking about a prorated down payment for the border wall. I have no idea what that means. Speaker pelosi herself called the president s down payment not reasonable, adding i dont think he knows what he wants. A senior democratic aide telling cnn the idea that he has leverage here is not in touch with reality. Certainly a big issue is trying to pin down what the president would accept in any type of deal. Senators frustrated failed to l strategy. One tactic, the white house preparing a draft proclamation to declare a National Emergency along the southern border and identifying more than 7 billion in potential funds to build the wall. As soon as today the white house may invite a group of eight congressional leaders for a meeting with the president and nancy pelosi unsure if she would accept that invitation. And the tempers are flaring in the senate. Typically mild mannered Democrat Michael bennett unloading on senator ted cruz. Watch. These crocodile tears take the senator from texas is crying for First Responders is too hard for me he to take. When the senator from texas shut this government down in 2013, my state was flooded. It was understa water, people w killed. This idea that he was going to build a medieval wall across the southern border of texas, take it from the farmers and ranchers that were there, and have the mexicans pay for it, isnt true. Thats why were here. Because hes now saying the taxpayers have to pay for it. All right. Some government workers have been overwhelmed by the emotional and financial burden of the shutdown. Tsa officers living in their cars in hawaii, they have started submitting their resignations. In illinois, eric schwab is donating groceries to agents at the quad city airport. I get emotional when i think about doing it and the people who have contacted me, our federal agents who are literally working without a check. U. S. Federal courts run out of operating funds today. Prosecutors handling cases from sex crimes to border crossings are warning austerity budgets will weaken law enforcement. New mexico, california, vermont and colorado doing the same. Wilbur ross says he doesnt, quote, really quite understand why federal workers dont take out loans as they miss their second paycheck due to the government shutdown. I dont really quite understand why because as i mentioned before, the obligations that they would undertake say borrowing from the bank or a credit union are in effect federally guaranteed. There was some fallout from his comments. Listen to what Tucker Carlson said on his show last night. Those are the last things that most americans need, that was an idiotic thing to say. The commerce secretary was not the only Trump Administration official to make comments on the effects of the shutdown. This is so much bigger than any one person. It is a little bit of pain, but it is going to be for the future of our country. People on twitter equipping about the marie de madery antoie sweepstakes going on. Wilbur ross tried to clear up the comments. Were painfully aware that there are hardships inflicted on the individual workers. All i was trying to do is make sure that they are aware that there are possible other things that could help some what what mitigate their problems. If the government werent closed, programs the Commerce Department could be issuing guidance. The president also weighed in on the commerce secretarys remarks. Perhaps he should have said it differently. Local people know who they are, where they go for groceries and everything else. And i think wilbur was probably trying to say that they will work along. So here is the message from the white house. Not a lot of empathy except when it is the cleanup of the original comments. And weve seen this for more than a week now. The president seems to think that local Grocery Stores are going to cut a break to people who they know are federal workers. You know, maybe the local stores are having trouble because they are not i just think it shows a lack of understanding about how so many people live paycheck to paycheck in this country. The president was very proud about the c cabinet. It is not to say that rich people dont have empathy, but these cabinet members have shown an inability to understand the pain. It wasnt that long ago when president signed an order freezing pay for federal workers. No raises. So it shows you how the federal workforce is held in low regard by this administration. Starting today the u. S. Will send Asylum Seekers at the mexi. Some individuals will be given a notice to appear in u. S. Court, they will then be told to remain in mexico until their court date arrives. The action applies to immigrants primarily from Central American countries, those with a well founded fear staying in mexico along with unaccompanied minors will not be forced to return. Michael cohen has been subpoenaed to testify in midfebruary and he intends to be there. The questioning to it a place behind closed doors. Cohen saying he has concerns about the safety of his family. The subpoena is first of several that he could face before he reports to prison on march 6. He will have to serve a three year sentence. All aboard the trump bandwagon or else, gop officials telling anyone thinking of challenging President Trump for 2020, forgets it. Republican National Committee set to go public for its undivided siptd fupport for the president. The symbolic resolution is the latest indication Party Officials plan to close ranks around President Trump, that strategy on the heels of an unprecedented merger between trumps Reelection Campaign and the rnc. The conservative planning to stay out of the race, will not work to help reelect President Trump. 9 past the hour. A huge relief for a family in north carolina, that little boy who vanished from his grandmas backyard has been found alive. Ordering all nonemergency Government Employees to leave venezuela, there is a growing diplomatic crisis now that President Trump has recognized opposition is leader juan guaidos the interim president , that is a significant blow to the maduro regime. Mike pompeo making the case. The regime of former president maduro is i will la i didnt tell matt. His regime is morally bankrupt. At least 26 people now have been killed in the violence in venezuela. The countrys armed forces are still pledging their allegiance to the embattled president. Overnight the interim president guaido called on diplomats to stay in the u. S. Following maduros move to close the embassy in the united states. Here is the latest from caracas. Reporter christine, dave, neither maduro nor the white house are walking away from the dra are matt tir mat tiare matt. Yesterday Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of the Venezuelan Embassy in washington and every consulate of venezuela in the united states. And reiterated that the u. S. Administration has until sunday to evacuate the embassy here or face the consequences of the interruption of the dip low he matt tick relations between caracas and washington. But on the other hand, the u. S. Administration is saying loud and clear that it does not recognize the rule by Nicolas Maduro and that those orders are meaningless. And as we see the diplomatic crises that could turn out into a very tense international standoff between caracas and washington, it is difficult to see how this could translate for the average venezuelan people, the people feeling the burn of five years of deep economic collapse and have the feeling that this crisis has only just begun. Christine, dave. China, turkey and syria now joining russia in criticizing the u. S. For recognizing guaido as venezuelas president. Lets bring in fret pligin fred. What is russias stake in all of this . Reporter their stake is massive, they have huge relations with venezuela, they have been making even bigger over the past couple of months, the past couple of years. They just signed a massive oil contract with the venezuelans. They just sent two extra strategic bombers to venezuela as well a couple months ago. So no secret that the Deputy Foreign minister told me made that russia is squarely in venezuelas corner and warned of possible intervention. There are dangerous signs of something going on along these lines. We warn everyone, not just the u. S. , but some others who may entertain these ideas from this type of action. The resort to military power would be catastrophic. Reporter also yesterday a phone call between Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Maduro where once again putin also pledged his support to maduro as well. But of course, when you have senior russian official, you have to ask him about possible relations between President Trump and the russians. I certainly did that as well. Here is what the Deputy Foreign minister said. There are even some questioning whether President Trump is an agent of russia. What do you make of that . It is completely, completely out of touch with anything that could be conceived as, you know, anywhere close to the reality. Reporter so we have the russians fl sls flatly denying again that President Trump has any ties to russia. So certainly some interesting facts going on there. Russians saying they certainly want better relations with the united states, but despite all the evidence that weve seen over the past couple of years, still continuing to deny that they meddled in the 2016 election. Good stuff in moscow. Thank you. Yeah, fred really working it. 18 past the hour. A School Superintendent in indiana helped get medicine for one of her students, so why is she facing criminal charges. They have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the Amazing Services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again audible members know listening has the power to change us, make us better people. With audible you get more. Two Audible Originals exclusive titles you cant find anywhere else. 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Were very thankful that you took the time out to search for casey and pray for him. And he is good. He is good. He is up and talking. Hes already asked to watch netflix, so he is good. Casey is being evaluated at a local hospital. So glad that turned out well. How far would you go to help a sick child . An indiana School Superintendent may have gone too far. Casey smitherman is charged with fraud, accused of pretending a sick student who didnt have Health Insurance was her son to get him medical treatment. Police say she took the 15yearold to urgent care facility after he missed school and had symptoms of strep throat. The teens actual guardian reported the incident and she turned herself in. The school board stands by her superintendent who they say did the right thing the wrong way. They issued a statement saying she practicen made an unfortuna out of concern for his welfare. In toledo, Police Officers fall through ice during a frantic rescue. They rushed to the scene after word of a 17yearold trap in the frozen pond. Officers walk on the ice, close enough to the teen to throw a flotation device attached to a rope, but thats when things took a turn for the worse. The ice starts breaking and an officer falls in. Give me your hand, give me your hand. [ bleep ]. Fortunately everyone has since recovered. File this one under a no gone left behind. A retired veteran who lost his leg in afghanistan was driving on the highway when he stopped to help someone with a flat tire. Turned out it was general colin powell. He says being with him felt like a lifetime. Both were headed to Walter Reed Medical Center for an appointment. General powell later thanked him on facebook in a post saying you touched my soul and made my day. Ahead, another missed pay day for 800,000 federal employees. Day 35 of this government shutdown, a dozen senators now trying to bridge the gap to end the stalemate. They pay sort of a prorated down payment. I have no idea what that means. The dynamics have not changed. The urgency has. Another no pay day friday. A dozen senators working to bridge the gap to end the shutdown. Michael cohen will go before congress after all. He plans to comply with a subpoena from the senate intel committee. The u. S. Ordering most personnel out of venezuela, the crisis in the country deepens, both sides struggling for control. And a Daring Rescue caught on video, officers try to save a teenager who fell through the ice go under themselves. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. It is friday, im christine romans. But it is not a pay day again for federal government workers. The second no pay day friday. 800,000 federal workers will miss this paycheck again today, day 35 of the partial government shutdown. Democrats and republicans dueling bills to reopen the government, both failed in the senate. Remarkably six republicans crossed the aisle to vote for the democrats bill that had no border wall money. No lawmakers are working behind the scenes on a solution, more than a dozen senators from both parties trying to put pressure on both sides. They want President Trump to reopen the government temporarily and nancy pelosi to make more commitments on border security. The white house indicating that it would be open to a three week stopgap funding bill only if it included a, quote, large down payment on the wall. One of the ideas suggested is they open it, they pay sort of a prorated down payment for the wall which i think people would agree that you need. Democrats greeted that idea skeptically. He is talking about a prorated down payment for the border wall. I have no idea what that means. Speaker pelosi called it not reasonable. An aide tells cnn that the idea that he has leverage is not in touch with reality. One big issue is a lask claick clarity on what the president would accept. And one possible tactic, the white house preparing a draft proclamation to declare a National Emergency along the southern border and identifying more than 7 7 billion of potential funds to build the wall. As soon as today, eight congressional leaders may meet with the president. And tempers are flaring in the center. Michael bennett unloading on senator ted cruz. Watch. These crocodile tears that the senator from texas is crying for First Responders<