Alongside Yasmin Vossoughian, and lew and there are still no signs of a deal in the works. A letter yesterday from the white house to congressional leaders obtained by the Washington Post still demands 5. 7 billion for that border wall. Thats absolutely no change to a position that democrats have insisted is a nonstarter. Right now it seems the only area where the president is ready to compromise is over what the wall will be made of, something thats even rubbing some republicans the wrong way. We have been in touch with a lot of people and i informed my folks to say that well build a steel barrier, steel. It will be made out of steel. Why do you think the democrats would agree to a steel border . They dont like concrete, so well give them steel. Steel is fine. Steel is actually more expensive than concrete. But it will look beautiful and its very strong. Its actually stronger. Ive always thought that the debate over what the physical barrier should be constructed of was rather bizarre. We need to look at more than just a physical barrier. We need to look at more Border Patrol agents, technology and other means as well. Meanwhile, the shut down is threatening to delay tax refunds next month. 800,000 federal workers are about to miss their first paychecks. People who rely on food stamps could be cup off. Theres a shortage of tsa agents at airports and national parks, with trash piling up. As the Washington Post reports quote the Trump Administration which had not anticipated a longterm shut down recognized only this week the breadth of the potential impact. Several Senior Administration officials said. The officials said they were focussed now on understanding the scope of the consequences and determining whether theres anything they can do to intervene. The democrats position to reopen the government will negotiations continue. But what we have said is open the government and lets have a fulsome didnt and deliberation. This gun at our head approach with closing down the government is a thing we most oppose. This is the Third Largest government shut down since the currently Budget System was enacted in 1976. As we have mentioned we are now in day 17. We just passed the 2013 shut down that was under president obama. That one lasted 16 days. Tomorrow, well tie the 18 days from the 1978 shut down. That happened under president jimmy carter. If the shut down goes any longer than friday, it will replace the 1995 shut down under bill clinton as the longest current shut down under this system. On fox news sunday, host Chris Wallace pushed back at satellite and rad Sarah Huckabee sanders. Heres that exchange. We know that roughly, nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists come into our country illegally, and we know that our most vulnerable point of entry is at our southern border. I know the statistic, but i studied up on this, do you know where those 4,000 people are captured . The airports. Not always but certainly a large part. The state Department Says there hasnt been any terrorists coming across the border. Its air, land and sea, its all of the above. The one thing youre forgetting is the most vulnerable point of entry is our southern border and we have to protect it. Theyre not coming across the southern border, sarah, theyre coming and being stopped at airports. Theyre coming a number of ways. Im not disagreeing theyre coming through airports. They come by air, land and sea. And this past wednesday marked john kellys last day as white house chief of staff and the misinformation emanating from President Trump has only escalated. White house alumni see a possible reason for that during his time as chief of staff, general kelly reportedly made authentic end roads by clamping down on the paper flow to the oval office. One former white house official told axios, anyone who circumvented that process was going to have a serious problem. It has devovled into anarchy, adding someone mentioned a few days ago, its the old prekelly days with less people. That person went on to compare the Trump White House to the wild wild west saying at least during the early days he had a buffer with hope hicks and long time body guard keith. Daniel lemon, happy new year, lets talk about the government shut down on track to become the second longest in history after today. Possibly the longest in the governments history. Are there any signs of potential negotiation in the works . So one bad sign is there are no white house capitol hill meetings scheduled for this week as of now. There were a couple on saturday and sunday. But not a lot of problem made and, you know, trump clearly feels like he is winning with his base. His base will be on his side because he fought for this border wall. I think the steel versus concrete debate, thats something that at least shows trump can move a little bit on these types of promises. It seems like both sides are digging in and no one is giving in whatsoever, which is pretty disconcerting to say the least. The people that are actually really being affected are the federal workers that arent going to be getting paid. President trump said he can relate to federal workers on furlough throughout the shut down. Im not sure what hes talking about with regards to being able to relate to federal workers. Talk about the hardships these 800,000 plus people are feeling right now. Before i address that when i read the quote about how he can relative to federal workers not being able to pay his bills, what struck me is those thousands of lawsuits that contractors and vendors of the Trump Organization would file against donald trump for not paying his bills. Thats an irony that struck me that trump is keen on that point, but in terms of the hardships youre facing a lot of communities that have lots of federal workers, they are facing sales tax, you know, worries because fewer people are shopping. People who have food stamps, theyre going to face a real short fall in february with at least a billion dollars of food stamp money not getting paid, and then if the shut down lasts until march, then there will be no money for these food stamps and that will put pressure on congress to at least address that part of the, you know, shut down. I could be wrong, but the president has fore gone his president ial salary that he receives and i saw one pundit tried to make the point, he used a very narrow definition of not being paid as an example of what he meant. Dana lemon. Free housing in the white house. Well talk to you again in a little bit. President trump tweeted that isis in syria has been defeated. A claim which isnt true and he backtracked from in the following days. In fact, what he was ordering, actually, in the immediate withdrawal of troops was announced from the country, the administration then walked back afterwards. Now it turns out it may not be happening in the foreseeable future at all. Nbcs cara lee has more. Reporter good morning, the big headline so far, President Trump is not withdrawing troops from syria unless conditions are met. It may not wind up being the compete withdrawal, and its going to be the u. S. Whos going to finish the job against isis in syria, not turkey. John bolton is trying to reassure allies about the president s plans, and outlining a different policy than the one the president put forward last month. Bolton told us yesterday that no u. S. Troops are leaving Northern Syria until turkey can guarantee its not then going to go in and attack the kurds. He also told us quote there are objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal, and he signalled the u. S. Is going to leave some troops in southern syria as a deterrent to iran. President trump responding to this said he never said this was going to be a quick withdrawal which is not true and he said that the u. S. Is going to remain in syria until isis is gone, which is also a shift from what he had said last month. Bolton seems to have accomplished his goals here reassuring israeli officials about the president s plan, but he flies to turkey today where frankly he faces a much tougher audience in president erdogan. Back to you. Thank you, carol. The reveal of the Trump Administrations long awaited middle east peace plan has been delayed once again. U. S. Ambassador to israel David Friedman said the Israeli Palestinian peace plan will be presented quote within the next several months. The palestinian side has said that the u. S. Can no longer be considered a broker for peace following President Trumps decision to move the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem and it will not abide by the proposal nor cooperate with the americans. Last month, Israeli Police recommended that Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu be indicted on a variety of bribery and corruption allegations in response and in an attempt to draw public support, netanyahu called for an early election in april instead of near the end of the year, and ambassador friedman says the change in day is playing a role in delaying the peace proposal. Still ahead this morning. What are you thinking for 2020, is it too early for candidates to come . Never too early. Well head to iowa, the state that hosts the nations first caucuses to see what voters feel about 2020. And new reporting about how President Trumps fixation for a border wall began years ago by political advisers, we have those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. 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All in the same place as your live tv. Its all included with your amazon prime membership. Thats how xfinity makes tv. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Welcome back, everybody. Senator Elizabeth Warren kicked off her burgeoning president ial bid over the weekend with a threeday trip to iowa. The massachusetts democrat made her first visit to the state since 2014 to meet with voters ahead of iowas caucuses. Warren who began to lose her voice during her visit barely mentioned President Trump by name. Watch this. Okay. So the bad news is ive caught a cold. The good news is nevertheless, i persist. How do you debate someone who isnt interested in civility or facts . Did you have someone specific in mind in. So warren also hit the Trump Administration for its policy of separating families at the border. I went down to the border, and i saw the children that had been taken away from their parents. I saw cages full of women. And it was unbelievable. This was like a giant Amazon Warehouse that was dirty. We have to have an immigration system that understands the difference between the threat posed by criminals and terrorists and 9yearold girls. Joining us now from des moines, iowa, nbc news political report, ali vitali. Thanks for getting up early with us. Lets talk a little bit about Elizabeth Warren, latest democrat to visit iowa. Shes eyeing the 2020 president ial run. I know you have been there for a couple of days speaking to voters over the weekend. Tell us what they are telling you in terms of what they are looking for in a candidate. Reporter yeah, ayman, it may seem early in the political process for candidates to come to iowa, but none of the voters at a sports bar in des moines didnt feel it was too early for them to be acquainted for people who want to become president. You talked about Elizabeth Warren but you have julian castro, tom styre, a billionaire on wednesday. Take a look at what they had to say. If we could get away from the extremes and actually work toward compromise, i think thats going to be the way to go, and i hope the democrats can make that change. Im excited about the women. Women have maybe an additional challenge but i also like the compromise that, like it or not, that weve been brought up with. You know, women, we learn to compromise at an early age. We learn to Work Together at an early age. Right or wrong, good or bad, i think thats a reality, and i think that thats a very positive aspect. So you voted for trump and now youre looking for someone who will what . Who will make a change on that and not be so much like them, not so into the twitter and the fame and the glory. You know, running a business is one thing, but running our country is completely different. Theyre two sides of the spectrum. We need to get somebody thats more for the people and not about their own image and wanting to make themselves popular. We need to make the people popular. Reporter and that last man, richard gillbreth, he was a trump supporter looking for potentially a democrat this time around. More interesting than that, we spoke to people open to voting for trump. Some iowa voters not just seeing whats going on on the democrat side but also the republican side, ayman. Theres a possible list of 20 or so people that could feasibly be campaigning for president in 2020. Are there any names that popped up amongst iowa voters while you were talking to them . Reporter that was the key piece of this. While many of them feel that its not too early to hear from the candidates, one of the people we were talking to said its definitely too early to be black and white about who our choices are right now. Theyre in the listening and deciding phase, but no names are popping to the top of the heap. Theyre aware Elizabeth Warren is in town, theyre aware of the other candidates that are coming but none seem to have favorites heading in at least right now. See if any republicans come forward to primary the president. Ali vitali, thank you. Lets get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill cairns. Not a lot of snow in the forecast for the northeast over this winter but new england looks like its about to get a dusting. They need it, especially in the mountains. Its been wet and rainy in spots. We have a little snow this morning, areas on the northern portions of the great lakes are getting it, and youre going to wake up to snow on the ground in central michigan. Detroit is a snow hold. There will be a little bit of precipitation coming through and theres flakes starting to fly toward pittsburgh, cleveland and eerie. Some may not be hitting the ground yet and a rainy morning view along the Mississippi River in areas in the southern half of wisconsin and northern illinois. 15 Million People under Winter Weather headlines, Winter Weather advisories from fargo to duluth, green bay, same for you, alpena, and then as we go throughout this afternoon and this evening. A little glaze of snow and ice is possible from buffalo to syracuse, binghamton, altoona. The white and the green mountains, we could get up to 4 to 8 inches of snow tonight. All the other areas maybe a little coating and going over to temperatures warm enough that the roads will be fine later on tonight. The other story besides the wintry mess, the incredible warmth in the middle of the country. Usually its a january thaw. It hasnt been that cold anyway. 66 in st. Louis. Milwaukee, 48. 68 in tulsa. Dallas at 73 and we have a couple potential record highs from cedar rapids. Its cold in areas in the northeast. 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