Allison barber is at the white house where the president is threatening to close the u. S. Border. Correspondent peter doocy is on capitol hill were members of congress are not, but we begin with National Correspondent William Lodge and is who is following all the latest of elements from los angeles. Good evening, william. Just hours ago, the rest was confirmed of gustavo arriaga, a convicted drunk driver with outstanding warrants. The california sheriff also confirming the arrest of two other illegal immigrants, a brother and coworker who tried to cover the location of arriaga as he tried to flee to mexico. But at the Surveillance Team intersected him near bakersfield where he surrendered without incident. He is the Mexican National who enter the u. S. Illegally in arizona, wanted for killing 33yearold ronil singh, who emigrated legally from fiji. He was married with a 5monthold son and he took this Photo Christmas day, just hours before he and his k9 partner stopped a possible drunk
But they house the enemy. They take care of the enemy. We just cant do that. I look forward to meeting with the folks from the new leadership in pakistan. Well be doing that in the not too distant future. I ended the 1. 3 billion that we pay like water to pakistan. I ended that. We ended a lot of money being sent out on a monthly basis and yearly basis to countries that dont vote for us in the united nations. We want something to help certain countries. You know, its not all about the rich countries. The rich countries do take advantage of us. They pay a small percentage of military and cheat on trade. Other than that, theyre wonderful. But there are countries that are poor that we will we dont want anything from them. Theres horrible things going on in the world and we want to help those people. We dont want that. Were not looking for that when you have massively wealthy countries that have very low military costs because the United States subsidizes them, so they take advantage of us
Facebook much more than their holiday pics. The controversial highly political post she is promoting and how it could impact the high court. Welcome to the lead, im dana bash in for jake tapper. And we begin this friday afternoon with the politics lead. A new year, a new Congress Fast approaching, President Trump issues another shutdown threat. This time, the warning is that he may seal off the entire southern border with mexico and insisting the federal government will not reopen until he gets his billions in wall funding. Day seven of the partial shutdown and neither side is giving ground. White house press secretary, sarah sanders, telling cnn the president has been in the office for the past several hours and making calls all morning. But it seems much more of his attention has been on his twitter feed. Cnns jessica dean joins me now from the white house. Jessica, we learned today the president will stay in washington through new years instead of going to his Maralago Club in flori
Jongun and kanye west during a Cabinet Meeting. Well get to all of it. We will begin with day 12 of the government shut down and a meeting scheduled to start any moment between the president and top lawmakers from both parties. Its happening in the white house situation room. No cameras. We saw lawmaker as arrived. We saw them moments ago arrive. Well keep an eye on the west wing to see if anybody talks about potential progress. In that Cabinet Meeting, President Trump insisted he will keep the government closed for as long as it takes until he gets money for his border wall. How long is the government going to stay partially shut down . Could be a long time, could be quickly. Could be a long time. Its too important a subject to walk away from. I think the people of this country think im right. Again, i could have done nothing. I could have a lot easier presidency by doing nothing. Im here, i want to do it right. Incoming House Speaker nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer set to attend the m
It hits the upright again. Thats impossible. The winner of the first annual Carol Burnett award. Can i look back and say once more im so glad that we had this time together. Thank you. The trumpets they go. Steve i love looking at that montage Carol Burnett a pioneer at the end she pulled on her ear which was originally a signal to her family hey, i love you. Now the whole world knows about it. Now she has her own award. Ainsley we will get to. So Golden Globes from last night and some of the speeches. Brian and some of the stupid speeches like Christian Bales. Steve wasnt very political. The host said we are not going to get political they did not. Brian but he did. He did cheney. Ainsley im sure everybody at home watched. Steve one of the awards i only saw one which means to show you im busy watching tv. Ainsley brian has seen one movie over the course of five years and he talks about it every day. When bohemian ma rap is i won he could talk about it. I can stop talking about fred cl