2016. doing that now especially after mitt romney does this op-ed, jeff flake is talking about maybe running. people like john kasich are involved. the campaign is off the ground now. if you put those protections in place, it will look hem handed, it will look late like they are rigging the system for the president. you two stick around for a little longer. lonnie and bob, thank you very much for joining us on this big day in d.c. we are keeping a like shot from the halls of the capital where we are, the first order of business, being opened to government. we will look at where this goes. if the house plan goes nowhere as expected in the senate. plus, president trump keeping up a battle with former top military leaders, doing a history rewrite on mattis saying he, himself, should have been a general. we re watching, the markets are down the dow is down some 500 points. this is all about apple.
that could effect agencies like dhs and doj and several other appropriations bills which have not been passed yet. it is unclear exactly what the plan is in particular. senate republicans as you noted earlier, don t seem to be have idea of what the white house is going to telegraph, if anything at all. it seems like senate leadership is also in the dark. i wonder if there is a plan or if the president wants to go all the way down to the wire and he thinks politically a shutdown is good for him. when you talk to trump supporters in the midwest, they say fine. shut the government down. you say what about all of these hundreds of thousands of workers who won t be paid? they say we have too many workers. why do we need washington? it is worth noting that not too long ago in front of cameras
the markets and he insists the economy is strong. the economy is strong. that is why the fed is raising interest rates. everyone will watch the fed tomorrow. central bank is widely expected to raise rates. what the fed says about future rate hikes is important for the direction of the stock market. there s no inflation really. tight labor market. google adding jobs. apple adding jobs. concerns of the stock market. since the election, the stock market is up 30%. things have stalled here. people think 2019 is not as good as 2018. lawmakers in the dark over any plan to avoid a government shutdown. if the white house has a plan they are keeping it to themselves. that is republican senator john kennedy of louisiana. we are now less than four days from a partial shutdown. it seems nobody on capitol hill knows what mr. trump is thinking. the president dug himself a hole
expulsion of the spies during the interference in the obama administration. he asked to mute reaction to that because the trump administration would come into office in a matter of days. what we were seeing from the memo released by the special counsel shows the level of detail in the questions that were largely yes or no questions that michael flynn said no to when, in fact, he had discussed these things with the russian ambassador. it adds to the level of drama the day that michael flynn is going to be sentenced as well as two associates indicted the day before for their work in turkey for lobbying. a lot of drama surrounding this sentence as people wait to see what his sentence will be. dave and christine. kaitlan collins, thanks. lawmakers very much in the dark about any plan to avoid a government shutdown.
there is a question among republicans i m talking to if the president wants a path forward at all. what senator richard shelby told me here is perhaps the president doesn t want a solution. perhaps the president wants a shutdown. he claimed as such up to this point. will they find a path forward? at this point friday is the deadline. there is still no plan. guys. phil mattingly, thanks. in event of a shutdown, some employees will be deemed essential and others would be placed on furlough. the family of the 2-year-old boy on life support is pleading for an expedited visa from the state department. the mother wants to fly from egypt to see him one last time.