afghanistan, president obama came, i think, at least 4 times. but picture him standing there and delivering an oration on obamacare and healthcare and how much he had delivered for it. inconceivable. it was a very strange performance by the president. well, interesting especially when he s gotten criticism that he didn t visit the troops, the fact that he wasn t at mar-a-lago, but you also heard the president, admiral, say that isis is not so dominant anymore, but last week side isis in syria was, quote, defeated. so is there any way to gauge here whether isis is defeated or just not as dominant? they are less dominant. i think that s fair to say. and one real measure of that, frances, is the territory they control. at one point, they, isis, controlled a significant chunk of both iraq and of syria and you might recall several years ago the islamic state was moving in tank columns and was a few hundred kilometers outside of baghdad. they controlled the second
plus a new poll on the public appetite partner impeachment. and we begin with a live look at the capitol on day eight of the partial government shutdown. two big stories developing today, president trump canceling plans to fly to mar-a-lago for new year s eve and threatening to close down the entire u.s.-mexico border if democrats refuse to fund the wall he promised his voters. and new details on how low the president was willing to go. nbc news learned that president trump backed down on his original demand of $5 billion but democrats turned down his revised request for $2.5 billion. we ve put forth at least three different offers to extend funding into the new year. the gotten themselves into a difficult situation and they re looking for us to give them a lifeline but we ve been clear. we are not going to allow the american people to be held hostage to a $5 billion or somewhere south of that ransom