welcome and more as we you in on this sunday morning, december 23, 2018. good morning, i m david cull culver in for adam tuss. and i m president trump is holding out for funding of his controversial border wall. democrats say they won t grant it under any circumstance. thousands of workers in our area and throughout the country won t be paid until after this is renblved. as s geoff bennett reports, it s high drama with al-world impact. reporter: president trump holed up at the white house as the partial government shutdown drags on with in no deal in sight. the stalemate hinging on trump s $5 billion demand for his siroature campaignse a southern bwader . one he repeatedly said mexico would pay for. the president who just days ago said he d be proud to shut down the govlernment order border security said it could last a while with democrats dug in. ed have never s a border wall. reporter: mr. tru summoned top aides and allies to talk strategy. th president later ap
a shooting at a mall. let us listen in. before the chief gets up, i have a few comments i d like to make. i ll not be able to say anything of what s already been said by so many sites at mass shootings in america. i don t want to be among the mayors that has to share these statements but i am. i grieve for these senseless killings and i ache for the stars left behind on the victims and on our community. and as we stand here in shock, i m proud of my first responders who instantaneously responded to the scene. the men and women of the greenwood police department, the greenwood fire department, the johnson county sheriff s office, the indianapolis metropolitan police department, the fbi, the atf and other departments as well, we want to thank them for their assistance in this operation last night. also, we have the faith community to show its support to the mental health experts, the red cross and government leaders at all levels. we ve been contacted by our state, our federa
militants are being held. the u.s. has not ruled out trying to rescue them. i m not going to have more specifics to share with you. i just want to be very clear that no effort is spared in trying to bring our people home. the u.s. s top attorney has vowed to bring his killers to justice. he has opened a criminal investigation into the killing. this justice department, this department of defense, this nation, we have long memories and our reach is very wide. we will not forget what happened and pepepe will be held accountable. one way or the other. the islamic state fighters demands that the u.s. stop airstrikes on them. they are threatening to kill another american hostage. washington will not negotiate with them. the u.s. continues to bomb their positions in northern iraq. james foley s killer, tell us more about what we know and what authorities are doing to track him down. basically, there are two lines of investigation. one is the close analysis of the video,
militants are being held. the u.s. has not ruled out trying to rescue them. i m not going to have more specifics to share with you. i just want to be very clear that no effort is spared in trying to bring our people home. the u.s. s top attorney has vowed to bring his killers to justice. he has opened a criminal investigation into the killing. this justice department, this department of defense, this nation, we have long memories and our reach is very wide. we will not forget what happened and people will be held accountable. one way or the other. the islamic state fighters demands that the u.s. stop airstrikes on them. they are threatening to kill another american hostage. washington will not negotiate with them. the u.s. continues to bomb their positions in northern iraq. james foley s killer, tell us more about what we know and what authorities are doing to track him down. basically, there are two lines of investigation. one is the close analysis of the video,
wearing old-school $8 pleated khaki, but his wife, well, she hates them. how this football fashion feud was ironed out. here we are in the middle of one of the biggest football weekends of the year and ron tells me we should be talking about defensive strategy but, in fact, we re talking about pleated khakis, which i ve also, by the way, seen ron wear. not on air, though. well, on air, just below the desk. yes. so it is the coach from san francisco and his wife is weighing in, and we know that bianna has a similar story at home. we ll get to that later. yeah, let s just say i m sympathetic as a wife. we ll leave it there. also coming up in this broadcast this morning, take a look at this amazing picture. it s a bolt of lightning striking a giant iconic statue of christ. we ll tell you about the damage coming up. and apparently that isn t the first time that lightning has stricken that statue, as well. we ll tell you more about that coming up. and imagine a