Now an aid e has tell abc news that those talks have broken down. They could reach an agreement tomorrow, thats considered the last day to have lawmakers to consider and vote on legislation to fund the government by midnight this friday. However, hope for a breakthrough have now diminished. The white house chief of staff and mulvaney says the president is ready to act on his own if he does not get a deal he likes. We cant rule on a shutdown. Whether or not he gets 2. 5 or 5. 7 million, hes going to do whatever he legally can to secure that border. Is declaring a National Emergency still on the table or is he persuaded by republicans lets not go there. It is not a precedent. This is the law. One of the top negotiators believe there is still a 50 50 chance a deal could be reached. I dont think we would ever give up with the president will have some options, perhaps will have some options but short of a deal, theyre not good options. The next 24 hours a crucial, we can close some deals bu
reporter: you know, that s a great question, alex. we really are in uncharted territory as far as the state house and the virginia legislature are concerned. ralph northam, it hasn t really been raced. the lieutenant governor, justin fairfax in the wake of these two sex swal assault allegatiual as coming friday night. a democrat nimed patrick hoch from northern virginia said come tomorrow at 12:00 when the house is in session he s going to introduce these articles of impeachment against the l.a. times justin fairfax. the question, will it be taken up? near as we can tell, this would work similar to the way it does in the u.s. house and the u.s. senate back up in washington. in other words, the house of delegates by a simple majority could impeach an individual but then it would be up to the state senate by two-thirds majority toy convict.