caucus. i hope republicans will not take the country down that road. we urge republican colleagues to work was. republican senator mike braun of indiana is pitching a different plan to colleague, all 50 republicans l support i. if a small group continue os its opposition, the government may shut down over the weekend to allow time to move the bill through the senate. joining us now, nbc capitolhill news correspondent leigh ann caldwell. good morning. thank you for being here. they re meeting with a lot of frustration and confusion. if a group of republicans continue its opposition, how long will the shutdown last,
entire federal government hostage because all he wants for christmas is $5 billion wall that mexico is to pay for is reckless and irresponsible. and how long could this shutdown last, do you think? mark meadows was saying in the last hour, there may be no end in sight. this could last a while. is that is that something the american people should be bracing for at this point? i believe the first crack in this in this situation will be when the democrats come into the majority status on january 3rd, and i believe one of the first orders of business will be to pass a funding bill and send it over to the senate. will it be something the president wants to sign though? that will be up to him, but but he created this crisis, hand now he wants to blame somebody else for it. don t democrats though have some responsibility in all of this? if you come back next week, if you put out a bill that you know the president is not going to sign, might you alternate point