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  1. Those coasters would make nice souvenirs.

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  2. It does look contentious in the Situation Room as , in folded arms stance, listens to . Posted by . (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

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  3. Trump meeting with Congressional leaders over border wall funding and partial Government shutdown leading network evening newscasts.

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  4. Pres Trump today notified Congress that some 80 US military personnel have been deployed to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to help protect US diplomatic personnel and facilities there. Violent demonstrations are feared in response to the Dec 30 elections there.

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  5. WH says there'll be a meeting Saturday at 11AM to continue efforts to reach agreement to fund border security and end the partial Government shutdown. Congressional Leaders will be represented by staff members, says the WH.

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  6. WH "exploring options" to prevent $10,000 pay raises for senior Federal officials from taking effect Saturday while 800,000 Govt workers are not getting paychecks. Congress failed to extend a pay freeze on senior officials for another year when funding bills weren't passed.

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  7. . announces Special Representative for Syria Engagement, Amb. James Jeffrey, will also assume the role of Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, the job held by Brett McGurk, who resigned after Pres announced decision to withdrew US forces from Syria.

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  8. Pres Trump ends news conference asserting that the Government shutdown has "a higher purpose" than some federal workers going without paychecks for a few weeks. He says he thinks they would say, "Mr. President. Keep going. This is far more important."

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  9. "I might consider that," said Pres Trump, asked by if he would ask his Cabinet officials not to accept the $10,000 raise due to take effect for them tomorrow.

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  10. "Should we keep this going?" Pres Trump facetiously asks press about the outdoor news conference. "Let me know when you get tired," he said, with tongue in cheek.

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  11. Pres Trump's statement on his meeting with Congressional Leaders turns into Rose Garden press conference.

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  12. Pres says it's fine by him if Democrats prefer a steel slats barrier to a concrete border wall. He says and local law enforcement, say it's better if they can see through the barrier. He says steel slats would be more powerful and beautiful than concrete.

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  13. Pres says he raised impeachment at meeting on Government shutdown. He said said, "we're not looking to impeach you." He said "you can't impeach somebody who's doing a great job." He denounced Rep. Rashida Tlaib for using a profanity in reference to him.

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  14. At the same time, Pres says the Government shutdown won't end until the dispute over border security funding is solved. "It's a matter of national security," he says, warning that terrorists enter the US. "They drive in and make a left," he said of them.

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  15. Pres Trump doesn't dispute Democratic characterization of their meeting as "somewhat contentious," but also thinks it was productive. also admits telling Democrats that the partial Government shutdown could go on for months, but hopes its just a few more days.

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  16. Pence says the objective of his weekend talks is not just to end the partial Government shutdown, but to reach agreement on border security funding. He says he enters the weekend talks "hopeful" for progress.

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  17. VP Pence says today's talks with Congressional leaders were "candid and constructive." And at the president's direction, Pence says he'll be holding additional talks this weekend in pursuit of an agreement. But again says there's a crisis on the southern border.

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  18. Pres Trump is standing by his demand for $5.6-billion to build border walls. "This is national security," He says the walls should have been built by "all the presidents that preceded me." "We're not playing games. We have to do it."

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  19. Pres says meeting with Congressional leaders was "very productive." Says they've "come a long way," though Democratic leaders gave a very different impression. Then shifted gears to trumpet today's jobs report, hailing 312,000 new jobs in December.

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  20. Pres Trump about to make statement in the Rose Garden, about his meeting with Congressional Leaders.

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