This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, December 19th. I'm Kate Trinko.

And I'm Daniel Davis.

Pawan Kalian made a name for himself as a movie star in India.

Now he's leading a political movement.

He spoke to the Daily Signal during a visit to Washington, D.C. and will play that interview in today's episode. Plus, some people are arguing

that human extinction might actually be a good thing. Seriously, in the New York Times.

We'll discuss.

But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines.

The White House may be signaling a willingness to accept a spending bill without their requested funding for a border wall.

Here's Press Secretary Sarah Huckaby Sanders on Tuesday.

The Senate's thrown out a lot of ideas.

We're disappointed in the fact that they've yet to actually vote on something and pass something.

So when they do that, we'll make a determination on whether or not we're going to sign that.

In the meantime, we're looking at every avenue available to us possible.

The President's asked every one of his Cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used

to protect our borders and give the president the ability to

fulfill his constitutional obligation to protect the American people by having a secure

border.

So we're looking at the other options in the meantime we'll see

what the Senate does and we'll let you know we have an announcement on that front.

The deadline for a spending bill is this Friday. Previously President Trump

had said he had to get at least 5 billion for the

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