Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned

after the show for a message from Walmart. And I'm Jake Sherman, AP Bolton, a U.S. military officials

says U.S. troops have begun the process of withdrawing from Syria. At the end of today, we are 21 days

into this government shutdown.

That will be the longest government shutdown in American history come tomorrow morning.

This shutdown is not only stunning for its length, but it's stunning because every side believes they're winning.

Republicans are pointing to the Politico morning consult poll, which showed Hill Republicans are not seen to blame.

Democrats look at President Trump and see an out-of-control executive pushing for an unpopular and ineffective border wall with divisive rhetoric.

Think about it this way.

Washington has been through dozens of legislative fights in the last 10 years.

This might be the only time

where there has actually been zero progress in three weeks, like none, not one inch or scintilla

of movement. At this point, it appears as if the president is likely to use some sort of executive

authority, declaring a national emergency as the most likely scenario to try to build the wall.

Senator Lindsey Graham said yesterday he should do it, with this line as the coded to his statement.

I hope it works.

Trump spoke to Fox News host Sean Hannity last night where he said freshman Democrats want to make a deal because they do not believe they could win the battle over the wall.

For the record, we spend every day in the Capitol and have not heard any freshmen say that.

Some freshman Democrats have been a bit more eager to negotiate than others, but we haven't heard

any of them say Trump is right on the wall.

If Trump uses the emergency declaration, Congress will move immediately to open the government,

and will be able to do so relatively quickly.

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