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I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Friday, December 28th. You ready? Let's do this.

We start today with an update on the partial government shutdown.

Yes, it's still going on nearly a week later with no clear ending in sight.

White House officials and lawmakers told the Wall Street Journal they think the

shutdown will be stretching into the new year.

President Trump has stuck to his demand for billions of dollars in funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border.

He calls the border wall essential for security and blames Democrats for the

but top Democrats

but top Democrats say while border security is important

a wall is wasteful and unnecessary

lawmakers actually took most of the Christmas week off

and some just got back to Capitol Hill yesterday.

At this point things seem to be at a standstill.

The journal reports White House officials did offer to cut the $5 billion needed for

a wall in half to $ and a half billion dollars but

top Democrats said no thanks so budget talks continue in the meantime don't

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