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The government is STILL shut down
By Veronica Rocha, Meg Wagner, Brian Ries and Amanda Wills, CNN
Updated 1 min ago2:10 p.m. ET, January 4, 2019
Trump calls meeting with Democrats "very, very productive"
From CNN's Maegan Vazquez
President Donald Trump kicked off his remarks in the Rose Garden by noting that he had a “productive meeting” with Senate leadership and “came a long way.”
“I thought it was really a very good meeting. Were all on the same path in terms of wanting the government open,” Trump said.
The President added that a designated group will meet over the weekend “to determine what we’re going to do about the border.”
He did not say who was a part of the designated group.
That's a slightly rosier assessment than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's summary, who described it as "sometimes contentious" but admitted progress was made -- though she described it as better understanding each other and eliminating some possibilities.
NOW: Trump speaks in Rose Garden
President Trump is speaking in the White House Rose Garden after meeting with Congressional Democrats amid talks to reopen the government and fund border security.
We'll bring you highlights here as they come.
SOON: White House says Trump to speak in Rose Garden
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders just announced that President Trump will speak to the press about the just-concluded meeting with Congressional leaders. We don't know if he'll take questions.
Timing: Any moment.
The President will address the press in the Rose Garden and provide an update on the meeting with Congressional Leadership. This will be open press.
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Schumer: Trump threatened to keep the government closed for "months or even years"
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he pleaded with President Trump not to "hold millions of Americans hundreds of thousands of workers hostage" during their White House meeting.
But Schumer said Trump wasn't willing to work with Democrats -- and would continue to keep the government closed.
"We told the President we needed the government open. He resisted. In fact he said he would keep it closed for a very long period of time, months or even years," Schumer said.
Lawmakers had contentious discussion on several key issues, Schumer said.
"The discussion then, we discussed a bunch of issues as the leader said that were contentious and we will continue discussing of course, but it's very hard to see how progress will be made unless they open up the government," Schumer said.
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Pelosi describes meeting with Trump as "lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation"
Newly elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the press they just completed a "lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation" with President Trump.
She said that while Democrats are "committed to keeping our border safe," they believed the priority should be reopening the government first.
"We really cannot resolve this until we open up government," Pelosi said. "We made that very clear to the President."
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NOW: Pelosi and Schumer speak to press after a shutdown meeting with Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck are speaking to the press assembled in the White House driveway after meeting with President Donald Trump.
The midday meeting between Trump and the newly powerful Democrats came as a partial government shutdown wears on, even as both sides become further entrenched and an end to the stalemate becomes ever more elusive.
We'll bring you highlights in a moment.
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