A call for Trump to help end shutdown and Musk picks a fight with NASA's chief: Morning Rundown

Republicans acknowledge Trump's limited engagement in shutdown talks.

Republicans acknowledge Trump's limited engagement in shutdown talks. The president is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the federal government. And, Elon Musk's tirade against NASA as the agency tries to get to the moon before China.

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Trump wants to 'break the record' for longest government shutdown, says Democratic congressman08:00As the government shutdown crosses the three-week mark, Democrats are increasingly calling on President Donald Trump to get more involved in finding a solution. Even some Republicans acknowledged that Trump has been disengaged and said it wouldn't hurt if he got more involved.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters that he and his House counterpart Hakeem Jeffries, of New York, have communicated to the president that they would “set up an appointment with him any time” to discuss health care and a possible end to the shutdown.

Trump has met only once with Schumer and Jeffries, on Sept. 29 — two days before the shutdown began — and it didn't go well. He reacted hours later by taunting the pair with an artificial intelligence-generated post that put words in Schumer's mouth and a sombrero on Jeffries’ head.