Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 01/22/2019, including: Gallup on January 8 published a poll that showed that conservatives outnumber liberals in America. The most resilient political fact over the last half-century is the clear majority of Americans who identify themselves as "conservative" rather than "liberal." Even California has a conservative advantage, according to some polls; Waiting for a shutdown to end in disaster, Aides on Capitol Hill fear that a dramatic government failure may be the only thing to force President Trump and the Democrats back to the table; A generation of post-millennials is poised to enter the electorate as perhaps the most liberal age cohort ever, fueled by unprecedented diversity and expansive views of the role of government, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. Generation Z takes an even more liberal view of the role of government in society than do millennials. Seven in 10 members of Generation Z say the government should do more to solve problems, while just 29 percent say government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals.