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Does not seem to be much urgency here in washington to resolve this problem, and the shutdown could last for many more days to come. abby philip, cnn, the white house. >> abby, thank you for the reporting. lets bring in james davis, dean of political science at the university of saint gallen. this hour fliefrm us in live for us in munich, germany. >> good morning, george. >> this shutdown, the word now, james, this could go for several weeks into the new year. and neither side really having the ...

Republicans believe he should shut down the government over the border wall. and so although this is hitting his overall popularity and certainly hes extremely unpopular with democrats now, 90% disapprove of him, and very increasingly unpopular with independents, when it comes to his base, which is what donald trump seems to have been preoccupied with ever since he announced his candidacy for president, hes largely delivering on that issue that they care about. >> richard, you know, heres the th...

Compromise. i she as a compromise, and so certainly if thats on the table, you would find a number of republican members encouraging the president to go ahead hand accept that. >> i want to ask you about something that happened earlier this year. there was a deal on the table, included 25 billion. >> right. >> now were talking about 1.3, 25 billion for border security, including the wall in exchange for a number of changes to the immigration system. >> right. >> and -- and at least legal status ...

>> congressman, i want you to listen to what the house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows told our dana bash earlier today. he is saying democrats were never serious about this negotiation. lets listen to that. >> the democrats are not willing to put up even 2.5 or $2.6 become. they were never serious about it. they were wanting the amnesty portion. not the border security portion. when you look at that, thats one of the tragedies of today. >> your response to the congressman on that. >> liste...