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Bill to keep government open. as you said, dean, a.p. headline senate democrats derail bill to avert shut down. and bloomberg saying u.s. shut down starts as senate democrats block g.o.p. funding plan. they are used to getting confirm from the media. no matter their actions. if there this case its just so blindingly obvious what theyre obsessed with and focused on. rachel: everything in the bill, pete, they agree with they agree with chip. they agree with the funding in there its really just dac...

Negotiation is the goodlatt bill, which has the votes to pass. >> you keep bringing up leadership and the president, right? when mitch mcconnell said earlier this week hes looking for signs -- >> literally said that. >> wasnt talking about government shutdown, he was talking about immigration, but when these people are in a room and discussing and working with the white house, marc short said that, i dont know if they know what the president is willing to do. i think they know what the president...

Expect the president to sign it. >> congressman brooks, hang on a second. isnt that a little bit problematic that a presidential tweet carries no merit in your book when it comes to work that needs to be done in progress? isnt that a problem? >> we have seen a number of communications from the white house over the past year or so that are somewhat internally inconsistent with what ends up happening and so what -- >> how do you know who to listen to? >> what he tweeted this morning may be differe...

>> on everything -- >> hes talking about a wall, but he says, now weve got mountains and rivers and everything, we dont need a wall all the way across the rio grande. >> i dont mind if theres a negotiation on what we describe as a wall and how big it is and all of that. but this president has got to get a wall. he cant walk away from that. to me, the most interesting thing today was watching it live. i think they should make all of this stuff live. >> did you think it was real? >> i do, to some ...

Confronted the minor leader, chuck schumer over this issue. you had a significant meeting with him. tell us about that. >> we want to keep some of the conversation private, obviously, as professionals. but it has been the stance of the congressional hispanic caucus, the d.r.e.a.m. act is our most important piece of legislation. we made it clear that the democrats would not support a resolution if there was no fixing the d.r.e.a.m. act. we encouraged chuck schumer to do the same and to talk to ot...

Because once doug jones is seated, republicans still have the majority, but its only 51 vote. that makes any one republican very important, because they could make demands that have to be met. it means that the democrats are in a far better bargaining position. thats why the republican senators have every incentive to try to make their deal, make peace with their house republican counterparts and get this bill through, because sooner or later, doug jones is going to be seated. now, the secretary...

>> melissa: whats the relationship like? >> it appears they have a pretty good relationship. one of the ones president trump has sought to cultivate on a personal level though they may disagree on big issues and the other has been japans president abe where hes met with more than xi jinping. >> melissa: there was talk about start trade war. i dont know how many people took him seriously and people realized it was his bargaining position. >> i think he wants u.s. goods having a better chance to b...

I think thats his bargaining position. with regard to the politics with the base, the base has no wall. they have no obama care repeal. they have a deal with chuck and nancy, if you will recall. i think theres a little bit of anxiety inside that white house with steve bannon gone about making sure that you are always playing to the base, but i worry that its less catering at this point than pandering to people who are i think misinformed about the consequences. it is almost like trump is now say...

Thats going to repeal and replace obama care. whatever way we look at this going forward, because of the republicans failure to get this done, its going to be painful for him. >> i want to pick up on this, because im curious about the politics of it. one the one hand, look the president promised this on the campaign trail. hes keeping a promise that helped get him e elected. if you look at the polls most people support the idea of the provision of contraception. so, you know, hes pleasing his ba...

Rescue it. i think thats his bargaining position. with regard to the politics with the base, the base has no wall. they have no obama care repeal. they have a deal with chuck and nancy, if you will recall. i think theres a little bit of anxiety inside that white house with steve bannon gone about making sure that you are always playing to the base, but i worry that its less catering at this point than pandering to people who are i think misinformed about the consequences. it is almost like trump...