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Pelosi. i mean, i think this president thought that maybe he could just run over nancy pelosi, that he was so sure of himself, that no one thought the possibility he shut the government down, that she would just shut him down like shes doing. how do you think hes taking that? >> well, i sort of think about the time that my kids complained to my wife about being sent to bed early at 7:00. and the next night they went to bed at 6:00. so they were really surprised when that happened. i think the pr...

There. that failed spectacularly. the speaker fired back with her own letter saying, quote, i am writing to inform you that the house of representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the presidents state of the union address in the house chamber until government has reopened -- or has opened. nothing remotely like this has ever happened before, ever. and it apparently caught this white house completely off guard. heres what sources are telling cnn. that officials werent e...

Trumps plan doesnt have enough votes. the democratic bill got more votes from than that republica. i think mitch mcconnell was making very clear to the president this isnt good enough. now lindsey graham is talking to the white house. maybe there will be some movement here. i dont want to wait three or four weeks to get movement while people still dont get paid and february 1 comes in they cant pay rent. >> dana: what is the way to break the logjam? >> jesse: i wanted to see the president ignore...

American people. the first meeting she had with president trump, she freaked out when he brought in all the cameras to look at how the sausage was being made, to talk about what was going on to negotiate in public. she shut that down. shes also shutting down transfers and when it comes to the president talking to the american people, but luckily he has other outlets. >> shannon: dave, how do you think this goes question worksheet said in the initial letter now just a couple weeks ago saying we a...

>> reporter: president trump today tried to call speaker pelosis bluff, writing, "dear madam speaker -- i look forward to seeing you on the evening of january 29th in the chamber of the house of representatives." adding, "it would be so very sad for our country if the state of the union were not delivered on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location." pelosis reaction? >> stay tuned. >> reporter: shortly after, she canceled his planned address to congress, writing, "dear mr. president...

>> oh, yeah. she punked him good. yeah. >> oh, boy, you just got something thrown at the tv. >> yeah. sorry, but yeah. she called his bluff. he thought he was calling hers. but she called his. and the president tonight recognized that probably the only place he could hold a speech is some alley in d.c. so you know, ill just wait until after the shutdown. nancy pelosi, i think to the congresswomans point, she knows her caucus. she knows where she can go, how far out she can go. and there is no re...

Did she just win a round? >> oh, yeah. she punked him good. yeah. >> oh, boy, you just got something thrown at tv. >> yeah. sorry, but yeah. she called his bluff. he thought he was calling hers. but she called his. and the president tonight recognized that probably the only place he could hold a speech is some alley in d.c. so you know, ill just wait until after the shutdown. nancy pelosi, i think to the congresswomans point, she knows her caucus. she knows where she can go, how far out she can ...

President. and i think in some ways that can happen because he will see the failure of these two bills coming up in the united states senate. >> michael, this is not billiards, nor is it terrapin football, but at the ritzsk of having something thrown at the television inside the white house, was this advantage pelosi today? did she just win a round? >> oh, yeah. she punked him good. yeah. >> oh, boy, you just got something thrown at tv. >> yeah. sorry, but yeah. she called his bluff. he thought ...

Pelosi called his bluff. what we have got here is that the base of each party is dug in. the democrats dont want him to cave. the conservatives are beginning to fray a little bit. thats why the president met with them today because they dont like his latest proposition from some conclusion to all of this. ann tweeted we voted for donald trump but we got jeb bush. they dont like what he proposed as temporarily helping dreamers. so he may be a little worried about that base crumbling. pelosi is st...

>> the president clearly wanted to go up to congress next tuesday and deliver that state of the union address. nancy pelosi -- he thought nancy pelosi would blink. she didnt blink. shes tough. is this the first time the checks and balances that the constitutional founders thought of are playing out for this president? >> its certainly the case that in nancy pelosi, president donald trump appears to have met his match. he all but dared her to un-invite him from delivering the state of the union a...