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Christmas lights in the background saying i am still here. but youre right, there is no plan on brexit that a majority of parliament wants and that is still the reality after she survived that very dramatic day yesterday where she had that vote of no confidence. britain voted 2 1/2 years ago to leave the european union. 2 1/2 years on, it seems we still dont know what we want that to look like. >> those great english poets, the clash, why dont they pick a side? why dont they call boris johnsons ...

But i dont think that is quite the case. she seems to really have wrapped up the democratic support she needs and looks to become the next speaker. she called his bluff right on camera as he was trying to call hers. i think trump is in a difficult position for the reasons that chris pointed out that the members voting on this loss because of trump and may therefore be reluctant to help him secure one of his priorities which is the border wall. pelosi is coming in with the wind at her back. >> te...

House of its not going to get past in the senate. >> the fact is you can get started that way. >> the house and get passed very easily and we do but the problem is the senate because we need ten democrats to vote and they wont vote. >> laura: pelosi challenge the president and republicans in the house. they might call her bluff. house republicans said late today they will try to pass a $5 billion funding bill for the wall. this would be a stunning rebuke of nancy pelosi. my question is would a s...

>> the fact is you can get it started that way. >> the house we can get past easily. we do. the problem is the senate. we need ten democrats to vote. they wont vote. >> laura: pelosi challenge the president and republicans in the house. they might call her bluff. house republicans said late today they will try to pass a $5 billion funding bill for the wall. this would be a stunning rebuke of nancy pelosi. my question is would a shutdown put pressure on schumer to cough up the democratic votes ne...

But i would still like to see a smooth ending here and i havent given up hope thats what well have. no matter who persipitates the government shut down, the american people dont like it. >> i wish it had gone better but this is round one of negotiations both public and private will be going on. >> i dont believe the mans bluff. if i were playing poker with him right now and i didnt have the cards, id fold those rascals id believe hes prepared to do what he says hes prepared to do. >> according t...

In the business. pelosi knows what can and cannot get done in congress. you heard her tell the president she does not think he has the votes to get his $5 billion on republican votes alone, setting aside the senate entirely. so the president better come work with her. then schumer calling his bluff. saying as the president bragged about all the progress he believes has been made along the border if you really think its that good, why dont we just continue funding this for another year, knowing f...

Senate majority leader chuck schumer and speaker nancy pelosi clashing with the president. the president pushed on funding for his long promised border wall saying he would own a shut down if it happened. lets sort this all out. nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett is there. nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake is with us. msn msnbcs jacob soboroff is in palm beach, california, covering immigration closely. what stood out to me at one point when the president said somethi...

Bob mueller. last night, senator flake tweeted, quote, the senate needs to protect the special counsel. and again and again last week again, joe, the majority leader mitch mcconnell says we dont need legislation like this. theres no way donald trump would do anything to get rid of robert mueller. so again we ask what gives him that can confidence. >> say what you will, jackie, about jeff flake, his mournful face, his floor speeches and his lack of action -- >> sometimes theyre tiring. >> he is g...

>> it will be better to get a shut down with a new congress and the democrats control one chamber. hes going to blame them. republicans right now control all of washington. >> hes the president. is he going to shut down the government? >> he want to do it. >> whether its real or a bluff we will find out. as we go to break, jim mattis paying his respects to george h. w. bush a short time ago. >> a young man, he proved his valor in tough circumstances. for the rest of his life he was the same kind...

Live with the decision and sometimes things work out great and sometimes i was very worried they wouldnt. you suit up to the president, that goes with the territory. >> sandra: remarkable to look back at that exchange. >> yeah. i so well remember, it was thanksgiving of the year of the invasion of kuwait by iraqi forces. and we were -- the united states and its coalition partners were massing forces in the region. we had bases out in saudi arabia to defend saudi arabia and from which to mount an...