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Walking arm in arm, and then weve got to make sure that we can attract the support of moderate republicans in the house to get something done. >> what would that look like, representative? what would you prefer? zblid. >> did you support what pelosi needed or the senate border bill that was passed by the house? >> i supported what speaker pelosi wanted, and eventually did what others did, and that is you hold your nose and you vote for the senate bill for some reasons that i hope the american pu...

Hard working men and women as a leverage or as a negotiating tactic when we dont agree on a specific policy. so i would hope were 29 days into this shutdown, i would hope the president has a message to reopen the government so we can mitigate the damages that have been caused. when i took my oath of office just two weeks ago, the government has been shut down. im taken eight votes on the house floor to reopen the government. the reality is the government could be opened today if mitch mcconnell ...

Be president and were going to trust in whatever decision he made. if that did not include a physical barrier for a wall that spanned the entire southern border, i think a lot of them understood that was probably not very feasible. they were going to be okay with it because he would enact other border measures. peter baker, youre at the white house. youve been covering this presidency. is there any talk behind the scenes about what they could do and the sort of leverage that donald trump has wit...

But we do know from the dhs statistics that a number of women are saying theyre being assaulted. a number of people are saying theyre being assaulted. the number of children and family units that our customs and border patrol are being asked to absorb is overwhelming the system. we have a congress that failed to close a loophole. they could close the loophole and not close the border. sandra: it sounds like theres room for compromise on the part of president trump. when i hear language from you,...

But we do know from the dhs statistics that a number of women are saying theyre being assaulted. a number of people are saying theyre being assaulted. the number of children and family units that our customs and border patrol are being asked to absorb is overwhelming the system. we have a congress that failed to close a loophole. they could close the loophole and not close the border. sandra: it sounds like theres room for compromise on the part of president trump. when i hear language from you,...

Statistics that a number of women are saying theyre being assaulted. a number of people are saying theyre being assaulted. the number of children and family units that our customs and border patrol are being asked to absorb is overwhelming the system. we have a congress that failed to close a loophole. they could close the loophole and not close the border. sandra: it sounds like theres room for compromise on the part of president trump. when i hear language from you, rather than talking about a...

U.s.-mexico border. what makes her position so tenuous at this point. >> the president is one happy that shes not moving aggressively enough to institute his draconian figures of shutting down the border. the problem is there are these things called laws she has to follow. shes been trying to explain that to him. shes by no means a moderate on border issues. these guys have been enacted some of the toughest border measures in our history. its not enough for president trump. this is an issue with...

>> i dont believe it has. this whole notion of accommodating the doo.r.e.a.m.e along with responsible border measures cleaning up the visa rot loath ri program and dealing with some of the family migration issues, its part of the graham durbin bill. it goes further than i thought many democrats would be willing to go. i think has republicans we ought to seize this opportunity and deal with it as part of either as a stand alone measure or as part of a budget agreement. im not saying its part of t...

And so what democrats are doing is that they are doing this in as much of a good faith as they can. they have always supported increased border security measures. yes, they supported billions of dollars in the past getting an immigration bill because it did have increased border security measures. it was not a wall. but here is my -- here is my -- >> they did vote for a wall it was a separate piece of legislation. >> here is my -- >> hold on, jack! >> here is my recommendation to the democrats i...

Senate and youve got a deal. now its incredible to me that out of 49 democrats, that there arent 9 of them that will compromise enough to say, here is a good proposal. the president will sign it. i can tell you equal branch of government, if the house and the senate, democrats and republicans, get together and agree on something, i would predict -- i would bet -- give you odds 10-1 the president will sign them. >> maria, finish it up. >> democrats have said time and again that they are willing t...