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later. thank you for joining us. im kasie hunt. dont go anywhere. "cnn this morning" starts right now. ♪ good morning, everyone. glad youre with us. im poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. the number of hostages believed to be in gaza has risen, 240. according to the israeli military. this comes as israeli soldiers and tanks push deeper into the gaza strip with prime minister benjamin netanyahu refusing to halt the ground and air assault on hamas. >> just as the united s...

We know how close these elections have been particularly in the swing states. i think it on the belt and the swing states they could really influence the outcome. 1992 with bill clinton at ross perot and george bush. anything is possible with an outcome as close as it may be and it may be the independence that have the final say in this thing in november. susan ferrechio from the washington times fascinating year, thanks. jon: fox news alert sources tells congressional leaders everyday short-ter...

Accordingly so we can create private sector jobs which will then spur growth. >> julie: i want to talk about border spending in the bill. what do you think of the $15.6 billion for day-to-day operations and 1.56 billion for cbp. medical services, processing, etc. , 800 million for fema shelters and services and the list goes on. remember, title 42 is up tomorrow and so its expected they are going to have an influx of illegal immigrants. i guess thats why they need to set up tents rather than kee...

Understandably would not will safe, you had cartels and gained members and now who knows coming across and without operational control of the border all of that is at risk. the federal government yesterday in the rules committee deemed the passage of the $3 trillion bernie sanders budgeting that passed when the rule passes. we didnt debate it or even try to out locate the money where it needs to go but the money needs to go to the border and national defense. first and foremost that is the const...

We have a responsibility as a neighbor and our past experience in meddling in their affairs to give proper support, not cut off the support as president trump and his administration have done. >> so you heard the vice president, mike pence, who said, blaming democrats largely in congress saying if they would have agreed to border spending, you know, proposals, then there would be more money allocated to these detention facilities so that there would be more resources. whats your response to that...

Floor yesterday. thats the moment were in. the point for the president is he has not been able to convince lawmakers that -- to see it his way. one democratic senator said to me, the president can easily be shown hes not winning this argument. therefore, change tactics, lets begin anew with additional negotiation on border spending. thats where i think we are right now. and no one here on capitol hill will really buy into what is going to happen until the president says that. thats not just caut...

February 8th. lets listen in. not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. >> so there you have it, the motion was not agreed to. 52 senators voted in favor of this proposal. how many republicans did we see break with their party and vote to reopen? >> i dont have the whip count yet, i was with senator chris koons of delaware. he is saying about 20 senators of both parties are about to make their position known that they want to call for a three-week reopening of the governm...

Him. >> david, is that likely to happen, is it the president that will get the blame, when it comes to the giving margaret was talking about, it appears that he is the one thats giving very little when you have lawmakers who have been proposing plans that mean some border spending, not perhaps 5.7 for a wall but a reduced figure. it is the president saying thats the figure that i want, period, and not budging. >> good morning, fred. margaret is right, we havent seen political incentives on eithe...

Wouldnt do that and at the same time said he would be proud to open a shutdown. i talked to a lot of republicans who made clear that a shutdown at this point doesnt get you up in. all it gets you is 800,000 federal workers furloughed or having to work at the moment for free. it doesnt change his negotiating position at all. in fact, it makes it worse because if the shuddown rides all way through the new year what you have then are democrats reopening the government. and by the way, the house-pas...

To catch up and talk about things like their grandchildren and brexit. a big story in 2016. but because her justice department was weighing charges against bill clintons wife that day, charges that never came, lawmakers want more information and more detail and they want it on the record this morning. >> bill: well wait for that live from the hill. thank you, sir. >> julie: fox news alert. a potential breakthrough on the horizon on the fight over border spending as the trump administration signa...