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Stand upon. that first pillar that you stand upon that brought you here today is your faith. it is your faith that moves you. that second pillar, that move all of you to come here today on these capitol steps, is the respect for your flag. that flag that binds all of us together as one nation, as one people who are looking forward to a better america. the third pillar that you constantly remind us of is the importance of family. you see, this is a family. marjory stoneman was a family. this is a...

Tomorrow will mark a year of president trump took the oath of office on the capitol steps. unfortunately, a trumps shutdown would be a perfect encapsulation of the chaos he unleashed. instead of bringing us together, he pulled us apart. instead of governing us in the m middle, he outsourced to the extreme. hes been a single driving force in congress and now at this late hour, his behavior is on the verge of grinding our government to a halt, a trump shutdown.

Senators didnt come close to that. the bill got 50 votes. voting against party lines. the white house didnt waste time in stating blame. they called democrats obstructionist losers. heres what the senate majority and minority leaders had to say. >> tomorrow marks a year to the day president trump took the oath of office on the capitol steps. unfortunately, a trump shut down would be a perfect encapsulation of the chaos hes unleashed. on our government. instead of bridge r bringing us together, h...

Deal, its almost as if you were rooting for a shutdown. and now well have one. and the blame should crash entirely on president trumps shoulders. this will be called the trump shutdown. this will be called the trump shutdown because there is no one, no one who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than president trump. he walked away from two bipartisan deals, including one today in which i even put the border wall on the table. what will it take for president trump to sa...

Capitol steps. unfortunately a trump shutdown would be a perfect encapsulation of the chaos he has unleashed on our government. instead of bringing us altogether, he has pulled us apart. if you think senator schumers critique of donald trumps first year in office is bad, my next guest says it is worse than you think. joining me now is david k. johnston author of "its worse than you think." donald trumps approval ratings are bad. 37% -- 39% approve of him, 57% disapprove of him. even the thing ...

And the blame should crash entirely on president trumps shoulders. this will be called the trump shutdown. this will be called the trump shutdown because there is no one, no one who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than president trump. he walked away from two bipartisan deals. including one today in which i even put the border wall on the table. what will it take for president trump to say yes and learn how to execute the rudiments of government? tomorrow marks a ye...

The special election. whats the tenor of things there? whats going on? >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon, alex. we were in montgomery earlier this morning but we ran down the road here to selma, alabama, where doug jones just finished up partaking in a christmas parade as well as an event on the city hall capitol steps. which is to note doug jones is on the campaign trail. theres only one candidate campaigning. roy moore was not on the campaign trail yesterday, was not on the campaign trail toda...

Tacky. they wont stop. >> jesse: biden was asked what trumps greatest accomplishment was. he said he married well. to juans point, his poll numbers may be down but he still beats hillary clinton. excuse me. crooked hillary clinton. if the election were held today, hillary still loses, juan. those are your poles. >> juan: frederica wilson, the congresswoman he was going after, she beats him. >> gillian: jesses mother is right. sometimes you make good points in spite of yourself. >> jesse: im goin...

It on the capitol steps, but dont do it at midfield, and certainly dont do it in a disrespect for people in uniform of the flag. >> martha: i did see a lot of very emotional players when they played the anthem and there was a lot of military presence on the field, which was a very good thing on veterans day, and some of it was very well done. switching gears in a big way. i know that you are friends with the pro-life activists star jones, i mean, excuse me. i want to play this for you, this back...

Capitol steps. the next few stages in the republicans $1.5 trillion tax cut effort. the $4 trillion budget plan passed by the senate now goes to the house which has already passed a tax cut bill. the house could, however, just pass the senate blueprint or negotiate a compromised budget. once a budget is passed, the house will then start writing a tax bill and likely will face fierce opposition by the democrats. >> these folks have made reputations for themselves as fiscal hawks. theyre fiscal ch...