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Im also learning tonight the president is in the residence of the white house, you can see that behind me here, he is watching this vote. they are watching this very carefully. they do believe they have the votes in the house of representatives. the president was on the phone earlier today with some of his freedom caucus supporters. they are going to be with him, we are told. the senate is a bigger unknown. we do not know if that vote will happen tonight. final vote or tomorrow. the white house ...

Inviting chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, paul ryan and mitch mcconnell into the room, they all sit down, and we can resolve all these issues in two or three days. but until the president decides he wants to be president, and not just some tweeter on the outside criticizing the process, then its just going to go on and on with no resolution. >> the thing about this is it just keeps happening again and again. right back in 2013 pointing out when the president was blaming barack obama and saying they ...

From capitol hill in the mid of votes. open. third vote is crucial one on government shutdown. as you can see we are in process. telling cnn now white house is already calling agencies to make sure plans are in place in case of a shutdown. jeff sezeleny out front in the white house. what are you learning? >> reporter: we are learning of course the main normal course of business are really taking place what would lead to a government shutdown. we do know the president and white house in the last ...

I dont think supporting daca is hard left position. i think the country overwhelmingly supports daca. there are lots of other things we can do with immigrtion reform but it would be really easy to get a clean daca bill at least through the senate, im not sure about the house. >> you know, joan, just to clarify, i wasnt saying the support of daca was having the hard left go into the corner. what i was saying was the blame game for the government shutdown is what i was expressing right there. >> p...

Dealing with some issues that were dealt with 50 years in words and comments and phrases and sayings is a problem. and when you have the nations oldest civil rights organization not make thg a political issue but issue of the heart and reality, definition is when racial prejudice empower me, thats the definition, and if you look at both and some of the issues that have happened, you would say it begs the question are you a racist. and i dont think lindsey graham is in the position to say hes a r...

The republican resolution to fund chip and keep the government open. so did the president really not understand his own partys resolution? or is he for some reason trying to sabotage members of his own party? is he rooting for shutdown will end up being if good for him? after all, only last may when trump tweeted our country needs a good shutdown. >> and phil mattingly is on capitol hill. what are the chances it passes? >> erin, confusing morning, furious lobbying inside the house republican con...

For the gop? they are going to try. but its hard to control it. >> open question. ive always been skeptical it would get to this point where it would be a shutdown but now it looks plauzable and republicans are right on all three elected branches and washington. but they dont own 60 votes in the senate. so in any circumstance they are going to need nine, ten democrats to vote for this. >> democrats. >> and looks like they are not there. plus republicans are bleeding a few votes from lindsey grah...

Delusional. also it cob a great respite from the ongoing russia investigation and the continuious breaking nes on that front. but i want to say there is a bill that can get 60 votes in the senate. and it is the durbin graham men menendez and flake bill. adds a little bit of movement toward merit based immigration, which i know is a big thing. >> its not what republicans want but something in that direction. well see. you may still have a shutdown to get that that point as talking about where we ...

A shutdown, this will hurt his brand. president talks about the economy and how its been so great. well, this one the president is going to own. because there has been a great debate since he took office whose economy is this really. will this be his economy? or is it residue of barack obama? in his tweets it will effect the military yes we want to support the military. but also you have other people who will be furloughed who will lose their jobs. and this president keeps talking about im helpi...

But we do know ha according to senate democrat aides that they believe that they have enough votes in the senate to block this bill once it comes over to the house. which means that it might be going no where fast. and there is certainly a lot less to iron out between house leadership and senate leadership if they do indeed want to avoid a shutdown before tomorrow night at midnight. >> sunlen, thanks very much. well keep this up. magic number we are looking for is 215 yea votes. out front now de...