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Weekend and they have a proud history of protesting lots of things, and friends that have seen everything in north hampton, told me this was the largest one they have seen there. this one that happened this weekend. theres an incredible amount of them out there. >> those of us who are old enough to remember antiwar protests never thought wed see anything bigger. >> thanks, my friend. >> so the government is going to stay open now, at least until february 8th. the president has just signed -- jus...

This agreement. if he does not, of course, and i expect he will, he will have breached the trust of not only the democratic senators but members of his own party as well. >> but even before the house vote, the white house claimed victory for the president and on behalf of the presidents party. >> democrats realized that the position that they had taken frankly was indefensible and that they had to focus on first funding our military, protecting border patrol agents, funding vulnerable children t...

Border patrol agents, funding vulnerable children through the chip program. these were things they didnt disagree with. they agreed with everything that was in this c.r. the president stayed firm, republicans stayed firm, and the democrats realized they had to move past that piece of legislation. >> we are happy to be joined tonight by senator mike rounds, senator of minnesota. mike, thanks for joining us. looking back on this moment of history, what was the shutdown all about? >> i think it was...

Care beyond the chip program, childrens health insurance program, we have therapy caps, there are other things that need resolved in health care. >> do you think you will get any of those more extenuating issues dealt with in a three-week c.r.? >> yes. each of these areas, theres been discussions taking place for over four months. wbl that were in a good place to resolve all of these issues. what ive asked for quite frankly, keep government open. keep us in town. and lets get this issue resolved...

Republican consultant john thomas. good to have you both back with us this hour. david jacobson, i want to go to you first, because the democrats are particularly vulnerable here, arent they? theyre open to blame for holding the government to ransom over the daca issue. many saying why not just pass the spending bill and deal with daca a few weeks down the track? >> you know, i actually think is democrats have the high ground here. theyre the ones able to pull bipartisan support last week and ge...

Citizens versus noncitizens. thats the way they framed this argument about the shut down and it seemed to be fairly effective as democrats ultimately did seemingly capitulate. let me share what sarah huckabee sanders said today in the briefing this afternoon about why she felt like the opposition was facing a losing battle from the very beginning. >> democrats realized that the position that they had taken was indefensible. that they had to focus on first funding our military, protecting border ...

Didnt have the majority needed to pass the cr, all the more reason isnt this on republicans in the white house and control of the house in the senate? >> interesting word there, majority, they got the majority, this sheds light on -- chris: could be because of democrats. >> you got a majority, you didnt get the 60 points. chris: you dont have your own house in order. only 46 republicans. >> where are the democrats, chris, who say back home that they want to work in bipartisan fashion, they want ...

People, daca is promised to be worked on and solved. most of republicans and democrats want to be involved. why are they making it hostage. rick: nancy pelosi said the demands are not political. >> opioids. veterans chip, pensions, disaster assistance, the list goes on. but its all bipartisan. we didnt couple an idea of some progressive agenda of the future. we say you agree with this. we need this money. these are emergencies that have to be addressed. >> she voted no so im not sure what her pr...

The chip program was doggy doo. explain to me why she would be so derogative to those folks who depend on chip. shes playing politics with it. she can claim whatever she wants to claim. if she can go to sleep and put her head on a pillow and feel good about that, good for her. i cant. we need to open this government. rick: in the short time we have left, congressman, quick prediction from you. when will this be over? >> my hope is tonight. i would love to see the senate come to an agreement, see...

Where and how can you find common ground and compromise with democrats? >> well, i think, you know if you look at it from a perspective of compromise, the chip program, the bill that we passed by the way back in september, this is not new, we had passed this bill, and we had asked for some basically that most would have thought would have been common sense, making lottery winners, you know, pay a little bit more but they chose to say lets have a clean bill. we put a six-year clean chip reauthori...