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He did away with obamas executive office order, and he said to congress, you guys fix it. well, the republicans control the house and the senate, they have not fixed it. they have got to fix it, because we are not going to allow 800,000 young people to face deportation. >> what do you make of this, this c.h.i.p. dangling that has happened? youre in the senate. and senate procedure, i have to say, ive been covering the united states senate for about, what, 14 years, something like that. and i sti...

To produce a budget for the united states. >> were going to move from dick durbin over to mick mulvaney at the white house and listen in. >> it surprises me. ive been through some of these before. the democrats in the senate are opposing a bill that they dont oppose. theyre for clean crs. theyre for the extension to the chip program. many of them support the delay of the cadillac tax especially. they dont oppose anything in the bill, but they are opposing the bill. just want to let everybody kno...

But the crux is do we keep the government open and keep the childrens health program funded and authorized for six years an that is the choice between us since refunding that -- reauthorizing the c.h.i.p. program is my number one priority and keeping the military is my number one priority, i accept a change in indate. >> let me ask you this on c.h.i.p. front, it was your number one priority. what took so long. i know -- why did your leadership just save this for now when this was a deal that fra...

He did away with obamas executive office order, and he said to congress, you guys fix it. well, the republicans control the house and the senate, they have not fixed it. they have got to fix it, because we are not going to allow 800,000 young people to face deportation. >> what do you make of this, this c.h.i.p. danglings th that happened? youre in the senate. and senate procedure, i have to say, ive been covering the united states senate for about, what, 14 years, something like that. and i sti...

Kathy caldwell, shes on the phone. we dont often do interviews on the phone but this is really important for people to understand. kathy, thank you for joining us. let me understand, in a place like alabama which is running out of c.h.i.p. money without this re-authorization, what does that actually mean for a family that has a child that gets their health coverage from c.h.i.p.? >> it will probably quite devastating news to these families that their childrens coverage might end. they rely on it...

Where you have so many vide individuals working with civilian counterparts. >> hans nichols at pentagon. money is running out for some states footing the bill for c.h.i.p. the program that nearly 9 million children rely upon for health care. one of the states is alabama. forced to stop c.h.i.p. enrollment on the first of the year. the head of alabama c.h.i.p. program joins me next to explain how this affects children who need their health care coverage. l with my grandkids cause of the burning...

For more, were joined by frank thorp. the senate opens for business at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. what happens then? >> well figure out who blinks first, to be honest. were in a situation senate democrats hope to bring republicans to the table, hoping to bring president trump to the table to negotiate something on daca but this is something senator mcconnell said repeatedly doesnt need to be addressed until march. senator mcconnell doesnt believe that. we expected a vote tonight, that this short-term ...

Stands? >> i am sure where he stands. he fully supports passing this legislation. i just talked to him after my csis speech. so i didnt see what he wrote, but ive spoken with the president, he fully suppors passing what were bringing to the floor today. >> i was going to ask you about the same thing, because you say you didnt -- >> let me go to the next question. >> c.h.i.p. should be part of a long-term solution, not a 30-day or short-term extension. is that causing you problems? >> it is not c...

Working across the aisle with republicans to keep this government functioning. i think everybody across party lines wants to see our military funded. they want to see the chip program funded. >> one of the reasons we dont have a deal is an apparent disconnect between mitch mcconnell and the president. why would the two of them have a disconnect? >> i dont think theres a disconnect. >> mcconnell said exactly that, i do not know what he wants. >> the president said he wants to work with the d.r.e....

Interview trying to talk to donald trump. i think thats where his message was directed in that interview. >> yeah, i think that happens quite a bit. everyone stick around, many lawmakers say its an essential safety net for sick children. can democrats afford not to pass a short term deal with a long term fix for the chip program? well talk to the no. 2 democrat in the house, congressman hoyer, democrat of maryland. coming up next. stay with us. next time, i want you on my bowling team. [ laughs ...