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Capitol hill producer chad pergram not even ant amps from spinal tap go that high. ainsley: thank you, griff. brian: today senate goes back to work they needed three or four days off. fisa laws not going to touch anything. even if the deal is in place they got two days to draft legislation and pass anything to go along with the spending plan? the only thing possible is a shut down or a cr. steve: so it sounds like what they are going to do because they dont have anything on the table. they will ...

Them. the same thing is true frankly for the c.h.i.p. program. this is a program that deals with the health care of children, that needs to be funded, and youve got parents that are very worried about whether or not those funds are going to be available. these are serious issues affecting the american people, and the congress and the president at the same time are fighting over what was said or not said in the oval office. frankly, that is not what the discussion ought to be. it ought to be on w...

If it means going to a merit-based immigration system as opposed to a lottery. but we can keep some family unification. ignore donald trump. ignore him. go to the congressional republicans. recognize theyve got the stronger hand. but right now, save those dreamer kids. come up with a reasonable deal. together, send it to the president. hell sign it. he doesnt even know whether hes signing. he doesnt even know what hes for. he doesnt know the process. throw a bill on his desk. keep the priority v...

But heres what i do know. theres -- look, i mean, were not even through the first year and theres just so much chaos and so much disruption that has been circling around the administration. and jake, the problem with this is over time, people either tune it out or they tune it in, and it even polarizes people more. and if this continues, all this disruption, all this talk, all this -- all these things that were watching, almost like a reality show, then he will lose support on capitol hill. and ...

Understand it. the c.h.i.p. program, a budget not in place, we have just all kinds of things that we need to worry about. bob mueller doing an investigation. the key thing here is not so much the book thats just out and going to get a lot of attention, but i think the key is to make sure that the investigation of bob mueller is conducted is funded and able to have the resources to continue. the people in this country deserve to know the truth about what happened not just last year but even more ...

And so much disruption that has been circling around the administration. and jake, the problem with this is over time, people either tune it out or they tune it in, and it even polarizes people more. and if this continues, all this disruption, all this talk, all this -- all these things that were watching, almost like a reality show, then he will lose support on capitol hill. and so a lot of these issues, whether theyre the c.h.i.p. program or whether its border security or whether its daca or i...

Day? every day theres something new that pops up. i want to get involved in the chip program and try to see if we can get that funded. it means a lot to 150 kids in alabama. i know there will be infrastructure bills over the spring and summer. the one thing about senator shelby. ive known him for so long, since he was a state senator, and i was at the university of alabama. were going to work well together and try to do the things for the state whether its on the budget in trying to bring the mi...

Minority cant just snap their fingers and make senators do what they want to. i have said this before, at least on my side of the aisle, republican senators are intrapreneurial, and they are kind of like free range chickens, sometimes they go in the same direction and sometimes a few wonder off, so you cant blame leadership for everything. number two, everything on the republican and democratic side of the aisle in the united states senate knows we are going to renew the c.h.i.p. program. its wo...

Confident it will be resolved by the march deadline, but the question is how with democrats not showing theyre willing to work with the president. hes demanded money for the boarder wall. the democrats have another seat in the senate thanks to what took place weeks ago in alabama beginning when doug jones arrives. upcoming deadlines on the 19th whether to extend government funding. that means a possible shutdown in the middle of the month. questions over to whether they reauthorize warrantless e...

Dealing with additional aid for hurricane victims across the country, everywhere from california to puerto rico. lifting the debt ceiling, reviving the childrens health insurance plan and legislation to provide relief for dreamers. can you cherry pick for me, what are your priorities here when you return from recess? >> all of those are important. obviously, dealing with the childrens health insurance program is a very high priority. certainly, coming to some conclusion on dreamers. the thing ab...