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Schumer last week tipped his hand, showed his hand and said that he put border wall funding on the table in an oval office meeting. >> well, senator schumer indicated that he was willing to give additional money. what is on the table so far and what we have in the bill so far is what the president has requested for this next year. if additional commitments need to be made in terms of a mix of authorization and appropriations beyond that time, well do that. >> but the hardest thing for republican...

Say in his tweets. and on the other hand, what are -- what is john kelly going to say on the phone to chuck schumer about where things stand? they are not the same thing. and that is a stunning reality. and the lack of trust we have talked so much about this. it has been the main theme of the last year. you have seen it. this is the most stark and severe example, the government is now broken because none of our leaders trust that anyone else is going to follow through on their commitments. that ...

Shortchanged connecticuts needs and priority, kicking the can down the road for the fourth time in as many months hurt connecticuts interest and i made promises to the people of connecticut about fully funding our national defense, opioid treatment, disaster relief for puerto rico and of course our d.r.e.a.m.ers who are left out in the cold. i look them in the eye and i made promises to them. >> why do you trust republicans more today than yesterday or the day before to follow through on these c...

Opioid treatment, disaster relief. these kinds of commitments are common. they are shared and they were expressed very eloquently and powerfulfully. we different on the path. so my colleagues are more optimistic about senator mcconnell than i am. but i think that were going to proceed together very united andn achieving those goals. >> senator blumenthal of connecticut, thank i so much for your time. i appreciate it. well see who ends up being right on whether or not those goals are followed thr...

This is about fair treatment of legal residents who are contributing to the community. if we can hammer out a path where theres a completely legitimate process of the senate floor then fine. if it has a promise that simply is mcconnell saying once more some day something will happen if i decide to make it happen. that simply doesnt buy it. hes broken too many of those commitments previously. and right away we need to really have some strategy to say for this to be legitimate. it has to get a vot...

Did stand up for daca during the continuing resolution debate? >> well, you know, this isnt about positioning for the elections. this is about fair treatment of legal residents who are contributing to our communities. and if we can hammer out a path where there is a completely legitimate process on the senate floor, then fine, but if it is a promise that simply is mcconnell saying once more well, some day something will happen if i decide to make it happen, that simply doesnt buy it. hes broken ...

Mcconnell? >> i do think that commitments with such fanfare and this was for, you know, what will happen three weeks from now. i think we can count on it. >> a compromise? >> i hope so. we had this meeting, these meetings in susan collins office, a growing number of people and it was really good to see. >> reporter: so compromise is cool again? >> it will be nice to see the process on the senate floor we havent seen for a long time, really, since the bipartisan immigration bill that we did befor...

A deal, we dont know if it could get through the house. we dont know the timetable in the senate. we dont even know what the final product will be in the senate. is that enough for democrats to reopen the government based on what you were saying earlier? >> the more progressive side of the party, bernie sanders, et cetera, theyre not going to be happy until they get daca passed into law. all these commitments are risky on the part of chuck schumer and the moderates. if the moderates are facing r...

It, sir? >> well, first of all, thank you so much for having me, chris. im not just sure what the house will do. but i want to say to the leadership of the senate, democrats and republicans, thank you. thank you very much for demonstrating this bipartisan leadership that the country is crying out for. now, in a few minutes, this bill will be voted on. it will come down this corridor behind me and will go into these doors in front of me, and it will be the houses turn. the question is whether or ...

The door for mcconnell to put something on the floor they could not support. there seems to be a shift in the conversation around what mcconnell said on the floor this morning where he committed to a neutral process with open amendments and said that he would make no commitments on the base text of the bill. so thats essentially code for, okay, i will be open to adjusting that text in a way that will fulfill this promise that i am making instead of saying -- it was framed to me by one source as ...