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Willing to negotiate or compromise. >> bill: that house majority leader told fox he thinks a deal can be struck. >> i think there can be a compromise position. all sorts of alternatives that we can pursue, i think, a consensus solution to achieve the objective. i think we all want to achieve and that is a secure and safe order for the country and for our citizens. >> from whatever sources are telling us, no active talks among the various leadership group so no active work towards a deal. some pr...

Racist. we think some of that rhetoric was to inflame and was not based upon facts. having said that we are prepared to work with the president to make sure our borders are secure. that is the important point. >> bret: the last thing. why not give a lump of money -- whatever that amount is to the border patrol and say you do what you think is the best way to secure america. if it includes a wall or slacks or whatever you want to call it. why not do that? why is it not to compromise position? >> ...

>> were doing what we can to make sure we hear that voice and be a part of a reasonable voice of compromise to say, you know what this everyone agrees. i have yet to hear a democrat or republican to say the border is functioning and keeping us safe and secure. everyone knows that it needs to be fixed. lets get a compromise position and take care of those folks and get this done once and for all. >> what do you say to people who arent focused on the border and theyre focused on their bank account...

We are in a shutdown situation. i think at the end of the day a compromise position can take care of the border and take care of the shutdown and now is the time to seize that opportunity. >> why not separate it and re-open the government so people who cant afford to donate their salaries, their paychecks to charity can put food on the table for their families and then deal with the issue of border security separately? >> because youre never going to fix the problem of border security and youre ...

Compromise. and were stuck with a shutdown. you are 12 hour, 12 days, 13 hours into a shut you. >> i think where we have to go is get away from this extremism, this partisanship, where folks are focused on a word, a symbol, a wall. when we should be focusing on what is best for america. what about border security can we agree upon. and i will tell you, if you really are sincere, the border security is going to include a wall, a fence, other structures. its much deeper than that. thats why i thin...

Keep the government open. and thats where we stand right now, with a little over a day to go. >> and its not that its close. and thats the important thing for people to understand. if they dont get to an agreement by tomorrow night and the government shuts down, its not like theyre close to an answer. this is a fundamental debate in which the sides are in opposite places. garrett haake for us on capitol hill. lets go to someone in the thick of this. joining me now, new hampshire democratic senat...

Secure. but it is not the only thing. and that is where i think the opportunity lies for a compromise position to come out end of the day. >> i think the president showed in front of the american people failure to be a good negotiator. he said if you dont give me what i want, i am shutting the government down. he claims to be a great negotiator. the american people saw him fail in terms of negotiating a real solution. >> i want to add this, theres an aide that e-mailed what please told lawmakers...

Presidency. >> but youre bringing up a great point, who is now on the supreme court of the united states? we have brett kavanaugh and it is no secret as far back as twp, brett kavanaugh, justice kavanaugh was saying a sitting president of the united states should not be either sued civilly or criminally prosecuted for his acts. does that mean we may have a challenge going up to the supreme court of the united states on something like this? >> if someone wanted to prosecute trump they might not h...

There are ways around memos. when you look at all the arguments from the framers to the -- these memos theyre always about how is anybody going to run the country. i think that makes sense. how do you -- >> put matthew whitaker -- >> how can you run the country under indictment. that makes sense. you could indict somebody and then seal it until after theyre not in office anymore and then you wouldnt have trouble with statute of limitations. its a good compromise position. nobody could hold up th...

White house economic group. a real enforcer when you put them together with robert lighthizer. a powerful, 1-2 punch of china hawks. in the middle of all of this is larry kudlow, definitely a free trader, but also believes that china is behaving badly and needs to change. in the free-trade side of the equation coming of jared kushner, steve mnuchin, who may be more inclined to push a compromise position. in fact, earlier this year, and china talks, mnuchin went to lengths to keep navarro out of ...