popular with members of their shared party. some are looking at this as this is perhaps a step in the right direction, but we have long way to go. there s certainly pressure building in both parties. we know there are some senate republicans. you saw the video clip there, senator ernst getting additional heat from constituents. there s pressure to reopen the government. there are centrist democrats in the house pushing pelosi to put forth her own compromise solution. at this point pelosi has been content to say we re not going to give the president a dime for the wall. this is a moral issue, not just a political one. it s up to the president who said he would own this shutdown. it s up to him to come up with a solution to reopen the government. eliza it s very good to have you on. new york times profile of the senate majority leader, quote, the shutdown distilled the essence of mitch mcconnell s position in trump s washington, a man of institutions and establishments whose own lega
to go. there s certainly pressure building in both parties. we know there are some senate republicans. you saw the video clip there, senator ernst getting additional heat from constituents. there s pressure to reopen the government. there are centrist democrats in the house pushing pelosi to put forth her own compromise solution. at this point pelosi has been content to say we re not going to give the president a dime for the wall. this is a moral issue, not just a political one. it s up to the president who said he would own this shutdown. it s up to him to come up with a solution to reopen the government. eliza it s very good to have you on. new york times profile of the senate majority leader, quote, the shutdown distilled the essence of mitch mcconnell s position in trump s washington, a man of institutions and establishments whose own legacy was now tied to that of a president who seems hell bent on burning both to the ground. it strikes me you could also
concrete structure from sea to sea. these are steel barriers in high priority locations. cnn s ryan nobles joins us live in washington. the president calls this a common sense compromise that both parties should embrace. his words, but democrats began rejected it, even before he spoke. nancy pelosi calling this a nonstarter, did trump say anything in his speech to change their minds? it doesn t seem like it, at least not at first blush, democrats rejecting this idea from president trump. what this appears to be is an effort by republicans to put the ball back in the democrats court, in exchange for providing me funding for humanitarian aid, for drug detection, for border agents and for judges, i will give you three years of extended fro teks for the dreamers, initially known as the bridge act when if was proposed as a compromise solution. and he also will provide
the presidential election. we are already in re-election mode. my side and the other side are stuck in these positions that they are unwilling to come off of to get to a compromise solution. compromise isn t a dirty word. the whole constitution was co compromi compromise. my advice is this. democrats have to come off the point of never talkin about a wall. i have worked the border. walls work in certain areas. we have to say what is it you guys want in the process, how is it that we can work together? right now, we are all in our corners waiting for one side to completely capitulate and lose. that s what politics has become. it breaks a system built for compromise, not for winners and losers. you are an afghan veteran as a pilot. as you know the president cancelled last minute a trip to afghanistan. democratic members of the party in retaliation.
i i i m the suffering of the federal workers, but it s going to require people wanting to seek a compromise solution. leland: fair to say you are steadfast and remain so, the suffering of federal workers remains so until there s a funding for a wall, a fence, call it what you wants. a couple of things are inescapable. first of all, honduras, salvador and guatemala are not good enough countries in the near term so matter how much they want to, to prevent the refugees to stop coming to the united states. you re not a country with international law if you can t protect your border and determine who you let in and out of your country. leland: fair points on both. last point to you, you think about where this heads in the senate, and republicans in the senate, obviously, since they re