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>> its always so easy. we reach for this base politics. its true at this point. if president trump heard the message loud and clear on that friday or thursday, when ever it was when he pulled the rug out from congressional republicans and said he wouldnt sign the continuing resolution, he heard loud and clear from his base. if he doesnt have the biase, h doesnt have anybody behind him. thats brought us to the point where we are today. the president had pledged to paul ryan or there were indicati...

Government open. fred, since this new budgeting system, i believe that theyve only passed four budget appropriations. we continue, we or they continue to budget by continuing resolution, and it is outrageous. we need somebody to step up and stand up for the american people. mr. president, you have written a check that your behind cant cash this time. keep the government open and find a way to make sure we secure this country in a way that is palatable to all americans and not just some wall. hes...

Insulting to the thousands of federal employees in my state, and im sure the thousands of americans who maybe thought that over the holidays theyd visit a national park, where he was proud to claim that. then i think some of the more reasonable people in the white house convinced him that there were note vo votes for his wall what happens this week, i even feel some empathy for the vice president because the vice president had to come up and tell the republican caucus that, yes, the short term c...

Majority lead aarer mitch mccon had to said and what minority lead are schumer said moments ago. >> president trump, you will not get the wall. youre not getting the wall today, next week or on january 3rd when democrats take control of the house. >> lets advance this legislation, mr. president, lets pass it and fin ush oish work for this year. lets secure our country. >> thats the 30,000 foot level. lets take it more to the weeds. as it stands, the united states senate is having a procedural vo...

Congressman. were headed toward a partial government shutdown. what is the plan b? democrats and chuck schumer have made clear they wont have the vote to pass this latest bill. whats the plan b here? >> i think the question is are we for the sovereignty of the united states or are we going to let nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have an open border to the united states. the republicans -- >> i dont think they said they want an open border. >> well, if you dont close it, its open. heres a proposal ...

Feds fault for raising the rate? >> the feds -- very little in that sense. very little. maybe in the last day or two. the fed had to. the fed was in a no-win situation. first of all, economically it makes sense to take back some of the free money on the table. then youve got a president brow beating you not to raise rates. the feds part is minor in comparison to the uncertainty that has been driven, which ever way you look at the economy at the moment, pamela, there is an uncertainty, brexit in ...

President is signing is a big achievement but its being overshadowed. thank you for breaking it all down for us. >> now to the shutdown, potential shut down, the last-minute vote on the senate floor to fund the government and give trump $5 billion for his border wall. that vote is expected to fail. whats the plan b? phil mattingly, tell us what the latest is on how this vote is going. a lot of lawmakers had left town after passing the clean c.r. thinking it was a done deal. >> yeah, not to alarm...

Already slowing down. the fed chairman basically admitted that the other day. every private economist says it will slow down quite considerably next year. now into that maelstrom of markets being worried about a shut down, it can only be made worse when things are slowing down for the holidays and festive season. no good comes from this for an economic shutdown, and that is why the market is -- the market, by the way, that is already depressed, a market thats already about to give up the ghost a...

As to whether or not we have a shut down tonight. i hope we dont but were totally prepared for a very long shutdown. >> youll recall just last week the president said he would own the shutdown. of course this is all happening as capitol hill deals with the aftershocks of defense secretary james mattis resignation, one of the solid voices of reason within the administration knew givi -- now giving a strong rebuke of president trumps policies. a senior conservative house member warns, quote, the w...

Of you saying you wanted a shut down and that you wanted the responsibility and blame for a shut down. president trump, you own the shut down. you said so in your own words. and, president trump may get his wish unfortunately. it doesnt have to be this way. democrats have offered two alternatives and republicans, leader mcconnell offered one. democrats have offered to pass the six bipartisan appropriation bills plus a one-year continuation for homeland security. we also offered a one-year contin...