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Negotiation table. what is the down payment on the wall mean and are democrats willing to accept that, jake? >> abby philip at the white house with that breaking news. symone sanders, would democrats give $100,000 for this, $1 million for the wall? >> donald trump is saying what he has been saying, he will not reopen the government without money for his wall. just because hes saying ill take a three-week cr with money for my wall. he already included. i caution folks just because donald trump ca...

Just all want to be honest. the only reason republicans are not going along with these bills that they previously -- at least in the senate voted for is because donald trump has signaled that he wont sign them. congress, guess what, its written -- theres a fail safe for this. if the president wont sign something and everyone believes the government should be open, pass something thats veto proof. >> thats not reality. >> the democratic bill got two more votes than the republican bill and six rep...

To get through his vision of border security. >> how so? >> because he decided after the c.r. -- the continuing resolution was passed by the house and the senate, he decided, im not going to sign it, which meant theyve have to get higher thresholds of votes. hes the one who injected the border issue into this. our government would be functioning and because the american people in november and elections matter said we want divided government and what does that mean? it means compromise. we would ...

Because one is holding 800,000 workers hostage. millions of americans hostage. unless the amendment authors get their way. the second says were not demanding anything, just open up the government and lets discuss it. >> bill: when these votes begin around 2:30 this afternoon in washington they both need 60 votes to advance. so they are both expected to fail. if, though, there is some surprise and one of them gets through, it is not going anywhere fast in the house because those lawmakers are exp...

The senate is about to consider. one is the presidents proposal and the second is the democrats proposal. the senate, controlled by republicans, past with unanimous consent as recently as december. i wish we could cut through the political nonsense. >> shannon: you dont want to say a bad word. >> im doing my very best. i have a really easy way to solve it. hes not disinvited. hes not disinvited. >> shannon: it is delayed. it is delayed, just like her trip overseas is delayed. >> heres my proposa...

Roberts say the president would consider a c.r. if it includes a down payment on the wall. were also saying theres a possibility of a white house briefing coming up. well keep you tuned to that. this tsa worker situation where one and ten are not showing up for the jobs and the longer lines, it depends on what airport youre saying this. it is raising concerns from some of the big airline ceos concerned about timing issues and down to the safety of the skies. alicia acuna at denver with more. how...

How to climb a tree but youre better off hiring a squirrel in the first place. the trumper proposal will secure the border. >> john: fox asked the speaker where the house would not be in session to work on a solution. >> many of them will be here, some of them will be home listening to the story and commiserating with those who have lost their jobs. >> a leading house republican says pelosi is the problem. >> its time for the democratic party to have an intervention with the speaker, and asked t...

Goes down. im telling you watch those numbers because at some point its too much pain for the republicans, many of a whom face tough reelections. >> theres a few people like susan collins, cory gardner who is going to be looking at their vote on knees two votes. radically changing asylum and wall money. then the clean cr. just reopen the government. what do you think well see? >> mitch mcconnell says he wasnt going to put show bills on the floor of the senate. thats exactly what hes doing becaus...

Women, but men like ted kennedy and john mccain, the late ted kennedy and mccain, used to be the people in the room that could do that. is it within the sort of skill set of mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer to follow in that model? >> absolutely in their skill set. whats happening here though is a breakdown of american politics. you cant solve an intractable problem where theres no consensus by trying to solve it at the worst moment possible, and thats on the cr. so what theyve done is saying, ...

He is accepting the following statistic. in his meeting with conservatives yesterday, he acknowledged the shut down is costing more money than the amount of money he is asking for. that to me means he is realizing he has to get out of this mess into now everybody wants out. i guess the question really is what is a down payment for the wall look like and how many democratic votes is nancy pelosi willing to give for something like that. >> i think that is right, nbc news has not confirmed, but reu...