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Wouldnt receive their paychecks because she wasnt here to help make a deal. >> he might compromise on the budget and sign a c.r. originally and, of course, we heard from ann coulter and from rush limbaugh, why is he not willing to go back to where he was in the beginning? >> the presidents laid out what he wants. we sent a detailed letter from the office of management and budget to congress and weve had a number of discussions discussing what were looking for. we havent backed down from that. we...

>> because theres not! its at a 40-year low. >> theyre not even trying to use the boogieman stuff. he better use this or hes dead in the water politically. hes responded. good move by pelosi. ive got to counter it. what about the people that are impacted that are going with no money? will they be on the agenda, mr. president? will they be on the agenda right wingers? i think it is that kind of disregard for whats happening to real human beings thats going to backfire on them politically and it s...

All 100 senators passed this before the holiday and were going to open up the government. the clean cr, which everybody, bipartisan, agrees on. but he refuses to do that. he could stand up to the president and say, enough is enough. theres 800,000 people who are suffering who cant pay their mortgage, who cant send their kids to school or pay for day care. >> cant put gas in the car! >> let me bring mark lebowitz back in. mark, i heard from a close trump ally who before the holidays said the shut...

President isnt going to get a single dollar for any new wall. >> thats not what theyre saying. >> they are saying it. >> thats not what theyre saying. >> hostage taking is not the right way. you cannot reward this kind of behavior. i do think theres a compromise out there but you cant scuttle a deal in the summer, scuttle a clean cr in december and then threaten to set the house on fire. >> well end on this. shutdowns have been going on for a long time. i said it before, ill say it again. whoeve...

It impossible. >> so what youre telling me is that you support nancy pelosi and chuck schumer saying the president isnt going to get a single dollar for any new wall. >> thats not what theyre saying. >> they are saying it. >> thats not what theyre saying. >> hostage taking is not the right way. you cannot reward this kind of behavior. i do think theres a compromise out there but you cant scuttle a deal in the summer, scuttle a clean cr in december and then threaten to set the house on fire. >> w...

We cannot decouple those things. we cannot allow employees to be bargaining tools in a discussion that is unrelated to their ability to go to work and perform their joshes. >> it is value led to point out they passed their clean cr, thank you for joining us. next, massive problems in a massive school district leading to a massive teacher walk out, next. massive teacher walk out, next ♪here you come again lookin better than♪ ♪a body has a right to ♪and shakin me up so applebees all you ca...

Didnt focus on this and mitch mcconnell, he is an important operator in this saga. at any point in time, he could bring a bill to the floor, allow it to go to the president, ask the president to veto it and override the veto. they voted on a cr to keep the government open prior to leaving for the new year. so the votes are potentially there to circumvent the president. but very little pressure has been applied to mitch mcconnell. the preponderance of pressure has been applied to donald trump. >>...

The president is tweeting, we have a massive humanitarian crisis at our southern border. we will be out for a long time, unless the democrats come back from their vacations and get back to work. i am in the white house ready to sign. i should note not everyone is in washington. mitch mcconnell within back to kentucky. democrats feel they have trump backed into a corner on this, theyre really digging in their heels. if hes in a position of desperation to save face. won the that be the perfect tim...

President blew up a much better deal for himself this summer. $25 billion on the table for border security. then he blew up a clean cr, he wants the democrats to rescue him from the well he threw himself down. there is a humanitarian crisis. its 800 federal workers in the united states, who went without a paycheck this past friday. and theyre coast guard workers, tsa workers, the people who cant put gas in their car to get to work. he can resolve that right now. he does not have to hold 800,000 ...

Obviously a huge federal presence there. lindsey graham, who has a channel open directly to president trump. lets hear what they had to say on these issues late in the week. >> count me in as one of the many in this body and the many around this country who want to ensure that we have strong borders in this nation. lets do a short-term cr to allow us to process this, but lets not keep the government shutdown while we do this. >> the national emergency idea is one way to try to get the wall built...