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Precarious situation in 2020. what is mitch mcconnell saying to them the longer this shutdown goes on? >> thats a good question. we have not heard what he says to them privately. mcconnell likes to avoid. he does not like to have show votes that divide the respect conference. he likes to protect his members from taking the kind of difficult votes that can be used against them. hes also trying to not get crossed wise with his president who are going to deal with for at least the next two years. t...

She be willing to vote for a clean c.r. if something like that made it to the floor in the senate. >> hes not alone. i spoke to him on friday, he said the same thing. both of them are up for reelection in 2010. thats the dynamic right now. so thats the dynamic right now. you are seeing vulnerable republicans start to peel off from the party on the wall. both of them would vote for a clean c.r. that have already passed in the senate by a voice vote back before this whole thing got started. the pr...

To be able to go back to school to college for the spring semester and hes concerned of being able to buy medicine that his child need. the majority of my members want to get people back to work and get them paid on time as quickly as possible. what i will tell you though the dhs bill that the democrats have separated out, that would call for a c.r. until february 8th as i understand it for you kn know - it gives time to figure out with dhs and so forth. what i dont want is my employee members t...

Why the democrats are so dug in on this. one of many reasons? >> its also the same reason why republicans dug in. when lindsey graham says if the president digs in now, see you forever. >> thats where the political battle lines are drawn. before we had the stand off, there was an agreement. in that sense, it is really the president that is pushing this to this brink or over the brink now that weve been in a shutdown for two weeks. there was an agreement to move forward on a cr, and what republic...

Who caucus with the democrats. thats the current balance of power. now lets take a look here. where are the republicans who are going to be up for reelection next year in 2020? every state painted in red youve got a republican whose up for reelection next year. a lot of these are deep red states. theyre not going to be competitive races. probably not going to be a lot of political pressure on republicans in those states. so where? where possibly in this mix of states could you see republicans wh...

Cory gardner, he has already come out and said hey, republicans just pass a clean cr and reopen the government. maine. hillary clinton won this in 2016. trump didnt win this state. susan collins running for reelection in 2020. shes made some noise and suggests she is feeling at least some political heat that is maybe different from her colleagues. keep an eye there. arizona. remember, martha mcsally just lost the senate race and then got appointed to the other seat. now shes got to run in 2020. ...

There. we put mitch mcconnell on here. i know its kentucky. the most recent polling weve seen on mcconnell in kentucky has his approval rating there in the 30s. those are bad numbers. but really, where is the action here? colorado. state that donald trump lost. cory gardner, he has already come out and said hey, republicans just passed a clean cr and reopened the government. maine. hillary clinton won this in 2016. trump didnt win this state. susan collins running for reelection in 2020. shes ma...

Exclusive interview today, and hes basically saying look, you have this issue with the cr, you have the issue with the wall, theyre two totally separate things, lets open this government. and one thing people are forgetting, its about people. so many -- hundreds of thousands of people are being affected even more than that, beyond the federal workers. and you have people who are saying look, i dont have money to do this, i dont have money to do that with this next check. thats the issue. were da...

Smear nancy pelosi as well as chuck schumer. its interesting, nancy pelosi saying chuck schumer is on the same page. i talked to chuck schumer in an exclusive interview today, and hes basically saying, look, you have this issue with the c.r., you have the issue with the wall. theyre two totally separate things. lets open this government. one thing people are forgetting, its about people. you know, so many hundreds of thousands of people are being affected even more than that, beyond the federal ...

Mcconnell had unanimously accepted the same deal, and what nancy p pe lelosi had them pass night is what the senate had passed word-for-word, and it is the burden on mitch mcconnell to say why he is standing firm, and the obvious answer is that he had the rug pulled out from underneath him by the president of his own party and he does not want to bring anything no the floor that he doesnt know for shurna the president is going to accept. and now a crack in the republican ranks, right? so far, su...