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Cr. well fund this until february 8th. mike pence the vice president told republican senators that. you have john cornyn, the number two republican senator, says he will sign the cr. he took this huge deluge of criticism from rush limbaugh and other talk radio hosts and also from the house freedom caucus. that move, was that basically about im going to shore up the my core base here? >> well, i dont think it is only that democrats were saying they were getting a lot out of president in this deal...

To what was going to be a clean cr. well fund this until february 8th. mike pence the vice president told republican senators that. you have john cornyn, the number two republican senator, says he will sign the cr. he took this huge deluge of criticism from rush limbaugh and other talk radio hosts and also from the house freedom caucus. that move, was that basically about im going to shore up the my core base here? >> well, i dont think it is only that democrats were saying they were getting a l...

Done before the middle of this week and i think the mattis departure also had something to do with this. republicans in particular were totally deflated by the way last week end, the syria decision, mattis going out, falling apart of this senate negotiated cr that was going to keep the government open at least in the short term. senate republicans felt a little bit if not misled at least like the vice president maybe couldnt actually speak for the president, they felt they had a deal in place. w...

Trump did what he is proned to do. he went after him on twitter saying he is retiriing his, quote, poll numbers tanked. you respondedying insult to a colleague, gop senators if they had guts and self-respect should reconvene after christmas. ask ryan to do the same in the house, and override if trump vetoes. explain this solution youre calling for and why. >> the legislative branch is an equal branch of government. senators and government dont have to roll over because the president has a fit. t...

On board and vote for the clean cr. i mean, i dont know what to tell you. those are the folks right there that are against the clean cr. they are the ones against funding the government right now. >> how do you see the shutdown ending if the president is only reaching out to those who helped force the shutdown, who are, in his perspective, on his side? >> i like ryan costello a lot. i dont think im going to take a lecture on what constitutes production engagement on a guy who quit and didnt run ...

The house. this honestly is really, really simple stuff. really simple. but for some reason, theres a couple people out there that i think are just missing the boat, and one of thems the president. >> we also saw conservative media and the influence it has over the president essentially shaming him for conceding initially when it was reported he would sign the clean cr. does this show the president cares more about what people like ann coulter and rush limbaugh thinks over his own policy experts...

With lawmakers at the white house. ill name a couple, matt gates, gop contingent in congress. not a single democrat is in the room. no senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. is this productive? >> well, look, if everybody is hungry and they want to have lunch, by all means. i dont know how you solve a problem unless hes telling them to get onboard and vote for the clean cr. i dont know what to tell you. those are the folks right there that are against the clean cr. those are the ones that are ...

Shutdown were in? >> well, its the president. he said its his shutdown. the senate, a little bit of history here -- the senate passed a bill 100-0 funding the government, known as a clean cr. after the 100-0 vote, the bill came to the house. a couple talk show hosts were screaming and yelling saying we need to get more border money. the president all of a sudden changes his mind and doesnt find the 100-0 vote acceptable even though he initially did. a couple members of the freedom caucus gyn eve...

Republicans with this decision to shut down but that also ticked off a lot of republicans who felt gotten assurance from mike pence he would sign the clean cr to kick it down to february? how much trouble is he in with congressional republican. >> he is pretty isolated. members of congress he invited to talk about shutdowns, not only no democrats, republican leadership was not. there the most conservative forces in the republican party and congress who met with him. i think that contributes to t...

Cr. well fund this until february 8th. mike pence the vice president told republican senators that. you have john cornyn, the number two republican senator, says he will sign the cr. he took this huge deluge of criticism from rush limbaugh and other talk radio hosts and also from the house freedom caucus. that move, was that basically about im going to shore up the my core base here? >> well, i dont think it is only that democrats were saying they were getting a lot out of president in this deal...