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Theyre thwarting democracy. this bill ought to move forward, the wall should be funded. national security will be strengthened and of course then all of the government will be funded and we move forward. >> so it is true that nancy pelosi was wrong when she said the president wouldnt get the votes in the house because it did pass, but is it really fair to blame democrats when senate democrats voted, they passed the c.r. that the white house, vice president pence apparently indicated that the pre...

We did none of those. what we did do is uphold the laws that congress has passed and prosecuted those who choose to come here illegally. >> thats not a time lapse. that was congressman gutierrez walking out on nilsson. he joins me now. welcome to "prime time." >> pleasure to be with you. >> lets deal with the urgency and well get into the context of the overall plan. >> sure. >> the president says forget what i said. im not going to have a cr if theres no wall attached to it, the house gives him...

Theres no optimism for a plan in the near term and a lot of people on capitol hill say a shutdown is almost guaranteed. we know things can come out of thin air when the hour gets late and people want to go home. frankly well see what happens next once it fails, pam. >> we know youll keep us up to speed. a couple days ago, cornyn said he was sure the president would sign the c.r. what happened? is cornyn still standing by that? >> reporter: he said when he said that, that was his best understandi...

Itself against the taliban. dave. >> ivan watson, thank you. about 19 hours to go and a cold harsh reality on the first day of winter. a partial government shutdown is looking likely over christmas. it looked like democrats and republicans were coming together on a short-term plan to fund the federal government through early february until president trump derailed the deal. he says if there are not billions for his border wall, hes not on board. >> i made my position very clear. any measure th...

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...

Around and i think the administration deserves some of the blame for that, too. when you say the president flipped on this he has been an advocate for the border for sometime -- >> well, his tweet suggested he was going along with what had happened with what mitch mcconnell had put together. >> let me suggest something else that would be helpful to the administration. theres another option you could pass, the funding for the other bills and leave the cr for the homeland security. he needs to adv...

Also includes billions and billions for disas ter recovery as a sweetener. you wanted to get to february, right? you voted for this house bill but you wanted to get to february. >> i thought voting for the clean c.r. was the right play because the senate is going to vote no on this. house leadership felt that we had to vote for the 5 billion plus for border security. i think its about 8 billion for disaster relief. too many republicans were unwilling to vote for a clean c.r. because they felt th...

That was congressman gutierrez walking out on nilsson. >> lets deal with the urgency and well get into the context of the overall plan. >> sure. >> forget what i said, im not going to have a cr if theres no wall attached to it, the house gives him the vote. the senate side, a lot of them are gone, so where do things stand? is there going to be a shutdown or not? >> i believe there is going to be a government shutdown. its unfortunate and totally unnecessary. the senate made a proposal and lets r...

I dont know what the exact number is, but it is something that should follow what is needed at the border, not the presidents whims. >> here is what your critics say. that a prolonged government shutdown, a week, two weeks, three weeks, would end up being a lot more expensive for the american people than the $5 billion that the president wants for border security. >> i think it is absolutely correct. a shutdown in government will cost our economy, will cost taxpayer money. no question about that...

Avoid a partial government shutdown. we go straight to ryan nobles on capitol hill. whats the latest. >> reporter: important developments just in the last few minutes. right now vice president mike pence, mick mulvaney, incoming acting chief of staff for president trump and jared kushner, the presidents son-in-law and one of his top advisers, are in the office of the minority leader, chuck schumer. we dont know exactly what theyre discussing, but the optics of the situation would certainly indic...