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Government over border security, ill shut it down over border security. i want to know the president went to bat for border security. thats how i took that statement. we can replay it. >> neil: it is what it is. let me get your sense whether republicans are frustrated. looked earlier in the week that the president was willing to go with this temporary extension and keep the government lights on through february, maybe fight this battle another day. then maybe he heard from his base, i dont know,...

Consider this bill, you can start to change the dollar amount and the allocation of those dollar amounts in the bill. the bill that came out of the house last night was $5.7 billion for border security, including wall construction. if the senate starts to consider it, you can pair that money back to maybe where it was earlier in the week, at $1.6 billion. there was a billion-dollar slush fund and therefore the president to use as he sees fit. that was giving chuck schumer fits. thats when they g...

Or that being said, negotiations are ongoing right now, martha, in a few minutes we are going to vote here in the house, i expect it will pass in the senate tonight, but it is really about a president who is not willing to fold without a fight. you hurt him make the comment they are, not going to sign another bill, but the american people want him to fight on their behalf, and today he made that decision paired i thought him for that. >> martha: the question is what changed between today and yes...

For this. and for whatever reason its been stall after stall after stall. one cr after another after another, and at this point, there was a line drawn in the sand, we had enough and we are no longer taking it. it reminds me that down in the alamo there is a monument there but the monument is not there because they won the fight, its there because they fought. its turned out to be an absolutely spectacular 24 hours both for the freedom caucus and for our conference as a whole, for the president ...

Funding the government without the border wall money, either in one cr for a short-term for everything or longer funding bills for the six other agencies and a short-term cr for this department of homeland security bill. the president rejected or ignored those offers earlier in the week. its tough to see how had gets a yes on them now. its hard to see this as a negotiation. its more of a standoff right now. >> garrett, while we were talking to each other, our colleague frank thorpe sent down an ...

>> let me ask you this then. >> we cant reach -- come to closure. >> you are prepared ads democras to continue the existing funding on border security. >> correct. >> is there anything to get out of this to make you sign on to a bigger border wall bill? in other words, whether its $5 billion or something close to that, is there something that you can tell me that republicans can -- that democrats can be offered by the president that makes it worth settling this? >> ali, you will not be surprised...

Things we could do to make that d-day succeed. it was an allied effort and theres a quote of ragan that says the boys who climbed the cliffs became men and theyre the ones that saved freedom and hello. thats right. and so, its not just democrats or just us, ali, who believe this. i believe most everybody believes this and i think it is at risk. mattis had enough. i think that this is mitch mcconnells moment not just on the shutdown and i hope he holds firm because this was not his idea. he was p...

We were in the white house last week, and nancy pelosi was saying youre not going to be able to pass a $5 billion wall cr, basically the idea was they needed money for -- they needed votes from democrats to pass the cr. and part of that was the conservatives had all these ideas about asylum policy riders. there was a lot of conservatives who were concerned about the disaster aid that was added to this. because it was a political vote, a posturing vote, it goes to the senate where its clearly not...

Kacie hunt. what is the latest on capitol hill? whats the indication of where senators will all fall? are all the republicans in line to say yes to this adjusted cr? >> reporter: not right now. the vote is still open on the senate floor because, as we know, on wednesday night everyone thought this was on a glade path. many senators left washington. many who are from western states, we are waiting for them to travel back. some wont be here until dinner time. the motion to proceed to this house bi...

Influence the president. they have an out sized amount of control and influence here. >> right. the president chose to listen to them. its ludicrous. the presidents base would not have deserted him if he kept quiet and signed the cr the senate passed by a vote 36 hours ago. this is entirely trump. we can say i think he did react to ann coulter and those people. they can say what they want but i blame trump. im against this -- its nice that bob corker to say that, the tyranny of the talk show. it...