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On the wall. some have speculated that the president was going to demand that he start building a wall which had he knows he cant do by law and maybe thats one of the reasons he stepped down. >> leaders, do you think theres any reasonable prospect that if there is a shutdown, you can override president trumps veto of a cr in the next week or so? >> youd have to ask our republican friends. >> its strange about how our republican friends, the worse he gets the more they rally around him. and this ...

Strong that it has unbalanced his sense of the law and of justice. he cant, if confirmed, oversee mueller. >> interesting. i have much more. i want to keep you guys around and were hitting the top of the show as part of our breaking news. that and a lot to cover the c.r. voted on in washington. what this means for william bars nomination. thats next. ahoyy! [excited squeal, giggling, panting] gotcha! ah! nooooo... noooooo... nooooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty picks up messes quick...

Whatever the last person in the room has told him, i am closely monitoring fox and friends this morning, and i have it here on my tv that i keep down here because for real -- im not joking. if fox says dont sign that cr, if fox says bad idea, you are going to lose the base, i think he might be convinced not to sign it. >> just how the founders intended it. >> and that goes to the problem with our government right now, we dont know that. the world didnt know as of this time yesterday that we were...

I mean, yesterday it sure sounded as though, at least senator -- republican senators like john cornyn thought vice president pence was saying sign, it were going to pass it, not a done deal. >> and its very clear what happened as you saw the presidents conservative base revolt against him over this idea that he would cave to democrats over this border wall funding issue. you heard him speak yesterday with congressman mark meddo, jim jordan was on fox news last night and on the floor of the house...

Called it, will circle down the drain. ryan nobles on capitol hill with the latest now. whats the state of play here between those folks on one shoulder urging the president not to give in and the others saying, listen, we have lost this? >> i think its pretty clear understanding here on capitol hill that this decision lies with the president right now. if the government gets shut down its because he does not plan to sign this continuing resolution, which has already passed the senate and there ...

Sometimes are able to sort of stand up. i dont know that it amounts to anything. we are not seeing the president reversing his policy. on all of the other issues, whether its rule of law or the damage of institutions or whatever the president may be up to on a given day, republicans very often on capitol hill as you know tend to bury their head in the sand and dont even want to read the tweets, but you see his own party trying to have sway with him. >> its a fascinating point. reading the tweets...

Spotlight, right? >> mm-hmm. >> he doesnt like to share the narrative. he wants to control it, own it, the podium. now, look, nancy pelosi -- especially nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, theyre controlling the news narrative and what happens in washington, and theyre also part of the spotlight now. they have the microphone. >> mm-hmm. >> that is going to be really uncomfortable for him because its only going to get worse. >> unless for some reason he decides -- >> to actually moderate? >> yeah, fo...

Then he put in all caps, usa wins. the president had signaled he was prepared to sign this clean cr to keep the government open through the new year. in fact, he sent vice president mike pence up here to capitol hill yesterday to tell senate republicans that he would sign that legislation. but then some conservatives on the house side started warning the president that that was a bad idea. take a listen to what some of them had to say yesterday. >> youve got to be kidding me. really? i mean, feb...

More with max boot, the author of "the corrosion of conservatism: why i left the right," catherine rampell, philip bump as well. lets talk about the breaking news thats coming from the senate floor tonight. i want to talk about the cr, the continuing resolution that was just passed, temporary. until february 8th, the government is going to be funded. the president, is he going to sign off on this? hes not happy about it, is he? >> its interesting because weve seen in the past he made this -- the...

That are necessary to secure our country to be a sovereign nation, that requires border security. and our president will continue to work to make sure that that becomes a reality. whether that is reprogramming money he is look at, and/or more funds through the c.r. or the other vehicles we have to continue the fight. it cannot be dead because that is not in the long-term best interest of this country. i certainly am not happy about any continuing resolution that does not include wall funding. >>...