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Carols. >> mr. roberts? aye. >> the festive spirit appeared to rub off on republican senator jeff flake, presiding over the senate. any called the votes. the yays are 7-- yeas are 71, nays are 21, with rudolph responding present. im going to tay that positively -- we talk day in and day out about the tribalism, but right there, people are literally singing, and said weve got to get this sorted, at least in the short term. >> well, all afternoon yesterday, stef, there were negotiations behind t...

Take control of the house. then theres syria. the timing of that troop withdrawal, starting almost all of washington. the president, he says this morning, its no surprise at all. he has been campaigning on this for years. garrett haake is on the hill for us. kristen welker is joining us from the white house. garrett, let me begin with you. fill us in on what the latest is with the shutdown discussion in the house as paul ryan, really, gets ready to take questions on this. >> after the senate pas...

Promise, and if he cant follow through with it now, they see it as the last best chance. that is why, it seems as though the president is wavering right now, and on a path forward. as you pointed out, andrea, we expect the meeting to get under way in short order. we will be tracking it closely here from the white house today, and fast-moving developments. >> and of course o, kristen and kasie, mark meadows who was on the short list of chief of staff he was weigh iing n and is that not the case o...

Nail on the head. at this moment its very difficult to see how they can get both done. what we might see, we might see a vote on that $5 billion to put the presidents plan effectively to the test, to let the senate reject it and then to move forward with another cr. but the big question on everyones mind right now, ali, is president trump serious about this? is he actually prepared to shut the government down? or is he making a final stand to show his base that hes willing to put up a fierce fig...

Disaster funding would be helpful, there are republicans that want it for their districts, they married it to the border wall. theyll force democrats to vote against disaster funding if they vote against the wall. if it is attached to the cr, that bill goes back to the senate and who the hell knows where we are. >> lets see if hallie jackson has a better answer. >> reporter: dont do that to me, chuck. >> epic meltdown on one side of pennsylvania avenue. apparently the president was in a tail spi...

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

Begrudgingly signed the omnibus bill, i was promised the wall and the border security by leadership would be done by the end of the year. now it did not happen, and now we foolishly fight for border security for other kcountries, but not or beloved usa. not good. he is referencing the omnibus bill in march, and he was infuriated about it at the time, because it did not include funding for the border wall, and what he said is that i will not sign another bill like this again, and meaning that he ...

Donald trump a loser on this one. >> if he agrees to the cr, which we continue funding the government at the current levels we wont get anything for the wall, he loses and democrats will get what they want. >> so some are wondering is this a win for nancy pelosi and chuck schumer? >> theres a lot of people who said this is where we draw the line on shutting down and if we dont shutdown, hes going to look like a loser. >> the loser versus nancy pelosi is going to be what the next two years in was...

President in the white house on the shutdown issue and then i want to talk about this syria backlash. lets start with the shutdown. whats up? >> reporter: i was determined to get you a definitive answer about whether president trump would actually sign this short-term cr. i was determined. i have to tell you, i dont have an answer yet. white house officials say, theyre trying to get clarity on this. we are reiterating what weve heard over the past 24 hours, that the president will want to review...

Republican allies have decided were going to put up a good fight, stand here, make a stand, at least look like were fighting for this and not take the short-term cr and maybe theyll sign it once this fails tomorrow right up against the deadline. but if they dont, we are looking at a shutdown, and the president has already rolled himself on this because last week in that meet with pelosi and schumer he said with all the cameras in the room, i will proudly take -- what did he say? the mantel. >> h...