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Even vice president pence told senate leaders in a closed door luncheon that the president would sign this clean c.r. to keep the government open until february 8th. as you clearly stated, this doesnt include a lot of things the president was hoping for. at one point it appeared he was going to use this for leverage to get funding for that border wall, that doesnt appear to be part of the game plan for president trump. they seem to be not willing to sh shut down a significant partial of the gove...

I will be the one to shut it down. the last time you shut it down, it didnt work. >> but this is what white house senior counselor kellyanne conway said this morning. >> this is all breaking news. a c.r. that goes through february 8th keeps the government up and running. that doesnt mean the president is backing down from a promise as president of the united states and commander in chief to keep us safe. >> as far as the c.r. is concerned, the short-term spending bill, whats the like liveness it...

Support this cr. the president and the house should follow that lead because shutting down the government over christmas is a terrible idea. one of the worst to come down the pike in a very long time. >> there you have it. republican leader check. democratic leader, check. just one problem with the plan. were still not certain the president will accept it. signaling the president gets and ready to accept the short-term plan with no new border wall funding but the aides often say things that soon...

We should note, this is not the first time weve gotten a preview of the wall. he said it would be see-through one time. another time he said it would have solar panels. what do you make of this? >> its a big mess. and i wish we could take credit for breaking him. i think he breaks himself every day. but the wall, again, its more of the same. its wasteful. you could talk to the congressman from the area where that tcity is. why dont we have more money for the equipment and the people who should b...

The government open. let me be very clear -- the administration cannot re-program funds appropriated by congress for the full wall without our consent. >> melissa: earlier today, white house counselor kellyanne conway pushing back on reports that the president is backing down on border security. watch this. >> congress is going to put before him a short-term cr, that goes through february 8th. it keeps the government up and running trade that doesnt mean the president is backing down from a sens...

Democrats reject the latest offer border funding. center for immigration studies, jennifer joins us. -- rather, jessica, good morning to you. what do you make of the fact that it looks like the president has caved on his -- last week he made it very clear i would be proud to shut down the government if i dont get $5 billion for the wall. now there is no wall money and looks like he is going to sign one of those cr that kicks the can into january? >> yeah. well, i mean its obviously clear that de...

It comes to keeping the government open it looks like a short-term fix. gop senator richard shelby. >> time is getting short now. i found that earlier today there might be a little fluid opportunity but it closed and looks like were headed to a cr. >> reporter: cr meaning continuing resolution that would fund the government until february 8th when democrats control the house, donald trump would still have to agree to that short-term fix. the united states did pledge 5 $48 billion in aid to stren...

Here is richard shelby. >> time is getting short now. i thought earlier today there might be a little fluid opportunity, but it closed, and it looks like we are headed towards cr. >> cr meaning continuing resolution, that would fund the government until february 8th, when the democrats would control the house. of course, president trump would still have to agree to that short-term fix. in the meantime, the united states did pledge $5.8 billion in aid to help us strengthen economic in central ame...

Ridiculous sound bite that this is about a wall. they are trying to make a wall a four letter word when the president has been talking about border security all along as have the democrats until he became president. in 2006 they voted for the secure fences act that included schumer, hillary clinton, barack obama, joe biden, 26 democrats voted for that. this past july, 10 of the 15 democrats on the appropriate committee, the relevant committee voted for border security, chuck schumer. >> we know ...

Announcing the deal on the floor today. it will provide cash for the government until february. the top two democrats in the congress, the house leader nancy pelosi and the senate leader chuck schumer say they will support it. support the bill. never the wall. as an aside regarding government spending, mike emanuel reporting live from capitol hill. >> good afternoon. the top democrats signalled their members are behind a six-week shut down to avoid a partial shut down. >> im glad the leader thin...