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Down the government. i have no earthly idea why washington democrats shut down the government this weekend? over too many crs, daca, trump. >> rachel, do you think that democrats are losing the messaging battle here. do you think theres a sense theyre starting to believe it? >> yeah. i think were seeing democrats get a little nervous here. thats why republicans were hopeful that tonight they would come together with some sort of deal and reopen the government for three weeks and potentially move...

From under them by president trump. >> you heard what senator mcconnell is suggesting. hes saying, i will put it, basically, on regular order here if we do not come to a solution by the february 8th, the end of the c.r., is that enough for you? >> no. no. its sure not. there has to be a pathway that is nailed down much better, because mcconnells version of regular order simply means he controls the place and he does what he wants. and he has preached about regular order and previously that meant...

Also senator susan collins got a promise last month about votes on affordable care act stabilization bills and they never came to fruition either. so mitch mcconnells promises i think democrats have to decide whether theyre going to trust them in the end. >> and will they be black and white in what theyre voting on the c.r. they need 7 democrats, who do you think if it goes to vote? >> you have the moderate senators from red states up for reelection this year that are going to vote for any sort ...

Mcconnell, he doesnt have a good history of doing that. senator flake sported a bill and it was contingent on getting daca. also senator susan collins got a promise last month about votes on affordable care act stabilization bills and they never came to fruition either. so mitch mcconnells promises i think democrats have to decide whether theyre going to trust them in the end. >> and will they be black and white in what theyre voting on the c.r. they need 7 democrats, who do you think if it goes...

Have to have an operational and secure border, then it makes no sense at all. but i do appreciate that there are signals by democrats that there is openness to try to provide proposals, so there may be structures that we need to reinforce or add along the border. and if thats what that meeting meant, well, then, i think that many members of the hispanic caucus and many democrats would be open to those ideas. but the devil is in those details. and, again, the white house, we never know what it is...

Pursue fairness and justice for our community members who had their legal status ripped out from under them by president trump. >> you heard what senator mcconnell is suggesting. s saying, i will put it, basically, on regular order here if we do not come to a solution by the february 8th, the end of the c.r., is that enough for you? >> no. no. its sure not. there has to be a pathway that is nailed down much better, because mcconnells version of regular order simply means he controls the place an...

Short term cr if we dont have agreement about what is on that menu to negotiate and by what deadline. >> senator, you mentioned your colleague senator lindsey graham. i want to show you about what he had to say in the hallways earlier today and ask you about it on the other side. >> to my democratic friends, dont overplay your hand. the government shut down is not a good way to get an outcome legislatively. we learned that as republicans. so therefore it makes sense to me with the commitment to ...

We certainly want to negotiate and get to a place and were hopeful we can do that over the next couple weeks. >> senator schumer claimed the deal he had on the table from continental mcconnell today was different than the one he had last week. how did the ball move forward if it did at all between friday night and this morning? >> look, democrats realize that the position they had taken was indefensible, and that they had to focus on first funding our military, protecting border patrol agents, f...

Vulnerable children through the c.h.i.p. program. these were things that they didnt disagree with. they agreed with everything that was in the c.r.. the president stayed firm. republicans stayed firm. and democrats i think realized that they had to move past that piece of legislation and so that they could focus on the conversation they are desperate to have. >> lets get right to our reporters and friends. with us from the washington post, ashley parker who has 574 by lines for the weekend. from...

With us to make sure we actually resolve this issue. john? >> theres been a lot of d.r.e.a.m.ers in this country who are living on pins and needles not knowing what their fate is. what is this white houses message to that population of people? >> they should storm capitol hill because protest there because that is the place thats held up this discussion. democrats are the one who shut this discussion down by forcing a shutdown. we lost four days over this process of the conversation that should ...