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For either of them. so senate democrats are certainly holding fast on this. well see what a day brings. oftentimes friday in washington on capitol hill something happens and the logjam breaks here. but theres no clear path at this point. as of now the president scheduled to fly down to mar-a-lago tomorrow evening. he has this big one-year anniversary with the celebration, of his inauguration plan. if theres a government shutdown will he go? the white house has not answered that tonight. >> speak...

Interseeded to do an int interventi intervention, to explain what republican policy was and then kind of going back to the democratic policy. >> i think that what you saw is that the president doesnt have any set of beliefs. his belief is that he wants to win and he wants to be regarded as the person who brought the deal over the finish line but lindsey graham told him that you have to be involved. mitch mcconnell came out and said, look, if we know where the president stands on immigration, may...

On this. this is the fifth time theyre going to do a cr in this administration, kicking the can down the road. but there are some issues on the table, and its in the weeds now. when you talk about chip, i just got on the phone with somebody who just left the democrats caucus meeting. there is a sense of urgency on the hill as well as the white house. heres the problem with chip. with ten years, it would have saved money. but you get into the weeds when you try to give insurance to these low-inco...

Shows this is really about politics and not really about policy. >> i think general kelly will also tell you he actually mentioned this to the senators during his confirmation process. this administration has been trying for at least a year now to get some progress on daca and congress that is taking -- >> marc and then a question for you as well. youve been the one up there on capitol hill every day, what im getting from the podium is if this happens, it is the democrats fault. what is the prac...

Subcommittee or something -- has voted for this exact c.h.i.p. extension. they dont want the cadillac tax to go into place. they always supported clean crs. why would you have to -- those are concessions, we just simply put up a clean cr, let them vote, and it worked in the house, several democrats who voted for it. >> it is a take it or leave it on the bill that passed the house, have to support the bill in the house for us to -- >> democrats should support the bill in the senate, again, the ho...

Doesnt know what the president wants. do you believe thats a fair criticism, that the president has not been clear enough in explaining exactly what he wants? >> yeah, im not going to depend people in positions -- excuse me, attack people in leadership for asking for clarity from the white house. i think, though, that the president can put that shoe on the other boot and if for clarity from the legislative branch. i hate governing by cr. it just is not the way were supposed to do business, for t...

Chris, that what schumer will do is put a substitute amendment on the floor for a short-term cr, probably a five-year deal. i dont think the democrats are going to come on board for a one-month cr. if they want to stay in the game and drive this debate, theyre going to put a short-term cr. and the reason why i think this is probably true is because a house member told me they are actually staying in town right now. they were going to vote and adjourn. sought fact the house is hanging around mean...

And he wants to be regarded as the person who brought the deal over the finish line. but lindsey graham told him that you have to be involved. mitch mcconnell came out and said look, if we know where the president stands on immigration, may maybe we can get something done here. and you saw him this morning upend this entire debate by tweeting about a clean cr and childrens health shouldnt be a part of it, because he didnt understand that it was a six-year renewal. so though is notis is not a fwo...

Richest americans. they were not concerned at all about our chiropractor. not concerned about our community members whose legal status has been up in the air, ourommunityealth clinics. republicans are on all three pieces. so it -- were ready to put this on the floor and have a vote is on it. yesterday we asked to go ahead and have a vote on the house proposal which, by the way, for republican senators yesterday said they would oppose. so we could clear the grounds and get down to the negotiation...

>> the president -- >> there are five republicans on record. republican senators on record. let me hold up -- >> hold on one second. hold on one second. >> if youre voting no youre voting no to childrens health care -- >> just to bring people up to speed, there will be no more votes in the senate tonight. all right? now, that means something good and something bad. one, that means youre not going to have any progress tonight. however, that means theres time for deliberation. >> and there will be...