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This is first time republicans as one party is controlling all houses and the white house. so there is a slight difference. you see in the polling that republicans would be slightly more sglablamed and there has ba question of whether they can properly govern. all that being said, no one wants a shutdown. shooper doesnt want it. mcconnell doesnt want it. they are trying to leverage to see what they can get out of it. >> schumer is trying to offer a short term. even less in exchange for some - so...

Mar-a-lago to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. lets go to ryan nobles on capitol hill. ryan, is it shutdown friday? things are looking grim. it feels like they moved to the blame game at this point. ryan. >> reporter: christine, they are already in the blame game. this is a big question if the president leads this afternoon and heads to florida if the shutdown is still in doubt. his aides are insistent it will not come to that and he will leave this afternoon to spend the ...

Agree to a cr, hes not going to agree to a continuing resolution until the middle of february. he wants a shorter one to allow us to keep going. chuck is a very shrewd tactician. its the first time ive seen him show flexibility, and i think he understands what we all understand. >> which is what? >> it would be foolish to shut down government for 300 million americans. it just would be. were talking about closing opioid treatment centers and stopping checks to military widows and stopping the fu...

>> 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 that short-term cr -- >> well see if what jack is hearing -- hes got good contacts in congress. but well see if that winds up what the democrats will pu...

>> heres how the democrats could be telling the story a little better. one, they were given the promise in december when many of them supported the cr that daca would be fixed. were talking about 800,000 people who are not citizens but law-abiding. they came in innocently as children and they see it as an opportunity for leverage to fix the problem. one that trump promised he would fix. well, theres disapproval for republicans, say, back in 2013. it was short-lived. typically, this approval for ...

Breaking news. the clock dont lie. were getting closer to a potential government shutdown. cnn has just learned that the president will not go to mar-a-lago today for this anniversary dinner. hes going to stay and do his job and try to get a bill passed. so what is the proposition? republicans need democrats to pass a bill in the senate. can it happen? joining us is republin sator john kennedy of louisiana. >> thank u, chris.su good morning. >> so give us hope. >> well, im encouraged. i was enco...

>> senator mccain is in arizona recovering from his cancer. >> exactly. hes still quite aways away, mitch mcconnell is, having 6 0 votes to move the process forward to pass the house bill. that seems unlikely that this house bill is going to all of a sudden get 60 votes. were trying to figure out what is happening in speaker ryans office right now, what is happening when the white house staff is up on capitol hill. theres nothing that they can say weve solved it and democrats are all on board he...

Disagreements. the discussions will continue. >> reporter: despite the party being in control of the white house and congress -- >> we are preparing for the shutdown. >> how can it be the schumer shutdown when republicans control the house and the senate and the white house. >> i have to laugh when people say that. you know as well as anybody that it takes 60 votes in the senate to pass. you know that. so we only have 51 votes in the senate, then you have to have democrat support to deep governm...

Way. that was done two days later instead of bipartisan legislation -- instead of bipartisan legislature, we got shithole countries. >> you are shaking your head. he did send out a tweet that is completing opposite of what his party wants. >> exactly. >> i dont think the republican party ever will get credit of chip. their efforts today of trying to pitch chip against daca is elementary, and i dont think the american public is going to fall for it. there are a few other glaring things we have to...

That. he did send out a tweet this morning in exact opposite to what his parity wants. >> i dont think the republican partys ever going to get credit for c.h.i.p. their efforts of trying to pitch c.h.i.p. against daca is infantile and i dont think the american public is going to fall for it. there is a piece of legislation or a cr thats been worked together, in bipartisan fashion, its dick durbin and lindsey graham. there are 56 votes in support of that. you only have 46 votes, you dont have the...