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10 minutes a new wrinkle in this, jerry moran, a republican senator from kansas just put forward the idea of doing an even shorter cr, just a handful of days, just getting into next week, on the idea that it would force these parties to negotiate on the daca portion of this, potentially jamming up the white house and other negotiators on this, and see if they cant force a deal through, setting all these other issues aside just to get this done. thats sort of the graham-durbin forces are excited ...

Pennsylvania for helping him to husher in t usher in the win in 2016. hes relitigating the general election when he goes to these kinds of rallies. but hes thinking about what is happening on the hill, the fact that its been so hard to pass any legislation, even with the republican majority in both the house and the senate. and so that is something that the timing is very much done on purpose and his trip was very much a strategic journey out there. >> so, robert, in whose hands does a solution ...

Paul ryan or president trump? >> well, president trump definitely wants some changes when it comes to chain migration as well as funding for a border wall. whether that wall goes all the way across the border or not. there is room for negotiation there. i think thats what john kelly was trying to open up, is creating some space after they hope a cr gets done, for them to come back and continue to be talking about a larger budget deal. but the tweet just a few moments ago from the president about...

Do you feel the president is helpful to this process of getting 216 or 218? >> he is. he is going to the pentagon today to make the point about why our military needs funding and is under duress. he is supporting getting this done. the president likes to do things in an unconventional way. he does it with his phone. it actually does help us with our numbers. >> mr. speaker, mr. mcconnell is making contingency plans for a possible shutdown. are you making the plans? are you open to a one, two or ...

The fight against islamic state cross the globe will continue. the general rule of thumb here is if you are wearing a uniform and there is a government shutdown. you still have to show up for work. it is a little complicated is with civil y-- civilian contrac. are they deemed personnel. and paychecks stop going out to sailors and airmen and soldiers and to the family members of those receiving grievance pay, if a family member died in a combat zone, those payments dont go out but operations cont...

Power of the purse exercised. so we can fund the military and fund basic health care, things like opioids. theyre refusing to do that over unrelated issues. thats why we are where we are. andy? >> you are aware that senator mcconnell has not attempted to bring up an appropriations bill and that the senate appropriations drafted -- >> its because they know they dont have 60 votes to proceed. i wish they didnt have to. >> would you like to see the senate make more of an effort to demonstra demonst...

Agreement to move ahead with this thing in order for it to happen? in other words, is there sort of some point -- if you and i are talking about this 24 hours from now, does that mean a government shutdown is likely at midnight on saturday? >> reporter: i guess so. so 24 hours from now, most likely well have seen the house pass this short-term c.r. and i suspect the senate will still be discussing what their going to go about it. right now the house bill that will likely pass here tonight will n...

Issue of immigration, the president talked about one of these key sweeteners, which is chip for six more years, the president said that chip should be part of a long-term solution not a 30-day or short-term extension. the president wasnt entirely clear that this was in fact a longer term solution for chip more broadly. that is a statement the white house has posted to try to clarify the presidents position here, the white house previously said the president liked the cr, politico posting that th...

That you guys had to pass a cr. >> yeah. >> why is that? why are we -- >> you want me to read my opening again? >> i mean -- >> it is a legitimate question. im not trying to belittle your question. why are we doing this continuing resolutions? because sen democrats arent allowing appropriations bills to be brought up for a vote. theyre attaching unrelated issues to cap negotiations. so shouldnt we have regular order on appropriations? congress agrees on the spending level. congress funds appropr...

Head is feeling a little bit better. right now it looks like most of the drama is probably over in the house. republican leadership that ive been talking to, republican rank and file members all seem relatively confident that they can pass this one-month cr, this short-term spending bill, they can get it out of the house tonight. probably with just republican votes. it will be close. it will be ugly. but they seem reasonably confident that they can do it. the problem they have is as of right now...