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Should sit down and work out a solution based on what the president is doing. >> and there is one on the table. >> well, its not -- >> senator graham, senator durbin, its on the table. >> i dont know very many republicans who would vote for it. a compromise means both sides get some of what they want. >> and both sides would get something on it. both sides would get something on it. daca would be repaired and the majority of the people in both parties -- >> its not like -- you talk about people ...

The funding deadline, is whether or not congress will pass what they call a continuing resolution. a short term spending bill that will keep the government running and not shutting down friday night. very interesting to note that lindsey graham keergs republican senator said today, that he is not inclined to vote for a cr. he is echoing what others are saying that theyre sxk tired of passing these crs, putting a token in the toll booth to keep things running. in the house, the house is saying th...

Worth disturbing the cr? i dont know. im of two minds. >> everybody has said you can get it done in time if the will is there. >> well, we will see. rick, jennifer, thank you, both. more cuomo prime-time right after this. i need time to think.

Cr passed. is he going to lean on fellow republicans in the house freedom caucus to see to it they vote for it? >> like i just said, we support the short-term cr. our preference is the longer two-year budget deal, but we support the short-term. >> so the answer would be yes, that he will encourage the house freedom caucus to vote for it? >> yes, like i said, we support the short-term and think it is certainly better than not having that and having a government shutdown as the alternative. again,...

>> a continuing resolution to keep it going until mid february. >> thats right. thats frustrating to us because we put our budget out in february, here we are with congress still not having a bill in place. >> you flatly rejected the lindsey graham, dick durbin bill snnchts i thi . >> i think its narrowed the conversation, but in each of the categoririst we felt they did not go far enough. >> is the government is going to shut down? >> i dont think p so. we need to make sure our troops are funde...

Is typically followed. sometimes they actually have a white house attorney present in the room. this time it was something that was relayed via phone and again was following standard procedure for an instance like this and something that will likely happen again on any other number of occasions, not just within this administration, but future administrations. jordan. >> thanks, sarah. the house republican leadership is proposing a funding bill that would provide the government funding through fe...

Important. >> introducing the d.r.e.a.m. act early on. but immigration policy is a complicated issue. i completely agree. theres no question about it. that takes a long time to get it done and done right. the senate did pass a bipartisan bill about 3 years ago and it was blocked in the house. but dealing with the cr is not a place to have complicated immigration policy but deal with the dream act. were here because president trump got rid of the executive order and republicans so far have not de...

Independents by 77 to 80% support making the a daca fix as part of this. overwhelmingly, democrats -- >> nobody said as part of this. they said they want it. >> only republicans -- >> they said they want it. they didnt say shut down the government for it. >> no, they did. well, heres the other poll that came out today, chris. said that by 11 points, people will blame republicans if there is a shutdown, because they see this as doable. i dont think this is over yet. i think that a crisis will exi...

Transparent. and have a subsidity. its an effort to kill the affordable care act by a thousand cuts. >> a lot of people listening would absolutely agree with you but just so im clear, since you wouldnt be getting all that you wish for, you would be willing to shut the government down or be one vote towards shutting the government down because of it? >> so i dont think the government will be shut down. i dont think they have the votes in the house for what theyre proposing and certainly, the most...

Zain, im tired of voting for cr and thats a lot of sentiment that people have, this band aid stop-gap measure is not something they want to put their name to. brianna? >> thank you for that. this morning president trumps chief of staff is reaching out to lawmakers in search of common ground. the president makes a trip to capitol hill and caitlin collins has more on this. is there any indication where the president is on a bill on a proposal that would avert a government shutdown? >> well, the wh...