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Alabama, states that donald trump carried a year ago by 20 points, 25 points, 30 points, 32 points, i think, in the case of west virginia, maybe you dont want to be shutting down the government if youre on the ballot. if youre 2020 and cory booker, kri kirst kirst kirst kirsten gillebrand, you dont want to do that. >> these democrats in particular that are up again in these swing states are particularly worried about being blamed for shutting down the government a the a time when, you know, the ...

Fix as part of this. overwhelmingly democrats -- >> nobody said as part of this. they said they want it. >> but wait -- >> they said they want it. they didnt say shut down the government for it. >> no, they did. heres the other poll that came out today, chris. said that by 11 points, people will blame republicans if theres a shutdown, because they see this as doable. i dont think this is over yet. i think that a crisis will exist up until the last minute. but for republicans sake, as well as dem...

Blame. newt gingrich got the blame. 2013, john boehner and house republicans took the blame even with boem in the -- with barack obama in the whougs. >> is there a case to be made that putting daca/the d.r.e.a.m.ers into this cr is a mistake? theres too much to it. youre not going to get just that, whether a wall component and/or security, chain migration, the lottery, do you think theres just too much to fit it in in two days? >> no comprehensive immigration reform is enough to plesh by friday,...

The durbin proposal. there are bipartisan bills there that could pass and fortunately, with the president saying or not saying, we have no idea what he wants. we have no idea what mitch mcconnell wants to put on the floor and what speaker ryan wants to do and thats where the confusion is and thats why, were again, dealing with this issue and if republicans end up passing a cr, continuing resolution, that goes into effect february 16, theyll be faced with the same issue again in one month and if ...

>> if its not a clean cr. if it is clean, ill certainly vote for it but the republicans are, you know, trying to play games frankly with shutting down the government and i dont think that makes a lot of sense. i dont want to see the government shut down, so a clean cr makes sense. >> what about chip and those 9 million new children in this country and how theyve thrown that in and so if you would be voting no, you vote no to the 9 million kids as well. are you willing to do that? >> so its not j...

Cadillac tax, medical device, ballistic missile defense. if you want to vote against all that, i guess you can. >> some conservatives in the house freedom caucus are hoping they can negotiate a better deal. here is the proposal they are floating. >> congressman jordans plan that he put out about funding the military for a full year, along with a cr for the balance seemed to get overwhelming support of our members. >> that may appeal to the national security hawks but it may also complicate matte...

From their bases and they said dont you give in on that and dont you give up on that. when you get back in there, you better hold your ground and you better fight this thing. so now we are in a situation where it looks like we are going to have to do another cr to get through the funding bill the end of this week and getting nowhere on immigration which looked a little bit promising on tuesday to at least those in the center. >> it sure did. look, i think you hit the nail on out head when you we...

Thursday in terms of what changed. but i do know how this movie ends and i want you to know how it ends. we are not going to leave 800,000 people with no place else to go out in the cold. >> sources tell fox news that graham and senator dick durbin had come to the president with a plan that didnt have agreement of the other principals who were trying to cut a deal and didnt come close to what the president had been asking for. the president basically felt they were trying to do an end run around...

The president doesnt want a resolution that calls for a cr. he would rather have a two year budget deal if not. democrats get six years and i dont say democrats, children in america who need the chip program for healthcare get six years for that why not go along with that what is the sticking point poor crowley and others. >> increasing funding for chip is really important. we have been calling on that for months. the republicans control the white house, the senate, and the house. they can bring...

>> like i u.s. is said, we support the short-term c.r. the preference is the longer two year budget deal but we support the c.r. short-term. >> answer is yes he would 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 the government shut down as the alternative but, again, our preference would be a longer term deal, blake? >> sarah, when you look at the calendar then, january 17th, budge...