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Comprehensive bill that takes care of these issues, on which there is as the senator said, a lot of bipartisan agreement. if you listen to the way the republicans today are talking about childrens health, for example, you would think they were left of the democrats. i mean they are just weeping and wailing over -- >> which is a weird kind of echo of a democratic victory, its rhetorically only. >> yes, its strange times. >> i agree with eugene, which is a good thing to do, by the way, the republi...

General mattis. 30 days of more chaos, forget it. i appreciate my house colleagues but we need to grow up and get this done. four days is too short. i understand where senator schumer is coming from wanting to shorten the time period. i would expect a cr of days, not weeks. were inside the ten-yard line on five issues. we need a process to close the deal and cant do it without the president. >> the white house keeps saying and some of your republican colleagues are saying on the idea of a daca f...

To address in securing the border or making it operationally secure in the near future. >> so do you think youll get it done? do you think the governments going to shutdown on friday night? >> i wish i had a crystal ball and i could tell you whats going to happen. i can tell you that every single minute of today and tomorrow and friday, members of both parties are diligently working to get this bill over the finish line, have the senate get their bill done. lets go to conference. lets give the w...

About the upcoming mid-term elections? what does it portend? here to discuss gop strategist mike murphy. mike, thank you for joining us. always a pleasure to see you, sir. the president is telling reuters hell blame the democrats if theres a government shutdown. how does that work when republicans control the government? >> well, thats the problem. a lot of us old gray beard republicans remember we tried to shutdown the government science experiment back in the 90s, and it was extremely painful....

Immigration. >> why does mitch mcconnell say i dont know what the president wants? >> he out lined a whole series of immigration reform priorities well beyond the four issues that we announced hast year. it involves legal immigration reform. visa reform. extreme vetting issues. >> mitch says he doesnt know what you want. do you understand the disconnect? >> we want to give congress flexibility on the four issues. seriously reform chain migration. secures the southern border with a daca fix. thos...

There are amendments. we can make it better. theres no reason that cant come up as part of this package in the next 24 hours. >> there is one pretty big reason, senator rounds, and i will direct this question to you. the president kind of laughed this idea out of the office and got into the ugly comments about other countries. and it revealed to us a fundamental disconnect between the white house and the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell leader is. let me play you sound that shows this conf...

Seriously reforms chain migration, secures the southern border with a daca fix. those four things presented in one bill is something that this president can sign. what lindsey graham and dick durbin presented just wasnt that. >> well, they thought it was, right? and now they have a group of about 10 or 12 senators who agree with them. but i still dont get how if its this clear coming from you to me, why mitch mcconnell says, i dont know what the president wants. are they not talking? has it not ...

The finish line, have the senate get their bill done. lets go to conference. lets give the white house the chance to govern productively and protect these d.r.e.a.m.ers. its the kind of work we should have been doing all along. and im feeling optimistic how people are motivated. but in the end only the leadership in the house and senate can make that happen. only they can make the determination theyre going to give us a vote on a daca fix or an effort to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> i appreciate yo...

On weird with the existing resolution, i dont know that the leadsership would need the vote of conservatives. the reason the democrats are holding their votes is because they want a daca fix. if this last election was about daca, hillary clinton would have won it. this last election was about border security. another way that a lot of conservatives would votes for this continuing resolution would be the implementation of border security measures like the legislation put together by the judiciary...

President trump warning a shutdown will be devastating for the military. democrats pushing for a daca fix if they want votes on funding agreement. dont look like that will happen this week. mitch mcconnell tweeting this. with no imminent deadline on immigration and with bipartisan talks well underway, there is no reason why congress should hold government funding hostage. louisiana senator john kennedy is on the senate budget committee. welcome back. where do we stand on the senate side? do you ...