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Ground. >> we are 19 and a half hours from a possible government shutdown. the senate adjourned last night without voting on the stop-gap funding bill without a clear path to resolution. >> both sides dug in. democrats are resolute and determined and united against the measure. on the senate floor, chuck schumer floated the idea of the stop-gap measure that funds the government for a matter of days. aides to mitch mcconnell do not see the point. >> when schumer said he was not quote trying to pl...

Together. brooke, democrats in the senate, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell cant move anything forward without democratic support. the big question has been democrats, just like in the house, are fired up about this issue, that theres been no daca resolution, dont want a short-term spending bill. want a two-year deal. whether or not they would take the threat of a shutdown and move it across the line to actually voting for a shutdown. democrats had a closed door lunch a short while ago. im...

Of the most divisive if not the divisive he has talked about. talk about a wall that spanned bord border to border was an admission that the caucus found interesting. what the president wants in any potential daca resolution, or any potential daca deal is up for a debate. how big does the wall have to be, is it a wall system, is it barriers. what he wants on family migration or visa lotteries. all of these positions up in the air and complicated everything on capitol hill. >> and how close are t...

Ive been in washington for 30 years. i remember when the government shut down under reagan, under clinton, under bush, and ive got to say, i think democrats are making a big political mistake here if they basically -- look, the party that gets blamed for a shutdown is the party that wants to shut the government down. thats why newt gingrich got blamed, it seemed like he wanted to shut down the government. in this instance, democrats are saying, we dont care if the government gets shut down becau...

Comprehensive immigration reform, which is a hard problem. you had 68 senators pass it in 2013, you cant get it through the house. we have a more pressing issue involving 800,000 d.r.e.a.m.ers, people who were brought here as children through no fault of their own, who will begin to be deported in march if we dont solve this problem as soon as possible. donald trump said he wants to solve the problem. i will take his word on that. paul ryan said he wanted to solve the problem. mitch mcconnell sa...

>> there is a chance they will listen. what the majority leader has seized on in the reality inside the democratic caucus right now which is, this is very complicated. on the outside you have a tremendous amount of pressure from activists, from outside democratic groups saying, this is the moment to fight. this is the moment to have the shutdown battle because daca is an issue like they feel theyre going to win on. then you have mcconnell who is flat out saying on the senate floor, if you shut d...

>> interesting. randy, you say you want paul ryans seat. i have to ask you, if you were in congress right now, would you shut down the government over this immigration and daca issue? >> well, i think we need to look at this. who are the adults? were talking about kids. not just that but chip funding. lets look after our kids. it should be a completely separate issue. it should be something that why are we holding our kids hostage? im so disappointed in congress and the president and especially ...

Democratic votes. that means during the course of the next 36 to 48 hours, there are a lot of serious adecisions that need to be made before friday night. >> for the government not to shut down over immigration legislation, is there any chance democrats will listen, and are they to blame, really? >> there is a chance they will listen. what the majority leader has seized on in the reality inside the democratic caucus right now which is, this is very complicated. on the outside you have a tremendo...

The deportation of the d.r.e.a.m.ers which is what will happen if they agree to a long-term funding deal without protections for the d.r.e.a.m.ers under the daca program. >> look, i think when you have the parties that cant fully agree on something, which they cant do on daca right now, ive lived through a lot of government shutdowns. ive been watching for 30 years. i remember when the government shut down under reagan, under clinton, under bush, and ive got to say, i think governments are makin...

He doesnt say the perfect thing. so theyre saying it doesnt really matter. his promises dont really matter. >> well, i mean, if you just look around the country, look what happened to virginia, the wave that hit there. look at alabama, one of the reddest states in the country. just tonight we had a special election in wisconsin. one of the reddest counties in the entire state went blue. it was like a 25% swing over. and scott walker, there were two open seats coming up in wisconsin. he decided t...