i don t think it makes the institution look very responsible. american people should expect better from us than this. shannon: you have been listening to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we thought, as bret and i were talking about the groups that were having conversations and negotiating looked like maybe they were coming to something. we thought when he came to the lectern there, that maybe oh, let s listen in, we have minority leader chuck schumer speaking. continuing resolution that he knew lacked the votes long before this hour. it s not just democrats who oppose this c.r., several republicans did as well. all of today, mr. president, we have endeavored to reach an agreement with president trump and the republicans that would
incredible predicament. the white house just indicated, the president isn t going to talk about the issue at all while the government is shut down. made it quite clear. he said when democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we ll reopen negotiations on immigration reform. so this particular strategy has eliminated the possibility of getting a signature on the thing they shut the government down over. anybody explain to me this strategy? i m perplexed. i wasn t first first in my class but i wasn t last, either. how does this get them, what they re looking for? well, we ll continue to talk because when all the games stop,
benefits. veterans who rely on our care, it means threatening their access to treatment. for so many americans struggling with opiod addiction, the same is true. thanks to the democratic leader decision to filibuster an extension of the state children s health insurance program, low income families will slip closer to losing health coverage for their kids. and many states this is an emergency. i m having trouble understanding which one of these outcomes my democratic colleagues could possibly be proud of. which one of them? i think our friends on the other side took some bad advice. really bad advice. i would hate to be trying to explain this myself. ignore the governors, including seven democrats who wrote
what the white house is calling it. chief national correspondent ed henry joins us with the intense politicking and bickering. we have passed the midnight deadline and moving forward. what s new is that the white house is finally officially weighed in. we were talking a few moments ago, are they going to be more constructive and say, okay, let s work this out. or are they going to go hard against chuck schumer, and slam the democrats. i can tell you they picked the latter. this statement in the name of sarah sanders, the white house press secretary is tough and as a trumpian flair, calling democrats losers. here s the statement. senate democrats own the schumer shutdown. this from sarah sanders. tonight, they put politics above our national security. military families. vulnerable children and the country s ability to serve all americans. we will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. this is the be
what the white house is calling it. chief national correspondent ed henry joins us with the intense politicking and bickering. we have passed the midnight deadline and moving forward. what s new is that the white house is finally officially weighed in. we were talking a few moments ago, are they going to be more constructive and say, okay, let s work this out. or are they going to go hard against chuck schumer, and slam the democrats. i can tell you they picked the latter. this statement in the name of sarah sanders, the white house press secretary is tough and as a trumpian flair, calling democrats losers. here s the statement. senate democrats own the schumer shutdown. this from sarah sanders. tonight, they put politics above our national security. military families. vulnerable children and the country s ability to serve all americans. we will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. this is the be