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Before. everybody remembers the bill that he literally almost did not sign until the last second, giving people on the hill a heart attack and had to be talked out of not signing that bill. i think theres always a possibility, with trump, at the last moment he can decide that he is going to go the path that literally no one else wants to go down and take and walk out of the room, as a negotiating tactic. so, you know, our sources have told us that he is likely to do it, but no one is willing to ...

Whats happening at the border, its humanitarian. the president has tried to sell a bill of goods to the american people. putting that aside in terms of the president making an end run around congress. >> reporter: with little more than a day before the government runs out of money, some were starting to worry. >> we have to pass it. then we all pray that the president will sign it. >> reporter: as republican lawmakers were praying the president would sign the spending deal. >> lets pray the pres...

Year and engage in this fight. the amount this is obviously not only less than what he asked for, but less than the deal that vice president pence offered up as a way to get them out of the shutdown in the first time. they back slid a lot in the negotiations, even border security. what is amazing is we are in a phase where the president likes to build up the anticipation, is he going to sign it or not. even when he made the decisions, a lot of time he likes to keep up the suspension. im reviewin...

He wasnt consulted more. the bill, here you go. its not all of it, i left some on the desk. it requires everyone, democrats, republicans and the white house to hold their nose a little bit. it falls way short of the presidents demand of $5.7 billion in border wall funding. the senate, then the house are expected to vote on the deal later today. republicans know the president is mad because hes getting so little of what he demanded. as they discuss this compromise, they are trying to spin it as p...

How they are praying for a resolution. grassley praying. im told the republicans here have not received an explicit assurance that the president will support the bill. they are waiting to see. we have a cryptic tweet from the president that was deleted that simply said funding bill. which, you know, after denying weeks of this, lets go. thats fine. i dont know what it means. im sure somebody has a better idea than i do. i think the bottom line is on capitol hill, in congress, the house and the s...

You are holding out until we see the signature. >> there is a reason no one is willing to say he will sign. >> he cares about winning and cares about his base. both of those things are in jeopardy with this bill. i think his ability to sell it is strained because of what you are laying out. i think theres a question of, we talked about this off camera, but why not take valentines day off? why do they need to go so quickly? theres ap -- apprehension. >> mcconnell wants a vote in the senate to sen...

Money for the border wall heads to the oval office. those hoping the president will sign it are asking for help. >> see what happens. i signed it last night, a lot of us did. we have to pass it. we all pray the president will sign it. >> lets all pray the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesnt shut down. >> not every day you get prayers like that in the united states senate. we begin with a dramatic akount of top fbi and justice officials debating whether they will have...

This is a place where the president got ruled by democrats. he is going to pay attention to what the nuances in this bill are. as far as the presidents position has evolved over the past year, last march he has the opportunity to exchange 25 billion for his wall for citizenship for daca recipients. he said no to that. he then could have accepted 1.6 billion for the wall, he said no. here we are at 1.3 billion. we have gradually seen the number the president is talking about diminish over the pas...

Were starting to worry. >> weve got to pass it and then we all pray that the president will sign it. >> reporter: as republican lawmakers were praying the president would sign the bipartisan spending deal. >> lets all pray that the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesnt shut down. >> reporter: part of the reason for the high drama, the presidents allies on conservative media were pleading with president trump to reject the deal, as it fell well short of his promise to b...

Vice president pence slams european allies. >> does that mean regime change? does that mean war? >> i think what it means is nations across the middle east and here in europe need to be willing to follow the lead of the united states of america. >> coming up, more on the threat from iran in another andrea mitchell exclusive with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and stuck in the middle. while the president looks for land mines inside the budget bill, the senate plans to vote on it lat...