well, because every night the news has led with stories like the one doug spoke of. everyone knows people in their community. i was in the airport today and saw the poor beleaguered tsa people who haven t been paid, and the pressure is mounting. i think democrats are in a better position. trump is in a terrible position. both of them probably could use an exit strategy for this drama. what happens if president trump does show up on tuesday evening? is that even a possibility? would speaker pelosi literally turn the president away from the capitol? he might try to do an outdoor event by the capitol for all we know. he might force people to try to tell him he can t enter the building. he s going to do something. donald trump i doubt is going to try to just do a read texts off a teleprompter from the oval office and beignet works to cover this. but i guess he ll try to use it to rally the american people to say, hey, this is the first state of the union delivered in ohio, or, you know
that according to a republican source familiar with the discussions who spoke to dana bash. dana is with us to explain. what are you learning? look, i mean, there has been a mad search for an exit strategy for a long time. remember, several weeks ago it s hard to imagine we re saying this, several weeks ago when congress came back after the new year, there was talk about an emergency declaration, the president was persuaded not to do that. now it s gone on for so long, there are other options being considered, i m told, inside the white house, separate from an emergency declaration. it would be executive action, which would effectively allow him to use pots of money mostly in the defense department, perhaps elsewhere. that is being urged by conservatives who are very worried that he could give in from their perspective to the democrats on a broader deal that would include something some
republicans there, who sigh they will do that if it s not the money the president wants as a part of that. so as you can see from what those two plans are from republicans and democrats, neither of them seem like they have a future if they will go anywhere. essentially, that brings us back where we started. white house aides are getting desperate hoping to find some kind of exit strategy here. that s why they laid out the president s proposal on a saturday afternoon. they are aware of these polls holding most americans are holding the president responsible, not democrats. anderson, if they can t find a way out in the next few days, they want to be able to change the optics. appreciate it. thanks. the shutdown calls into question what president trump long called his forte, the art of the deal. as he did during decades of business, mr. trump insulted adversaries, undermined his aides, and induced chaos, joining us now two people who
week that include up to $1 billion for border security funding, but no money for the president s border wall. and that would mean that bill is dead on arrival in the senate, especially, according to the republicans there who say they won t do that if it s not got the money that the president wants as part of that. those two plans are for what - republicans and democrats, neither of them seem like they have a future, that they re going to go anywhere. essentially, that leaves us right back where we started. white house aides are getting a little bit for desperate, hoping to find an exit strategy here, that s why they laid out the president s proposal on a saturday afternoon, buzz thecauy are aware of the polls that most americans are holding the president responsible for this shutdown. and even if they can t find a way out in the next few days, they want to be able to change the optics. catlin cokaitlan collins, th. the shutdown calls into question what president trump long called h
reason only. the democrats will not fund border security. but a new series of polls from quinnipiac, the washington post, and cnn show the american public faults the president over democrats by a wide margin. rarely do you see polls, guys, that are so consistent. low to mid 50s blame the republicans and trump. low 30s generally blame the democrats. pretty consistent. over the weekend, south carolina senator lindsey graham offered an exit strategy of sorts for the president. i would urge him to open up the government for a short period of time, like three weeks, before he pulls the plug. see if we can get a deal. if we can t at the end of three weeks, all bets are off. see if he can do it by himself through the emergency powers. well, that s barney fife speaking. anyway, president trump was asked about graham s proposal this morning. that was a suggestion that linl