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That he and i imagine many much his republican colleagues want him to hit on while he is on the campaign trail. square that with what we saw from him today. this threat that weve seen before about shutting down the government, if he doesnt get the money that he wants to better fortify the u.s./mexico border. how does that square with what the party wants the president to be talking about as we approach november? >> well, it doesnt square. this threat is not entirely new. president trump has issu...

And something were working on on a bipartisan level. so i expect each of these bills to change, each of these bills to get stronger. i just believe that through this process the bill that will and i are working on together has the best opportunity of getting support from the president and becoming law. >> obviously that would be a good tactic is to go to the president and know what he will support. that would be an efficacy move. of course i understand that th white house has been slow on wantin...

Of republicans want to get a deal done on this issue. they have americans on their side. its up to republicans to cut a deal. >> so they didnt want to kick the can of this legislation, and thats why they wanted to proposal to be inclusive, keeping the government running, keeping the funded going and at the same time addressing immigration. so if it means keeping the government running until february 8 and then promise on delivering immigration before the march deadline, will democrats come to th...

Its disgraceful were not allowing our domestic divisions to make long term planning. so the lights will stay on, and thats good, but we have to duty to govern and pass a budget. >> its also disgraceful we dont have the -- the daca people in the united states dont have certainty about their status in this country. >> absolutely. >> you both raise important points that go beyond a short term funding solution or tweets that self-detonate in hours. senator welch, thank you for joining us, jamal sim ...

Remains open while bipartisan discussions continue with our colleagues in congress and the white house on a long-term funding solution. meantime, its important to recognize that this bill doesnt have any contentious provisions. >> of course, sometimes controversial items are attached to pieces of legislation. the majority leader signalling that wont be the case with a government funding extension. >> shepard: mike, gop leaders are working to pass their tax bill. how is that progress? >> action o...

House is theres political grandstanding by the democrats. ryan and mcconnell saying theyre going to be there, ruth, notwithstanding. >> so getting even weirder is probably like the motto of 2017. covers all situations. we always knew that december was going to be the toughest month. that theres just an incredible, incredibly difficult and controversial slate on the congressional to do list. this tweet and then the pretty predictable response to it doesnt make a difficult situation any easier. an...

Murray and alexander, right, a republican and a democrat to deal with this, to come up with a funding solution so that there would be no ambiguity so the court case would be moot and what incentive do they have to pursue that now? >> especially since mitch mcconnell wont bring anything to the floor with the democrats name on it. anyway the hostages are being taken by more than one person. thank you all for being here. coming up, i went to the u.s. virgin islands to report on the hurricane deva...

May, and what congress has been doing is using trickery, going into the general trust fund to fund this and essentially its supposed to be used for our crumbling roads and bridges. its not at all clear that thats where it goes. but unless there is a multiyear, long-term funding solution to this deficit of the highway trust fund, the pressure is going to be on states and local governments to raise the gas tax, and thats what theyve been doing. i mean there are legions of states right now that are...

I cant see anything which suggests it makes any sense whatsoever to end social security as a federal entitlement and send it back to the states. "national journals" congressional korntd joins us. major, you write about social security and the politics of social security in the "national journal." you point out that the payroll tax cut proposed by the president would undermine the long-term funding solution for social security. >> thats right. its the great unobserved debate going on. as rick per...

>> the archi in archis acres is archie, a marine in iraq. he bought this determined to keep helping fellow marines. >> when i left, i was hoping i could create some type of unit outside of the military that was as proficient as the unit in the military. >> when the va cut the funds, colin and his wife paid the men thousands of dollars out of their pocket all of the while talking to the va about how to get the money being turned back on. >> the problem is the vets that we have in the program are ...