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>> bret: it is hanging there, march 5th. >> the administration argued -- >> wheres your leverage then? >> cobble together some sort of a compromise without daca in there. >> so you have no leverage? >> he has leverage because hes the president, and nothing can become law without his signature. but daca can be reinstated on a simple executive order. >> bret: quickly, next steps? >> the next steps are uncertain. john cornyn in the senate said we put this on the bill which is jargon for the big kah...

Fight with the president? or should they save their political capital, save that risk of going out and challenging the president for another time, an issue that they view as more important? and what weve seen from republicans, by and large, is that most of the time, theyve decided to focus on policy issues, where they can gain some ground over the president. they focused on their own political survival. so making sure that he stays popular for their own benefit, as opposed to taking this moral h...

People in the country hate washington, they hate washington politicians and so both parties are at risk here. the republicans that ive talked to are saying in more than national numbers, we are looking for those trump voters in those states where there are democratic incumbents in the senate running for reelection, you know, in states that trump won and they feel confident that they can use that line to bring the trump voters home. so i dont see a quick resolution. >> lets look at the states whe...

In by their parents, they arent law breakers, they look like they are here to stay. can they have a good life or not? your thoughts. >> what is interesting, president trump was talking about the daca solution as a bill of love. have you noticed how the rhetoric has hardened as they get into the finger pointing. they dont talk about daca anymore, they talk about illegal immigrants, i urge them. >> law breakers. he is talking about people committing crimes. >> exactly. what is happening here, rath...

Schumer said, i gave it to him and he renege reneges on that. democrats and republicans dont trust each other. how can you get a deal? >> its been one year since the presidents inauguration last year. heres what he tweeted about that in relation to this shutdown today. quote, this is the one year anniversary of my presidency. the democrats wanted to give me a nice present. hashtag democrat shutdown. blame the democrats. >> thats not accurate. there were five republicans who voted against the shu...

>> welcome back to the special saturday night edition of "hardball." the government is shutdown, we all know that, hundreds of thousands of women nationwide took to the streets for the womens march. electing more women to public office focus. and now, the washington postopinion writer. put it all together, it began with the shock of trumps election, an incredible flow of people coming up fifth avenue from the village. from downtown. then, i guess a lot of hell broke loose. is it back? we will se...

Turns around and reneges on that. how are you going to have a deal if you cant believe whats in the room? >> its been one year since the presidents inauguration. here is what he tweeted about that in relation to this shutdown today. >> this is the one year anniversary of my presidency. the democrats want to give me a nice shut. blame a shutdown. >> there were five republicans who voted against the shutdown. whether they voted for it for reasons the same or similar to democrats, they didnt vote. ...

Pushing people further and further away. one other point from kind of a 35,000 foot level looking at this, you know, this is the reason why people in the country hate washington, they hate washington politicians. so both parties are at risk here, and the republicans i have talked to are saying ignore the national numbers. we are looking for the trump voters in those states where there are democratic incumbents in the senate running for reelection. >> sure. >> you know, in states that trump won, ...

Washington in general. both people will have to bear the brunt of not being able to do their jobs. why are we sending these people to washington? we need all new people. >> i remember rodney king. why cant we all get along. paul ryans words when the efforts to repeal and replace obamacare failed last year. >> we were a ten year opposition party where being against things was easy to do. you just have to be against it. now in three months time we try to go to a governing party where we have to ge...

Is more than a little disingenuo disingenuous. >> ben cardin was on a little while ago. they said lets get a four or five day extension. the tweet the president posted 15, 20 minutes ago, he said a four-week extension would be best. >> at the same time, theres fundraising on republicans where president trump was telling his base and his supporters, look, i just told chuck schumer you cannot shut down the government. but you hear these messages being sent out to different people. to glorias point...