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Government shutdown. it lingers on, now officially this longest shutdown in u.s. history and forced some 800,000 federal employees. it means they have been left high and dry, hurting now for three weeks and counting. the collateral damage is piling up, house democrat versus passed bill after bill to reopen the government and get people back to work, but senate republicans ridicule those moves as stunts and say they wont move on anything until president trump says okay. for more, theres cnn cai...

But rarely is the discharge petition been used. this particular petition guarantees the vote on four different kinds of immigration bills including the so-called "leadership bill," the mccall bill that is named after the chairman of the judiciary and the homeland security committees. there are two ways to go about doing this. this one is rarely used. this is the way every piece of legislation usually comes to the floor and this is a test for the house leadership because they are close to getting...

>> dana: thank you. we are keeping an eye on the president immigration roundtable and we will bring you back there if news warrants. so, you guys have recently started dating...

[applause] to give one other example, mr. president, last november herman hernandez, honduran national illegally in the united states was sentenced for his role as an ms-13 murder in virginia. >> dana: we have been watching president trump at a roundtable in long island, new york. he is surrounded by officials from his administration and local officials and law enforcement as they talk about ms-13. the gang there. we will continue to monitor the event and we wanted to bring back in karl rove the...

>> harris: air force one arriving moments ago in new york. they just pitched the stairs so we momentarily could see the president of the united states as he goes to take part in an immigration roundtable alongside local officials this afternoon on long island, new york. its about a 30-minute or so drive from where he is right now. we will stay on the news as it happens. the president is going to stress his commitment to ending gang violence, tout his administrations crackdown on sanctuary cities...

>> dana: just now, rod rosenstein dep city attorney general addressing the ms-13 round table with the president. watch. >> illegal immigration and particularly by the challenge of unaccompanyed minor children. and there are several loopholes in federal law that facilitate this. that create a particular problem for homeland security and for us with regard to unaccompanyed children entering the united states illegally. they are not eligible for expedited removal. that means that most aliens if the...

Confident we could pass such a bill. the senate did that a few years ago. we passed comprehensive immigration reform that did deal with the dreamers. i met with the dreamers last week in maryland at an immigration roundtable. youre talking about disrupting families that have been in the united states for a long time, disrupting the workforce, the president putting out there that the daca program could end in six months is not helpful and will affect our economy, will affect the lives of hundreds...

Donald trump is in double trouble for a pair of controversial utterances that are burning up the wires at this hour. one took place at an immigration roundtable at trump tower today, and well talk about that in a moment. the other was into a hot mike more than ten years ago, but, whoo, boy, is it a scorcher. a video obtained by "the washington post" features audio of trump in 2005 making comments that the word lewd and vulgar are mild descriptions for, about trying to sleep with a married woman....

Island peter king is using is unacceptable. it doesnt lead to solutions and it is causing more division in the community. >> as we wait for the roundtable to begin in a few minutes, we are told by the white house that what they see is some loopholes in the current immigration law and will be addressed and discussed. among those on hand for the round table the secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and a number of members of immigration agen...

>> the president did what he had to do because congress is refused to act. >> weve got to do something about sealing the border. >> 1.1 billion for homeland security to step up enforcement and deter border crossings. >> wheres the money to stop people from coming in. we need a secure border. 1.1 billion for homeland security to step up enforcement and deter border crossings. asking for $3.7 billion to beef up tension facilities. were not turning these people back. >> theres a real moral risk of ...