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Would have a presidential signature. ive seen conference committees where they said ill do this and pass this and in effect, short of jam the white house, force them to sign it. do you know how much consultation there has been with the leaders of the conference committee and white house? >> i think there is consultation all along. senator shelby, the head of the republican conference group in the senate had a well-publicized meeting with the president last week. weve known all along that the pre...

But, as we heard from mick mulvaney, the administration is not taking this possibility off the table. the question is, what do they do if a deal does not get struck? do they move toward a national emergency? even that is something that republicans on capitol hill oppose and have problems with. so its not really clear how they get out of this jam, if this conference committee is not able to come up with an agreement in the coming days. >> really tough. many of the president backers there on capit...

And its not easy the plants need to be in the right position and we have to be in the right position underneath them. if they dont work together we have a problem in the next eight years trying to fix the plant stays in the soil for eight or maybe a good ten years so its better to try and fix the problem rather than getting angry about it for ten years. you can get all worked up about it but it doesnt get you anywhere you just get on with it i just want to go over to make sure i can get the mach...

And keep him from being bullied, maybe its not the best thing for him to go to the state of the union and get all of this press. the parents can decide that. but . i think its a good thing that the first lady invited him and lets hope it all works out for good for this kid. hes a sixth grader, right? >> look, shes in a jam. she wants to address something that needs to be addressed. the problem is shes married to one. i mean he is bullied in this office the way weve never seen. bully pulpit is on...

But. i think its a good thing the first lay did i invited him. lets hope it works out for good for this hes a sixth grader, right? >> look, shes in a jam. she wants to address something that needs to be addressed. the problem is shes married to one. i mean he has bullied in this office the way weve never seen. bully pulpit is one thing. teddy roosevelt never meant it the way this president executes it on a regular basis. >> if theres a lesson in this for anyone, its beyond the kid. its for this ...

Last year. a message of unity. we saw how that went. david, is a shutdown a real possibility? now hear on the hill, republicans included, working on a plan without the presidents involvement here. if they dont have the presidents support will they just find a way to keep government open? >> good morning, jim. happy lunar new year to everybody. to your question, heres my thought. i dont think either party has an appetite for another shutdown. republicans see the democrats are dug in. the white ho...

Support supported donald trump shutting down the government for a wall. you can go back to 2016. there has never been majority support for a wall. its hovered around the mid 30s. >> its not about public opinion. does it make any sense to build a wall like this? no, it does not. empirically it does not stand any test. i think the interesting question is how does trump get out of the jam hes in? because hes in a cornered. >> by being in a jam, hes putting the democrats in jam also and hes putting ...

Heat and mitch mcconnells party. i think the president is simply confusing the issue and hes painting himself surprisingly. he painted himself into a corner with nancy pelosi a few weeks ago and now hes painting himself into a new corner. hes going to do this national energy or get a wall. hes not going to get -- i dont think either one is palatable to fellow republicans. >> could it be a turning point in terms of republican support for the wall if the president does declare national emergency t...

Hes not going to get -- i dont think either one is palatable to fellow republicans. >> could it be a turning point in terms of republican support for the wall if the president does declare national emergency to build the wall. >> the president is in jam and the republicans are in a jam. i dont know that the president is much worried about the status of the republican party. the president is worried about his own re-election and being told by his allies on the right that if he doesnt do something...

Im not saying that doesnt matter. but results, i think are so important p in other words you can have a great tone, get everything right, every tweet right, everything is compassionate and then the cities are a disaster or unemployment is terrible or wages are depress ed or there arent 480,000 new jobs for all people. i think theres never any sense of balance in the coverage of these issues where race really comes to the fore, sometimes really unfairly. i want to help this. i actually think ther...