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In a 1976 law. the 76 law was written to clean up all of the emergencies richard nixon declared and lbj had declared, technically still on the books. that definition says, an emergency is a profound threat, an emergency and powerful threat. nook it has to be fairly obvious. >> correct. >> neil: pearl harbor, 9/11, the ebola virus. >> a threat so profound to life, property, and safety that it cannot be addressed by using the order assets and the order mowers of the government. that are required s...

That washington has worked, history is full of powerful speakers, the tip oneill, sam rayburn class of speakers, the newt gingriches, people who wield considerable power in the body and also full of powerful senate leaders. you think of lbj, of course, being the classic version. but at one time mitch mcconnell styled himself that kind of senate leader. when president obama was in office for eight years, mitch mcconnell wielded power quite ruthlessly and made it very clear that the president was ...

Shutdown? >> you know, i have to say, steve, i think you as a historian of sort of the way that washington has worked, history is full of powerful speakers, the tip oneill, sam rayburn class of speakers, the newt gingriches, people who wield considerable power in the body and also full of powerful senate leaders. you think of lbj, of course, being the classic version. but at one time mitch mcconnell styled himself that kind of senate leader. when president obama was in office for eight years, mi...

Been very good and nancy pelosi is a very strong leader at keeping their people in line. their rank and file members. it was republicans who couldnt do it. i think now its the other side. >> everybody on the same message. listen to the leader. fall in line. thats what you know, republicans did when it comes to donald trump. none of them liked him but they certainly fell in line once he became the nominee and the president. as we can see, theyre falling in line and doing what maybe democrats shou...

Ongoing. so you see a little bit in the answer there you got from pelosi, an attempt to publicly maybe shame mcconnell into doing something. but how is that going to play out over the next few days in terms of the dynamic between pelosi and mcconnell, the capitol hill side of the shutdown? >> you know, i have to say, stephen, i think you as a historian of sort of the way that washington has worked, history is full of powerful speakers, the tip oneill, sam rayburn class of speakers, the gingriche...

Donald trump hasnt topped it yet as president. what do you think about president obama has topped it 11 years and president trump is lagging him? >> barack obama is the anti-donald trump. his wife, the first lady, michelle obamas book is number one. he is extremely popular -- reminds me a little bit of a more pronounced version of what we saw at the end of linden johnsons time when l.b.j. was getting really unpopular over vietnam, the gallop most popular man in their poll was dwight eisenhower, ...

Still keep kids apprised of the jolly old elfs global position. the senate is set to meet again thursday as mitch mcconnell hopes will be fruitful. >> we dont need to be here from 160 votes in the senate, majority in the house and president trumps signature. thats whats needed. >> but there is a growing unease the shutdown may extend into the new year and the new congress. >> lbj said sometimes you just have to hunker down like in a hailstorm and just take it. >> republicans are convinced its no...

Going well. they attacked the president for plunging the country into chaos, in their words. and they say instead of bringing certainty into peoples lives, hes continuing the trump shutdown, just to please right-wing radio hosts, thats what they say in their statement. and they say that different people from the white house are saying different things about what the president would accept or not accept. so they say its impossible to know where the president stands, and they say that as long as h...

I imagine democrats, some democratic senators say privately that they may be able to go up a little bit from the $1.3 billion as long as its not for a wall. but remember, nancy pelosi and the house democrats come in charge january 3rd and at that point the presidents leverage is going to continue to decrease. >> they dont really have much of an incentive at the moment to give in. >> exactly. >> there was a brief session in the senate today presided over by pat roberts who said, lbj said sometime...

But there has been no movement or very little talks saturday when vice president mike pence and chuck schumer discussed the presidents demand for $5 billion for his border wall. they talked about $2.5 billion from the white house side. that was much too high for the $1.3 billion the democrats have been pushing. so its unclear how much further the democrats are willing to go. theyre saying abandon the wall all together. of course, the president is nowhere near that, jim, which means that both sid...