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Then i think, you know, you could get to yes. >> just to hone in on that, what should the democrats be asking for, how far should they go to make a deal if they have all this leverage you speak of? >> well, i do think that three weeks is not a long enough time probably for them to resolve the overall immigration issue, and i think the president would get huge push back for those that are already railing at him. what i would like to see is for republicans to give the president. republicans on the...

Somehow get a better deal in the new year? ive said repeatedly these shutdowns always end the same way, with some kind of a clean funding bill for a limited duration of time. that is exactly whats happened. >> was it you, charlie, who was on before, and i said, what is he doing? doesnt he realize that when he comes back from the holidays, hes going to have zero leverage? didnt i have that decision with you? i know i had it on this program. >> yes, you did. i mean this is just -- this is almost b...

I mean who would have ever thought this was a good idea to shut the government down before christmas, knowing that a democratic house is going to take over and that they might somehow get a better deal in the new year? ive said repeatedly these shutdowns always end the same way, with some kind of a clean funding bill for a limited duration of time. that is exactly whats happened. >> was it you, charlie, who was on before, and i said, what is he doing? doesnt he realize that when he comes back fr...

She showed him moxy for sure. now we have three weeks. mr. trump says this will be temporary. is there pressure on the democrats to give up something for border security? are they shifting toward caring more about immigration issues because of this? >> for the democrats, they have the leverage. if you saw with the recent vote, there were six republicans who had been on the democratic side and were fed up with the government shutdown and for spending all this time, wasted time negotiating over a ...

The white house caved under pressure from both sides of the aisle. senate republicans were showing signs of breaking ranks. thats why senate majority leader mitch mcconnell warned president trump on thursday it was unclear how much longer that gop conference could hang together. thats a part of what compel theed the president to announce this deal on friday. white house aides were particularly concerned about images of chaos at airports across the country. they were worried those images would dr...

Thats why he did the shotdown, forced attention on this issue, and even though today may look like a confession to some supporters, concession, in many ways it is. what hes still doing is forcing those people in congress who have ducked this issue for so long to try and come up with a solution. hes given them 21 days. at the end of that, thats when well really know whether hes been able to make a historic difference in the way no politician has been for such a long time. >> martha: well see. bec...

Emergency. arthel: finally, what is the post historic shutdown talk around the hill? was this the tipping point and perhaps will this produce procedural adjustments moving forward? >> we have just seen absolute frustration thats come out of many of the republicans that weve spoken to privately. it is just a very -- a big frustration that the white house in their opinion wasted this opportunity to try and use it as leverage. arthel: it should not have been used as leverage. you dont shut down the...

Leverage in purity of that wall funding. >> joyce vance, its really hard to see over the shoulder of a good card player and see as they peek at what theyve got in their hand mueller makes it harder still. do we get a peek at any of his hand today whats yet to come? >> i think we did get a peek you know, its entirely possible that this could be the end we dont really know for certain what he has. but there are so many hanging pieces that he gives us in this die. who are the senior campaign offici...

Is we always feared. this is what we were worried was going to happen when the president broke with the custom of not bringing his kids in and family they brought jared kushner in, ivanka trump in, there were obvious, clearly identifiable foreign influence concerns, foreign personal financial too is, extensive foreign contracts and travel, that the two adjudicators said no, makes complete sense to me. >> malcolm, as we put up a couple headlines that happened while donald trump was president abou...

Issue will concede, the chances it gets tied up in court are extremely high. >> well, and michael, i think the point is back pocket you cant run another shutdown i think that you -- they cant do it. its trump true in someways it would be a test of just ho pathetic he is because he talks about no education. am i right, that they dont have any leverage in another shutdown, right? >> there is no more leverage here the country set the benchmark for toleration here and i think that the idea of the ne...