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Theres very good reasons to put this off. once again, nancy pelosi has shown she knows what the heck shes doing. the frustrating thing here is that just a few weeks ago, donald trump agreed to a bill that the senate passed every single republican voted for it that it funds the government and then we can go debate a wall or a barrier or fence in the regular order. then what changed? ann coulter and rush limbaugh started attacking him and he folded like a cheap suit. its embarrassing. theres somet...

Overused his executive authority? there are conservatives who believe and who have been telling the president you should not actually bypass congress. i think he has been wavering on that. he is feeling the pressure, trying to get some kind of deal. we dont know if he is throwing this out there as leverage or not. we just dont know. >> nancy pelosi has said that a large down payment is not reasonable. she opposes it. >> of course, from the democrats point of view its unreasonable. once they agre...

You know, its so frustrating when i look at people on social media and the folks who are out there saying, you got to stick with it. you got to do this. oh, get pelosi. oh, she got him. oh, slam. and theyre not thinking about the people who you just mentioned here, the people who arent getting their medication, may not receive medical procedures. >> may not be able to keep a safe in the air. >> the danger in our skies. i was going to say the same thing. is no one thinking about that for somethin...

Would fund the presidents border wall. the democrats proposal has no money for the border wall. neither bill is expected to pass, but there are signs of fracture within the gop. at least one senator, cory gardner of colorado, is expected to vote for the democrats clean bill that does not include border wall funding. ohio senator rob portman also has concerns about the presidents strategy. >> i never believe that shutting down government provided leverage. one, i think that it is a bad idea to sh...

Congress -- five, i should say, sent a letter urging them to fund the dhs. one of those secretaries is john kelly. when he was the chief of staff, the president threatened to shut down the government over the wall, and now that he is out of the white house, we got a shutdown. >> well, look, i worked with all those homeland security secretaries. i was on the homeland security committee for six years. it is outrageous that we are holds these people charged with protecting us, protecting our border...

The president that you guys would make a deal that includes substantial funding for physical barriers along the border. im not going to play the word game. the president created that. i dont perpetuate it. he believes his only leverage is if he keeps the government shutdown. >> the one thing thats clear is the american people overwhelmingly agree with our position, which is that a shutdown is not a legitimate negotiating tactic when theres a public policy dispute between two separate and coequal...

Government needs to be reopened first before we do the state of the union. so its clearly a point of leverage she hopes to use in the talks going forward, given the standoff were in here heading to the fifth week of the shutdown. >> this may be a dumb question, but could he just show up and give the speech in the rotunda? could he deliver it there instead of the floor of the house? >> the short answer is no. he is going to need permission from democrats to do it in the rotunda. he is going the n...

It works against him. >> okay. there you go. because he had all the leverage for two years, chris. >> its true. >> he had a republican senate. he had a republican congress. and he kept -- and, again, as i said before, were going to show you exactly whats at stake here and how we got here. >> good. >> he had all of that, and then i said, well, after nancy pelosi comes into office, he has no leverage. no leverage. he may as well take the deal thats on the table and then work out a deal to negotiat...

>> lets flip the sscenario for second. what can you say to o guarantee the president that you guys would make a deal that includes substantial funding for physical barriers along the border. im not going to play the word game. i dont perpetuate it. he believes his only leverage is if he keeps the government shutdown. >> the one thing thats clear is the american people overwhelmingly agree with our position, which is that a shutdown is not a legitimate negotiating tactic when theres a public poli...

Those people not to negotiate with himself or to give another inch on this. so two different messages as often coming out of the administration, one from the presidents advisers, one from the president himself. and i think we know who to listen to on that one. >> yes, i agree with you 100%. the flip side, 30 centrist democrats sending a letter to nancy pelosi saying promise the president a vote on his proposal. if he reopens the government, say you will bring to the floor his proposal. the presi...