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That have been hard hit by illegal immigration came to. this would be a win for democrats. >> ed: what is the win? how do we get there? the president has offered to come down from the $5 billion, $2 billion. how to get the democrats to see that? >> they are dug in. their base will have to come and say we want the government open. that is why the government shutdown, there is a leverage right now. you will not get there at this point because chuck schumer said we will not move from where we have ...

That made me wonder does not present have more leverage here then we are all assuming? democrats like gutierrez, editorial pages like "the washington post" are saying you know it? give him something, and then lets move on. >> thats certainly what republicans and trump, the gander they are playing. he is receiving the blame for the shutdown, and he wants to turn this around and say i am negotiating in good faith, but they have taken their ball and got home here that could turn public perception a...

Here is the more on that article. while the strategy is fluid. house democrats, meaning nancy pelosi, hope to pass a funding bill shortly after members are sworn. in after the first of the year. they believe that would put pressure on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to follow suit. they are confident their political leverage will only increase longer the shutdown lasts. a notion that some g.o.p. leaders privately agree with. it almost looks like rachel in washington they are playing a gam...

Americans do want compromise as richard just said there is a possibility of daca being included a possibility of not as much funding being crude included but with democrats taking over the house next week they see this as leverage with their base. they also know they will not get it passed in the senate unless there is funding for border security within it. when you take a look at the senate breakdown, have you senators who are even more conservative, even more staunchly fiscal and conservative ...

Have some leverage as long as were on the ground to d diplomatic gains. its happening in face of a lot of other things including secretary mattis resignation. >> sensitive time. is there a way as ambassador ford argues that the president can make the most of this. is there something the u.s. can do. >> ambassador ford is man i respect highly. >> im not asking you to go after him. >> thank you. what hes saying is forget about diplo diplomacy. hes saying this president is not going to do anything ...

Consequences because amongst his base -- >> theyre going to stick with him. >> no matter what. so from a political perspective, and a calculation perspective, hes got nothing to lose. on the flip side, democratsters are exact same position. you have two sides where the political consequences are not there. clearly alienated by the president, his rhetoric, his loblg ic logic of the shutdown. the problem is, the president doesnt care about the middle. >> this is reflected in conversations ive had ...

Enduring. paul ryans house was in session for two minutes and 43 seconds. one democratic congressman tried to use those moments, literally moments to force a vote to fund the government without getting into the wall debate. now, the next time youll see any of those politicians you just saw on your screen there either to do nothing, the next time we see that will be monday. so government stays closed at least until then. and nancy pelosi making it clear she does not intend to blink and shell only...

Leverage. nancy pelosi and democrats are going to control the house. so when that happens, the white house has one fewer tool in the arsenal to extract things it wants and bullying and picking a fight with nancy pelosi is not a great way to get that speakership off to a start and get that relationship off to a start so i think its going to be a tactic that they try going forward but, again, this stalemates not going to end any time soon and president trump was the one that said he would veto the...

Moments to force a vote to fund the government without getting into the wall debate. now, the next time youll see any of those politicians you just saw on your screen there either to do nothing, the next time we see that will be monday. so government stays closed at least until then. and nancy pelosi making it clear she does not intend to blink and shell only send-up spending bills when she takes charge that fund the government but not trumps wall. the polling here is house democrats believe tha...

>> i -- i love this 12-step process that the republicans are in where apparently we pay for the wall, our tax money pays for the wall and somewhere down the line they get mexico to pay for a wall they never wanted to pay for and that the last two including the former president used many words of profanity to say that mexico will never pay for. heres the issue. at the end of the day the president has absolutely no leverage, the senate doesnt have any leverage. and once we hit january 3rd and the ...