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Inconsequential. in 2013 an kweconomists said its money and perhaps cut into gdp growth. i think if it were really important something get done, the leverage of harsh terms of a shutdown would help something get done. when there was a shutdown over president obama, people were freaking out. this was a break in the normal pretty much functional role of federal government. but compared to the context of president trump, this is, i dont know what, the 83rd whackiest thing thats happened this month?...

This he cant lose it so hes obviously willing to shut down the government. hes probably willing to keep it shut down for a while and thats unfortunate. our economy right now is unstable. we saw that with the stock market and i think the longer that the government stays shut down the worse it is for not only families of federal workers but also our overall economic situation. >> ab, i want to ask you. this is also about leverage and the democrats will have more leverage after january 3. how do yo...

Pelosis election for the speakership. shes now in that unfortunate position of being beholden to her left wing to where she cannot be seen with agreeing with the president on anything until after shes the speaker. if thats the case, we go into the next congress, i think. >> is there a reason for democrat to negotiate at all before democrats take control of the lower chamber? >> no. theres no incentive. donald trump has created a situation where he has no leverage, and there was the old saying th...

His stance. he has said hell come down from his border wall demand. hes also said that he doesnt necessarily need to have a concrete wall built at the border. as long as democrats agree to some kind of barrier in an agreement that would then be used to fund the government. democrats believe they have all the leverage here, that the longer this runs out, the better it is for them because then a couple days from now, january 3rd, youll have house speaker designate nancy pelosi reopen the governmen...

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Senate floor was telling. and walking around the capitol friday he is plainly frustrated with the president. you can see him do this one on one -- not even one on one but remedial science, explaining how a bill becomes a law. when he does that, hes speaking to one person on the floor, talking to the president over doing that. hes simmering over this, because his members have had to stay here, fly back. its very frustrating. >> part of whats going on here is the increasing isolation of the presid...

With lawmakers at the white house. ill name a couple, matt gates, gop contingent in congress. not a single democrat is in the room. no senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. is this productive? >> well, look, if everybody is hungry and they want to have lunch, by all means. i dont know how you solve a problem unless hes telling them to get onboard and vote for the clean cr. i dont know what to tell you. those are the folks right there that are against the clean cr. those are the ones that are ...

The idea that youve defeated terrorists and they go away, thats not the way it works. they will reconstitute themselves so that will come back. that will be a decision either he or his successor will rue. the american people could pay a price for it. in terms of the future, long ago we had accommodated ourselves to the reality that this government, this regime, wasnt going anywhere. the question now i think is whether the united states and others can use the incentive of economic help for rebuil...

They will reconstitute themselves so that will come back. that will be a decision either he or his successor will rue. in terms of the future, long ago we had accommodated ourselves to the reality that this government, this regime, wasnt going anywhere. the question now i think is whether the united states and others can use the incentive of economic help for rebuilding to try to bring about a degree of political reform, a bit of restraint on the part of mr. assad before he and others settle any...

Negotiate on the presidents terms when they will soon control the house in less than two weeks, ana. >> sarah westwood at the white house. thank you. lets bring in our lawmaker. matthew gates say member of the house freedom caucus, which pushed for the president to reject the continuing resolution earlier this week that would have kept the government open. gates also had lunch with the president yesterday at the white house. congressman, happy holidays to you. i appreciate you coming on. >> i ha...