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He needs buy in from the senate and democrats before they will vote. does that suggest to you this will be a long partial shutdown? >> yes, it does. i see nothing on the horizon to lead me to believe that this is going to end after christmas, unless the president does another reversal, another change of heart and essentially faces what seemed to be some pretty clear facts, some pretty easy math which is in this case mr. schumer is correct, there are not the votes to give the president the 5 bill...

We learned it doesnt have 50 votes in the senate. earlier today, the president was talking about using the so-called nuclear option to lower the threshold to 50 votes on legislative business. that was never going to happen in the first place. but it took a little bit of wheeling and dealing to get this to 47-47, as the case turned out to be, so that mike pence could break a tie and continue discussions. those will be ongoing, but its tough to see how they get fruitful. democrats just dont feel a...

Langford of oklahoma sounding optimistic on reaching a compromise for money for a border wall. joining us now, a panel. welcome to all three of you. bob, you first here. is this hang-up with money or is it the wording? >> alex it is definitely about therd woulding. i mean because the -- the wording. the math as the senator was saying it is easy. they could come in somewhere between $1.3 billion and $5 billion roughly and split the difference. but it is the wall. this is the last chance i think t...

Discussions. those will be ongoing, but its tough to see how they get fruitful. democrats just dont feel a lot of pressure here. pelosi will take control of the gavel of the speaker of the house the first week of january. the math is such that this cant move through the senate without democratic help. but the reality is, republicans are left holding the bag. the president controls the white house, and republicans still control both chambers in the congress. and for the president to be saying tha...

Theyre thwarting democracy. this bill ought to move forward, the wall should be funded. national security will be strengthened and of course then all of the government will be funded and we move forward. >> so it is true that nancy pelosi was wrong when she said the president wouldnt get the votes in the house because it did pass, but is it really fair to blame democrats when senate democrats voted, they passed the c.r. that the white house, vice president pence apparently indicated that the pre...

Additional votes and sent it back to the senate. mitch mcconnell knows the math is not there. he needs 60 votes. they are having the yeahs and nays. in part this is an exercise in futility. >> chuck schumer said it best. he called it a pointless exercise. mitch mcconnell gave a nice speech that the president will like, but the numbers dont add up. i think schumers comment is accurate. >> they need 50 just to take it up, but people are flying back to d.c. there is an attendance problem here. if a...

A vice president, the inner circle would go to the president and say sir, i understand you feel passionately about the wall, but the math is not there. you have a new chief of staff coming in and the defense secretary just resigned and there is anxiety around the world and the stock market is on a roller coaster. we are in this strange period of time. lets not add more poison to the mix. thats what will happen in a normal presidency. >> absolutely. a normal presidency, the president would agree....

Proceed to that house passed measure that would keep the government afloat and add $5 billion for the presidents request to build that wall along the southern border as well as border security. this bill has no chance of passing the senate. this is a first procedural vote. they need a simple majority to agree to take that bill up. already we have seen one republican senator vote against it. jeff flake of arizona. i had a chance to talk to him and he said its not the way he wants to proceed on th...

Office right now, cancel my trip on air force one to florida while we wait to see if democrats will help us to protect americas southern border. >> can you -- are you kidding me? this is a propaganda tool. the president of the united states is complaining because he cant go on vacation, is that the deal here? this is comical. look, look at the size of the american budget. the presidents asking for $5 billion. according to what i see as a non-political guy who has been watching this for 35 years,...

>> wright, the trump wall is not in the constitution. >> laura: i get what your point is. he made the promise and if the wall doesnt get built, its hard to say trump winning in 2,020. if this wall doesnt get built, i think it will demoralize a lot of people. mikael gillett, i dont know who this guy is but its a singer that some people follow was hitting it hard on twitter. right now people are donating money they dont have to build a wall they dont need that solves a problem that doesnt exist. a...