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Like the word shutdown but prefers the word strike. not sure that makes sense that strikes are voluntary and 800,000 some odd workers didnt sign up for this. theyre not an strike. but at the very least, it may be an indication of divorced from reality this situation is becoming. perspective on what the president may do next. joining us for that, "new york times" white house correspondent, and cnn analyst, maggie habermann. is there any scenario that you see him accepting a deal that doesnt give ...

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Numbers. theyre there to find a negotiation. anderson, theres real frustration inside the white house right now. theres about the messaging on this shutdown. you saw it with trump. you mentioned him, whether he wants to own the shutdown anymore or not. theres a feeling theyre getting outmaneuvered by congress on this, by democrats on this. theres no sense that democrats are any closer to making a deal. and the white house says theyre at least a week away from making a deal. you know, a week away...

Michael bender is on the by line. you write that the president, quote, opened fridays meeting with lawmakers with a 15-minute profanity-laced rant about impeachment, according to people familiar with the meeting. what more do you know about that, if anything? >> well, hey, anderson. this, from what we understand, is the president upset about the quotes from inside the democratic congress. the explicit quotes from some of the new members, saying they were there to impeach trump. he was hot about ...

About it. so theres -- >> are we supposed to ignore it? >> no, im just saying this is definitely -- >> on pennsylvania avenue? >> were not talking about -- >> no, i hear you. we have other panels on the show and well talk about other issues. thats right. and the other thing is, this quote -- >> im just saying, were not being dragged. >> well, i dont know what were supposed to do, though. >> we are being dragged. no, we are being dragged. we are being dragged. they want this to happen. the white ...

Changes. if this is a narrow win for him in the end amid all of these controversies, i think we are headed for unprecedented disp e disputes disput disputes in georgia after the fact. given the dual role he is playing. >> in this race because of georgias election rules, this could be a race that would go to a recount. we could end up with kemp overseeing that process on the ballot. its extraordinary. >> taking note from jeff sessions on the recusal thing. somewhere in the back of my mind. one mo...

Pretty horrific situations every day in their line of work. thank you so much, nick. if you learn anything new, we will be here for the next hour. here to share reporting and insights, michael bender with the "wall street journal." elise is with "the washington post" and cnns mia henderson. let me start with you. you have been doing excellent reporting on getting the information out from your sources in the intelligence community. what is the latest you are hearing? >> the u.s. hasnt seen the ta...

Judge kavanaugh all but certain to be confirmed in a matter of hours, capping a fight that has divided this country. and what happens next could have enormous consequences for american politics. lets discuss now. julie hirsch field davis is here, michael bender, and adam sur. so good to see all of you again. thank you for coming back on the show. julie, im going to start with you. judge kavanaugh looks set to be confirmed by a narrow margin. it was bitter partisanship all the way, a partisan bat...

By his own standard, kavanaughs own standard, he was unfit for the court. he said a judge should never be partisan. well, he explicitly identified himself as a partisan and then republicans confirmed him anyway. >> yeah. >> i think, you know, more than anything else, you know, regardless of where you stand on the allegations, thats just like -- thats a fundamental thing that a judge cant do. and no previous judge, no previous nominee has done it. >> yeah. >> so, michael, if you look at the recen...

>> yeah. >> so, michael, if you look at the recent polls, right, they show that support for kavanaugh was deeply divided along partisan lines. do republicans get kavanaugh confirmed by keeping their party together? what did they do right? >> well, yeah. what they did right is theyre going to get 51 votes on this, and they absolutely kept everybody together. you know, and that was the end goal here, right? i mean this is mitch mcconnells legacy. he blocked merrick garland. he got in -- you know, ...