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Fellow citizens, public servants who cant afford food for him families. tonight the reality of this crisis appears to be sinking in for one donald trump and his white house and the search for the off-ramp may be under way. it was a bad day on the let them eat cake front, and this was just last night. we were on the air on this broadcast when the president agreed to hold off on the state of the union until the union was up and running again. well, today in the senate, there were two votes on comp...

He is showing his willingness to compromise and put forward a plan that addresses a lot of -- group and the government, get federal workers paid again. and address of the of the board. well see where the vote is this afternoon. im hopeful we will cease and democrats that will conclude that the best way to get the government open again is to open this amendment. >> harris: senator soon, i imagine you know there are things changing underside of the political aisle in terms of those who are whippin...

Shut this government down in 2013, my state was flooded. it was underwater. people killed. >> weve seen a whole lot of table banging on this floor. the senator from colorado spent a great deal of time yelling, spent a great deal of time attacking me personally. >> both measures failed. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> president trumps proposal was 51-47 short of the 60 vote threshold with west virginias joe manchin the only democrat in paper. six republicans alexander, collins, gardner, isaacs...

Also murkowski of alaska who has many federal workers in her state. shes expected to vote yes on both. as a sign of lets get something going. but it has been bleak here on capitol hill when it comes to any breakthroughs. senate republicans are saying that they will have something to say when this is over but theyve got to work with the white house. house republicans are saying everyone should stay in town. house democrats, under leadership of nancy pelosi, theyre going to be gone for the weekend...

Often a creditic of the president, so murkowski of california, alaska is filled with federal workers and many of them are suffering at a pay level that without their paychecks they are really feeling it so this gives us a sense of watching to see. knock happens without it like this, but now the votes have been taken. they have to take the vote to be a veto override and there is not enough to get to 60 to simply move to the next level. theyre really at a point that everything that has been propos...

Democratic point if we negotiate anything before the border wall before the government is reopened then whats to stop the president with the fight after that. >> thats the language you hear more and more. he said it in more memorable, folksy sort of way, but pelosi and this idea that over and over again, he can use this tactic. he can use government workers and a government shutdown as a tactic for more border security or a border wall. if he gets 5 billion hell need more money, will he do it ag...

Vanity project. he is keeping a campaign promise. a lot of people across this country wanted him to do it. now he is doing it and that, perhaps, is why the democrats are calling it a vanity project because its all about him. its not. its about a lot of people across the country who would like to see better border security. brian: i will say this. people want to know how is this going to end? one thing the democrats are counting on is that the republican senate will break because murkowski, colli...

Everybody. brian: when you have lindsey graham saying that a guy bringing the president compromised bills and you have the subject of a lot of criticism from conservatives because he does want to do a deal. you know its extreme. i will say this. it turns out according to reports, jared kushner and kellyanne conway are two people within the administration who are urging the president to show restraint and for kellyanne conway the quote was lets not let congress off the hook. they should be coming...

Trump has been having lunch with senate republicans on capitol hill moments before walking into the meeting with senators, the president said this -- >> we need border security. we will have border security. tremendous republican support and i think were going to win, but we need -- listen. we need border security very simple. >> how long are you going to let the shutdown last? >> whatever it takes. >> he says this despite the fact that a number of cracks are beginning to form within his own par...

Support here. >> no, reopen it? then discuss it later which is what democrats have been saying. this is the problem that hes going to face, whether someone like a jonie ernst of iowa or shelly kaputo and other republicans who are even closer to his base than certainly like a murkowski will start saying lets separate this. lets focus on getting the government open. we need homeland security open, tsa workers need to get their paychecks. everybody who works for the government is putting in work de...