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Cory gardner said to garrett haake of nbc, lets get the government reopened. well see this week if theres more pressure from some other republican senators. but you could see that thats where it starts to build and mcconnell could eventually come to the white house and say, guys, we got to get this government open, we got to figure something out. >> nick, is that where the pressure comes, whether its susan collins in maine or tom tillis in north carolina? these republicans in what are still swin...

As a democrat, how do you trust that? >> you cant. >> lets bring in kasie hunt. elise and nick are back with us as well. senator king, mitch mcconnell has i think three senators so far to call for an end of the shutdown. how many is it going to take for this president to realize its a no-win battle. >> it only takes one more to get to a majority in the senate. if youre talking about a veto, it will take a lot more. there are underlying institutional issues here. this is not only about a wall but...

In the middle east to try and tamp down concern over the presidents hasty announcement on syria, as republican opera at the mike murphy noted on twitter, you can tell that things at the white house have gone totally bat blanc whk had go-to guy for public policy clean-up is bolton. welcome to "morning joe." with us we have national affairs analyst for msnbc news and executive producer of showtimes "the circus, joel heilemann, nick c nick, and "washington post" and political analyst philip rucker ...

It was so reliable on that front. the facts dont matter to him in those situations and it continues to be the case that he holds it now very close for the same reasons. >> and he even admitted, nick, that when people got distracted or wandered off that he would bring back the wall. he said it was the best applause line. what about his own people admitting to the "new york times" that actually this was just a memory trick for him in 2014, they came up with the idea of a wall because they knew don...