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How did graham respond to that? take a listen. >> i have never been more depressed about moving forward than right now. i just dont see a pathway forward. somebody has got to get some energy to fix this. >> reporter: with that in mind, graham coming out later tonight with a statement saying that the president needs to act unilaterally, act on his own. i can tell you in talking to republican aides, thats the expectation. thats eventually coming. the reason why is there is nothing else on the tabl...

This potential compromise was going nowhere fast. by the end of the day today, senator graham said it is dead and they are now in a complete stalemate. >> i have never been more depressed about moving forward than i am right now. i just dont see a pathway forward. somebodys got to like get some energy to fix this. >> reporter: again to underscore how theres no pathway forward right now on capitol hill no meetings are scheduled, nothing coming up the pike. as it enters the 21st day of the governm...

The course of the last five, six years. most recently last year. you talk to democrats, theres no trust between democrats and the administration, which is one of the biggest issues with any possible bigger deal coming together, but even the little hint that something might have been possible, that has fallen through as well. so when were talking to aides on capitol hill right now, lawmakers, frankly, on capitol hill right now, i think everybody is in agreement that this is just going to last lon...

Resolution. she is much too intelligent and talented and has been in too many negotiations to be behaving the way that she has. >> they say it president trump personally killed an effort by lindsey graham to craft a grand bargain. >> ive never been more depressed about moving forward then right now. i dont see a pathway forward. >> she says it is about to get real when constituents was a paycheck tomorrow. >> speak with prison guards, we have people i am very concerned about. let the people livi...

Pathway forward. if we have to negotiate, that the art of the deal. >> melissa: jason, i was very interested in whether this was a real option. i had to go back and remember what was in that bill pay thats what joe manchin is talking about. it was a 13 year path to citizenship for millions of undone on documented immigrants who were he already. benchmarks before they could get a green card. it would increase security along the border, requires that e-verify, workplace verificatio verification. t...

Whatever, people have to count on these agencies to work with them. then i have 340,000 west virginians who depend on food stamps for subsidies. >> those numbers are even bigger than the numbers we just showed on the screen because youve been checking, youve got contractors. >> i have subcontractors, contractors, subcontractors. it ripples down. and heres a state with 1,800,000 people. it depends on working with the federal government. thats how people live their lives, and its going to change. ...

Even if you give a vote on dreamers or daca, if you come out tonight and says, listen, im not budging off the $5 billion, and at the same time were going to have a vote on the dreamers and daca, that would be fine. its kind of an art of the deal, i guess. but no one believes that a child that was under 5 years of age, their parents brought them here, that become only american citizens, have been educated in america, theyve defended our country, fought in our military for us, shouldnt have a path...

Forget about the politics. basically were dealing with the president of the united states. thats our job, to find a pathway forward. whether youre a democrat or republican as a senator or congressperson, youre sent here to do the best you can for your district or your state and your country. and if you forget that, then youre here for the wrong reason. >> i lot of the folks who were just elected to the house, the house democrats, were elected not to give the president money for his wall. >> well...

The president decided to withdrawal, he made a crucial phone call to turkish president erdogan. a source said that the president said were done. its all yours. no mention of u.s. alliance with the syrian kurds which turkey considers a terror group. >> joining us here is historian julian zelizer. good morning. lets talk about the week last week. i dont think we should be normalized to what kind of a week it was. defense secretary is gone. at odds with the president over the pullout in syria. a go...

We know it doesnt have the votes to move forward. after this, i asked several aides and senators, what happens next? the senate was to set the tone with the house to follow. the answer is, they dont know. theres no clear patway. the legislative efforts, the bipartisan and presidents are failing in the senate. we dont know what the house is going to do. while the deadline is obviously murkier than it used to be, its no longer march 5th because of the court cases. in terms how it happens from here...