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Thank you from capitol hill. >> sandra: the president putting more pressure on democrats this morning in a series of tweets saying this has been a mess for many, many years at the border and he said at some point schumer and pelosi who are weak on crime an border security will be forced to a real deal. >> bill: active on that message today coming off the rally from last night in minnesota. >> sandra: other big stories this morning. torrential rainfall turning roads to rivers in one state. well t...

Are told to say as their password. another says the border has been a big mess and problem. at some point schumer and pelosi will be forced to do a real deal. again, pointing the finger at democrats. we are expecting to hear more from president trump. he has a cabinet meeting at 11:45 today. hopefully he will be taking questions and have some answers. >> that is likely what we will see. i appreciate that. with us from new york is deputy director at the aclus rights project. also is senior policy...

Congressional leadership to think that they will skirt responsibility on this. >> kasie hunt is with us now. and we heard what chuck schumer had to say, but i guess the one question he didnt answer that as i said is the key question, did any of this progress that was made on some of these issues mean that there might not be a shutdown? and we just dont know the answer to that. >> reporter: thats right. we dont. and he did not come back here and announce any deal which i think was the critical qu...

We need to live within the framework of heller and stop dreaming of these all-out bans and respect peoples right to keep and bear arms within limits. so i think thats a fascinating move by chuck schumer. very pragmatic. >> schumer is showing more and more the potential to be a real senate leader. hes behind dick durbin, but if dick durbin were to move on to another post, ever join the cabinet or do something else, schumer would be right there, really running things in a way that harry reid doesn...

Something accomplished. >> well see. i dont think it will happen this time unless there are conservatives and moderates on board as well. >> part of the coalition. >> yeah. >> and each side has no to let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. thats the point schumer was making. its the same for the other side. youre not going to come up with any law that will prevent mass killings. instead of 8,000 k12,000 kids, 8,000 killed next year, thats better. >> youre not going to ban movies and video ...

You that as well. he said this, the border has been a big mess and a problem for many years. at some point schumer and pelosi who are weak on crime and border security will be forced to do a real deal. so easy. it solves the long-time problem. he added this. schumer used to want border security. now he will take crime. whats happening here is the president is arguing that thousands are claiming theyre seeking asylum when they come to our borders to try to get a back doorway into our country to s...

Our borders and takes care of our sovereignty as a nation. >> to end the crisis at least temporarily the president signed an executive order that suspends separating families who come here illegally. schumer said keeping the children separated from their families is unacceptable and must be rectified. he said this has to be our number one priority, bill. >> bill: to that end the battle shifts up the road there to capitol hill. how soon could we see a vote on the floor on the bills weve heard a l...