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Apparently was unsuccessful. still the senate majority whip john cornyn is predicting tonight that the government will remain closed tomorrow, yet again, with no deal nailed down at this hour. lets bring in democratic congressman john garamendi of california who is a member of house armed services committee and subcommittee on strategic forces. good to see you tonight. >> good to be with you. >> you have been burning the midnight oil. as we just heard from republican congressman biggs, how would...

In by their parents, they arent law breakers, they look like they are here to stay. can they have a good life or not? your thoughts. >> what is interesting, president trump was talking about the daca solution as a bill of love. have you noticed how the rhetoric has hardened as they get into the finger pointing. they dont talk about daca anymore, they talk about illegal immigrants, i urge them. >> law breakers. he is talking about people committing crimes. >> exactly. what is happening here, rath...

There is a thing, should the government stop over this? it may get back to a 50/50. >> pointing to that poll that you showed at the top of the show. i think that we will see on monday if this shutdown. >> 1:00 in the morning? >> if this shutdown continues, when all the federal workers would be coming up to work. when we hit monday, that is when i think you will potential ly three-day resolution will come up with a contour of an immigration deal. >> the president is supposed to go to the world ec...

There are republicans around the edges who dont want this fight. young people brought in by their parents, theyre not law breakers, look like theyre here to stay. can they have a good life or not? >> remember a couple of weeks ago president trump was talking about the daca solution as a bill of love. have you noticed how the red rick has really hardened as they get into the finger pointing. they dont talk about daca anymore, they talk about protecting illegal immigrants. i would urge people to w...

Sort of gaping obvious hole of a shutdown is pressure, pressure that maybe is greater than what we saw even at the time of crossing the friday night into a shutdown status. that could really help today to try to get lawmakers to figure out what they can do to save face politically. theres been a lot of finger pointing and political branding from the various perspectives, but theres also a lot of common ground here, which we have not always seen in past shutdowns. so, the ingredients are there. i...

The president isnt even on the same page as his own white house waus according to schumers accounted the call came from general kelly, chief of staff john kelly that that deal that he thought he had wouldnt really work. still, republicans on both ends of pennsylvania avenue both on the hill and here at the white house are making the case -- trying to make the case that the shutdown is of the democrats making. and you heard mark short on one of the sunday political talk shows say the democrats mi...

Specific piece of legislation, but for the senate to operate as the senate, then we might see a break in the log jam in the not too distant future, but it will be up to the leadership to ultimately make that choice. you know, having a 20 to 24, there was some group size inflation of how many senators were actually in this room, but having a group of even 20 bipartisan senators working together on anything is not particularly common in this version of the united states senate, and the fact that t...

Shutdown it is and whos to blame, the president in both instances could have stepped forward to show leadership. >> i think the blame game is ridiculous on both sides, republicans and democrats. >> then you ask why they cant get things done. closing in on 41 hours of the government shutdown, and the finger pointing is not letting up. both chambers of congress are h of guj et deal that all parties can agree on. in a recent abc washington post poll, when asked who is to blame, 48% of americans say...

Immigration. cant let that happen. this is one of the first days the democrats are winning. everybody likes the daca, young people, their parents brought them here, they want to become americans, they want to really become americans, give them a break, they didnt break laws. theres also this thing of should the government stop over this. it may turn over in a couple of days where it is back to 50/50 where maybe schumer doesnt think he is winning this one. what do you think. >> pointing to the po...

The white house went to great lengths to call it the schumer shut down. schumer called it the trump shut town. its an american government shut down. trump owns this. we received a copy of the white house schedule. its blank tomorrow. they are in a tbd mode. they are going to likely have meetings, likely try to work bay out of this. at this point we dont know if well see the president tomorrow on saturday. that one year anniversary of the inauguration. we dont know what his involvement will be wi...