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Majority really stopped trump in his tracks >> yeah. >> and it was a full-frontal defeat because he just misjudged, but also, you know, she has a strong caucus, not a bare majority caucus, a strong majority along -- her strength in her caucus strengthens schumers hand in his caucus so i think he just met the wall and it was nancy pelosis spine. >> yeah, i mean, "the washington post" has a piece that talks about the prisoner of his own impulse inside trumps cave and what they say is trump and pel...

Really the first moment where the work that everyone did to elect the house democratic majority really stopped trump in his tracks >> yeah >> and it was a full-frontal defeat because he just misjudged, but also, you know, she has a strong caucus, not a bare majority caucus, a strong majority along -- her strength in her caucus strengthens schumers hand in his caucus so i think he just met the wall and it was nancy pelosis spine. >> yeah, i mean, "the washington post" has a piece that talks about...

Is this going to make the difference? >> is this going to make a deal happen? >> it is going to increase the pressure. you see my air force wings as a former pilot. i have a sense of how critical this is. your former guests talking about the stress that the controllers are under and they cant come in self medicated and fatigued. i know pressure is building. one side says it is president trumps fault and the other side says it is nancy pelosis. a lot of americans are saying just fix it. the good ...

Guard personnel not getting paid but hundreds of thousands of other federal employees not getting paid. >> reporter: it was a move that did not go over well with schumers fellow senators like rick scott. >> they cannot quit their jobs because we are not paying them. they can go stop and get another job. the coast guard cant. they are part of the military and chuck schumer stopped it. >> reporter: the head of the coast guard echoing frustration on the shutdown. >> you as members of the armed forc...

Spectacle you have a 2020 campaign underway on the democratic side and nancy pelosi doesnt want to agree to something that gets undercut by elizabeth lauren or any of these presidential candidates because it will make her look weak and take away the speakers gavel. >> one year from january, trying to negotiate this instantly offered more of what they want and he was elected president based on this. the american people elected him. he ran on border security and this wall and nancy pelosi and the ...

Game consoles all being sold because government workers now need quick cash. shes selling her favorite belongings hoping to earn money to pay bills. jessicas boyfriend took a second job at night and the she started this go fund me campaign. >> laura: those store its are powerful and its heart breaking that folks are missing paychecks, its hard. youve probably heard its the gops fault, right? [ laughter ] wrong. house democrats have defeated three bipartisan efforts to pay workers during the shut...

Schumer. he has been talking with trump and sort of back channelling with him throughout the shutdown, ive been told by my sources, but i think that many people at this point, given the lack of strategy coming out of the white house, think that the shutdown will end when a deal is cut between mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, and thats when it will really be done. >> well look for it. what we like to think as the fastest 15 minutes in television with thanks to our guests tonigh...

Supports the democratic position. so that the unity has been enormously important and huge credit goes to both speaker pelosi and leader schumer for being able to hold that line. >> and now theres a group of bipartisan senators who are reportedly working on another version of the pelosi bill which is a funding the government for three weeks with no wall. and that includes people like lindsey graham, whos a little bit surprising to see on that list on the republican side. i want to go back to wha...

Majority leaders attention and indeed, the vote appears to have jump started talks between mcconnell and schumer. democrats and democrats. while those talks were going on, trump appeared on camera to signal he could be open to some kind of a deal. >> well, one of the ideas suggested is that they pay sort of a pro-rated down payment for the wall, which i think people would agree that you need. you need the wall. >> is mitch mcconnell and schumerer can come to an agreement -- >> it depends what th...

Involved. he put this message bill on the senate floor today. he is starting to meet with schumer. he has been talking with trump and back chaneling with him throughout. i think many people at this point, given the lack of strategy coming out of the white house, think the shutdown will blend a deal is cut between mitch mcconnell and chuck sxhoom nancy pelosi and thats when it will be done. >> well look for it. what we like to think of as the fastest 15 minutes in television. thanks to our guests...