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Hill to make a deal, you have got to have nancy pelosi in the room -- >> correct. >> schumer, and mitch mcconnell. thats who you need for a deal. my own theory -- im going to get my own theory out of the way. >> get it out there. >> the only thing that hes empowered to announce tomorrow is some form of surrender. is to say, because of this, that and the other thing, were going to reopen the government and mitch mcconnell has promised that there will be a vote in the united states senate on the w...

Got to have nancy pelosi in the room -- >> correct. >> schumer, and mitch mcconnell. thats who you need for a deal. my own theory -- im going to get my own theory out of the way. >> get it out there. >> the only thing that hes empowered to announce tomorrow is some form of surrender. is to say, because of this, that and the other thing, were going to reopen the government and mitch mcconnell has promised that there will be a vote in the united states senate on the wall the day after we reopen th...

>> well, its kind of hard for her to look at the american people in the face and say, look, i want to put the american people back to work -- >> shes not the one who said i will gladly shut the government down, i will carry that mantle. and both of them sat there, pelosi and schumer said we think thats a wrong move, you shouldnt shut the government down. so why should she negotiate right now? she didnt say im going to shut the government down, she didnt. the president shut the government down. >...

Why is it incumbent upon nancy pelosi to negotiate? now, i dont understand that. >> well, its kind of hard for her to look at the american people in the face and say, look, i want to put the american people back to work -- >> shes not the one who said i will gladly shut the government down, i will carry that mantle. and both of them sat there, pelosi and schumer said we think thats a wrong move, you shouldnt shut the government down. so why should she negotiate right now? she didnt say im going ...

100 percent, rightly so. take a look. >> being speaker of the house and leaving the country with a shutdown, i dont think is appropriate. especially the speaker thinks we shouldnt even have the state of the union? i think the best thing that could happen and everybody could calm a little bit, get in a room together, and put the american people first before their travels and solve the problems. >> tucker: remember, again and again, including usyesterday, democrats refused to go to the white house...

Probably is, then why wouldnt she stay here until she negotiates the end of a shutdown? >> i think that pelosi, as well as schumer, have had three opportunities put in front of the president for him to have funding for his wall. you remember in january of 2018, they offered him $25 billion, in february of 2018 -- >> tucker: ive followed it. >> over 10 to 12 years. they gave him install the of $2.5 billion and he still decided to shutdown the government. its on him. he walked out of the office. h...

So take a look. >> being speaker of the house and leaving the country with a shutdown i dont think is appropriate. especially the speaker thinks we shouldnt even have the state of the union? i think the best thing that could happen and everybody could calm a little bit, get in a room together and put the american people first before their travels and solve the problems. >> tucker: remember again and again including yesterday, democrats refused to go to the white house at the presidents invitatio...

Be the one to shut it down. im not going to blame you for it. and im going to shut it down for border security. >> but we believe you shouldnt shut it down. >> the cat that ate the canary, hes like -- right now 26 days into the shutdown the economy is in danger and theres no deal in sight to open back up the government or fund trumps border wall. the economy, the wall, the shutdown. trump wants to own them all. can he? lets discuss. joen walsh, michael dantonio, the author of the truth about tru...

What i call ping pong politics, where theres this power play. if congress really wanted to do something, they can essentially bring up a vote every 48 hours if they want to, to open up government. they need a super majority. if they can get a super majority, they dont have to wait for the president to either sign something into law or veto it. >> okay. then lets talk about that. what are your former colleagues saying? do they like being in this position of shutting the government down over the w...

It didnt work. i will take the mantle of shutting down. and im going to shut it down for border security. >> but we believe you shouldnt shut it down. >> its like the cat that ate the canary. hes like ha ha ha ha. right now 26 days into the shutdown, the economy is in danger and there is no deal in sight to open the government, to open it back up or fund trumps border wall. the economy, the wall, the shutdown, trump wants to own them all. can he? lets discuss. rob astorino, joan walsh, michael d...