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>> neil: if the president doesnt declare a national emergency, what kind of position can he stake out tonight? >> well, im hoping he shares the data on whats going on on the border to the american people to understand, there is a crisis humanitarian and national security crisis. its the same data that the secretary of homeland security tried to share with pelosi and schumer but they refused to hear it. you think about that, the house speaker refused to be briefed by the homeland security directo...

High-rise bearing his name, which we now know might have set the high watermark for awkwardness. as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a monday night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 718 of the trump administration, and weve added a second tally these days. this was day 17 of the partial government shutdown, which by the end of this broadcast will become the second longest in our history as a nation. the president is now turning his attention t...

Southern border. theres a crisis in the trump presidency, and the crisis is that he is inept. he has boxed himself into a corner around the budget negotiation, and hes constantly pushing the limits of how extreme he can get to try to claw back federal funds so he can build a wall that nobody in his party supports, and no one in the opposition supports, and everyone else holds all the cards. he made a very crucial mistake early on in december when he said to schumer and pelosi that hed be happy t...

>> its not just senator susan collins, fellow gop senators, here they are, cory gardner, thom tillis, lamar alexander, pat roberts have also called for the shutdown to end while border negotiations continue. indeed, pelosi and schumer want to pass bills that open the government in a piecemeal fashion. if it sounds like a coalition there, perhaps, but its very important to note all of those senators are either up in 2020 or leaving the place in their rearview mirrors. politico reports republican ...

Corner around the budget negotiation, and hes constantly pushing the limits of how extreme he can get to try to claw back federal funds so he can build a wall that nobody in his party supports, and no one in the opposition supports, and everyone else holds all the cards. he made a very crucial mistake early on in december when he said to schumer and pelosi that hed be happy to take on responsibility for the shutdown, and anybody whos been in washington, any politician whos been in washington for...

His name for underwear, cologne. >> and was good at it. >> made a significant amount of money at it. but he was not the largest real estate developer in new york. he is not someone who assembled decades of great deal maker. he was routinely taken to the cleaners in knee gosh yaxs by other businesspeople who are more patient and more shrewd than he is. youre seeing this replay with pelosi and schumer. they have everything to gain from simply sitting back and watching the presidents self-emulate b...

The end of it? will anybody care about the work i do that matters so much to me? >> reporter: its a question some federal workers were asking even before the shutdown. author michael lewis latest book looks at how president trumps election impacted agencies across the government. >> all they get is slandered and abused. and yet we expect them to perform these critical missions. >> reporter: lewis says the president just doesnt understand what federal employees do. >> i will shut down the governm...

Who were meeting. it wasnt the president. >> yes. >> and nancy pelosi and chuck shumer, for example. but michael, president trump, he has not budged on this demand now for $5.6 billion. but he has shifted on who is going to pay for the wall. how it will be paid for. what its going to be made of. according to the "washington post," senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has complained that the president is an unreliable negotiating partner. what is the president like as a negotiator? >> well, he ...

To steel, something some prefer. >> they dont like concrete so well give them steel. >> on day 17 it doesnt appear to be ending time soon. >> schumer and nancy pelosi and myself can solve this. if they dont want to it will go on for a long time. >> here we are in the third week of the trump shutdown. why? it is only because of one person and that is president trump. >> but his negotiations continue at a stalemate, the main inflicted will get worse for those federal workers who wont get a paychec...

Several of these meetings, democrats and republican, we heard one side say talks talks were productive and other side said talks didnt get anywhere. this time president trump tweeted shortly after the meeting here on the white house grounds ended between the vice president mike pence, and kirstjen nielsen and jared kushner alongside some aides to top lawmakers. heres the tweet. quote, vp mike pence and group had a productive meeting with the schumer/pelosi representatives today. many details wer...