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They are, at least if you are a younger or -- you are a government employee with less years in, you might start looking around for another job. because this -- i could see how this could get old. the reality is, the president and not nancy pelosi -- i single those two out to the exclusion of schumer at the moment. only the president has signalled a willingness to compromise. >> van, is that the case, the president is willing to compromise? >> he is not willing to compromi compromise. we had a co...

The shutdown? >> well, you know, i appreciate the way you say that. im very proud of doing what im doing. i dont call it a shutdown. i call it doing what you have to do for the benefit and for the safety of our country. you can call it whatever you want. you can call it the schumer or the pelosi or the trump shutdown. doesnt make any difference. just words. >> who is responsible? makes no difference. its just words. like saying that construction on the wall is well underway. >> we have been work...

Times now. when lawmakers were over on wednesday, there was a similar exchange, where nielsen tried to go through about a threat on the border. and schumer and pelosi shut it down to move on to negotiation with trump. and this is really frustrating the white house. say what you want about trumps performance, how articulate he is about this issue. i mean, he and the white house really do believe they could win this argument on the policy. you know? we saw trump do that today. he ran through a lau...

Included. >> again, stop throwing these temper tantrum because he promised the american people and his base that mexico was going to pay for this wall. hes been unable to deliver on that campaign promise. he could easily take the wall out of the conversation. put these hundreds of thousands of hard working federal employees back to work. and then continue to work with the senate in the house to have a conversation about the wall. but the democrats have made it very clear that if you talk about t...

We do think its needed. we dont think that you need to -- >> we already heard schumer and pelosi say border security was needed. we heard it in that tape. >> im still waiting -- mexico was supposed to pay for it. maybe that part of the deal didnt work. so now hes trying to put this on the burden on the backs of the american people. to spend $5 billion to build a wall or sometimes a fence depending what he defines it as. >> as long as it stops illegal immigration to the country which is wrong and...

Lighter. people have curtailed plans. people are staying home that arent going to work, theyre doing other things. frankly, when you hear the two sides negotiating about this, talking in the long term, ways they are, at least if youre a younger or youre a government employee with less years in, you might start looking around for another job. i can see how this would get old. the reality is, the president, not nancy pelosi, i single those two out to the exclusion of schumer, only the president ha...

When lawmakers were over wednesday, there was a similar exchange. nielsen tried to go through a presentation. schumer and pelosi shut it down to move on to a negotiation with trump. this has frustrated the white house. say what you want about trumps performance, how articulate he is about this. they believe they can win this argument on the policy. we saw trump do that today. he ran through a laundry list of issues from illegal immigration to federal workers getting paid that he believes can be ...

Senate. >> im going to go out on a limb here and guess that most people in congress, republicans and democrats, would not be prepared to see the shutdown last for years. most americans do, right? those two sources telling cnn the closed-door meeting was long, not because it was substantive or productive, but because the president was putting on the same kind of long-winded and frankly outrageous performance we saw later in the rose garden. president trump, he says hes proud of himself. >> im ver...

>> are you still proud to own this shutdown? >> i appreciate the way you say that. but once -- im very proud of doing what im doing. i dont call it a shutdown. i call it doing what you have to do for the benefit and safety of our country. you can call it whatever you want. you can call it the schumer or the pelosi or the trump shutdown. it doesnt make difference to me. just words. >> whos responsible? makes no difference to him. its just words. sort of saying construction on the wall is well und...

Even years. >> president trump: you can call if the schumer or pelosi or trump shutdown, it doesnt make any difference to me, we want to do whats right and we want to do it at one time. >> speaker pelosi called building a wall immoral but house republicans now in the minority seem to think there is still a deal to be made. >> keep a close eye on lindsey graham, hes stitching together a deal and also may do the bridge act, no amnesty, no path to citizenship, temporary legal status for dreamers. >...