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Something needs to be done. since it does affect me, again were talking myself and my wife are government employees so therefore if this continues we will not have a paycheck, so, therefore, i would say there has to be some kind of agreement, some kind of settlement, because again, now its directly affecting me. but i can definitely understand what donald trump is coming from. >> reporter: what would be your message then to nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, donald trump right now. >>...

Democrats say nielsens press be tation was not credible and accused her of fudging the numbers to make the situation at the border look worse than it is. >> the secretary started to give her report. they would not have it. they stopped it automatically and they pretty much stuck to their script. >> where in the heck do we go from here? lawmakers have been invited back for another meeting tomorrow. its not clear what that would accomplish. at would be point in december, acting chief of staff mulv...

Office. how far will the senator push the president from inside or maybe outside the senate? we will speak with people who know mitt romneys mind better than most in a few minutes. >> that op-ed comes as the shut down hits day 12. president trump has invited congressional leaders from both parties to the white house this afternoon. we will see if they can have a break through. this will be the first visit by democrats since the president told phresys and schumer that he would be proud to shut do...

The incoming house democratic caucus, even the 1.3 that schumer and pelosi have pitched goes to far. initial the 2013 shutdown over funding for obamacare there was kind of this fore seeing mechanism at the end of the shutdown because it was a debt limit deadline that forced everyone to make a deal. what is that foreseeing mechanism now? >> so youre saying we have to wait until august or september? youre super plugged at the white house. one of the issues we have heard a lot is they dont know wha...

House tomorrow and plan to vote on a bill without any money funding the border wall. margaret, nancy pelosi and schumer may feel like charlie brown, because they have gone to talk about president trump before and thought they had a deal and left and the deal had kind of evaporated. it sounds like nancy pelosi has a new plan to bundle the appropriations bill together to separate things from the border funding. what do you think is going to happen today? >> the president wants to get both leaders ...

Again. republicans keep it shut down. so now that hot potato is back. >> remember, a couple weeks ago when he met with pelosi and schumer, he said, i would own it if the government shuts down, because he wants a border wall. im happy to take responsibility for it. so hes got a lot of responsibility on his shoulders right now. >> yeah. first it was he would own it, and now hes changed it, calling it the schumer shutdown. look, i think david is exactly right. i think we see the near-term, how this...

Situation since the government shut down about 12, 13 days ago. >> a great point. 22 days, the president has had zero contact with pelosi or schumer. what is the sweet spot, chad? youre talking to people up there. the president said earlier, there were reports that $2.5 billion might be a red line. is there a sweet spot for both sides that maybe we can see some kind of resolution the next four or five days? >> this is where were starting to hear chatter last week that bipartisan senators thought...

>> right. it has little to do with policy and everything to do with the man himself. >> reporting on people close to the president think this is the wrong avenue to walk down. why? >> we are in the middle of a shut down. for two weeks the president made democrats a foil, talking pelosi and schumer, now mitt romney. they dont want this long-standing feud between the president and mitt romney to re-emerge. its a huge distraction for him heading into a re-election. this is not the time that they wa...

Importance, the import of nancy pelosis leadership. she will have a united democratic party standing behind her. >> on that point, the unity seems clear. listen to pelosi saying, look, they may negotiate on certain things but wall funding is not one of them. >> are you willing to come up and give him some of this money for the wall? >> no. >> thats the sticking point. >> nothing for the wall. were talking about border security. >> nothing for the wall but that means -- >> we can go through this ...

He said what do you think about 2.5. ultimately, the paycheck to pay for the needs of the family is more important. >> pleasure to have you on. thank you. the president, capitol hill and the president have that meeting at 3:00 p.m. eastern, noon pacific time. how does the president get out of this stalemate? >> hes calling it the schumer shut down. 40% of americans blame president trump. 33% blame the democrats and 7% the republicans. he is taking most of the blame right now. >> the purpose is t...