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You -- in the end, he and schumer and pelosi have to decide what they are going to do, here. because even though this is a republican government, the democrats are not irrelevant. >> harris: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. so, this resolution coming together in the short term. then they will vote. >> thats right, harris. most expect that lawmakers will pass a government extension to avoid a partial government shutdown on friday night. the house is expected to go first, sometime on thursday. t...

Democrats would give us the vote to build the wall. he the way people would not be allowed into the country illegally. we will close the entire southern border if necessary. the top two democrats in house and senate, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer were set to meet with the president to hash out a compromise and asked to postpone the meeting for bush 41s funeral. donald trump wants $5 billion in funding for his wall, senator schumer says he will greet $1.6 billion for overall border security whic...

Nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, they were set to me to the president at the white house to try to hash out a compromise. but they asked to postpone the meeting because of bush 41s funeral. so heres where things stand. president trump has said he wants $5 billion in funding for his wall while senator schumer says hell only agree to $1.6 billion for overall border security. the two sides or billions of dollars apart. by that 1.6 billion number is still too high for some democrats. last week, a gro...

Continue to see these fights over temporary fixes and mexico will not be supportive of helping to pay for any immigration or border security and democrats could use this as an opportunity to stall because they will get control of the house in january and that will make it harder for the president to get his funding but we could have avoided the situation we are seeing at the border, heading 2013 the republican supported schumers proposal which would have meant 40,000 additional border agents ser...

Wrecking ball, i think hes complicit in the murder of mr. khashoggi to the highest level possible. theres not a smoking gun. theres a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of mbs and that he was intricately involved in the demise of mr. khashoggi. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, monitoring the killing, knew exactly what was happening. planne...

With pelosi and schumer. >> how surprised were you? >> very surprised. very surprised. >> how happy? >> at the time not, but the presidents decision was right, and we were able to get a spending deal to help rebuild the military as he promised. >> you are not as optimistic this time? >> i am not. what is different with this shut down is typically its a full government shut down. you have funded all the men and women in uniform and entitlement checks, so the pressure point to bring this to a clos...

Republicans might meet in the middle. he wants $5 billion for the border wall and maybe schumer and the democrats come up to like $3 billion. tbd. from my reporting on the hill, they are talking about how much they want to give. house democrats picked up 40 seats a couple of weeks ago and they want to hold the line and say not a penny more. trump has a quiet victory here if you look. if schumer is saying the starting point is $1.6 billion for the border wall for security or a fence, thats anothe...

Is a core political principle for president trump to take on china and he has the constituency -- >> bipartisan constituency? >> he has to balance as we come to the end of 2018 how much that can affect the economy. >> president trump will meet with nancy pelosi and schumer, the democratic leaders. last time it seemed to go well until it didnt. last time they met and had a deal on daca and then it fell apart. what do you expect now? >> in 2017 there was a leader with the four leaders, mcconnell, ...

Out. they lost 46 seats in the last two cycles, lost six seats even when trump won. to your point, yes, the autopsy was discarded and trump won in spite of that, but the house trajectory has not changed. >> thats right. >> its only gotten worse because the house, obviously, incorporates population and the country is getting more diverse and more heavily suburban. >> president trump will meet with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer this week. whats going to happen here? >> wish i knew. look, we have ...

The president has every incentive to try to force this fight and hold his ground. that means on december 21st could be the longest day of the year. >> garrett, we know that the democrats wanted this to be settled in a week. however how long this ends uptaking we go through this every time theres the shut down or threat of a shutdown. in this case we have shuck schumer saying if theres a shutdown, its on president trump. im wondering what republicans on capitol hill are saying. are they concerned...