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Some will remain reluctant. >> joining us now again, mike viqueira. part of the idea of this 1:00 a.m. vote that was proposed by mcconnell was that workers could wake up this morning and get back to work and make sure theyre getting paid for this work. that was proposed at 10:00 p.m. last night, it was shut down by schumer and then it was moved to 12:00 noon today. the hope is that they can get this thing passed and that the government will reopen and everybody can get back to work. if we dont n...

And being led by his staff. earlier this month, home land security kirjsten nielsen outlined his muff-haves for the bill. according to an unnamed lawmaker the president objected and said that the document did not represent all of his positions and instructed the group to disregard it. it was a similar feeling of whiplash when two days into the negotiation trump signaled he was ready to do a deal inviting dick durbin and lindsey graham to the white house to present their ideas for a compromise to...

House or other bodies, other chambers, to dictate what we do here. >> where do you think democrats are right now? is chuck schumer happy with this? is his caucus happy with this? >> i know they would have liked more of a commitment. they would have liked something like a motion to proceed to a bill prior to the 8th. >> that would be a vote on the bill, that essentially the senate floor would take a procedural step in public before february 8th? >> yes. the problem with that is, when we have to d...

Democrats, they want a bill with heart and a clean daca bill. so he absolutely has not been clear. so who is the white house going to be sending over to help chuck schumer understand policy? >> well, thats a bit of a bizarre back and forth between the white house and senator schumer and the heat of this government shutdown now in its third day. but youre right, nobody thinks senator schumer, what you think about him, isnt well versed in this issue. he was a member of the gang of 8 in 2013. hes w...

And on friday, schumer left hopeful after talking over cheeseburgers, but chief of staff john kelly and aide steven miller pushed trump away from a compromise and back towards their hard line stance of immigration. both schumer and senator graham talked about their frustrations. >> the president and republican leaders in congress are like abbott and costello. the congressional leaders tell me to negotiate with president trump. president trump tells me to figure it out with republican leaders. ne...

Government shutdown. there is no daca deal on the table. there is only a promise from mitch mcconnell. there is no similar or any promise whatsoever from paul ryan in the house to take up any sort of bill to talk about immigration. you have senate schumer giving donald trump a commitment to fund the wall. that is a pretty major concession. and now the democratic caucus is divided in a way that it was not just a week ago. >> i dont think our caucus is divided in -- in that we want to get to prote...

Youre accusing democrats of having to blown their had hand on immigration. doesnt seem necessarily productive to me. >> youre right. i dont think its going to be that much of a hindrance to negotiations. democrats have long gotten used to tough rhetoric from trump and is his campaign. but it definitely doesnt help the trust issues. i think the bigger problem is trump doesnt know what he wants in this negotiation. if it was up to him, he would cut a deal with schumer and leave the revens out of t...

We need to invest in defense. we tried on friday night to move ahead a one-day continuing resolution and three-day continuing resolution so we can keep negotiating and those were rejected. part of our challenge here, kasie, is that both parties have been harden ing their position. i would like it us to get moving forward. i dont think its constructive to have the government of the united states shut down. it doesnt help us domestically or overseas. its more important we come to an agreement that...

And we did. and we, obviously, passed it in the house and moved it forward. >> he called you to say the house needs to get it done. dont stand in the way. >> correct. >> the deal that even senator schumer is talking about. he did a press conference that said we have major disagreements right outside the white house. so its in his own words. you dont have to look at the presidents words. senator schumer is there. you know, weve got very serious senators over there, but theyre not making serious o...

Moved to noon tomorrow. about 14 hours of digestion on both sides to determine of this new wrinkle. will work for both sides. lets bring in now lee ann kald well. capitol hill reporter. and michael steel. former press secretary for john baner. lets start with you. give us what the wrinkle is. is it a big enough wrinkle for the democrats? >> i think that even though the senate adjourned today with no finality. no kout come. the government will enter the third day of shutd down. thst still a littl...