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White house. its as if democrats and republicans are still negotiating what the table should look like, right? as mike pointed out, you have this new line of criticism from the white house suggesting that the senate change its rules to prevent such impasses from happening again in the future. take a look at what raj shaw, the deputy white house press secretary had to say about this early this morning. >> we think the senate rules are candid. they dont make sense when youre dealing with somebody ...

At the bottom of your screen with his back to you is lindsey graham whos been involved in the talks all night. so this is right now kind of how a bill becomes or more appropriately doesnt become law. you are watching your u.s. senate at work, and to many of you some of the faces you see bernie sanders, the independent who caucuses with the democrats, some of the faces will be familiar. but also it should be noted schumer is still over in the republican side of the well of the senate. that is for...

They dont see the point. >> and schumer said he was not trying to play for political points, efforts republican senators laughed out loud. mcconnell went right after the democrats. >> there is a real emergency in the immigration area. we have until march to deal with it. make no mistake about it. we are where we are for one reason only -- within the day of the government shutdown. that is the insistence of our friends on the other side. that we deal with this non emergency right now. >> even the...

Republican civil war. the republicans were remarkably united through this period. and the headlines for democrats especially in this red states where they have democratic senators up for reelection, it became harder for them to swallow a lot of the headlines. senator schumer sided with them over the more progressive part of his party. >> jesse: juan just said the democrats are feckless and schumer caved. i think he is the one who got hit in the head. >> kimberly: that was a long time ago. >> jes...

Budget. what can we expect today? >> reporter: lawmakers better wake up. they have until january 19th to fund the government or face a shutdown ainsley: mulvaney, legislative affairs director mark short head to capitol hill to meet with the big four leaders. mcconnell, ryan, schumer and pelosi to hammer out a deal with immigration, front and center, sarah sanders laying out the administrations goals. >> the president wants to have responsible immigration reform laying out our principles immigrat...

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Senate. i think that was a brave try to try to zero in on linda graham. so there is a schumer in the foreground going back up the democratic side. jeff, can you add anything from over there? >> reporter: i can. i can tell you this, garret laid out really well the political kind of play here. i can tell you that meeting that senate leader chuck schumer and president trump had earlier today, have a bit more color to share about that from a white house official. were told that the president while h...

Game day hat and fleece in capitol hill. definitely the sunday clothing. that is the case. i have to assume. we have been talking about the polling that comes in to all of this. i think one of the most interesting polls that came outbreaks out who the american public holds responsible for the shutdown this time around. it is split among so many different groups. 31% is the largest percentage of plurality of people. you have to look down the line. some people holding trump responsible and some ho...

Resolution -- continuing resolutio resolution. >> i do have hope. allowing the government to shut down causes collateral damage. it is not just making a political point that schumer wants to make by shutting the government down. it hurts people around the country. it hurts our men and women in uniform and the civilians that support the war on terror and the effort supporting our men and women around the globe. the cdc may have to shut down portions of flu program as states report to the cdc wher...

Chuck schumer it voted for. they all were devoted to do these things. they try to politicize it now because donald trump is president but its what is needed for the security of our country. >> interesting to note that neither chuck schumer nancy pelosi or at the white house. they wanted to put together a group of policymakers. they still have two months to get this done, but the legislative calendar as you know moves quickly. a lot of this talk about the dreamers is also tied up in budget negoti...