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>> yamyamiche i want to ask you about nancy pelosi, shes from san francisco. and hes tishes tied into this. >> the democrats believe someone who can play the game and who can be playing hardball politics with him. we go back to the shutdown argument to see pelosi had the state of the union pushed back and had president trump wanting to make that and giving in on a lot of the policies that are in a lot of the deals she wanted to make. hes trying to tie pelosi into this and he wants to make pelosi...

It comes to the shutdown argument over the wall. you penned this piece, mary anne. all smoke and bluster and not much else. in that piece you write trump lost, pelosi won. the american people in the democracy won as well. >> thats true. peter doocy hit the political nail on the head earlier. republicans are starting to vote against trump both in the house and senate on these measures. he is losing his support. i made the wizard of oz analogy. donald trump has been revealed. >> bill: if more demo...

He goes but hed like to stay as long as he can, as long as theres still heavy lifting to do for mueller. >> speaking of bill barr. hes meeting -- having these meetings on the hill ahead of his confirmation hearing next week. hes meeting with dianne feinstein today but senator amy klobuchar said she tried to get a meeting with him and was told he couldnt do it until after because of the shutdown. can you explain whats going on here, what youve heard from doj? >> the people hes going to meet with,...

Party with how to deal with the very dynamics and pressures that are there. and they dont have a grapple on it right now. and kevin mccarthys going to step into that. now, the distance with mccarthy from boehner is that he has an ongoing relationship with a lot of these folks. he supported them. hes helped them in the past, raised money for them and helped get a lot elected in 2010. the challenge hes going to have is, you know, balancing that with the establishment, which is going to want to go ...

Is also reflecting what a lot of us have known for quite some time, the frustration within the party with how to deal with the very dynamics and pressures that are there. and they dont have a grapple on it right now. and kevin mccarthys going to step into that. now, the distance with mccarthy from boehner is that he has an ongoing relationship with a lot of these folks. he supported them. hes helped them in the past, raised money for them and helped get a lot elected in 2010. the challenge hes g...

Dana bash was talking about the deal would fund the government until december and raise the debt ceiling is that one end of the bargaining table? >> republicans are going to ask in return for what? theyre going to want to see a continuation of the sequester cut. they were looking for a concession that has anything to do with obama care. theyll look for a repeal of the medical device tax or reduction, something. and something to increase the debt ceiling for six to nine months. they insisted all ...

Win on the shutdown argument, what they want to do is wrap it around the grand bargain on the debt ceiling not with standing the irritation of the shutdown, debbie, do you think that may be the sensible way to resolve it? get it done in one go? >> i think we would be thrilled to get it all done at once. we have to make sure no question that we dont jeopardize the full faith and credit of the united states and pay the nations bills. we have to make sure we do that not tieing extraneous settled ma...

Says he doesnt want to negotiate with us. now, we have never had a president not negotiate a debt ceiling deal. we know that our nation cannot continue to borrow $2 billion a day, we ask them, join us at the table, work with us, we need to work to a solution that is going to be fair for the american taxpayer and is going to be respectful -- >> i want to try and keep the speeches to a minimum. >> okay. >> let me go back to debbie. all right, lets get to the bigger picture here. the shutdown is ve...

Harrowing for many americans but lets put that to one side for a moment because the much bigger problem looming is the debt ceiling issue. >> absolutely. >> if that was not to go the right way and there was no deal done would be catastrophes. the republicans know they cant win on the shutdown argument, what they want to do is wrap it around the grand bargain on the debt ceiling not with standing the irritation of the shutdown, debbie, do you think that may be the sensible way to resolve it? get ...

Republican document which calls for a total redo of the way the medicare system works. and perhaps an opportunity for the president once again to seem like the grown-up here. they kind of liked that during the shutdown argument. who seemed like the grown-up who can work with all groups and come out with a compromise, which is what the voters want in the end. want to get something done. there are lots of plans out there, but no progress. >> christine romans is watching it. dana bash pointed out s...