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Look, 25 billion protections for dreamers, the president then went back on that deal, he is not a good faith negotiator here, now the president has held the american people hostage, more than 800,000 federal workers are missing their paychecks. holding them hostage over a wall he told us the mexico would pay for. >> simone, well come back to you afterwards, heres the president. >> just a short time ago i had the honor of presiding over the swearing-in of five new great american citizens. it was ...

Mind you. >> no, but theyre calling it amnesty. an amnesty for wall trade would reward immigration law breakers. the president is a loser for the forgotten american workers who were central to their promises. >> simone, i know you wanted to get in on this? >> i just, look, i think that if the president really wants to negotiate, he has to pick up the phone and call speaker pelosi, he has to pick up the phone and call leader schumer and bring them back to the negotiating table. but stunts like th...

For a short period of time. leaving an open ended question of whether or not they would be vulnerable at some point. and in exchange for $6 million in permanent wall funding. the message were getting from democrats in the house and senate, theyre not going to trade anything permanent for something temporary. well have to see how the president describes this proposal when he comes out and speaks in a few minutes. we never know specifically what the president is going to say until it comes out of ...

Were a handful of polls that have come out this week. the majority of americans have said that the president is to blame for the shutdown, republicans and the president versus the democrats, and not that democrats dont carry any of the blame, but thats how it breaks down. the majority of americans dont believe the border wall is the firm to the problems that -- with border security. is the president listening to the majority of americans? >> clearly he has been, because he is taking this step. i...

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I want to bring back our panel to discuss what we just heard from the president as he made his case to try to reopen the government. simone, we were talking to you right before the presidents remarks. this deal as we knew it at the time wasnt fair, even though dems would get temporary protections for dreamers and the president would get funding for a small portion of his wall. did anything you heard change your mind? >> it did not. the government is shut down, because donald trump went back on h...

Democrats even come to the table and have this conversation, were not going to get anywhere. i think theres a lot of wiggle room with regard to the number. but if democrats dont say, okay, well take your dreamers and daca protections, and work from there, were not going to get anywhere. right now, its up to nancy pelosi, she needs to put aside her hatred for donald trump, and her new fear of the progressive wing and move the ball down the nield on this. >> i know simone, you want to get back in ...

Why is that so ludicrous? why cant we tell both sides, sit down and have the conversation, neither side should expect their opponent to give an unconditional surrender, they should both come to the table and have these conversations. were expecting both sides to give up without compromising anything, were not going to make any progress. >> thank you, i have to leave it there. simone, alice, mark and brian, good to have you all with us, and in just minutes, we have a democratic congresswoman whos...

Tens of thousands expected at the national civil rights museum in memphis on wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. what exactly is the state of civil rights in america in the trump era? i want to bring in cnn political commentator simone standers and tara sethmyer, chris harris, executive director of unhyphenated america. thank you so much. i want to start with this, weve been talking about diversity in america and where were going now. all of ...

But i knew of more than a handful of black conservatives who were republicans and were interns at that point in time. >> different environment, though. >> it was different. >> the bush administration, which was a lot more welcoming for minorities. and had actually a real outreach program and there was a sense of that someone cared. donald trump is so off-putting to so many people. and george bush never said remotely close to the offensive things at all. he had too much class for that, first of a...