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Tour is border enforcement. if that is the democrat final offer, there will be no talks going forward, there will be no deal going forward. i think the big question now going into this meeting of the four corners later today is, is there a way to kind of get through these issues right now. i think there had been a lot of optimism last week? the proposals pinging back and forth seemed to give people the hope they could get there, but if the issue on detaining beds is not there, there will be an i...

To set a record for the longest shutdown. people missing paychecks. congress is currently adjourned. they wont be back until monday. nobody involved thinks theres any hope for a deal any time soon. >> if the president were to declare a national emergency, phil, will the government reopen immediately? >> reporter: i think this is an important point. that nose switch that gets flipped. when i talked to aides involved, including aides in muing aides n with the white house -- the white house was bri...

Is the brother of a spy. and he should not be doing this as a new member of the senate senate. >> and the question is raised as not only in the senate as a possible critic of the president, but what is he going to do as 2020 approaches? >> good day and happy new year, everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington where president trump and congressional democrats are starting 2019 by talking today, for the first time since before the government shutdown 12 days ago. the president is already signal...

Nancy pelosi will move quickly. what democrats are mulling in the house, there are three options to reopen the government. one will be the stop gap bill. they were rejected by president trump. that would reopen the government for the 25% closed until february 8th. another option is by democrats up to this point is to keep funding levels for the departments closed the same for the fiscal year. reopen the year until the end of september and not change the funding levels. a third is packaging six o...

Repairs and they are not budging. so the administration has come down but not anywhere near where democrats are. the reality is when you talk to democrats theyre less concerned what the administration might offer in the near term and more concerned what they will do when nancy pelosi becomes about speaker january 3rd. what im being told is democrats are planning on lobbing over a series of bills to reopen the government. a short-term stopgap bill, a bill that would fund all the appropriations bi...

Not strategizing. what the white house said is not wrong. they have not moved off of initial positions. $1.3 billion in border security. it could be fencing or repairs along the border. what im told is democrats are mulling three options and may send multiple to the senate after they are sworn in. one would be a repeat and the senate passed a stop gap bill that would reopen the government. more than 25% is currently shut. another is maintaining the funding through the end of september. there is ...

The dynamics in terms of what the next steps most likely are. what ive been told repeatedly is the only likely way out of this is for the president to get tired of this and essentially accede to what the senate passed earlier, a clean stopgap bill for the next six weeks. but until that moment happens and if this president, as hes made clear, hes willing to have this fight. hes willing to keep the government shut down. if that dynamic doesnt shift, then nothing shifts. and it doesnt shift just be...

In, then democrats take over the congress. then they have less political leverage on the right. it just seems to me like this is all for naught. it seems a fait accompli. >> reporter: let me just kind of relay what ive heard from republican staff and senators and members of the house in both chambers over the course of the last 24 hours. they recognize the political reality of the moment. they recognize the reality of the dynamics in terms of what the next steps most likely are. what ive been to...

But just sign a bipartisan stopgap bill to our vets the shutdown. it was one of donald trumps most divisive election promises a wall running the three thousand kilometer length of the border between the u.s. and mexico to keep illegal migrants out of america trump still insists the wall is needed to counter drug smuggling human trafficking and gang violence. our great country must have border security we dont want people coming in that arent supposed to be here the only thing thats going to stop...

Affective solutions to border security funds are now frozen for dozens of federal agencies trump had refused to sign a bipartisan stopgap bill to avert the shutdown the president posted a video statement honest twitter account and stressed the need for a war to keep on those he believes are dangerous immigrants our great country must have border security we dont want people coming in that are supposed to be here the only thing thats going to stop that is great border security with a wall or a sl...