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And in the border funding bill, it was very interesting because theres another caucus inside the house called the problem solvers caucus. those are the moderates. and as jason was suggesting, they want to go back and run this year on problem solving, little of which is happening in the house. the progressive caucus mocked the problemsoevers and the moderates for -- problem sol veries, they didnt want to give trump that victory, and were back to point where nancy pelosi punted on approving the ne...

Pressure they have on them. they are the most determined foe i believe that were dealing with, and their tendency is not to give up, but to lash out. and we have to be prepared for that. paul: all right, general, thanks for that. well see what happens. still ahead, the pelosi congress, the speaker recently caught between her progressive caucus and her more moderate members as she struggles to get her agenda passed. so what does she have to show for the first six months of the 116th congress? ♪...

And in the border funding bill, it was very interesting because theres another caucus inside the house called the problem solvers caucus. those are the moderates. and as jason was suggesting, they want to go back and run this year on problem solving, little of which is happening in the house. the progressive caucus mocked the problemsoevers and the moderates for -- problem sol veries, they didnt want to give trump that victory, and were back to point where nancy pelosi punted on approving the ne...

This country illegally and unlawfully. he wants to work with congress. but they dont want to work with him. they have a choice here. they can work on behalf of the people. lets not forget so many of these democrats ran and won in trump districts by narrow margins promising to work with this president. not to be nancy pelosis puppet like chuck schumer is and so many on the house side. the freedom caucus on the right, the problem solvers caucus that includes a lot of democrats have been to the whi...

Minority voters will be about two fifths of the vote and then blue-collar whites down to a quarter of the vote and men and women as a dividing line in each category and what well see is candidates filling those different lanes and the question will be both who can consolidate their own lane and who can reach out beyond their natural base of support. >> the "washington post" today quotes josh gottheimer, a democrat who co-leads the problem solvers caucus this way. he says we won the house through...

Earlier this week. members of the problem solvers caucus is what they call themselves. there were a handful of democrats in on that meeting. people like gonzalez who has been there before. hes in the moderate district in texas and has been someone in the past who has been willing to listen to the president on issues of immigration, as well as a new democratic congress member from virginia who was there, a new democratic congress member from minnesota who was listening in. so there have been some...

Interested in finding a way out. obviously i think its very important that we reopen the government. you have a lot of -- the economy taking a hit, affecting jobs and safety and security. so we have to open the government. but i think there was an agreement that both sides should come to the table and really look for a way out. >> neil: congressman, did any of your party leaders tell you not to go? we heard reports of that? >> no. in fact, talking to leadership along the way as we should, but i ...

Presidents position to nancy pelosis position in finding middle ground. i think at this point that, since the congress -- its clearly not going to do anything to get their act together on this. i think the president and his team need to start looking at what other measures they can get to build this wall. i just dont see them being able to negotiate. as we talked about, i believe it was on monday, it was very difficult to negotiate with people who not only dont believe in a wall -- they also bel...

Comes to that. so let me start with you. the president said today that he told those congressional leaders that hed be willing to let this go on for months, maybe even a year. what is your -- do you think it is realistically possible this thing? were measuring it in two weeks right now. is it possible this could stretch on into months? >> i think thats absurd. i think what we need to do is actually stay the table, both sides, and keep working together until we get the government reopened. i just...

And jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. congressman, youre the only one on this panel with a vote on this potentially if and when it comes to that. so let me start with you. the president said today that he told those congressional leaders that hed be willing to let this go on for months, maybe even a year. what is your -- do you think it is realistically possible this thing? were measuring it in two weeks right now. is it possible this could stretch on into months? >...