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Second, that its a budget issue and you need the 60 votes. >> and also boo hoo. this is a game of hot potato. the actual policy stakes are nill. this is a fake fight. this is about political blame and what can affix the political blame. who is the person holding the hot potato at the end? thats what this comes down to. obviously, i dont know how hot potato is played but i think i get the gist. truth is the house did a miracle. based on paul ryan is a lame duck speaker, got together enough votes ...

Omnibus, and is outrageous. >> melissa: how do you stop that? >> again, if the senate didnt have the 60 vote threshold with annual appropriations, just funding the government, is still subject to 60 votes, then we will never change this. and thats just the truth. republicans or democrats in charge, it doesnt matter. as long as we have that threshold, will it changes. its going to be every december, shutting down, the countdown clock shut down, make and people got tired of it a long time ago. we ...

It will shut down the government, but it will not him his will. on the floor of this house, everyone knows it will not pass the senate. speaker ryan, leader mccarthy, have cynically put it on the floor of the house knowing it cant pass the senate. everyone knows it cant pass the senate. >> one reason he so confident is that 60 votes are needed to pass it in the senate. majority leader mitch mcconnell has resisted calls for the president to change senate rules to a 51 vote threshold. mcconnells s...

Government and the politicians will be fine with that? >> i do. it is not just now beginning to look like, but a lot like a christmas shutdown. i think its a certainty. i dont know how long it will last. i cant see them coming to any kind of agreement. the president says he wont pass something that doesnt have the wall funding. and both nancy pelosi and the house -- chuck schumer in the senate says he wont give them wall funding. i dont see how they get to a compromise today. >> jon: the preside...

Authority to actually protect our country. we cant be a sovereign country if we dont have borders and we dont have protection of the american citizens. we hope that theyll step up and do their jobs. >> julie: by the trump administration calling for a nuclear option are calling for the senate to change the rules. only a simple majority is needed instead of the 60-vote threshold to advance legislation to final vote. we know democrats will object. could there be a compromise? >> lets see if they ca...

Second thing is this -- theres a way out of this to get rid of this is absurd rule where it takes 60 votes for appropriations. for a year for year-to-year funding of the government. if its long-term lead decision that will last forever, i understand the 60 vote threshold. but the annual budgeting of a government year-to-year, i dont think it should be. that would take care of this problem. >> melissa: let me address your first point. the guest on before you, congresswoman debbie daigle, said of ...

For border security are putting politics over country. what theyre beginning to realize is that i will not sign any of their legislation, including infrastructure, unless it has perfect border security, usa wins. there is a lot of frustration both sides of the aisle particularly with republicans who wanted the democrats to come atlong to give them some border security money to help the president tighten up things down at our southern border. bottom line democrats feel like they have leverage. th...

What i didnt know, what we found out today, the cpj says the politics beat is the most dangerous to cover. the murder of jamal khaishoggi is evidence of that. a native of the saudi arabia. he worked for "the washington post." he was critical of the saudi government. he had gone to the saudi consulate to finalize his deforce to remarry but he was strangled on orders from mohammed bin salman who has denied involvement. khaishoggi is 1 of 53 members of the press to die worldwide. three dozen murder...

Is no surprise afghanistan. 13 members of the press lost their lives. many in back-to-back suicide bomber attacks. the annual cpj report found more reporters have been jailed for simply doing their job. >> this is a really disturbing signal that journalists have become bigger targets. journalists are in the cross hairs and that given that the most dangerous thing is politics it is showing there is a pretty low threshold by those in power for investigative independent or critical reporting or com...

People on watch lists. tsa is changing the threshold for what they observe. if a traveler does nothing notable, the marshal will not send in an after-action report. this could mean the program is less invasive and less observant. a white house backed criminal justice reform legislation cleared a major break in the senate. the bill is supported by president trump and pushed by jared kushner which reforms sentencing in u.s. prisons. depabate is expected later this week. some republicans are desi...