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>> we need to bridge the threshold because we dont want a bill that has 48 democrats and 12 republicans. we have to get 60 votes in the senate to pass it but if we have sent 70 votes we will get many republicans and many democrats. thats more likely to be something that reflects the presidents views. if the president is comfortable with it i think house republicans will be comfortable with it. if president trump says this is fair and this secures the border in important ways i think most people ...

We have a problem with the social media like facebook and others that cite the problem of news that could be fake and all the other stuff but dont do anything to sort of police it or at least the extreme part of it that encourages bad guys to do horrible things. former cia analyst buck sexton. on this she and the president concur. you know, i was thinking -- so glad youre here, buck -- what do we do about it? she seems to be saying promises and policing what you or your users consider to be real...

Develop and also economic issues we would like to combine all of these different issues and develop a coherent and consistent model with regard to africa for example now why is this foreign common foreign policy this calm security policy is so important in this current economic policy so important well. in europes immediate neighborhood we have a large number of global conflicts we have seen this when globalization came to europe in two thousand and fifteen. came actually home to us because of t...

On our threshold africa that is very close to us syria is the neighbor of cypress so the fact that year in its foreign policy has not been all that active in the past weve quite often vilar aid as regards our security on the united states of america but now they concentrate on themselves and their own security all of that needs to tell us a lesson we need to take more responsibility. we need to take our destiny into our own hands and thats what we did by forging this new defense cooperation and ...

Process. in which case we could produce a bill that gets 60 votes in the senate that cant pass the house. thats why i think its important that this bi cacam cb >> neil: mitch mcconnell doesnt like the option. how do think? >> in the long run, we ought to be able to get enough democrats to vote with us. clearly where the government shut down was concerned, the democrats have obstructed on tax reform and confirmations. im hoping that attitude will change and well find out soon in the immigration d...

In washington. i think washington reflects whats happening in the country. the red places in america are redder, the blue places are bluer, its harder to bridge the divide so we have a deeper cultural problem here we need to work through but certainly overheated rhetoric doesnt help. >> back to political terrorists, arent republicans in charge across the board? >> we would be if the senate operated by a simple majority. but theyve chosen to empower the minority. and theyve done that on both side...

Commitment to move on that issue, thats been a big push for the democrats, a central demand as part of the negotiations. we dont know whether leadership u is yet on that issue. we know a senior white house aid just arrived in the capital for a briefing with senate republicans. theres a discussion happening behind the scenes moving at a quick pace. because we expect a vote could happen tonight and maybe as late as 1:00 a.m. to determine whether or not they have reached that 60-vote threshold. the...

Conference does not support changing the 60-vote threshold to tend filibuster. >> helping us break it down this morning, washington examiner commentary writer philip wagner. thank you for being here. you are not shut down. all right. here we go. noon is the big vote. any sense were going reopen the government today? >> well, you said a moment ago that i think youre absolutely right. we have lost all track of time. its not clear whether its morning or evening or night. because negotiations arent ...

Short. they did pick up at least one key vote. jeff flake as well as lindsey graham, those are two members that voted against the last version. so they are a little bit closer, but they are r still not at that key 60-vote threshold because of chuck schumers objection to mitch mcconnells proposal tonight. its interesting to hear what mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer were saying. rae mcconnell is making it clear he want was willing to move on these issues that schumer has been demanding. disaster...

Need is a shutdown. here we are today, they need to come to the table and take -- first thing they need to do is what claire did on friday, bring resolution, lets pay our military, the republicans refuse to hear. we should be taking care of military. heather: you blame the republicans? >> the american people know that democrats dont control washington, d.c. this is not our shutdown. the republicans have absolute control of this. heather: ann. >> chuck, as you know the republicans dont have gover...