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Are going on. i believe as laid out by leader mcconnell if there is not a global agreement on issues ranging from defense spending, domestic spending, budget caps, the health care issues that are still out there, the immigration issues, then the immigration bill if there is not an agreement, the immigration bill would be brought as a separate piece of legislation or there would be a vehicle for that and that would occur february 8th. >> the 60 vote threshold, 60 vote threshold. democrats have th...

Folks. in your opinion, who are the biggest losers as this government remains shut down? >> right now everyone loses. i mean, there arent any winners and theres a lot of confusion thats happening in washington. you could probably put most of the blame on president trump and chuck schumer, simply because they cant come to an agreement on a deal. but you also have to look at the democrats. they are trying to basically jam nonspending measures through chip which is an authorization bill and daca wh...

Easily passing the 60-vote threshold to reopen the government. this is essentially the same thing the house will take up in due course. its expected to pass. you dont want to say its a done deal but close. a wyoming republican senator, a big influence in leadership. how do you think this is going to go, senator? >> neil, were going to vote to reopen the government after the schumer shut down. its turned to the schumer surrender. the strategy they had was very misguided. you dont shut down the go...

Take it or leave it proposition. >> sandra: one of the presidents most recent tweets, great to see how hard republicans are fighting four our military and safety at the border. the dems want illegal immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked. if stalemate continues republicans should go to 51% nuclear option and vote on real long term budget. no crs, continuing resolutions. is that something you agree on with the president? >> i dont agree with that because i think that its possible -- weve se...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." it is day three of the government shutdown. right now the senate just reconvened as we await a key vote by the senate to get things up and running again. the plan is to reopen and fund the government for a total of three weeks and resolve other issues during that time. the procedural vote is set for high noon eastern time. and it needs a total of 60 votes to pass. that means they need some democrats in the mix. right now it is uncertain whether there are enough ...

Who are getting worried about what the democrats end game is here. i think a lot of folks are getting worried they might be getting the blame for the shutdown in the end. its going to come down to whether they have the numbers in a small number of democrats to get them over that 60-vote threshold tomorrow is going to do it. >> andrew, thank you for stopping by and giving us your reporting there. speaking of who might, at least on the left, when we look at the senate, any democratic senator that ...

Number of democrats. not a majority. but a small number to get them over the 60 vote threshold tomorrow. that will do it. >> thank you,. speaking of who might at least on the left. when we look at the senate. any democratic senator that may move over and support what mitch mcconnell suggested an hour 15 minutes ago. senator jeff of oregon. and you voted no officially. would you vote yes to this? >> its doubtful right now. because we havent seen anything that puts any solid foundation under a pat...

I think a lot of folks are getting worried they might be getting the blame for the shutdown in the end. its going to come down to whether they have the numbers in a small number of democrats to get them over that 60-vote threshold tomorrow is going to do it. >> andrew, thank you for stopping by and giving us your reporting there. speaking of who might, at least on the left, when we look at the senate, any democratic senator that may move over and support what mitch mcconnell has suggested an hou...

Where is the leader? where is the president on all of this? why isnt he talking to a camera going out to speak to people during this shutdown? >> because when president trump is doing is actually talking to us and working through this problem. >> but he doesnt work for you! he works for the american people! where is the president? >> the only time he ever talked to the camera and not one time came to capitol hill and worked bus. his administration has been working with us until late in the night...

Military and safety at the border. the dems just want illegal immigrants to pour tn top our nation unchecked. what is your view of getting rid of that filibuster 60-vote threshold. do you think its possible? would you be for it? >> continuing resolutions are bad. they are bad for the military. but what is worse for military is shutting the government down. i dont think there is a need to go to 51. we shouldnt have to go to 51 to keep the government open. because of the 60-vote threshold we have ...