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Its where we go from here -- >> its absolutely the issue. the only person who can get us out of this is donald trump having a clear head, not listening to extremists or people like miller -- >> youre giving him too much credit. >> youre giving the president of the united states too much credit? no, hes the person who caused the breakdown -- >> hes the one that has said, i will extend past march, i am trying to work towards a solution. ultimately what im saying is that the american people literal...

Optimism. there could be some sort of a deal here. but here is the question there is still a trust gap. caroline, the question to you, will democrats be able to get over this trust gap? do they believe republicans are serious about taking up immigration? >> i dont think there is any way to be serious and trust with the republicans given the fact that this government shutdown is the direct result of donald trump flip-flopping on the issue of daca. and in fact when chuck schumer went in and said l...

>> so lets talk about where we are right now. bringing in david siders, david is a senior reporter for politico, good to have you with us. we heard from mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, the tone certainly cooler than we saw in the past few days. there is a sense of progress, but theres also a big trust gap that exists. >> well, i think definitely theres a gap in trust. but what you talked about first is this really was a day of inching i think closer to a deal than we had been before. keep in ...

Itself has supposedly got bipartisan support. the democrats dont trust the republicans to bring it up after they vote for a short-term spending measure which is why were in this kind of -- there is a huge trust gap. >> jon: thats the leverage theyre using. >> it can backfire if people decide they want the government to function more than they want to protect the daca kids. >> my final thought is i wish the press would do more about the history of all of the daca as well as this whole shutdown is...

Has said and namely what the epa chief scott pruitt has said. how does that factor in with this trust gap and this credibility gap? >> you know, its one of these climbed changes is one of the issues thats not necessarily a seen every day as a crisis for this admanages, but it goes to the heart of the credibility battle, and the battle by this president to sort of impose his view of the world on a resistant federal government, that when you have all these scientists reaching conclusion, and their...

About anything else. you know, i dont think this is a problem we can handle right now in this moment, and i think its going to take years to fix. and it goes across to this sort of broader institutional distrust we have with a lot of things. its not just big news, its big hollywood, its big government, its big companies. we have a really big trust gap in this country, and it does lead to two americas. it does lead to this broad separation that i dont think is very good for any of us. its not new...

Whether theres an appropriations package, or a clean resolution with nothing attached keep the government funded in late april. thats a challenge right over the horizon. and there is a real divide even on strategy. the president is making these comments about democrats who do have a trust gap with the president, as heidi was talking about. at the same time, speaker ryan is saying i dont want to see the republicans work with the democrats on things like health care. lets keep working with my agen...

What does the white house need and want out of these men and women in congress next? so theyre going to be going after votes on infrastructure to build a southern border wall. how will that go over in kentucky, in upstate new york? tax reform. that is, as everyone says, a heavy lift. >> government funding expires late april. >> there is that. thats right. >> so the republicans are talking about tax reform, infrastructure, all these different projects and endeavors they want to pursue, but lets s...

And so this may be where a lot of the conflict comes in. i mean, normally you would just say to your cabinet people who you think are like minded, just staff it. but there seems to be some kind of a conflict there. and thats whats unusual to me. >> ive got 60 more seconds and i just really want to pick your brain on these town halls. we talked to republican congressman from virginia who disagrees with what the president has tweeted, but also says yes, there are some people there who clearly are ...

Government. he has an 8 point lead when it comes to honesty and trustworthiness. why hasnt your candidate been able to do more of the course of this campaign to close that trust gap? >> well, first, good to be back with you, craig. its amazing to me that a candidate who has broken a complete norm in american politics that had always been accepted that you would release your tax returns is somehow ahead in the polls when it comes to trustworthiness and honesty or a candidate probably the least ex...