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Makings of a deal. so we get that, then what? >> hey, if we get something like that, even if its rumored right now, thats why the markets are up today, too, thats awesome. the investors really want that. that means, you know, yeah again like your guest said if we continue with the shutdown thats an issue. but we have head winds that keep coming into the play for uncertainty with the clients. but the bottom line is, our earnings are so near and dear to us, we can actually have great earnings, tha...

The reason i say its not that trivial, if you take a look at federal government spending, just broadly speaking, federal government spending is a percentage of our economy. its 7%. now, 7% doesnt sound like a big number. but it is a big number. and if this drags on, were talking about taking of the, or shaving off, some of the growth which is going to slow in 2019, we expect. that its going to take that away. instead of talking about, say, 2.5, 2.4% growth, were glowing to, over time, are the --...

The emergency but wants to take funds marked within the defense budget for other purposes and realign them to this. cant do it. the constitution is very clear. no money can be spent from the federal treasury. but that which has been expressly authorized by the congress. can he take money from column a, approved by congress, and put it into column b and issue that just arose, congress didnt think of when it approved column a, no. would a court enjoin that, probably yes. he has a tough road, has t...

In the 40s. so, really, we have a lot nor stability here in america than other parts of the world. >> neil: they dont know how to interpret is, i guess. kristin, i think in the end people forget that the longer this drags on doesnt matter which party is in power or whoos to blame, people have a hell with both of you attitude. is there a chance that democrats overplay their arrow gants on this -- arrogance, they are convinced they have the upper hand and before they know it, theyre getting clobbe...

Addresses will correct anything thats going on. what the problem is, really, at the heart of this is that we are all americans. this isnt a republican or democrat shutdown. but the language we keep hearing on both sides is its the other party, this party. the problem is, people want to get back to work, we want the government to be working, and we want things to move along. we elect people to congress to get a job done. and sometimes that means compromise, sometimes that means by part tan subpen...

Using the "i" word screaming impeachment. its going to happen daily, weekly. shes going to have to tamper it down. you also have the specter, its 2020, presidential election gearing up right now. candidates like elizabeth warren and others are starting to run. tom steyer who made a living out of pushing for impeachment. theres no way youre going to get account impeachment word out of the democratic party but i think all democrats need to give nancy pelosi some respect. shes a historic figure. li...

She knows what shes doing and shes asking for a few months here to get the government reopened to deal with this wall issue once and for all and to move the democratic party forward in an optimistic way and let the mueller report be the mueller report and maybe talk about impeachment in a more serious way but now while 800,000 workers are unemployed. >> you congresswoman tlaib is not backing down. this is what she told our affiliate. watch this. >> i know that if i was a man it, might have been ...

And senator mcconnell should put it on the floor for a vote. >> the meeting involving the vice president, is this something thats being entertained? do you believe the focus of that conversation, of that meeting will be how do we get government working again, perhaps put on the back burner, the whole wall issue, deal with it separately. what do you suppose is being entertained? >> meetings are important, even if the principals are not there, which theyre not except for vice president pence, beca...

But what does it do to his bargaining position if two of his members, even though they are vulnerable, probably have to do it, are breaking with him on the shutdown as this thing drags on? >> it makes it a little bit tougher. hes got to hold those pieces together, you know, create that front for the president that, you know, were going to do what the president wants. but he knows what his reality is. i mean, you just are talking, too, of what is a much bigger iceberg of republican senators who a...

Get his way. jim, as you know, this president likes to see what sticks. and tries to rally his base. you know, the economy is teetering right now with this wall issue. everything is not great, the way the president says. and this is -- there is a shallow economy right here. and left to his own devices. and if this goes very long, it will mess with gdp. we saw that. in 2013, gdp -- there were negative effects on gdp with a 13-day government shutdown in 2013. consumer confidence is already being k...