Politically, from that statement, this white house thinks and well see whether theyre right or not, they can weather the political storm from a Government Shutdown by saying were not negotiating until schumer backs down. They think inside the white house from my conversations with senior officials there, that Chuck Schumer overplayed his hand on daca and they are going to push back here and say we gave you six years of an extension, a long time for Childrens Health insurance, a program, chip as its known that, democrats said they had to have. The president gave on that. Said hes willing to work on daca. The bottom line is, this white house is taking a very hard line in these negotiations. Shannon sounds like it from that statement. All right, ed henry live on the beat for us, thank you. The president foreshadowing a shutdown a short while ago, tweeting, quote, its not looking good. White house correspondent kevin cork joins us with where the white house goes next. Youre right. It was i
incredible predicament. the white house just indicated, the president isn t going to talk about the issue at all while the government is shut down. made it quite clear. he said when democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we ll reopen negotiations on immigration reform. so this particular strategy has eliminated the possibility of getting a signature on the thing they shut the government down over. anybody explain to me this strategy? i m perplexed. i wasn t first first in my class but i wasn t last, either. how does this get them, what they re looking for? well, we ll continue to talk because when all the games stop,
incredible predicament. the white house just indicated, the president isn t going to talk about the issue at all while the government is shut down. made it quite clear. he said when democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we ll reopen negotiations on immigration reform. so this particular strategy has eliminated the possibility of getting a signature on the thing they shut the government down over. anybody explain to me this strategy? i m perplexed. i wasn t first first in my class but i wasn t last, either. how does this get them, what they re looking for? well, we ll continue to talk because when all the games stop,
incredible predicament. the white house just indicated, the president isn t going to talk about the issue at all while the government is shut down. made it quite clear. he said when democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we ll reopen negotiations on immigration reform. so this particular strategy has eliminated the possibility of getting a signature on the thing they shut the government down over. anybody explain to me this strategy? i m perplexed. i wasn t first first in my class but i wasn t last, either. how does this get them, what they re looking for? well, we ll continue to talk because when all the games stop,
incredible predicament. the white house just indicated, the president isn t going to talk about the issue at all while the government is shut down. made it quite clear. he said when democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we ll reopen negotiations on immigration reform. so this particular strategy has eliminated the possibility of getting a signature on the thing they shut the government down over. anybody explain to me this strategy? i m perplexed. i wasn t first first in my class but i wasn t last, either. how does this get them, what they re looking for? well, we ll continue to talk because when all the games stop, the issues are still there.