it to him even in the slightest. >> you know, kelly, there's been a lot made about the president's kind of shifting position on all of this. you know, right now he is putting all the blame on the democrats but we have to remember that he originally said that he would take responsibility for the shutdown. we also know that the senate passed the continuing resolution. the vice president went to capitol hill and told senate republicans that the president would sign it. he then went back on that deal that caused the shutdown. now he's demanding all this money for a wall on the border with mexico and he said repeatedly during the campaign that mexico was going to pay for this, it wouldn't require taxpayer money. how can he credibly blame this on democrats? >> that's a great question, ryan, and it reminds me of some of the supporters of donald trump when he was a candidate saying that you have to take him seriously but not literally. but you know, he said it almost every campaign event. we're going to build that wall, mexico is going to pay for it. and yeah, you know, just -- this is why i see, you know, part of me thinks, why don't the