>> do we know whether the president is going to florida at the request of mitch mcconnell and paul ryan in the belief that this can only work with him out of town? >> you know, mitch mcconnell, as this gets to be longer and longer days and they keep talking and talking about this and it's not getting resolved and they keep trying to get the democrats to cave on the dreamers. mitch mcconnell keeps talking about he has no idea what the president wants. so it would be helpful if he knew what the president wants, but he has no clue. >> the president doesn't understand the significance of the majority leader saying that. one fact is, no republican leader in history has ever stood on the senate floor and said, i don't know what the republican president wants. you won't find that in the congressional record anywhere. >> the reason they use the shutdown willy nilly, i think