Potentially serious slipup during a congressional hearing. Has bannon already disclosed compromising information . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. Without at least a short term spending bill, the federal government will shut down on friday and things at logger heads on capitol hill right now. Update our viewers with the very latest. Reporter theres some tepid optimism coming from republican leaders. They have put a plan on the table. The question is do they have the votes to get it passed . This is just a stopgap measure, a short term american that you are would keep the government funded for only another 28 days. It does not address daca. A big concern for Many Democrats on capitol hill. It does include a sixyear extension of the Childrens Health care program. That is to entice democrats to get behind this deal. The first big hurdle is the house. The House Republicans cannot rely on democratic support over there so they really have to make sure that theyre going to pass this with only republican support. That is somewhat problematic tonight. A lot of conservatives balking at this proposal of the one of them saying it is a crap sandwich but one they have to eat because they are facing the midnight deadline to get it passed. Behind the scenes, republican members are potentially pushing toward a vote tomorrow. If and only if it gets through the house, the big question mark is, will democrats over here in the senate really hold the line on their demands on daca, potentially withhold their vote. And thats a big question mark as they tick toward potentially a shutdown. One of the other major sticking points as far as we know right now . Well, we heard from many house conservative members today really balking that first and foremost, this is another short term measure. That there is not a budget right now. The fact theyre continuing having to push these continuing resolutions, short term stopgap measures to keep the government funded. And that they will have this fight another day. Just another 28 days. A lot of pushback from conservatives concerned over the fund go for the military. That we heard from many senators over here. Lindsey graham saying he is concerned about that and of course the thorniest issue is that this has been really entangled with the fight over immigration. The demands p. M. Democrats had over immigration. The big question that Many Democrats are facing, will they get blamed if they will hold that line on immigration saying i wont vote for any Government Spending bill, short term or otherwise, if it does not address the demands over daca. Thanks very much. President trump says time is running out for an immigration bill. Lets to go jim acosta. He is at the white house for us. What are they saying . Is a shutdown now likely on the way . Reporter theyre not saying shutdown is likely. What theyre saying is that theyre trying to work toward a short term spending deal. That theyll keep the government running at this point. We should point out on a separate track, theyre trying to solve this immigration issue. That the chief of staff john kelly was up on capitol hill making a rare appearance. We dont typically see the chief of staff running around with lawmakers. But he met behind closed doors with members of the hispanic congressional caucus. We talked with a source familiar with it saying during a meeting earlier today, the chief of staff john kelly explained to the plaums the president is, quote, uninformed some of these issues on immigration and specifically that the president is uninformed when it comes to the issue of the wall, specifically, how long it should be, where it should be built. So it was essentially a plea from the chief of staff to those lawmakers for some patients when it comes to dealing with the president on this issue. A pretty eye opening admission on the part of chief of staff, john kelly, that the president is uninformed these immigration issues. Keep in mind, and we know this full well. This was a key center piece of the president s campaign for the white house in 2016. That he wanted a wall built on the mexican border. He wanted mexico to pay for it. Now some of the sources in the room are saying that john kelly told them that the president is uninformed on that issue. Getting back to this issue of a government shutdown, the question at the Witching Hour here if were getting close to the Witching Hour, two days from the funding deadline, is whether or not congress will pass what they call a continuing resolution. A short term spending bill that will keep the government running and not shutting down friday night. Very interesting to note that Lindsey Graham keergs republican senator said today, that he is not inclined to vote for a cr. He is echoing what others are saying that theyre sxk tired of passing these crs, putting a token in the toll booth to keep things running. In the house, the house is saying that the republicans are crafting a bill to keep the government open. A funding bill would keep it running until the 16th of february. Have some funding for the Childrens Health program. A program that is near and dear to democrats. Very key in all that, that compromise that is being crafted in the house does not include a daca fix. It does not include a fix for those d. R. E. A. M. Ers, the young immigrants who have been in this country through no fault of their own and theyre waiting for a solution to come from capitol hill. Nonetheless, Sarah Sanders today was saying that they are basically going to blame the democrats if the government shuts down at the end of the week. But it is not going to be an easy sell for this white house to make the point. As you know, january 20th. The day after the government could potentially shut down is the oneyear anniversary of President Trump being sworn into office. At this point in the house and the senate, gop leaders are saying, they dont blank the president wants to keep the government running and to fix daca situation for those d. R. E. A. M. Ers. So theyre looking for clarity from the white house. And the white house appears to be not giving it at this point. Fascinating material. Explosive material as well. Stand by. I want to bring in democratic congressman from the Armed Services committee. He is an iraq war veteran. He is also a member of the hispanic caucus. You met with chief of staff kelly to discuss daca and the d. R. E. A. M. Ers. You just mattered kelly told lawmakers that the president of the United States, his Campaign Promises about the wall, were uninformed. You were inside that room. Can you confirm that . Yes. We heard the chief of staff kelly say that. In addition to not really telling us what the president is looking for, in terms of what is a compromise, what is a deal. We actually spent our time explaining to chief of staff kelly that there are bipartisan deals on the floor. Both senate and house, that we can bring this to an end, and that we are willing to give are in some regards, to make sure that we have protection for these d. R. E. A. M. Ers. There was no direction given by the white house. There doesnt seem to be anything from the white house and that is what is causing the chaos here among not Just Congress but among all the gop right now. So congressman, i want to be precise. This is pretty explosive. When the white house chief of staff kelly are tells the hispanic caucus and others while on capitol hill, what the president used to say about the wall, that there would be a beautiful big huge wall all along the border, that the mexicans would pay for that wall, the white house chief of staff from what youre telling us, and others are telling us, he said he the president of the United States was uninformed. Is that right . Yes. From what i remember, he was saying the president was uninformed about where the length should go. And paraphrase go, as you know, sometimes you make Campaign Promises that when you, when it comes to reality are very difficult to keep. So that was part of the conversation. And secretary kelly did say. That sorry, chief of staff kelly did say that. What else stood out to you about a deal involving the 700,000 or 800,000 d. R. E. A. M. Ers . What jumped out to me he is that they have no plan. No idea what a bipartisan deal looks like. We tried to talk to kelly about specifically some of the compromises were willing to give and some on the senate side. But there was no direction no, indication that they are looking for a compromise. All that we really got to say was we needed to fix it. The problem is you have the leadership of the Republican Party as well as the Trump Administration not giving any direction what a compromise looks like. What is willing to be acceptable for them to sign. And now everyone is running around here. At the end of the day, the Trump Administration and the leadership of the republican caucus, as well as the senate side, really need to sit down and talk to each other. So that way there is someone we can negotiate. With right now theyre steering this country into a shounl because of irresponsible leadership among the republicans as well as the Trump Administration. Are you willing to shut down federal government midnight friday if there is no deal on daca . No deal including the d. R. E. A. M. Ers . Absolutely of the as well as the fact short term crs are a problem. A shutdown will hit and affect the military. We know there is a compromise on the floor that would basically end this all. Bring more Border Security, more money to the border, hire more border patrol. All we need is for the president and the Republican Leadership to start really compromising. Right now, no one wants to take leadership on the republican side. Instead theyre trying to blame the democrats when they have control of the house, the senate and the presidency. What more do they need to get things done . Were willing to play our part and compromise. We dont have anybody dealing with it on the other side. The republicans have decided to include what you want and the democrats want. Millions, billions of dollars to make sure that 9 million young kids who rely on the Childrens Health insurance program, chip, as it is called, is in a temporary spending measure. It is included for six years. Thats very important to you and a lot of other folks. Absolutely. The republicans have used chip as a bargaining chip. Tonight make a pun. They could have done had months ago. The cbo scored chip and realized that it doesnt actually cost money over time because of the savings accrued from people having Better Health so this is a noncontroversial issue that theyre throwing in now to use as a bargaining chip. And i wont allow it considering we have 700,000 families essentially that are up for deportation, when we know there is a bipartisan bill ready to go on the floor that i dont think is perfect but a lot of us would be willing to vote for it to make sure these families stay together. And that the government stays open. Youre talking about the grahamdurbin compromise. Yep. We have the aguilarheard compromise. Were willing to compromise, specifically bring in more Border Security to the border. As well as other measures. Specifically within the d. R. E. A. M. Act. It is a bipartisan bill. If we got it to the floor, would it pass. We just dont have the leadership with speaker ryan or mcconnell to do that. Confirming that the chief of staff john kelly told members of the congressional hispanic caucus, when it comes to the wall with the border with mexico, kelly said the president is simply uninformed. Thank you. Up next, former white house strategist steve bannon has agreed to speak with the special counsel team. But a new report says bannon made a serious slipup. Has he already given away very damaging details . Touch is how we communicate with those we love, but when your psoriasis is bad, does it ever get in the way . Embrace the chance of 100 clear skin with taltz. Taltz is proven to help people with moderate to severe psoriasis achieve completely clear skin. With taltz, up to 90 of patients had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. In fact, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. Dont use if youre allergic to taltz. 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There is a thought that the subpoena was issued to say you have to tell the truth when you come before the federal grand jury. Or in this case, come before muellers team and expect that to happen with one of the senior people at the time. What are you hearing about what happened behind closed doors yesterday when steve bannon was up on capitol hill . And what about Cory Lewandowski today in. Both similar in this regard. They would not answer some key questions that angered, in bannons case, republicans and democrats. He came out and criticized lewandowski for not answering questions about what happened after he left the Trump Campaign back in 2016. According to adam schiff, lewandowski said he was unprepared to answer questions and he would be willing to go back and answer questions later. Schiff said it was completely unacceptable. I asked if he would claim any sort of privilege and apparently he did not claimfully sort of privilege. He just said he was not prepared. 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