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 interesting to watch the
the delay, some of the taxes, more specifically the medical device tax, the cadillac tax. They dont oppose anything in the bill. But they are opposing the bill. Theyre posing the bill. I literally, moments ago before coming out here, just wanted to see whats happening upstairs. Ive been on the phone like most of my colleagues throughout the Night Checking in with our sources trying to figure out where we go from here. The president wont make his way down to march a la go, he hopes to get this pushed over the finish line. The president , his Chief Of Staff john kelly continued to make phone calls in the hopes that they can craft a deal to keep the government funded eventually. Right now as you point out, it is shutdown time. Shannon thank you, update us as you hear more, kevin. The Blame Game Gints in earnest. Fox news political anchor bret
baier is back with us. Its officially happened. That rest of the conversation is going to start. Bret i feel like lindsey graham, shuttling between studios. But if you look at the floor, put that up, its interesting to watch, these groups meeting, Lindsay GrahamStill Holding court with democrats. Now you have a group of republicans, Pat Too Maniy there, you see toomey, barasso. On the other side, the democrats meeting, laying out i think the details have what theyre trying to do. Mitch mcconnell looks like hes getting ready to give a speech, maybe theyre coming to the end of this. This bill has been open for some time. Talk about the blame game. Just to give you a flavor of where this may have gone wrong for democrats, the associated press, the story that is on the line now, says Senate Democrats derail bill to avert shutdown. Thats the headline of the a. P. Story, Senate Democrats derail bill to avert shutdown. That gives you a sense that the blame game, how ever it is portrayed, is going to be a little tougher for democrats. They had that bill in front of them to not do what we are now. Shannon if this administration is trying to be careful, they control house senate and white house to make this as painless as they can for the public, thats going to factor in as well. People arent going to be showing up and being denied services in important places. Social security checks go out, all of those important things continue to happen. They arent fog to put the public face on it like we saw in 2013 when it was a more adversarial government. Bret they will go go out of their way. And while they have the majority in the senate, theyll say they dont control it. They dont have the 60 votes. You may hear the president weigh in on that. Earlier tonight, Sarah Sanders tweeted democrats cant shut down the booming trump economy. Are they now so desperate theyll shut down the government instead. Bret with a number of democrats also. Shannon thats not a pair you see often the together on any substantive policy thing. Theyre trying to get something done or they would have called it a night and left. This vote is technically still open. We see the wandering between the two groups. Clearly there are bipartisan conversations going on, on the floor of the senate right now, as they know, officially entered shut down territory, 11 mince ago. It looks like the negotiation continues. Bsh you can see Elizabeth Warren saying something in an animated way. Which you can schumer sitting down and the senators gathered around him. On the other side, you have Lindsay Graham talking to Senator Cornyn and others, senator grass lee, Lamar Alexander trying to peek in. Going from group to group to try to get some, iron out some
details that perhaps allow some negotiation to go forward. If the bill is changed substantially, it has to go back to the howls. It could be to the house. Could be approved by a voice vote but theres a potential problem if its changed significantly over there. I think that theyre trying to get to a continuing resolution with a possible promise that theyre going on move on to immigration in this short period of time. Shannon interesting, on the house side they were trying to get their measure passed and they say, quote, weve done the work, its up to the senate now. That was one of the things that many in the Freedom Caucus said they would push for. They wanted a guarantee for their votes, that there would be a legislative vehicle, maybe the goodlatte bill, they wanted that, they wanted to it get to a vote. There was a tradeoff there. So that happened enterparty. May have to happen across the aisle as well. We see a lot of folks, now, they look congenial still at this
point, still smiles on faces, people look a little bit weary. Maybe thats one of the tradeoffs, we vote on this tonight but we get to a daca measure within a certain number of days. We have a debate over how long this will be. Even if they agree to something, one of the proposals five days, the other in a two week range, we will be doing this again. Bret, we will be sitting here again doing this not too long from now. Seems like the American Public is getting distaste for this and governing from crisis to crisis. Bret youre looking on the left side of the screen, senator cotton with folded arms, and Senator Cornyn talking, two of the conservatives on immigration that would be pushing back against something that gave up a lot of the headway. Senator kennedy from louisiana, my favorite sound bite. Shannon he is a quotable guy, every week. Bret this sums it up. Id like to go back to america but im stuck in washington. And i think thats the feeling for a lot of people at home, this place isnt working. No matter what party you
support, its not working. Now theyre gathered around Mitch Mcconnell, which you can schumer next to Mitch Mcconnell, we could be getting to a point where both sides are ironing out details. This is how the sausage is made, theyre Writing Legislation on the senate floor to come up with the specifics on this continuing resolution. We are 14 minutes and 12 seconds into one year since the inauguration. This kay, on january 20 on this day. We are in a place where technically there is a partial shutdown of the u. S. Government. Shannon it is, again, phases in slowly, there is discretion in a lot of agencies. Some dont have any at all. As you speak of senator kennedy, republican from louisiana, also said this, he said our country was founded by geniuses but Its Being Run by idiots. Bret yeah. Shannon hes very quotable, you hear the frustration in his
voice. Hes not a longtime washington guy. Hes here and sees its not, both sides of the aisle would admit, its not functioning according to order. Bret this is my last senator kennedy, be yourself, unless you suck. I think theyre going to get to something here. It seems like theyre breaking up. We may be getting to a conclusion. When they get to the lecterns there, and once you start hearing the audio from the senate floor, you know that theyre moving forward. Remember, this vote failed. They did not get the 60 votes on the original house bill, that was a continuing resolution for four months. Included six years of renewal for the Childrens Health insurance policy. We may be getting close to an alternative at this moment. Shannon all right, bret, stick around, well see what
they come up with. Looks like ak tiflt may be moving forward to a statement on the senate floor. Analysis continues, now, on Fox News Channel and cable and satellite. More your local news on this fox station. Im Shannon Bream in washington. Shannon were back with coverage. The senate gives a thumbs down to the house Spending Bill or getting to a vote on the content. House Republican Congress doug collins responds, hes going to join us live in the coverage of the shutdown showdown, it is official, from washington. Well take you back to the senate. My name is jeff sheldon, and im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. Shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everythings pretty much done. Its so much easier so now, were ready, bring on t. Shipstation. The number one ch of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get two months free. Shannon Mitch Mcconnell is now speaking. As you witnessed on the floor, was a Senate Decision by Senate Democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gains. The Government Shutdown was 100 avoidable. Completely avoidable. Now, it is imminent. All because Senate Democrats chose to fill bust area noncontroversial funding bill that contains nothing, not a thing, they do not support. Nothing they do not support. Perhaps across the is a some of our democratic colleagues feel proud of themselves. But what has their filibuster accomplished . What has it accomplished . Answer is simple, their very own Government Shutdown. Shutdown effects on the American People will come as no surprise. All week as weve stood on the floor and begged our colleagues to come to their senses, Senate Republicans have described exactly, exactly what this will mean for americas Men And Women In Uniform, shutting down the government means delayed pay. The many thousands of civilian employees who support their misses its means furloughs. And for the families of fallen heros it may well mean a freeze on century vooifor Death Benefits survivor death
benefits. Veterans who rely on our care, it means threatening their access to treatment. For so Many Americans struggling with opiod addiction, the same is true. Thanks to the democratic leader decision to filibuster an extension of the state Childrens Health insurance program, low income families will slip closer to losing Health Coverage for their kids. And many states this is an emergency. Im having trouble understanding which one of these outcomes my democratic colleagues could possibly be proud of. Which one of them . I think our Friends On The Other Side took some bad advice. Really bad advice. I would hate to be trying to explain this myself. Ignore the governors, including seven democrats who wrote
congress begging us, begging us to extend chip for 9 million children. Ignore the needs of millions of americans would rely on the federal government for important services. Held all of us hostage, all of it hostage over the completely unrelated issue of illegal immigration. Republicans in the senate have gone all we can to continue the normal operations of the federal government. And secure certainty for the schip kids. We can pass it tonight and go to the president for signature. These kids would be okay. Well were going to continue to do all we can, well vote again so the American People know who
stands for them. And when our friends across the aisle remember who it is they actually represent well be ready to come together in a bipartisan discussion that will be necessary to clean up all of this mess. Weve all been having private conversations on the floor, almost everybody on both sides doesnt understand how we ended up here. Because most of the stuff we agree on. Only one reason we ended up here, The Shoe Horning of illegal immigration into this debate. Now, having said that, there is a lot of sympathy in this body for doing something about the daca kids. Its not like nobody is interested in that. Weve been talking about it for three months. But the one reason we are where
we are is because we couldnt close out any of these other Component Parts because our Friends On The Other Side said you got to deal with this issue. This issue is the key to getting defense spending. This issue is the key to getting help for schip kids. On and on and on. I think most of American People believe that shutting down the government over this issue which doesnt even ripen until march, is irresponsible. And ive just listed all of the people who are going to be adversely impacted by this action. So were going to keep on voting and the government may be heading into shutdown but the senate isnt shutting down. And were open to talk. And to resolve this. I dont think it makes the Institution Look very responsible. American people should expect better from us than this. Shannon you have been listening to Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. We thought, as bret and i were talking about the groups that were having conversations and negotiating looked like maybe they were coming to something. We thought when he came to the lectern there, that maybe oh, lets listen in, we have minority leader Chuck Schumer speaking. Continuing resolution that he knew lacked the votes long before this hour. Its not just democrats who oppose this c. R. , several republicans did as well. All of today, mr. President , we have endeavored to reach an agreement with President Trump and the republicans that would
have not only spared a Government Shutdown, but cemented an agreement on spending caps, including those for our military, the healthcare issues, disaster relief, and Immigration Issues. President trump reached out to me today, this morning, to invite me to the white house to talk all of these issues over. And i accepted. We had a lengthy and substantive discussion. During the meeting, an exchange for strong daca protections, i reluctantly put the Border Wall On The Table for discussion. Even that was not enough to entice the president to finish the deal. Many democrats dont want to go that far on the border. Many republicans dont they are. But we were willing to compromise with the president to get an agreement. In the room it sounded like the
president was open to accept it. This afternoon, in my heart, i thought we might have a deal tonight. That was how far wed come. Thats how positive our discussion felt. We had a good meeting. But what has transpired since that meeting in the oval office is indicative of the entire tumultuous and Chaotic Process Republicans every engaged in in the negotiations thus far. Even though President Trump seemed to like an outline of a deal in the room, he did not press his party in congress to accept it. Speaker ryan and leader mcconnell without the commitment of the president would not agree to accept anything either. What happened to the President Trump who asked us to come up with a deal and promised that
hed take heat for it . What happened to that president . He backed off at the first sign of pressure. We have the outline of a deal on caps. We have the outline of a deal on healthcare. We have the outline of a deal on immigration, the toughest issue. It was real, it was an honest to goodness breakthrough. We could have passed a short Term Extension of funding so that we could cross the ts, dot the is and be done with it all. But the dynamic of the past few weeks during which the Congressional Republicans looked to the president for guidance and the president provided none prevailed again today unfortunately. The same chaos, the same disarray, the same division and discord on the republican side thats been in the background of
these negotiations for months, unfortunately, appears endemic. It is standing in the way of Bipartisan Solutions to all of the issues now before us. Every american knows the Republican Party c