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Was not initially in favor of the president's decision to rescind daca, is that right? >> yeah, we supported the daca program. i'll put it this way, we support the daca kids, we believe they should have a pathway to legal status in the united states. we are a bipartisan group and we had some members of our bipartisan group didn't support the fact that president obama did it by executive action and would have preferred congress to do that and others favored that. and at the time the president set aside daca, it belongs in congress and should have been in congress. gillian: rather than executive...

Finger at democratic lawmakers for failure to come to a deal. house democrats held a news conference just a few moments ago, peter doocy is live on capitol hill. >> gillian, i was surprised this morning standing outside of the door of the conference room where house republicans were meeting to hear laughter and applause coming from inside. i asked around the members who were there, just about everyone from the republican conference and why were things so loose and got the same answer over and over answer. republicans in the house think they did this job, they passed the cr. they think it's sen...

Deal? >> senate minority chuck schumer with a press conference of sorts on capitol hill, oddly similar talking points to that of a speech he delivered on the floor of the united states senate less than an hour ago, and, gillian, what struck me the most, now all of a sudden more things being tied to the deal by democrats. the white house is clear that they are not going to negotiate about reopening the government or funding the government and tie that to daca. first you reopen and then you deal with daca and now you have dhuk chuck schumer tieing potentially deal to not only daca, opioids, pens...

Government's being eroded and all the rights that i think a lot of us have taken for granted over the years need to be protected. >> it's been quite a year and it's all about supporting women, since politics aside, it's all about women and women's rights. >> and the speakers should go here for about another hour. after that, people here are going to put their walking shoes on and head that way and take their message to the white house. back to you. gillian: thanks for that, caroli caroline. the discussion around the government shutdown in washington largely revolves around daca. lawmakers are ...

Senator majority mitch mcconnell is now floating, however, she says she would only be open to it if it included a daca deal and right now, it does not seem like that is realistic. gillian. gillian: it's certainly not looking realistic from where ma many-- i'm sitting here today. we'll take you live to the house floor where speaker paul ryan is speaking. >> to say i'm going to shut down the government and i'm not going to pay our bills unless i get my way. it's a politics of idiocy, politics, paralysis, closed quotes. policy of idiocy, his words, not mine. one more quote from senator schumer in...