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Prompted that 35-day government shutdown. when i asked house speaker nancy pelosi whether she agrees if it's a waste of time, she said this. >> no. i think the conference can reach a good result left to its own devices without any interference from anybody else. i have confidence in the appropriato appropriators. >> should the president stay out? >> reporter: a not so subtle message for the white house and for the president to stay away from these negotiations going forward and allow house and senate negotiators on this conference committee to talk about whether or not they can get a deal abou...

Comprehensive immigration reform and what president trump is doing is moving the goalpost. we want to secure the border, but we want to do it in a smart way, a strong, smart, effective way. >> another negotiator, another democrat, senator john tester, he told "the new york times" noting that there had been a wall on portions of the border, he told "the new york times" this, i think to take that off the table entirely, this is my opinion, okay? would be not the best direction to go. he is indicating a willingness. >> well, again, the senator who is a ranking member on homeland appropriation is ...

Committee. we are all appropriators. we have a house bill and a senate bill. the purpose of a conference committee is to look at two different bills and put them together. i support dreamers. i support immigration reform, but again, under the timeframe we have, under the timeframe that we have and what we have to get done, we're looking at two bills and we're going to conference the differences between the house and the senate. that's what appropriators do. >> do you think daca and dreamers was likely to be part of it? >> again, i wish it would, but under the circumstances, the timing that we ...