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♪ ordinary tissues burn when theo blows. so dad bought puffs plus lotion, and rescued his nose. with up to 50% more lotion puffs bring soothing softness and relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. talks still underway right now on capitol hill. heads being counted, arms twisted and a crucial vote possibly looming, although congresswoman jayapal when we talked earlier said she didn't think it would be tonight. the president averting a government shutdown for a couple weeks. what is the feeling at the white house right now? congresswoman jayapal said she thought most of the heat right ...

Talks still underway right now on capitol hill. heads being counted, arms twisted and a crucial vote possibly looming, although congresswoman jayapal when we talked earlier said she didn't think it would be tonight. the president averting a government shutdown for a couple weeks. what is the feeling at the white house right now? congresswoman jayapal said she thought most of the heat right now was in conversations between the white house, the two senators and speaker pelosi. >> reporter: yeah, anderson, that's where the heat has been the last several days. congresswoman jayapal saying she does...

Quote, be sidelined the next time, you know. and i think that they would say, hey, look, we needed to get something done. and if mcconnell was only going to deal with biden, fine. mcconnell and biden can do that. i don't think that's the model going forward. i think reid feels as if, hey, i got 55 votes now. i don't have 53. i'm not a dwindling majority leader as some people thought i was going to be. dwindling a number of democrats and therefore not as much power. i don't think so. and don't forget, this isn't checkers at this point. the white house doesn't want to get harry reid too alienate...

Reelection when the white house and their own leadership start talking about the needed campaign money that may not be there, the needed support that may not be there. >> brian: right. >> that sort of thing can really change their mind at the last minute. >> brian: quickly, carl, the president is going to be up on capitol hill at three o'clock, coverage on fox news, that's three o'clock eastern time, but one would assume that he must be going up there because he thinks he can still twist a few arms. >> he has to and they need the arms twisted. for the better part after week now democrats ackno...

Contributor, she's my guest now. not only did he say everybody's getting both arms twisted, but he says he is now being threatened, threatened with potential ethics charges by left wing web sites and left wing tv talk show hosts and on and on it goes. i mean, the pressure on him and now what, i guess, is the stupak five could not be any greater. >> it is a dwindling band of pro-life democrats who are willing to stand up to this enormous pressure not just coming from the white house, but from their own democratic leadership. you know, it's amazing, megyn, because over the past year or so since ...