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Pressure on the president, or is it looking at a ground stop in la guardia and hearing unions for flight attendants and air traffic controllers raising questions about mistakes being made and safety concerns? >> make no mistake about it, this shutdown is dangerous. it never should have happened, and it needs to end. the danger this shutdown has caused individual lives into our country is dominating pressure to get the government open, no doubt about that. mitch mcconnell was involved in negotiations in the first 30 days. we now have gotten the senate engaged in trying to negotiate a reasonable...

And nancy pelosi called a down payment notion unreasonable. democrats are expected to present a knew border security package but that isn't a sure thing. with this shutdown approaching its sixth week, the strains are coming out in the open. they read mitch mcconnell the rite act saying the shutdown needs to end soon. this was rare. please note this exchange between republican ted cruz and democrat michael bennett. >> the democrats are fond of using the phrase, hostage taking. they are quite literally holding the men and women of the coast guard hostage because they want to win a political vict...

You need the wall. >> is mitch mcconnell and schumerer can come to an agreement -- >> it depends what the agreement is. if they come to an agreement, i would support it. >> even if it has no wall money? >> look, i have other alternatives if i have to. >> while people scramble to figure out when a pro-rated down payment is, tonight our nbc news colleagues on the hill report that senator schumer has ruled out any pro-rating for the wall. and nancy pelosi called a down payment notion unreasonable. democrats are expected to present a knew border security package but that isn't a sure thing. with t...

Unreasonable. tomorrow democrats are expected to present a new border security package but that isn't a sure thing. with the shutdown nearing its sixth week, "the washington post" is reporting some frustrated republicans read vice president pence and mitch mcconnell the riot act during a closed-door meeting, telling him the shutdown needs to end soon. emotions also spilled out on to the senate floor today and this was rare. please note this exchange between republican ted cruz and democrat michael bennet. >> the democrats are fond of using the phrase "hostage taking." they are quite literally ...

We believe in border security. we don't believe you get there by the president holding america hostage. if he gets his way, even if it's wrong. he gets his way. he'll do it again and again. we need to have an orderly process. congress is a coequal branch of government. we have to do our work. the first order is to get government open. remove the threat against the american economy, the american people and the important mission that our public servants are performing. let us get on with business. give us a deadline. yes, i am committed to making -- doing everything possible so we have a biparti...